Buxted Parish Council

Buxted Parish Council governs the village of Buxted, a civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex in England. The council appoints one councillor who is then known as the Chairman or Chairwoman. The current Chairperson is Councillor Vivienne Blandford.^[1]

Buxted Parish Council
Type
Type	Parish council
Leadership
Chairman	Councillor Vivienne Blandford
Vice Chairman	Councillor John Rose
Structure
Seats	12*
Political groups	Independent (12)
Elections
Last election	7 May 2015
Next election	May/June 2019
Website
Official website
Footnotes
Only 12 of the 15 available seats are currently filled.

Buxted Parish Council is formed of two wards - these wards are currently represented by twelve parish councillors.^[2]

Clockwise, from the north, it borders the communities of Crowborough, Five Ashes, Heathfield, Buxted & Uckfield.

Current composition

Group affiliation		Members
	Independent	12
Total		12

Election history

Buxted Parish Council is made up of up to 15 councillors elected from two wards. The last elections were held in 2015, and resulted in the election of 12 Independent councillors.^[3]

2015 election

The 2015 Buxted Parish Council elections were held alongside the elections for Wealden District Council & the Wealden Parliamentary constituency on 7 May 2015. All 15 seats were up for election, of these seats only 12 were filled.^[4]

Ward	Party		Parish councillors elected 2015
Buxted		Independent	Vivienne Blandford
		Independent	Ian Goldsmith
		Independent	Martin Hall
		Independent	Francis Harding
		Independent	Kate Littlefield
		Independent	Fiona McQuarrie
		Independent	Jon Milner
		Independent	Dermot Mulvagh
		Independent	John Rose
		Independent	Jean Skinner
High Hurstwood		Independent	Morna Rogers
		Independent	Geoffrey Sheard

2011 election

In the 2011 Buxted Parish Council elections 15 seats were contested, all of these seats were filled by independent candidates.^[5]

Ward	Party		Parish councillors elected 2011
Buxted		Independent	Marjan Hoorieh Arabizadeh
		Independent	Vivienne Blandford
		Independent	Alison Crowe
		Independent	Maggie Dopson
		Independent	Martin Hall
		Independent	Francis Harding
		Independent	Graham Manchester
		Independent	John Pearson
		Independent	John Rose
		Independent	Katie Seddon
High Hurstwood		Independent	Louise Daniel
		Independent	Geoffrey Sheard
		Independent	Violet Treacher
		Independent	Michelle Warner
		Independent	Pat Wood

2007 election

In the 2007 Buxted Parish Council elections an uncontested election occurred in which 12 of the 15 available seats were filled by independents.^[6]

Ward	Party		Parish councillors elected 2007
Buxted		Independent	James Chalmers
		Independent	Peter Coxon
		Independent	Alison Crowe
		Independent	Louise Daniel
		Independent	Jacky Downing
		Independent	Francis Harding
		Independent	Mike Kettell
		Independent	Martin Rogers
		Independent	John Rose
		Independent	Henry Wilkes
High Hurstwood		Independent	Fraser Sheard
		Independent	Violet Treacher

2003 election

In the 2003 Buxted Parish Council elections an uncontested election occurred in which 10 seats were filled by independents.^[7]

Ward	Party		Parish councillors elected 2003
Buxted		Independent	Alison Crowe
		Independent	Jacqueline Downing
		Independent	Michael Kettell
		Independent	John Rose
		Independent	Walter Wilkes
High Hurstwood		Independent	Peter Bowdery
		Independent	Jean McQuillen
		Independent	Fraser Sheard
		Independent	Violet Treacher
		Independent	Michael Turton

References

1. http://buxtedvillage.org.uk/buxted-parish-council/about-the-parish-council/parish-councillors-2/
2. "Election Maps".
3. "Elections - Parish Council Results - Councillors Committees - Wealden District Council". Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
4. http://news.uckfieldfm.co.uk/2015/general-election-2015-results/%5B%5D
5. "Wealden.gov.uk". www.wealden.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
6. http://www.wealden.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.aspx?lID=3697&sID=5486
7. http://www.wealden.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.aspx?lID=3696&sID=5486