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The 2024 Hastings Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. Half of the 32 members of Hastings Borough Council in East Sussex were elected. The council remained under no overall control, but the Green Party made significant gains in their number of seats, becoming the largest party on the council. The Conservatives performed poorly, losing a third of their 2023 share of the vote and half their seats. Reform UK also lost their only seat, which they had gained in May 2023 following a Conservative Councillor switching parties.[3] The Labour group leader, Heather Bishop, lost her seat.[4]
Prior to the election, the council was being run by a minority coalition of the Green Party and the subset of the independent councillors known as the 'Hastings Independent Group'.[5] Following the election a Green minority administration formed instead.[6]
- ^ Dillon, Rick (27 February 2024). "Chaos in Hastings after surprise Labour split". Sussex Bylines. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Connelley, Chris (21 January 2024). "Coalition Green / Hastings Independents Cabinet draws fire from Labour and Tories". Hastings Online Times. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Oxburgh, Huw (12 May 2023). "Ex-Conservative councillor in Hastings joins Reform UK Party". Sussex World. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Oxburgh, Huw (3 May 2024). "Hastings Borough Council election results 2024 - council remains in no overall control". Sussex World. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Wright, Charlotte; Lee, Shola (15 December 2023). "Hastings Borough Council: Leader and five other councillors quit Labour". BBC News Online. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ McLaughlin, Paul (5 June 2024). "Green takeover, independents frozen out". Hastings Independent. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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