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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.
Notice Of Election
Wealden
Election of a Crowborough Town Councillor
for the Ward listed below
Town Ward | Number of Town Councillors to be elected |
Crowborough (Crowborough Jarvis Brook) | 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 9am to 5pm (excluding bank holidays) but no later than 4pm on Friday, 5th September 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 any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday, 2nd October 2025.
- Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 16 September 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 5pm on Wednesday, 17th September 2025.
- 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 24 September 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 5pm on Wednesday, 24th September 2025.
- 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, 2nd October 2025
Dated: Thursday 28 August 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
Thursday 2 October 2025
A Parish by-election will take place on 2 October 2025:
Crowborough Town Council – Crowborough Jarvis Brook – one seat
Key dates for this election 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 5 September 2025 |
Last day to register to vote in time for this election | Tuesday 16 September 2025 | |
Last time for receipt of applications to vote by post and for changes to existing postal or proxy applications | 5:00 pm | Wednesday 17 September 2025 |
Postal Votes Despatch Date | Friday 19 September 2025 | |
Last day for Voter Authority Certificate applications | 5:00 pm | Wednesday 24 September 2025 |
Last day and time for the receipt of proxy vote applications for this election | 5:00 pm | Wednesday 24 September 2025 |
First Day to Issue Replacement Lost Postal Ballot Papers | Friday 26 September 2025 | |
Last Time and Day to Issue Replacement Spoilt or Lost Postal Ballot Papers | 5:00 pm | Thursday 2 October 2025 |
Final deadline for receipt of emergency proxy applications | 5:00 pm | Thursday 2 October 2025 |
Day of Poll | 7:00 am to 10:00 pm | Thursday 2 October 2025 |
Count | 10.10pm | Thursday 2 October 2025 |
Currently no referendums have been called.
Candidates & Agents
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