Hastings Borough Council elections

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wards.^[1] The Council has been held by Labour since 2010.^[2]

Council elections

Election	Con	Lab	Lib	Grn	Control	Turnout	Notes
1998 Hastings Borough Council election	1	18	13	0	Labour
1999 Hastings Borough Council election	2	18	12	0	Labour
2000 Hastings Borough Council election	6	18	8	0	Labour
2002 Hastings Borough Council election	10	21	1	0	Labour	32.0%	New ward boundaries^[4]
2004 Hastings Borough Council election	13	15	4	0	NOC	34.5%
2006 Hastings Borough Council election	17	10	5	0	Conservative	37.6%
2008 Hastings Borough Council election	15	13	3	0	NOC
2010 Hastings Borough Council election	14	16	1	0	Labour
2012 Hastings Borough Council election	9	23	0	0	Labour
2014 Hastings Borough Council election	8	24	0	0	Labour
2016 Hastings Borough Council election	8	24	0	0	Labour
2018 Hastings Borough Council election	8	24	0	0	Labour
2021 Hastings Borough Council election	12	19	0	1	Labour
2022 Hastings Borough Council election	12	15	0	5	NOC

Gensing By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	464	47.5	+5.4
	Labour	326	33.4	+0.0
	Conservative	104	10.6	-9.8
	Liberal	82	8.4	+8.4
Majority		138	14.1
Turnout		976	27.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

St Helens By-Election 12 March 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	479	40.3	-11.9
	Conservative	438	36.8	+12.5
	Labour	272	22.9	-0.7
Majority		41	3.5
Turnout		1,189	25
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Silverhill By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	918	44.6	+1.1
	Conservative	670	32.6	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	469	22.8	-18.3
Majority		248	12.0
Turnout		2,057
	Labour hold	Swing

Conquest By-Election 19 June 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gladys Martin	504	37.6	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Dormer	294	21.9	-0.7
	Labour	John Ward	274	20.4	-2.4
	Independent	Robert Harris	253	18.9	+6.4
	Green	Kevin Young	17	1.3	+1.3
Majority			210	15.7
Turnout			1,342	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gensing By-Election 3 May 2007^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Cartwright	516	34.2	+8.0
	Conservative	Simon Corello	475	31.5	-15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tricia Kennelly	332	22.0	+2.2
	Green	Sally Phillips	92	6.1	-0.7
	BNP	John Martin	55	3.6	+3.6
	UKIP	Mick Turner	38	2.5	+2.5
Majority			41	2.7
Turnout			1,508	37.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Silverhill By-Election 3 May 2007^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Dowling	555	39.2	+4.5
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	482	34.1	-9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Howard	254	18.0	-4.1
	BNP	Nicholas Prince	84	5.9	+5.9
	UKIP	Diane Granger	40	2.8	+2.8
Majority			73	5.1
Turnout			1,415	41.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Helens By-Election 10 December 2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Corello	609	40.7	-17.9
	Labour	Michael Ward	550	36.7	-12.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Tunbridge	210	14.0	-3.2
	BNP	Stephen Weir	93	6.2	+6.2
	English Democrat	Rod Bridger	36	2.4	+2.4
Majority			59	4.0
Turnout			1,498	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central St. Leonards By-Election 9 July 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Dowling	481	44.0	-9.1
	Conservative	John Rankin	259	23.7	+10.9
	Independent	Clive Gross	184	16.8	+9.4
	UKIP	Kevin Hill	77	7.0	-8.8
	Green	Alan Dixon	75	6.9	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Tait	17	1.6	-1.5
Majority			222	20.3
Turnout			993
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Helens By-Election 9 July 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Clarke	663	43.5	+3.6
	Labour	Graham Crane	557	36.5	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Spencer-Holmes	135	8.9	+5.0
	UKIP	Kenneth Pankhurst	120	7.9	-13.9
	Green	Christopher Petts	48	3.1	NA
Majority			106	7.0
Turnout			1523
	Conservative hold		Swing

^ "Council Structure". Hastings Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 November 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
^ "Election results". hastings.moderngov.co.uk. Hastings Borough Council. 17 April 2022.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Hastings (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Hastings (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Tories lose battle of Hastings". The Argus. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
^ "Tories hold St Helens". Sussex Express. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

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