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The2019 Lewes District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members ofLewes District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in theUnited Kingdom.
Before the 2019 election, the Council was composed of 20 Conservatives, nine Liberal Democrats, three Greens and nine Independents.[1] To take control of the council, 21 councillors out of 41 would be needed. Although the council remained underno overall control, theConservatives remained the largest party with 19 councillors.[2] The Green Party won the popular vote.
After theprevious election the composition of the council was:
| 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Con | LD | G | I | UKIP |
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:[1]
| 20 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| Con | LD | I | G |
After the election the composition of the council was:[3]
| 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Con | G | LD | Lab | I |
Following the elections, a coalition between the Greens, Lib Dems, Labour and two Independent councillors took charge, ending eight years of Conservative administration.[4][5] Zoe Nicholson, leader of the Greens, became the leader of the council, whileJames MacCleary, leader of the Lib Dems, became the deputy leader. They alternated holding the roles of leader and deputy leader each year until the following election in 2023.[6][7]
| 2019 Lewes District Council election[3][2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 41 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 46.3 | 27.1 | 16,683 | –7.4 | ||
| Green | 39 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 22.0 | 27.9 | 17,169 | +17.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 13,583 | –1.3 | ||
| Labour | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 6,455 | –0.5 | ||
| Independent | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 6,212 | +3.6 | ||
| UKIP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1,261 | –11.6 | ||
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sharon Davy * | 706 | 45.2 | ||
| Conservative | Isabelle Linington | 639 | 40.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Edward Spain | 389 | 24.9 | ||
| Green | Holly Atkins | 375 | 24.0 | ||
| Green | Brenda Barnes | 343 | 21.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael James Percy | 340 | 21.8 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas George Belcher | 129 | 8.3 | ||
| Labour | Jack Curham | 102 | 6.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,580 | 40.3 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tom Jones * | 455 | 47.7 | –19.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vicky Byrne | 384 | 40.1 | +23.3 | |
| Green | Anthony Shuster | 119 | 12.4 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 71 | 7.4 | –42.8 | ||
| Turnout | 966 | 47.2 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Sandra Robinson | 786 | 37.4 | ||
| Conservative | Ron Maskell * | 747 | 35.5 | ||
| Labour | Laurence O'Connor | 721 | 34.3 | ||
| Conservative | Andy Smith * | 692 | 32.9 | ||
| Conservative | Cathy Smith | 672 | 32.0 | ||
| Green | Helen Thoms | 621 | 29.5 | ||
| Independent | Wayne Colin Botting * | 438 | 20.8 | ||
| Independent | Cathy Neave | 382 | 18.2 | ||
| Independent | David Neave | 328 | 15.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Robert Boxer | 316 | 15.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,132 | 37.5 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | William David Meyer | 424 | 51.8 | +7.4 | |
| Conservative | Susan Chowen | 191 | 23.3 | –9.3 | |
| Green | Dirk Campbell | 148 | 18.1 | –4.8 | |
| Labour | David Michael Hallett | 56 | 6.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 233 | 28.4 | +16.6 | ||
| Turnout | 830 | 51.9 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Zoe Nicholson | 929 | 50.0 | ||
| Green | Adrian Ross | 810 | 43.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Baah | 733 | 39.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Tregea Lamb | 609 | 32.8 | ||
| Labour | Matt Kent | 216 | 11.6 | ||
| Labour | Joy Beverley Mercer | 175 | 9.4 | ||
| Conservative | Frances Tufnell | 165 | 8.9 | ||
| Conservative | Colin French | 152 | 8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,931 | 50.2 | |||
| Greenhold | |||||
| Greengain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Milly Manley | 630 | 42.4 | ||
| Green | Roy Clay | 560 | 37.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Oli Henman | 482 | 32.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Wood | 437 | 29.4 | ||
| Labour | Emily Jane Clarke | 370 | 24.9 | ||
| Labour | Louis Robert Blair | 194 | 13.1 | ||
| Independent | Susan Jean Murray * | 139 | 9.4 | ||
| Conservative | Rosemarie Jeffery | 92 | 6.2 | ||
| Conservative | Karen French | 90 | 6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,509 | ||||
| Greenhold | |||||
| Greengain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ruth O'Keeffe * | 2,041 | 58.3 | ||
| Green | Imogen Makepeace | 1,445 | 41.3 | ||
| Green | Matthew Bird | 1,318 | 37.6 | ||
| Green | James Herbert | 1,087 | 31.0 | ||
| Independent | Graham John Mayhew | 930 | 26.6 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Alfred Catlin * | 834 | 23.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joyce Dixon Bell | 597 | 17.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin James West | 504 | 14.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Jan Stechler | 421 | 12.0 | ||
| Labour | Paul Grivell | 227 | 6.5 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Hugh Hopper | 225 | 6.4 | ||
| Labour | Tony Adams | 212 | 6.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Slater | 140 | 4.0 | ||
| Conservative | David Charnock | 128 | 3.7 | ||
| Conservative | Tam Large | 85 | 2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,520 | 58.4 | |||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Greenhold | |||||
| Greengain fromIndependent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Steve Saunders * | 393 | 34.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Julie Lynn Carr * | 311 | 27.6 | ||
| Independent | Paula Bridget Woolven | 305 | 27.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Charlie Carr | 280 | 24.9 | ||
| Conservative | Tony Bradbury | 269 | 23.9 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Giles | 239 | 21.2 | ||
| Green | Nisha Vesuwala | 118 | 10.5 | ||
| Green | David John Keymer Hoare | 110 | 9.8 | ||
| Labour | Steve Floor | 107 | 9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,156 | 30.9 | |||
| Independentwin (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Roger Amy * | 751 | 54.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christoph David Kurty | 628 | 45.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Neville MacCleary | 609 | 43.9 | ||
| Labour | Jan Wooding | 322 | 23.2 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Charlton | 261 | 18.8 | ||
| Green | Annabella Ashby | 257 | 18.5 | ||
| Green | Elaine Bolt | 251 | 18.1 | ||
| Conservative | Dave Argent | 215 | 15.5 | ||
| Conservative | Linda Wallraven | 212 | 15.3 | ||
| Green | Martin O'Brien | 210 | 15.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,442 | 28.7 | |||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roy Burman | 443 | 57.0 | –8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Guy Earl | 156 | 20.1 | –6.7 | |
| Green | Susan Jappie | 135 | 17.4 | +9.4 | |
| Labour | Jo Chamberlain | 56 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 287 | 36.9 | –1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 792 | 39.5 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Johnny Denis | 1,447 | 63.3 | ||
| Green | Emily O'Brien | 1,135 | 49.7 | ||
| Green | Sean Macleod | 1,023 | 44.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Bowers | 599 | 26.2 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Turner * | 520 | 22.7 | ||
| Conservative | Clare Herbert | 518 | 22.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Jane Vincent | 504 | 22.0 | ||
| Conservative | David Terry | 498 | 21.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Lawrence Welsh | 468 | 20.5 | ||
| Labour | Derek Roger Brown | 104 | 4.5 | ||
| Labour | Peter Stephen Hambly | 94 | 4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,312 | 46.7 | |||
| Greengain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Greengain fromConservative | |||||
| Greengain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lynda Margaret Duhigg | 426 | 42.1 | ||
| Labour | Chris Collier | 376 | 37.1 | ||
| Conservative | Nigel David Enever * | 352 | 34.7 | ||
| Labour | Alan Alfred Milliner | 330 | 32.6 | ||
| UKIP | Deborah Holt | 207 | 20.4 | ||
| Green | Sylvie Bouhier | 186 | 18.4 | ||
| Green | Lesley Orr | 164 | 16.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,029 | 25.4 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Phil Davis | 454 | 45.5 | ||
| Conservative | Keira Dawn Rigden | 448 | 44.9 | ||
| Labour | Dawn Paul | 278 | 27.9 | ||
| Green | Katie Hawks | 207 | 20.8 | ||
| UKIP | Ian Buchanan | 193 | 19.4 | ||
| Green | Rikki Begley | 158 | 15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,004 | 27.0 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joe Miller | 329 | 35.0 | ||
| Conservative | Nicola Kim Papanicolaou | 323 | 34.4 | ||
| Independent | Lyn Mills | 270 | 28.8 | ||
| UKIP | Phil Howson | 233 | 24.8 | ||
| Green | Marisa Guthrie | 222 | 23.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Danny Zac Stephenson | 209 | 22.3 | ||
| Green | Debra Vice-Holt | 164 | 17.5 | ||
| Independent | Robbie Robertson * | 152 | 16.2 | ||
| Turnout | 964 | 25.7 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Alan Banks | 617 | 65.8 | +21.6 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Morris | 215 | 22.9 | –18.2 | |
| Green | Brendan Carroll | 79 | 8.4 | –6.3 | |
| Labour | Frank David Forman | 27 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 402 | 42.9 | +39.8 | ||
| Turnout | 949 | 54.6 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Gauntlett * | 575 | 46.0 | ||
| Conservative | Geoff Rutland | 435 | 34.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Maggie Wearmouth | 393 | 31.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Penny Lower | 371 | 29.7 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Webb | 340 | 27.2 | ||
| Green | Veronica Sanz | 219 | 17.5 | ||
| Green | Johannes Hirn | 204 | 16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,286 | 33.4 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Phil Boorman | 651 | 46.6 | ||
| Conservative | Julian Peterson * | 631 | 45.2 | ||
| Green | Mary De Pleave | 353 | 25.3 | ||
| UKIP | Pete Leeming | 332 | 23.8 | ||
| UKIP | Eric Woodward | 296 | 21.2 | ||
| Green | Steven Guthrie | 265 | 19.0 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Alun Gwyn Tlusty-Sheen | 264 | 18.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,418 | 36.7 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jim Lord | 505 | 41.7 | ||
| Conservative | Sylvia Lord | 472 | 39.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Morag Everden | 400 | 33.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nazish Adil | 381 | 31.5 | ||
| Green | Rebecca Francomb | 308 | 25.5 | ||
| Labour | Graham Andrew Coates Lower | 184 | 15.2 | ||
| Green | Rachel Fryer | 169 | 14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,260 | 31.1 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sam Adeniji * | 598 | 42.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Anne Brett | 588 | 42.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Olivia Honeyman * | 581 | 41.5 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Sumners | 496 | 35.5 | ||
| Labour | Christine Mary Platford | 208 | 14.9 | ||
| Green | Geoffrey Cox | 182 | 13.0 | ||
| Green | Richard Ford | 175 | 12.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,429 | 40.2 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Liberal Democratshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian White | 769 | 56.4 | ||
| Conservative | Liz Boorman | 749 | 55.0 | ||
| Green | Zoe Ford | 566 | 41.5 | ||
| Green | Michael McCoy | 365 | 26.8 | ||
| Labour | John Edward Edson | 321 | 23.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,408 | 36.6 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nancy Bikson | 361 | 56.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iantha Kirkup | 167 | 26.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Patti Broome | 112 | 17.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 194 | 30.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 645 | 32.2 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
In March 2020, Sean Macleod resigned from the Green Party,[8] joining the Liberal Democrats in June 2020.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Turner | 820 | 47.5 | +0.9 | |
| Green | James Meek | 452 | 26.2 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pinky Adil | 347 | 20.1 | N/A | |
| Labour Co-op | Ann Biddle | 109 | 6.3 | −12.6 | |
| Majority | 368 | 21.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,728 | 44.76 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Linda Wallraven | 1,028 | 56.3 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Olivia Honeyman | 401 | 22.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Gemma McFarlane | 277 | 15.2 | −26.3 | |
| Labour | Chris Purser | 120 | 6.6 | −17.0 | |
| Majority | 627 | 34.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,826 | 47.96 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ciarron Clarkson | 641 | 54.2 | New | |
| Conservative | Katie Sanderson | 477 | 40.4 | +5.4 | |
| Green | Holly Atkins | 32 | 2.7 | −20.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Lee | 32 | 2.7 | −19.6 | |
| Majority | 164 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,182 | 32.0 | +6.3 | ||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | N/A | |||