East Sussex County Council.
Council with no overall control county. £603m net revenue. 108 wards across 7 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 5 districts: Eastbourne, Hastings, Lewes, Rother, Wealden.
8 Jun 2026
Council chamber, 3-party MP geography.
East Sussex County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £603m for 2025-26. It covers 108 wards spanning 7 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
| District | Band D bill | County tax sourced | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne | £2,532.49 | £67.0m | 9 |
| Hastings | £2,554.14 | £50.2m | 16 |
| Lewes | £2,627.39 | £72.8m | 21 |
| Rother | £2,561.29 | £73.8m | 21 |
| Wealden | £2,608.44 | £129.2m | 41 |
Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is East Sussex County Council’s own precept (£1867.05/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £392.9m.
Who sits in the chamber.
Councillors — the people.
Councillor data not yet ingested for East Sussex County Council.
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (county) median: 65% council tax, 28% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,867 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does East Sussex County Council split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (county)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
East Sussex County Council’s territory crosses 7 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex Weald | 23 | 21% | Nusrat Ghani | Con |
| Lewes | 22 | 20% | James MacCleary | LD |
| Bexhill and Battle | 20 | 19% | Kieran Mullan | Con |
| Hastings and Rye | 19 | 18% | Helena Dollimore | Ind |
| East Grinstead and Uckfield | 11 | 10% | Mims Davies | Con |
| Eastbourne | 9 | 8% | Josh Babarinde | LD |
| Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven | 4 | 4% | Chris Ward | Lab |
This council holds 3 Con, 2 LD and 1 Lab MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a -controlled county — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 20 other councils (county)
Not yet ingested for East Sussex County Council
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level