2023 Wealden District Council election

2023 Wealden District Council election
← 2019 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2027 →
All 45 seats to Wealden District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader James Patridge Rachel Millward Ann Newton
Party Liberal Democrats Green Conservative
Leader since May 2023 May 2023 May 2022
Leader's seat Crowborough North Hartfield Framfield & Cross-in-Hand
Last election 4 seats, 8.9% 2 seats, 4.4% 34 seats, 75.6%
Seats before 6 4 28
Seats after 13 11 9
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 7 Decrease 19
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader David White Stephen Shing Daniel Manvell
Party Independent Independent Democrat Group Labour
Leader since May 2021 May 2007 May 2023
Leader's seat Hellingly Lower Willingdon Uckfield North
Last election 1 seats, 2.2% 4 seats, 8.9% N/A
Seats before 3 4 0
Seats after 6 4 2
Seat change Increase 3 Steady 0 Increase 2
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Wealden District Council election
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Liberal Democrat/Green
coalition

The 2023 Wealden District Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect all 45 members of Wealden District Council.[1][2][3][4] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

At the first meeting of the Council on 24 May 2023, the first ever non-Conservative administration was elected in the Council's 50-year history. The Liberal Democrat Leader James Partridge was elected as Leader of the Council and the Greens' Leader Rachel Millward was elected as Deputy Leader of the Council, with leadership to rotate annually. The new leadership appointed 4 Liberal Democrats and 3 Greens to the Cabinet.[5]

  1. ^ "Forthcoming Elections". Wealden District Council. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2023: More than 400 Sussex seats up for election". The Argus. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ "English local elections 2024: South East voters to be polled on 1,304 seats". BBC News. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Lib Dem and Green coalition officially takes up office at Wealden District Council after local election". Sussex Express. Retrieved 10 July 2023.