EAST Sussex heads to the polls tomorrow (Thursday, May 4) for elections to East Sussex County Council.
After a boundary commission review, the authority now has 50 seats and all are up for election.
These are split by area as follows: nine seats in Eastbourne, eight in Hastings, nine in Lewes, nine in Rother and 15 in Wealden. A full list of candidates for every seat is available at www.eastsussex.gov.uk/elections
The current political make-up of the council (49 seats) is as follows:
- Conservative: 21
- Liberal Democrat: 10
- Labour: 7
- UKIP: 6
- Independent: 3
- Independent Democrat: 2
The votes in Hastings will be counted on Thursday night and results are expected to come in from around midnight. In Eastbourne, Lewes, Wealden and Rother, votes will be counted from 9am on Friday, with results expected from around lunchtime.
The county council will be announcing the results as they come in overnight on Thursday and on Friday via its Twitter (twitter.com/EastSussexCC) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/eastsussexcc) accounts and via its website at www.eastsussex.gov.uk/elections
The results of the elections held in 2013, 2009 and 2005, including the number of votes and percentage of votes for each party, and the turnout for each county electoral division, is available at www.eastsussex.gov.uk/elections
Bay Life will be publishing local results as they become available.
