Local Election Results 2003
Rother
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Many thanks to MaxQue for a correction to this section.
Note:— The election in Rother Levels was postponed after the death of a candidate.
Other results for Rother:20072011201520192023
By-elections for Rother (may be incomplete): 9th September 2004 (Sackville) — 29th September 2005 (St Stephens) — 17th November 2005 (Ticehurst & Etchingham) — 4th May 2006 (Kewhurst;Sackville;St Marks) — 12th June 2008 (Collington) — 3rd July 2008 (Sackville) — 12th June 2014 (Collington) — 31st July 2014 (Darwell) — 16th September 2015 (Battle Town) — 27th October 2016 (Collington;Darwell) — 10th January 2019 (St Marks) — 6th May 2021 (Eastern Rother) — 16th June 2022 (Brede & Udimore) — 26th June 2025 (Catsfield & Crowhurst)
Results for East Sussex county council:20052009201320172021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|
| Conservative | 13980 | 51.3% | 25 |
| Liberal Democrat | 9191 | 33.7% | 8 |
| Labour | 2216 | 8.1% | 3 |
| Independent | 1883 | 6.9% | 2 |
| Suzanne Williams | LD | 668 | 46.1% |
|---|
| Robert White | LD | 664 | |
|---|
| Margaret Leicester | C | 599 | 41.3% |
|---|
| Anthony Mitchell | C | 560 | |
|---|
| John Gately | Lab | 182 | 12.6% |
|---|
| Richard Carroll | C | 775 | 54.5% |
|---|
| Carl Maynard | C | 750 | |
|---|
| Rowan Fookes | LD | 647 | 45.5% |
|---|
| Eveline Armstrong | C | 634 | 56.7% |
|---|
| Joyce Hughes | C | 608 | |
|---|
| Neil Francis | LD | 484 | 43.3% |
|---|
| Michael Doncaster | LD | 451 | |
|---|
| Ronald Dyason | C | 1071 | 65.1% |
|---|
| Christopher Starnes | C | 974 | |
|---|
| Heather Morrey | LD | 575 | 34.9% |
|---|
| John Kemp | LD | 486 | 55.5% |
|---|
| Ian Tomisson | C | 315 | 36.0% |
|---|
| Timothy MacPherson | Lab | 74 | 8.5% |
|---|
| David Vereker | C | 858 | 41.1% |
|---|
| Wendy Miers | Ind | 756 | 36.2% |
|---|
| Trevor Seeman | LD | 476 | 22.8% |
|---|
| Keith Glazier | C | 733 | 49.8% |
|---|
| Charles Ramus | C | 707 | |
|---|
| Sonia Holmes | LD | 427 | 29.0% |
|---|
| Nicholas Cleveland-Stevens | LD | 349 | |
|---|
| Paul Carey | Lab | 311 | 21.1% |
|---|
| Keith Pike | Lab | 223 | |
|---|
| Matthew Wilson | C | 602 | 67.5% |
|---|
| Jeremy Field | LD | 290 | 32.5% |
|---|
| Brian Kentfield | C | 1199 | 88.1% |
|---|
| Martin Horscroft | C | 1180 | |
|---|
| John Zipperlen | LD | 162 | 11.9% |
|---|
| Robin Patten | C | 935 | 50.4% |
|---|
| Roger Bird | C | 894 | |
|---|
| Hugh Gallagher | Ind | 496 | 26.8% |
|---|
| Joloyn Holden | LD | 285 | 15.4% |
|---|
| Paola Dorigato | Lab | 138 | 7.4% |
|---|
| Shirley Wheeldon | Lab | 132 | |
|---|
| James Wood | LD | 499 | 46.8% |
|---|
| Eric Armstrong | LD | 469 | |
|---|
| Paul Lendon | C | 373 | 35.0% |
|---|
| Nicholas Hollington | Lab | 195 | 18.3% |
|---|
| Martin Mooney | C | 702 | 55.7% |
|---|
| Ronald Parren | C | 685 | |
|---|
| Jennifer Als | LD | 466 | 37.0% |
|---|
| Alan Coote | LD | 372 | |
|---|
| Linda Whymark | Lab | 93 | 7.4% |
|---|
| Jean Parks | Lab | 65 | |
|---|
| Samual Souster | Lab | 542 | 34.9% |
|---|
| Granville Bantick | LD | 537 | 34.6% |
|---|
| David Russell | C | 474 | 30.5% |
|---|
| Anthony Arfwedson | C | 448 | |
|---|
| Geoffrey Lyus | Lab | 443 | |
|---|
| Jean Hopkinson | C | 876 | 68.1% |
|---|
| Deirdre Williams | C | 775 | |
|---|
| Christopher Storer | LD | 411 | 31.9% |
|---|
| Stuart Earl | C | 1236 | 77.5% |
|---|
| Joanne Gadd | C | 1106 | |
|---|
| Stephen Callandine-Evans | LD | 359 | 22.5% |
|---|
| Charles Clark | Ind | 631 | 46.1% |
|---|
| Peter Fairhurst | C | 393 | 28.7% |
|---|
| Martin Kenward | C | 373 | |
|---|
| Martyn Forster | LD | 346 | 25.3% |
|---|
| Graham Gubby | C | 648 | 49.3% |
|---|
| William Clements | C | 631 | |
|---|
| Hilary McCorry | LD | 432 | 32.9% |
|---|
| Trevor Smith | LD | 339 | |
|---|
| Dominic Coughlan | Lab | 235 | 17.9% |
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| Susan Prochak | LD | 894 | 64.4% |
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| George Hearn | LD | 828 | |
|---|
| Mary Barnes | C | 495 | 35.6% |
|---|
| Geoffrey Goodsell | C | 485 | |
|---|
| Helen Bridger | Lab | 446 | 42.5% |
|---|
| Keith Bridger | Lab | 418 | |
|---|
| Robert Wheeler | C | 399 | 38.0% |
|---|
| Irena Massarella | C | 395 | |
|---|
| Matthew Kemp | LD | 205 | 19.5% |
|---|
| Ian Jenkins | C | 663 | 55.0% |
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| John Potter | C | 633 | |
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| Albert Barrass | LD | 542 | 45.0% |
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| Mary Varrall | LD | 542 | |
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