Rother District Council is the local authority forRother District inEast Sussex,England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 38councillors representing 21wards, with each ward electing one or two councillors.[1]
The table below is a summary of the council composition directly after each council election. Click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the2003 election reducing the number of seats by 7.[2]
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats[a] | Labour | Green | RAOIC[b] | Independents & Others | Council control after election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local government reorganisation; council established (45 seats) | ||||||||
| 1973 | 9 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 30 | Independent | |
| 1976 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 25 | Independent | |
| 1979 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 21 | No overall control | |
| New ward boundaries (45 seats) | ||||||||
| 1983 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 14 | Conservative | |
| 1987 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 10 | Conservative | |
| 1991 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | – | 6 | No overall control | |
| 1995 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | No overall control | |
| 1999 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | – | 4 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (38 seats)[4] | ||||||||
| 2003 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | Conservative | |
| 2007 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | Conservative | |
| 2011 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | Conservative | |
| 2015 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | Conservative | |
| New ward boundaries (38 seats)[5] | ||||||||
| 2019 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 13 | No overall control | |
| 2023 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | No overall control | |
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[6] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
