Reform UK Wins Seven of Eight in Wealden West Sussex Election Results
Reform UK has won seven of the eight results announced so far in Wealden, East Sussex, in the west sussex election results being counted across the South East. Voters went to the polls on Thursday for contests covering county, district, borough and mayoral races across England. The Wealden tally is one part of a wider count that includes 120 county council seats across East and West Sussex.
Wealden count
The results announced so far in Wealden give Reform UK seven of the first eight seats declared. That count sits inside elections that put all 120 seats across East and West Sussex county councils up for election on Thursday, alongside 162 seats on two brand new councils in East Surrey and West Surrey.
Helen Catt, the South East presenter, reported the Wealden tally as results came in. Laura Sonier is the editor linked to the count coverage. The figures cover only the results announced so far, not the full Sussex count.
East and West Sussex councils
Conservatives are defending their long-term leadership of both East and West Sussex county councils. Labour is defending its control of Crawley, Worthing and Adur, while the Greens are defending their minority leadership of Hastings Borough Council. The Liberal Democrats and Reform UK are both hoping for opportunities.
Those contests sit inside a larger set of local elections in England covering more than 5,000 seats across 136 local authorities and six mayoral races. There are no county council elections in Kent this year. A third of the seats on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council are also being contested.
Saturday results
All of the councils taking part will be abolished in two years and replaced by a mayor and new unitary authorities. For residents watching the Sussex counts, the practical point now is simple: the Wealden result has given Reform UK an early lead in one of the counties being counted, and the remaining results due by Saturday will show whether that pattern holds across the wider patch.
