Wealden divisions 6 May 2021

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Election of County Councillors

Arlington, East Hoathly & Hellingly

Declaration of result of poll

I, Heather Blanshard, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Arlington, East Hoathly and Hellingly Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Nick Bennett	Conservative Party	1872
Mark Raymond Everest	Reform UK	116
Beverly Ann Johnstone	Liberal Democrat	345
Angie Smith	Labour Party	316
Alison Jane Wilson	Green Party	690

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	5
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	27
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	32

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8726
Ballot papers issued: 3371
Turnout: 38.63%

I do hereby declare that said Nick Bennett is duly elected Councillor for the Arlington, East Hoathly and Hellingly Electoral Division.

Heather Blanshard
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Crowborough North and Jarvis Brook Division

Declaration of result of poll

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Crowborough North and Jarvis Brook Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Peter James Bucklitsch	Independent	551
Johanna Christina Dorothy Howell	Conservative Party	1131
Walter Michael James Partridge	Liberal Democrat	1096
Colin Geoffrey Stocks	Green Party	324
Norman Warren	Labour Party	255

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	10
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	10
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	20

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8920
Ballot papers issued: 3378
Turnout: 37.87%

I do hereby declare that said Johanna Christina Dorothy Howell is duly elected Councillor for the Crowborough North and Jarvis Brook Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Crowborough South and St Johns Division

Declaration of result of poll

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Crowborough South and St Johns Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Brendan Clegg	Labour Party	279
Philip Malcolm Lunn	Conservative Party	1647
Gareth Huw Owen-Williams	Liberal Democrat	686
Pamela Joy Sarah Tysh	Green Party	347

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	3
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	14
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	17

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8264
Ballot papers issued: 2977
Turnout: 36.02%

I do hereby declare that said Philip Malcolm Lunn is duly elected Councillor for the Crowborough South and St Johns Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Forest Row and Groombridge Division

Declaration of result of poll

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Forest Row and Groombridge Division Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Simon Gerard Kirby	Conservative Party	1676
Georgia Widdicombe Tayor	Green Party	2325

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	4
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	35
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	39

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8316
Ballot papers issued: 4052
Turnout: 48.73%

I do hereby declare that said Georgia Widdicombe Taylor is duly elected Councillor for the Forest Row and Groombridge Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Hailsham Market Division

Declaration of result of poll

I, Heather Blanshard, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Hailsham Market Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Bruce Broughton	Conservative Party	888
Steven Richard Gander	Social Democratic Party	103
Steve Murphy	Liberal Democrat	1493

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	2
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	39
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	41

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8400
Ballot papers issued: 2525
Turnout: 30.06%

I do hereby declare that said Steve Murphy is duly elected Councillor for the Hailsham Market Division.

Heather Blanshard
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Hailsham New Town Division

I, Heather Blanshard, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Hailsham New Town Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Neil Andrew Cleaver	Liberal Democrats	814
Gerard Ian Fox	Conservative Party	1282
Laurence Victor Keeley	Independent	337
Christopher Morris	Labour Party	261

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	5
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	20
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	25

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8463
Ballot papers issued: 2720
Turnout: 32.14%

I do hereby declare that said Gerard Ian Fox is duly elected Councillor for the Hailsham New Town Division.

Heather Blanshard
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Heathfield and Mayfield Division

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Heathfield and Mayfield Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Jane Clark	Liberal Democrats	354
Jennifer Rose Anne Howells	Green Party	612
Jason Scott-Taggart	Labour Party	383
Rupert Alexander James Simmons	Conservative Party	1954

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	4
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	36
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	40

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 9069
Ballot papers issued: 3344
Turnout: 36.87%

I do hereby declare that said Rupert Alexander James Simmons is duly elected Councillor for the Heathfield and Mayfield Electoral Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Maresfield and Buxted Division

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Maresfield and Buxted Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Nigel Doggett	Labour Party	314
Roy Galley	Conservative Party	2360
Elizabeth Lynne Riminton	Liberal Democrat	438
Ian Michael Tysh	Green Party	670

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	5
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	18
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	23

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 9154
Ballot papers issued: 3815
Turnout: 41.68%

I do hereby declare that said Roy Galley is duly elected Councillor for the Maresfield and Buxted Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Pevensey and Stone Cross Division

I, Heather Blanshard, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Pevensey and Stone Cross Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Mark Fairweather	Liberal Democrats	709
Tom Liddiard	Conservative Party	1212
Mike Pursglove	UK Independent Party	203
Robert Slater	Independent	293

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	6
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	21
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	27

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 7427
Ballot papers issued: 2444
Turnout: 32.91%

I do hereby declare that said Tom Liddiard is duly elected Councillor for the Pevensey and Stone Cross Division.

Heather Blanshard
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Polegate and Watermill Division

I, Heather Blanshard, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Polegate and Watermill Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follow:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Adrienne Hall	Green Party	154
Olivia Honeyman	Liberal Democrats	167
Paul William Hunt	Labour Party	231
Chris Primett	Conservative Party	986
Daniel Dak Yan Shing	Independent	1825

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	11
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	7
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	18

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 9578
Ballot papers issued: 3381
Turnout: 35.30%

I do hereby declare that said Daniel Dak Yan Shing is duly elected Councillor for the Pollgate and Watermill Division.

Heather Blanshard
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Uckfield Division

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Uckfield North Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Claire Barbara Dowling	Conservative Party	1295
Timothy Joseph Murray	Liberal Democrats	1010
Paul Frazer Peter Shelton	Green Party	347

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	1
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	20
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	21

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 7233
Ballot papers issued: 2676
Turnout: 37.00%

I do hereby declare that said Claire Barbara Dowling is duly elected Councillor for the Uckfield Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Uckfield South with Framfield Division.

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Uckfield South with Framfield Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Chris Bowers	Liberal Democrat	513
Ben Sebastian Cox	Labour and Co-operative Party	1092
Chris Dowling	Conservative Party	1460

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	7
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	20
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	27

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 7496
Ballot papers issued: 3093
Turnout: 41.26%

I do hereby declare that said Chris Dowling is duly elected Councillor for the Uckfield South with Framfield Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Wealden East Division

I, Heather Blanshard, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Wealden East Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Bob Bowdler	Conservative Party	2015
Barry Anthony Simons	Labour Party	292
Cornelie Usbourne	Green Party	1754

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	1
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	30
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	32

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 9479
Ballot papers issued: 4094
Turnout: 43.19%

I do hereby declare that said Bob Bowdler is duly elected Councillor for the Wealden East Division.

Heather Blanshard
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Wealden North East Division

I, Trevor Scott, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Wealden North East Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows:

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Simon Peter Cramond	Green Party	461
Lucy Emma Pop Buck	Liberal Democrats	714
Bob Standley	Conservative Party	1628
James Walker	Labour Party	438

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	9
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	20
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	29

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8093
Ballot papers issued: 3270
Turnout: 40.41%

I do hereby declare that said Bob Standley is duly elected Councillor for the Wealden North East Division.

Trevor Scott
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

Willingdon and South Downs Division

I, Heather Blanshard, being the Deputy Returning Officer at the County Council election for the Willingdon and South Downs Electoral Division, held on Thursday 6 May 2021, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded by each candidate is as follows 

Poll results

Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Douglas Malcolm Murray	Conservative Party	1377
Hugh Wayne Parker	Liberal Democrat	362
Stephen Sai Hung Shing	Independent	2077

Number of ballot papers rejected

Reason rejected	Number
Want of official mark	0
Voting for more than one candidate	4
Writing or mark by which the vote could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	24
Rejected in part	0
Total rejected	28

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 8211
Ballot papers issued: 3844
Turnout: 46.82%

I do hereby declare that said Stephen Sai Hung Shing is duly elected Councillor for the Willingdon and South Downs Division.

Heather Blanshard
Deputy Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021

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