Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Green	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (84 seats)
1973	49	19	9	–	–	7		Conservative
1977	74	5	2	0	–	3		Conservative
1981	53	14	15	0	–	2		Conservative
New division boundaries (70 seats)
1985	35	14	21	0	–	0		No overall control
1989	38	17	15	0	–	0		Conservative
1993	22	18	30	0	–	0		No overall control
Brighton andHove become a mergedunitary authority (44 seats)
1997	21	7	16	0	0	0		No overall control
2001	24	7	13	0	0	0		Conservative
New division boundaries (49 seats)
2005	29	5	14	0	0	1		Conservative
2009	29	4	13	0	0	3		Conservative
2013	20	7	10	0	7	5		No overall control
New division boundaries (50 seats)
2017	30	4	11	0	0	5		Conservative
2021	27	5	11	4	0	3		Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Radford-Kirby	990	49.0
	Labour	John Stevens	923	45.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	108	5.3
Majority			67	3.3
Turnout			2,021
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	798	53.4	+15.4
	Conservative	358	24.0	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	337	22.6	−11.1
Majority		440	29.4
Turnout		1,493	15.5
	Labourhold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	885	59.5	+15.7
	Liberal Democrats	343	23.1	−6.9
	Conservative	259	17.4	−5.5
Majority		542	36.4
Turnout		1,487
	Labourhold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,786	54.8	+12.5
	Conservative	1,476	45.2	+2.1
Majority		310	9.6
Turnout		3,262
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,027	43.9	+5.4
	Labour	773	33.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	542	23.1	−6.5
Majority		254	10.9
Turnout		2,342	22.7
	Conservativehold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Kenward	1,117	61.6	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats		695	38.4	+14.7
Majority			422	23.2
Turnout			1,812	23.7
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Radford-Kirby	1,293	70.0	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Dewick	406	22.0	−10.6
	Labour	Robert Walker	147	8.0	−9.5
Majority			887	48.0
Turnout			1,846	25.7
	Conservativehold		Swing	+15.4%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ensor	2,825	62.3	+23.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Kemp	1,191	26.3	−4.3
	Labour	Timothy Macpherson	518	11.4	−18.8
Majority			1,634	36.0
Turnout			4,534	25.0
	Conservativehold		Swing

Old Hastings and Tressell By-Election 9 July 2015^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tania Charman	961	56.5	+7.3
	Conservative	Robert Cooke	368	21.6	+6.0
	UKIP	Sebastian Norton	174	10.2	−12.3
	Green	Andrea Needham	149	8.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Rayment	48	2.8	−1.6
Majority			593	34.9
Turnout			1,700
	Labourhold		Swing

St Helens and Silverhill By-Election 5 May 2016^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judy Rogers	1,441	46.2	+5.4
	Conservative	Martin Clarke	1,253	40.2	+6.7
	Green	Julie Hilton	214	6.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Rayment	212	6.8	+3.3
Majority			188	6.0
Turnout			3,120
	Labourhold		Swing

Bexhill West By-Election 10 January 2019^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Deirdre Earl-Williams	1,761	51.9	+51.9
	Conservative	Martin Kenward	1,071	31.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas	261	7.7	+2.1
	Labour	Jacque Walker	111	3.3	−3.8
	Green	Polly Gray	107	3.2	+3.2
	UKIP	Geoffrey Bastin	81	2.4	−1.2
Majority			690	20.3
Turnout			3,392
	Independenthold		Swing

Heathfield and Mayfield By-Election 27 July 2023^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Anne Cross	1,373	61.5	+43.0
	Conservative	Neil Waller	858	38.5	−20.7
Majority			515	23.0
Turnout			2,231
	Greengain fromConservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brett Wright	1,649	50.1	+10.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Taylor	1,361	41.3	−4.3
	Labour	David Mannion	157	4.8	−1.1
	Green	Claire Martin	127	3.9	−2.2
Majority			288	8.7
Turnout			3,294
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing

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East Sussex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Brighton and Hove City Council	1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Eastbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hastings Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Lewes District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rother District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Wealden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Brighton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 Abolished
Hove Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
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