Wealden
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Council composition as of 2025
45 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2023)
In 2023, 44 seats were up across 40 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 44 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 18,501 | 34.9% | 8 | 18.2% | 16 | 36.4% | -8 |
| Green Party | 11,476 | 21.6% | 11 | 25.0% | 10 | 22.7% | +1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9,839 | 18.5% | 13 | 29.5% | 8 | 18.2% | +5 |
| Independent | 8,193 | 15.4% | 10 | 22.7% | 7 | 15.9% | +3 |
| Labour Party | 4,570 | 8.6% | 2 | 4.5% | 3 | 6.8% | -1 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 346 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Reform UK | 121 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 34 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 53,080 | 100.0% | 44 | 100.0% | 44 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2023 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2019 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 49% | 55% |
| Buxted | 59% | 60% |
| Chiddingly, East Hoathly and Waldron | 55% | 61% |
| Crowborough Central | 51% | 55% |
| Crowborough Jarvis Brook | 38% | 75% |
| Crowborough North | 52% | 54% |
| Crowborough South East | 46% | 74% |
| Crowborough South West | 52% | 59% |
| Crowborough St Johns | 63% | 50% |
| Danehill and Fletching | 59% | 64% |
| Forest Row | 79% | 78% |
| Framfield and Cross-in-Hand | 58% | 58% |
| Frant and Wadhurst | 55% | 46% |
| Hadlow Down and Rotherfield | 62% | |
| Hailsham Central | 40% | 66% |
| Hailsham East | 59% | 71% |
| Hailsham North | 33% | 75% |
| Hailsham North West | 54% | 52% |
| Hailsham South | 47% | 47% |
| Hailsham West | 46% | 37% |
| Hartfield | 57% | 63% |
| Heathfield North | 60% | 47% |
| Heathfield South | 68% | 66% |
| Hellingly | 63% | 64% |
| Herstmonceux and Pevensey Levels | 44% | 54% |
| Horam and Punnetts Town | 52% | 67% |
| Lower Willingdon | 69% | 55% |
| Maresfield | 62% | 69% |
| Mayfield and Five Ashes | 58% | 55% |
| Pevensey Bay | 30% | 65% |
| Polegate Central | 38% | |
| Polegate North | 51% | 34% |
| Polegate South and Willingdon Watermill | 73% | 54% |
| South Downs | 45% | 48% |
| Stone Cross | 52% | 47% |
| Uckfield East | 56% | 47% |
| Uckfield New Town | 44% | 60% |
| Uckfield North | 44% | 52% |
| Uckfield Ridgewood and Little Horsted | 44% | 41% |
| Upper Willingdon | 56% | 55% |
| Withyham | 53% | 72% |