Conservatives win lions share of Hailsham Town Council seats

color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">The local election

results in Hailsham have seen the Conservatives have a successful night with 18

out of the 24 seats remaining blue.

 

In Hailsham Central

and North Ward seven seats were up for grabs with Bill Benier, Nicholas

Collinson, Jenny Cook, Barry Marlowe, Steve McAuliffe and Dawn Ryan successful

for the Conservatives. Paul Holbrook took the one seat for Liberal Democrats.

 

In Hailsham East where

three seats were being contested the Conservatives took a clean sweep, winning all

three through Stella Henstock, Michael Ryan and Stuart Towner.

 

Ten seats were up for

grabs in Hailsham South and West wards. Seven of them went to the Tories whilst

Independent candidates won three.

 

Jo Bentley, Jeff

Bentley-Astor, Maggie Burt, Nigel Coltman, Richard Grocock, Chriss Triandafyllou

and Tony Williams won the seats for the Conservatives whilst Bill Crittenden, Geoff

Rowe and Mary Rowe were returned as independents.

 

Finally, in the Upper

Horsebridge Ward four seats were uncontested so all candidates were

automatically elected, two each from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

Charlotte Collinson and Mags Skinner for the Conservatives and Barbara Holbrook

and John Blake for the Liberal Democrats.