Rother District Council

The Rother District Council (East Sussex, England) is elected every four years, with currently 38 councillors being elected at each election. From 1983 until 2019, the Conservatives have had a majority on the council, apart from between 1991 and the 1999 election when no party had a majority. Since 2019, the 'Rother Alliance' has controlled the council, formed of a mixture of Independent, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green Party councillors.[1] As of the last election in 2019 the council was composed of the following councillors:-[2]

Party Councillors
Conservative Party 14
Independent 13
Liberal Democrats 7
Labour Party 3
Green Party 1
Rother District Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Leader of the Council
Cllr D.B. Oliver, Independent
Deputy Leader of the Council
Cllr S.M. Prochak, Liberal Democrats
Structure
Seats38 councillors
Political groups
Rother Alliance (24)
  Independents (13)
  Liberal Democrat (7)
  Labour (3)
  Green (1)
Opposition (14)
  Conservative (14)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2 May 2019
Next election
May 2023
Website
www.rother.gov.uk

Wards

Rother District Council offices are based in Bexhill-on-Sea. Bexhill has nine wards: the remaining councillors represent the other 11 wards.

WardPopulation (2007)CouncillorsRatio
Battle Town491922460
Brede Valley469822349
Central (Bexhill)510622553
Collington (Bexhill)429222146
Crowhurst254612546
Darwell490122451
Eastern Rother [includes Winchelsea and Camber]481722409
Ewhurst and Sedlescombe238212382
Kewhurst (Bexhill)450022250
Marsham373621868
Old Town (Bexhill)378021890
Rother Levels [includes Northiam and Peasmarsh]462722314
Rye410822054
Sackville (Bexhill)457722289
St Marks (Bexhill)459022295
St Michaels (Bexhill)462922315
St Stephens (Bexhill)436622183
Salehurst443022215
Sidley (Bexhill)533322667
Ticehurst and Etchingham416822084
Total Rother86505382276

Parishes

The lowest level of local government is the civil parish: there are 29 within the Rother District[3] which are:

ParishTypeArea (sq mi)Population (2007)Pop Density /sq mi
Ashburnham and PenhurstParish Council22.437043
BattleTown Council31.86171503
BeckleyParish Council22.81012115
Bexhill-on-SeaNone32.3411733300
BodiamParish Council6.5391156
BredeParish Council17.61715252
BrightlingParish Council19.836648
BurwashParish Council30.12511216
CamberParish Council14.11229227
CatsfieldParish Council12.2805171
CrowhurstParish Council10.1859219
DallingtonParish Council7.9310102
EtchinghamParish Council13.4747145
EwhurstParish Council23.61052115
FairlightParish Council6.11682711
GuestlingParish Council15.91273207
Hurst GreenParish Council10.41451362
IckleshamParish Council23.52804309
IdenParish Council12.045798
MountfieldParish Council15.357397
NorthiamParish Council14.52094374
PeasmarshParish Council15.81167191
PettParish Council6.5781311
Playden & East GuldefordSee note16.632751
RyeTown Council4.241082564
Rye ForeignParish Council3.9354238
Salehurst and RobertsbridgeParish Council18.22588369
SedlescombeParish Council12.61330273
TicehurstParish Council32.53421272
UdimoreParish Council11.736581
WestfieldParish Council19.12618355
WhatlingtonParish Council6.0401172
Total Rother509.486505440

Playden and East Guldeford are merged in the statistical analysis although they are both civil parishes in their own right. Playden has a Parish Council whilst East Guldeford holds a Parish Meeting.

References
  1. "Rother District Council's new leader confirmed as parties form alliance". www.bexhillobserver.net. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. Parish and Town Councils: map
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.