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Elections & Referendums 2025
East Sussex County Council
The government has decided to postpone county elections due in May 2025 in areas which are part of its priority programme for English devolution.
Ministers decided this was necessary to enable its ambitious programme of devolution and reorganisation of local government, including in East Sussex. It wants councils free to focus scarce resources on this democratic programme, including preparing for a mayoral election in May 2026 and for elections to new unitary councils.
It was the government’s view that the alternative would have been to hold elections to a body which is not expected to continue in its current form. This would have cost more than £1.5 million of public money.
Ministers emphasised there is well-established precedent for postponing elections to enable reorganisation, including in North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Somerset and Buckinghamshire.
Ministers will now bring legislation to parliament to enable the new election timetable.
Thursday 10 July 2025
Three by-elections will take place on 10 July 2025:
Wealden District Council – Horam & Punnetts Town Ward – one seat
Polegate Town Council – Polegate North Ward – one seat
Uckfield Town Council – Uckfield New Town Ward – one seat
The Notices of Election can be viewed below, but key dates for these elections are:
Election event | Time | Date |
Last day and time for the Delivery of Nomination Papers and Candidate’s Consent to Nomination | 4:00 pm | Friday 13 June 2025 |
Last day to register to vote in time for this election | Tuesday 24 June 2025 | |
Last time for receipt of applications to vote by post and for changes to existing postal or proxy applications | 5:00 pm | Wednesday 25 June 2025 |
Postal Votes Despatch Date | Friday 27 June 2025 | |
Last day for Voter Authority Certificate applications | 5:00 pm | Wednesday 2 July 2025 |
Last day and time for the receipt of proxy vote applications for this election | 5:00 pm | Wednesday 2 July 2025 |
First Day to Issue Replacement Lost Postal Ballot Papers | Friday 4 July 2025 | |
Last Time and Day to Issue Replacement Spoilt or Lost Postal Ballot Papers | 5:00 pm | Thursday 10 July 2025 |
Final deadline for receipt of emergency proxy applications | 5:00 pm | Thursday 10 July 2025 |
Day of Poll | 7:00 am to 10:00 pm | Thursday 10 July 2025 |
Count | 9.00am | Friday 11 July 2025 |
Statement of Persons Nominated
Wealden District Council
Election of a District Councillor
The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a District Councillor for
Horam & Punnetts Town Ward
Name of Candidate (surname first) | Home Address | Description | Name of Proposer, Seconder, | Reason why no longer nominated. Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.
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Carpenter Barry William
| 6 Fieldfare Court, Greenwich Road, Hailsham, BN27 2NL
| Independent | Price Stephen D |
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Gould Diane Susan
| (address in Wealden)
| Green Party | Gould Alistair T F
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Potts Stephen John | (address in Wealden) | Reform UK | Wilson Lorraine T
|
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Stedman Susan Cahill
| (address in Wealden) | The Conservative Party Candidate
| Guyton Devina M
|
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The persons above, where no entry is made in the last column, have been and stand validly nominated.
Dated Monday 16 June 2025
Trevor Scott
Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
Statement of Persons Nominated
Wealden District Council
Election of a Town Councillor
The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a Town Councillor for
Polegate Town Council (Polegate North Ward)
Name of Candidate (surname first) | Home Address | Description | Name of Proposer, Seconder, | Reason why no longer nominated. Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.
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Caira Mickey
| 10 Brown Jack Avenue, Polegate, BN26 5HN
| Reform UK | Caira Pierina M |
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Garwood Karen Lola
| (address in Wealden) | Polegate Residents` Association | Dunbar Nathan J
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Whitehead Sarah Louise
| (address in Wealden) | Liberal Democrats | Holloway David H |
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The persons above, where no entry is made in the last column, have been and stand validly nominated.
Dated Monday 16 June 2025
Trevor Scott
Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
Statement of Persons Nominated
Wealden District Council
Election of a Town Councillor
The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a Town Councillor for
Uckfield Town Council (Uckfield New Town Ward)
Name of Candidate (surname first) | Home Address | Description | Name of Proposer, Seconder, | Reason why no longer nominated. Decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.
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Butler Kathryn Ann
| 6 Oakwood Drive, Uckfield, TN22 1XA | Liberal Democrats | Power Sean A |
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Griffiths Peter John
| (address in Wealden) | Reform UK | Bussey Emma J M |
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Underhill Dylan
| (address in Wealden) | Labour Party | Smith Derek J |
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White Jacob Mark
| (address in Wealden) | Conservative Party Candidate | Firth Helen |
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The persons above, where no entry is made in the last column, have been and stand validly nominated.
Dated Monday 16 June 2025
Trevor Scott
Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
Notice of Election Agents ‘ Names and Offices
Election of a District Councillor
for Horam & Punnetts Town
on Thursday 10 July 2025
I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the names of election agents of the candidates at this election, and the addresses of the offices or places of such election agents to which all claims, notices, writs, summons, and other documents addressed to them may be sent, have respectively been declared in writing to me as follows:
Name of Election Agent | Correspondence Address | Name of Candidate |
WHITE David George | Grovebridge Farm, Grove Hill, Hellingly, East Sussex, BN27 4HH | CARPENTER Barry William |
OBBARD Keith David | Cherry Gardens Farm, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 9NY | GOULD Diane Susan |
WEBSTER John William | 27 Geers Wood, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0AR | POTTS Stephen John |
STANDLEY Robert William | Sussex Weald Conservatives, 6A Amherst Road, Bexhill, TN40 1QJ | STEDMAN Susan Cahill |
Dated: Friday 13 June 2025
Trevor Scott
Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
Notice Of Election
Election of a Wealden District Councillor
for the Ward listed below
Ward | Number of District Councillors to be elected |
Horam & Punnetts Town | One |
- Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX on any day after the date of this notice, on Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm (excluding bank holidays) but no later than 4 pm on Friday, 13th June 2025.
- Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX, during the times stated above.
- If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 10th July 2025.
- Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 24 June 2025. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
- 5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 25th June 2025. New applications may be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
- Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
- New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 2nd July 2025. Applications may be made online at https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
- Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5pm on Thursday, 10th July 2025
Dated: Thursday 5 June 2025
Trevor Scott
Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
Notice Of Election
Wealden
Election of a Polegate Town Councillor
for the Town Ward listed below
Town Ward | Number of Town Councillors to be elected |
Polegate North | One |
- Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX on any day after the date of this notice, on Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm (excluding bank holidays) but no later than 4 pm on Friday, 13th June 2025.
- Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX, during the times stated above.
- If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 10th July 2025.
- Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 24 June 2025. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
- 5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 25th June 2025. New applications may be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
- Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
- New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 2nd July 2025. Applications may be made online at https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
- Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5pm on Thursday, 10th July 2025
Dated: Thursday 5 June 2025
Trevor Scott
Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
Notice Of Election
Wealden
Election of an Uckfield Town Councillor
for the Town Ward listed below
Town Ward | Number of Town Councillors to be elected |
Uckfield New Town | One |
- Nomination papers must be delivered to the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX on any day after the date of this notice, on Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm (excluding bank holidays) but no later than 4 pm on Friday, 13th June 2025.
- Nomination papers may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX, during the times stated above.
- If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 10th July 2025.
- Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 24 June 2025. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
- 5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 25th June 2025. New applications may be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
- Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 2 July 2025. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
- New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5 pm on Wednesday, 2nd July 2025. Applications may be made online at https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
- Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX by 5pm on Thursday, 10th July 2025
Dated: Thursday 5 June 2025
Trevor Scott
Returning Officer
Printed and published by the Returning Officer, The Elections Office, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX
Currently no referendums have been called.
Candidates & Agents
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You will need to select the area under the ‘Where am I’ drop down, and then select the ‘Election Type.’ This will filter all the results below. Alternatively, you can us the search box to look for specific guidance/resources. It does also explain this on the link.
If you would like to find out what polling station you will be voting at, you can find this at Where do I Vote