Polling booths in and around Rye are open until 10pm tonight 7 May for this year’s local elections. Rye News will publish the results as soon as they are declared – most likely on Friday afternoon.
All the seats on East Sussex County Council (ESCC) are being contested, along with the Rye and Winchelsea ward on Rother District Council and a place on Northiam Parish Council.
These are the seven candidates standing in the Rye and Easter Rother ward for East Sussex County Council: Dan Bradley (Reform), Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative), Jimmy Hyatt (Independent), Dominic Manning (Green), Pete McLaren (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Andrew Mier (Liberal Democrat) and Amanda Pollard (Labour).
You can read more from each of these candidates here.
These are the five candidates standing for the vacant post on Rother District Council – the Rye and Winchelsea ward – caused by the resignation of Councillor Simon McGurk: Dan Bradley (Reform), David Cooke (Conservative), Derek Greenup (Liberal Democrat), Dominic Manning (Green), Amanda Pollard (Labour).
You can read more from each of these candidates here.
These are the candidates in the Northern Rother ward for ESCC. The Brede Valley and Marsham candidates are here.
There’s also an election for one seat on Northiam Parish Council. Dean Johnson and Riley Lee are the candidates.
Rye News will publish the results of the ballots as soon as they are announced on Friday 8 May, with interviews with the winning candidates the following week.
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