September 2016 The table lists all the divisions we are proposing as part of our final recommendations along with the number of voters per county councillor. The table also shows the electoral variances for each of the proposed divisions which tells you how we have delivered electoral equality. No. Number of Variance No. Number of Variance Division name of electors per from average Division name of electors per from average Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements cilrs councillor % cilrs councillor % for East Sussex County Council (2021) (2021) Eastbourne Rother Summary report Devonshire 1 9,006 4% Battle & Crowhurst 1 8,233 -5% Hampden Park 1 7,854 -9% Bexhill East 1 9,067 5% Read the full report and view detailed maps at: www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk Langney 1 8,197 -5% Bexhill North 1 8,554 -1% Find out more at: www.lgbce.org.uk Meads 1 8,566 -1% Bexhill South 1 9,287 8% Follow us on Twitter at: @LGBCE Old Town 1 8,793 2% Bexhill West 1 9,412 9% Ratton 1 7,765 -10% Brede Valley & Marsham 1 8,390 -3% Sovereign 1 9,517 10% Northern Rother 1 7,780 -10% St. Anthony’s 1 9,096 5% Rother North West 1 7,903 -9% Upperton 1 8,420 -3% Rye & Eastern Rother 1 8,406 -3% Who we are Our proposals Hastings Wealden The Local Government Boundary Commission for East Sussex County Council currently has 49 county Ashdown & Conquest 1 8,170 -5% Arlington, East Hoathly & England is an independent body set up by Parliament. councillors. Based on the evidence we received Baird & Ore 1 7,993 -7% Hellingly 1 8,437 -2% We are not part of government or any political party. during previous phases of the review, the Commission Braybrooke & Castle 1 7,823 -9% Crowborough North & We are accountable to Parliament through a recommends that 50 county councillors should serve Central St Leonards & Gensing 1 8,261 -4% Jarvis Brook 1 8,883 3% committee of MPs chaired by the Speaker of the East Sussex in future. Hollington & Wishing Tree 1 8,827 2% Crowborough South & St Johns 1 8,998 4% House of Commons. Maze Hill & West St Leonards 1 8,668 0% Forest Row & Groombridge 1 8,567 -1% Old Hastings & Tressell 1 8,069 -7% Hailsham Market 1 9,165 6% Our main role is to carry out electoral reviews of local Electoral arrangements St Helens & Silverhill 1 8,277 -4% Hailsham New Town 1 9,162 6% authorities throughout England. Heathfield & Mayfield 1 8,784 2% Our final recommendations propose that East Lewes Maresfield & Buxted 1 9,057 5% Sussex’s 50 county councillors should represent 50 Chailey 1 9,137 6% Pevensey & Stone Cross 1 7,942 -8% Electoral review single-member electoral divisions across the county. Lewes 1 9,408 9% Polegate & Watermill 1 8,968 4% Newhaven & Bishopstone 1 9,768 13% Uckfield North 1 7,619 -12% An electoral review examines and proposes new The Commission believes the final recommendations Ouse Valley West & Downs 1 8,590 -1% Uckfield South with Framfield 1 8,580 -1% electoral arrangements for a local authority. A local meet our statutory criteria to: Peacehaven 1 8,313 -4% Wealden East 1 9,487 10% authority’s electoral arrangements are: Ringmer & Lewes Bridge 1 9,301 8% Wealden North East 1 8,288 -4% ■ Deliver electoral equality for voters. Seaford North 1 8,894 3% Willingdon & South Downs 1 8,289 -4% ■ The total number of councillors representing the ■ Reflect local community interests and identities. Seaford South 1 9,176 6% Totals 50 council’s voters (‘council size’). ■ Promote effective and convenient local Telscombe 1 9,135 6% Average 7,945 ■ The names, number and boundaries of wards or government. electoral divisions. ■ The number of councillors representing each ward or division. Why East Sussex? We are conducting an electoral review of East Sussex Stage of review Description as part of a review of the electoral arrangements of 22 Sep - Public consultation on new East Sussex County Council and its boroughs and 30 Nov 2015 division pattern districts. 15 Mar - Public consultation on draft 16 Jun 2016 recommendations What happens next? Publication of final We have now completed our review of East Sussex County Council. 27 Sep 2016 recommendations The recommendations must now be approved by Parliament. A draft order - the legal document which brings into force Subject to parliamentary our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. Subject to parliamentary scrutiny, the new electoral arrangements approval - implementation of will come into force at the county elections in 2017. May 2017 new arrangements at county elections Summary of our recommendations Overview of final recommendations for East Sussex County Council Our final recommendations propose that East Sussex’s 50 county councillors should represent 50 single- member electoral divisions across the county. View this map online and explore it in more detail at: www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk In response to evidence presented to the Commission during public consultation, it has decided to make changes to some of the recommendations it published Follow the Commission on Twitter: @LGBCE in March. If you are viewing this page online, click on the map to go straight to our In Eastbourne, the Commission has amended its interactive mapping area proposed boundary between Sovereign and St Anthony’s divisions so that it matches the local borough ward boundary. For Rother, the Commission received persuasive evidence on its draft proposals that argued for the parishes of Brede and Udimore to be part of the same electoral division as they share community ties. The final recommendations therefore include both parishes in the Brede Valley & Marsham division. In Wealden, the Commission received objections to the inclusion of the Isfield and Shortbridge areas in the Uckfield North division. The Commission accepts the arguments put to it about community ties and now proposes to include both areas in the Maresfield & Buxted division. contains Ordnance Survey data (c) Crown copyright Elsewhere in Wealden, the Commission also proposes and database rights 2016 that the parish of Hooe in the Wealden East division rather than Pevensey & Stone Cross as previously recommended. As a result of local feedback, the Commission also proposes to change some of the names of the divisions it put forward as part of its draft recommendations. As such, Hartfield division is renamed Forest Row & Groombridge, Horam & Eastern Villages division will be called Wealden East and the Wadhurst division is renamed Wealden North East. 16 Bexhill South 34 Maze Hill & West St Leonards An outline of the proposals is shown in the map to the 17 Bexhill East 35 Ashdown & Conquest right of this box. A detailed report on the Map key: 18 Rye & Eastern Rother 36 Hollington & Wishing Tree recommendations and interactive mapping is available 19 Rother North West 37 Central St Leonards & Gensing on our website at: www.lgbce.org.uk . 1 Forest Row & Groombridge 2 Uckfield South with Framfield 20 Battle & Crowhurst 38 St Helens & Silverhill 3 Arlington, East Hoathly & Hellingly 21 Bexhill West 39 Braybrooke & Castle 4 Willingdon & South Downs 22 Bexhill North 40 Baird & Ore Find out more: 5 Wealden North East 23 Northern Rother 41 Old Hastings & Tressell www.consultation.lgbce.org.uk 6 Heathfield & Mayfield 24 Brede Valley & Marsham 42 Meads 7 Polegate & Watermill 25 Ouse Valley West & Downs 43 Old Town ■ view the map of our recommendations down to 26 Chailey 44 Ratton street level. 8 Hailsham New Town 27 Telscombe 45 Hampden Park ■ zoom into the areas that interest you most. 9 Hailsham Market ■ read the full report of our recommendations. 10 Crowborough South & St Johns 28 Lewes 46 Upperton ■ compare the final recommendations with the draft 11 Crowborough North & Jarvis Brook 29 Peacehaven 47 Langney proposals and existing arrangements. 12 Uckfield North 30 Ringmer & Lewes Bridge 48 Devonshire ■ find out more about the electoral review process 13 Maresfield & Buxted 31 Newhaven & Bishopstone 49 Sovereign 14 Pevensey & Stone Cross 32 Seaford South 50 St Anthony's 15 Wealden East 33 Seaford North.