2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election
{{Short description|2011 UK local government election}}
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The 2011 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/21uc.stm|title=England council elections|date=10 May 2011|publisher=BBC News|access-date=21 December 2011}}
Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats controlled the council with 20 seats, compared to 7 for the Conservatives, after taking control at the 2007 election.{{cite news|url=http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local-news/council_elections_follow_our_live_blog_for_minute_by_minute_coverage_1_2646015|title=Council elections: Follow our live blog for minute by minute coverage|date=5 May 2011|work=Eastbourne Herald|access-date=22 December 2011}} A total of 94 candidates stood for the 27 seats on the council being contested, while 10 sitting councillors stood down at the election, 8 Liberal Democrats and 2 Conservatives. Important seats for control of the council were expected to be Old Town and Sovereign, as well as Hampden Park and Upperton.
Local issues at the election included plans for the redevelopment of the town centre, which was supported across parties, and calls to improve Eastbourne's transport links.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13150006|title=Eastbourne's local elections|last=Stewart|first=Louise|date=21 April 2011|publisher=BBC News|access-date=22 December 2011}} However, with the Liberal Democrats in government nationally together with the Conservatives, national government decisions, such as the increase in tuition fees, were also an issue during the election.
Election result
The Liberal Democrats remained in control of the council with 15 seats, but lost 5 seats to the Conservatives.{{cite news|title=Expert view Lib Dem collapse good news for Cameron|last=Travers|first=Tony|date=7 May 2011|work=The Guardian|page=5}}{{cite news|url=http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local-news/eastbourne_council_elections_results_1_2655736|title=Eastbourne council elections results|date=6 May 2011|work=Eastbourne Herald|access-date=22 December 2011}} The Conservatives gained all 3 seats in Sovereign ward and also took the 2 seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Upperton. This took the Conservatives to 12 councillors,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-13282386|title=Liberal Democrats hold Eastbourne with cut majority|date=7 May 2011|publisher=BBC News|access-date=22 December 2011}} but the Liberal Democrats held on to all 3 seats in Old Town ward after a recount, to keep a 3-seat council majority. Overall turnout at the election was 44.17%,{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/council/elections/elections-2011/|title=Election Results 2011|publisher=Eastbourne Borough Council|access-date=21 December 2011}} compared to 42.26% in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/council/elections/past-results/elections-2007/|title=Election Results 2007|publisher=Eastbourne Borough Council|access-date=17 December 2011|archive-date=29 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129201712/http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/council/elections/past-results/elections-2007/|url-status=dead}}
{{Election summary begin|title = Eastbourne local election result 2011{{cite news|title=Local authority elections: England|date=7 May 2011|work=The Guardian|page=30}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 15
|gain = 0
|loss = 5
|net = -5
|seats % = 55.6
|votes % = 39.4
|votes = 13,341
|plus/minus = -5.6
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{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 12
|gain = 5
|loss = 0
|net = +5
|seats % = 44.4
|votes % = 38.0
|votes = 12,893
|plus/minus = -0.5
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 10.6
|votes = 3,590
|plus/minus = +1.7
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 10.4
|votes = 3,515
|plus/minus = +5.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = UK Independence Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.2
|votes = 404
|plus/minus = -1.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 0.5
|votes = 160
|plus/minus = N/A
}}
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Ward results
{{Election box begin | title=Devonshire (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Bannister
|votes = 1,529
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Neil Stanley
|votes = 1,304
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Steve Wallis
|votes = 1,273
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Parker
|votes = 672
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandra Elkin
|votes = 666
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Grant Sanders
|votes = 580
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steven Clark
|votes = 412
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Goude
|votes = 345
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jean Winstone
|votes = 337
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Linda Wintle
|votes = 295
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|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Bill Palethorpe
|votes = 256
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Keith Gell
|votes = 160
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,829
|percentage = 34.5
|change = +0.0
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Hampden Park (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Pat Hearn
|votes = 1,394
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jim Murray
|votes = 1,266
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mike Thompson
|votes = 1,225
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Ansell
|votes = 692
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kate Glover
|votes = 672
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sam Chapman
|votes = 643
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dave Brinson
|votes = 470
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jake Lambert
|votes = 418
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerry Stonestreet
|votes = 344
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Leslie Dalton
|votes = 255
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ivor Hueting
|votes = 220
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rob Sier
|votes = 166
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,765
|percentage = 40.1
|change = +8.2
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Langney (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alan Shuttleworth
|votes = 1,434
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Harun Miah
|votes = 1,328
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Troy Tester
|votes = 1,282
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Freebody
|votes = 726
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Glover
|votes = 720
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jan Jenkins
|votes = 705
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lee Comfort
|votes = 278
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Christine Quarrington
|votes = 270
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sean Meekings
|votes = 258
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Noble
|votes = 218
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,219
|percentage = 34.4
|change = +0.4
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Meads (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Taylor
|votes = 2,239
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Elkin
|votes = 2,232
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel Goodyear
|votes = 2,126
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Tom Banner
|votes = 797
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jean Fisher
|votes = 766
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Ticehurst
|votes = 734
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Harry Boys
|votes = 414
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jean Couture
|votes = 411
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Ian Cameron
|votes = 404
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Scard
|votes = 373
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Dorothy Forsyth
|votes = 361
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Manek Jaffer
|votes = 349
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,206
|percentage = 51.4
|change = +3.5
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin | title=Old Town (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Carolyn Heaps
|votes = 2,432
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Janet Coles
|votes = 1,934
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Ungar
|votes = 1,738
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne Angel
|votes = 1,726
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Vivienne De Havilland-Geraghty
|votes = 1,350
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Danielle Perry
|votes = 1,193
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Pippa Oliphant
|votes = 631
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Key
|votes = 418
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Richards
|votes = 374
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Richards
|votes = 340
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,136
|percentage = 53.4
|change = -1.4
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Ratton (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Belsey
|votes = 2,357
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandie Howlett
|votes = 2,076
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Murdoch
|votes = 1,991
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Linda Beckmann
|votes = 999
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Roger Howarth
|votes = 984
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Rodohan
|votes = 908
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Nancy Dalton
|votes = 523
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Hall
|votes = 471
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Nolan
|votes = 394
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Sedgwick
|votes = 360
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,063
|percentage = 53.1
|change = +4.8
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Anthony's (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Tutt
|votes = 2,169
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jon Harris
|votes = 1,929
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gill Mattock
|votes = 1,913
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nick Ansell
|votes = 846
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Herbert
|votes = 759
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Borland
|votes = 752
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jackie Ferguson
|votes = 383
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Salmon
|votes = 348
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Culshaw
|votes = 332
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Hugh Norris
|votes = 287
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,718
|percentage = 43.8
|change = +2.5
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Sovereign (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Ede
|votes = 1,904
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick Warner
|votes = 1,767
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gordon Jenkins
|votes = 1,745
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Salsbury
|votes = 1,193
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Holt
|votes = 1,169
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Grace Loseby
|votes = 1,106
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jocelyn McCarthy
|votes = 488
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharon Wentworth
|votes = 359
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,731
|percentage = 40.6
|change = +1.6
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Upperton (3 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Liddiard
|votes = 1,731
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Annabelle West
|votes = 1,707
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alun Cooke
|votes = 1,694
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alex Hough
|votes = 1,394
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Pat Rodohan
|votes = 1,378
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Hilary Lewis
|votes = 1,324
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kenneth Webb
|votes = 427
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Barr
|votes = 313
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lucette Davies
|votes = 305
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Goude
|votes = 304
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,577
|percentage = 46.4
|change = +0.1
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
By-elections between 2011 and 2015
A by-election was held in Meads on 31 May 2012 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Nigel Goodyear.{{cite news|url=http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local/caroline-wins-meads-for-conservatives-1-3907761|title=Carolien wins Meads for Conservatives|date=1 June 2012|work=Eastbourne Herald|access-date=11 April 2015}} The seat was held for the Conservatives by Caroline Ansell with a majority of 1,318 votes over Liberal Democrat Gerard Thompson.
{{Election box begin | title=Meads by-election 31 May 2012}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Ansell
|votes = 1,783
|percentage = 59.6
|change = +7.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gerard Thompson
|votes = 465
|percentage = 15.5
|change = -3.2
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Scard
|votes = 323
|percentage = 10.8
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Ian Cameron
|votes = 322
|percentage = 10.8
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Keith Gell
|votes = 100
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,318
|percentage = 44.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,993
|percentage = 39
|change = -12
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{East Sussex elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011}}