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Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex in southern England covering an area of 113 sq mi (290 km²), with 9 miles (14.5 km) of coastline.[1] It is named after its administrative centre, Lewes. Other towns in the district include Newhaven, Peacehaven, Seaford and Telscombe. Plumpton racecourse is within the district. There are 28 parishes in the district.

Lewes District
Non-metropolitan district
Lewes shown within East Sussex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	East Sussex
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Lewes
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Lewes District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
Area
• Total	112.74 sq mi (292.00 km2)
• Rank	134th (of 309)
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	103,268
• Rank	233rd (of 309)
• Density	920/sq mi (350/km2)
• Ethnicity	97.9% White
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	21UF (ONS) E07000063 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ420104
Website	lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk

Lewes District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council of Lewes
Houses	Unicameral
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Leader of the Council	James MacCleary, Liberal Democrats since 18 July 2022
Deputy Leader of the Council	Zoe Nicholson, Green Party since 18 July 2022
Structure
Seats	41
Political groups	Administration (22)   Liberal Democrats (9)   Green (8)   Labour (3)   Independent (2) Opposition (19)   Conservative (19)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Website
lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the former borough of Lewes along with Newhaven and Seaford urban districts and Chailey Rural District.

Politics

Elections to the council are held every four years, with all of the 41 seats, representing 21 wards, on the council being filled.

Since July 2019, following the May election, an alliance of councillors from the Green, Liberal Democrat, and Labour parties, plus two Independents, has controlled the council, with Green Councillor Zoe Nicholson and Liberal Democrat Councillor James MacCleary holding the leader and deputy leader roles alternating each year.[2][3]

After being controlled by the Liberal Democrats since 1991, the Conservative party regained a majority at the 2011 election.[4] However, subsequent defections of Conservative councillors to UKIP[5][6] and the Liberal Democrats[7] left the council in no overall control. In the subsequent council election on 7 May 2015, the Conservatives regained control with an increased majority and heavy losses for the Liberal Democrats.[8] In March 2020, Cllr Sean Macleod resigned from the Green Party,[9] joining the Liberal Democrats in June 2020.[10]

The current composition is as follows:

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Green Party	Independent	Labour	Independent (Green)
2018	19	11	3	6	0	1
2019	19	8	9	2	3	0
2020	19	9	8	2	3	0

Geography

The district wards are:

Ward	Population (2007)	Councillors	Ratio
Barcombe and Hamsey	2021	1	2021
Chailey and Wivelsfield	4687	2	2344
Ditchling and Westmeston	2334	1	2334
East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs	7146	3	2382
Kingston	2095	1	2095
Lewes Bridge	4357	2	2179
Lewes Castle	4712	2	2356
Lewes Priory	7153	3	2384
Newhaven Denton and Meeching	8236	3	2745
Newhaven Valley	3790	2	1895
Newick	2343	1	2343
Ouse Valley and Ringmer	6579	3	2193
Peacehaven East	4325	2	2163
Peacehaven North	4772	2	2386
Peacehaven West	4171	2	2086
Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington and St John (Without)	2391	1	2391
Seaford Central	4712	2	2356
Seaford East	4704	2	2352
Seaford North	4906	2	2453
Seaford South	4400	2	2200
Seaford West	4439	2	2220
Total Lewes	94723	41	2299

The civil parishes within the district are:

Parish	Type	Population (2007)	Area (sq mi)	Pop Density /sq mi
Barcombe	Parish Council	1447	6.9	211
Chailey	Parish Council	2728	9.6	284
Ditchling	Parish Council	2027	6.0	339
East Chiltington & St John Without ‡	Parish Council	536	5.2	102
Falmer & St Ann Without ‡	Parish Council	281	6.6	43
Firle	Parish Council	327	5.4	61
Glynde and Beddingham & Tarring Neville ‡	Parish Council	555	9.8	57
Hamsey	Parish Council	574	4.4	130
Iford	Parish Meeting	205	3.7	55
Kingston	Parish Council	843	2.2	383
Lewes	Town Council	16222	4.4	3679
Newhaven	Town Council	12026	2.7	4375
Newick	Parish Council	2343	3.0	778
Peacehaven	Town Council	13268	2.0	6621
Piddinghoe	Parish Council	264	1.5	180
Plumpton	Parish Council	1676	3.7	450
Ringmer	Parish Council	4591	10.0	459
Rodmell & Southease ‡	Parish Council	502	4.3	115
Seaford	Town Council	23161	6.7	3480
South Heighton	Parish Council	1106	3.3	338
Streat	Parish Meeting	179	2.0	89
Telscombe	Town Council	7146	1.8	3913
Westmeston	Parish Council	307	3.3	94
Wivelsfield	Parish Council	1959	4.2	470
Total Lewes		94273	112.7	836

‡ St John Without, St Ann Without, Tarring Neville and Southease are separate Parish Meetings but have been merged with their neighbouring parishes for the population statistics.

The Sussex Police has its head office in Lewes, Lewes District.[11]

The Prime Meridian passes through the district.

References

На других языках

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[de] Lewes District

Lewes ist ein District in der Grafschaft East Sussex in England. Er ist nach dem Verwaltungssitz Lewes benannt.

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- [en] Lewes District

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[ru] Льюис (район)

Льюис (англ. Lewes) — неметрополитенский район (англ. non-metropolitan district) в графстве Восточный Суссекс (Англия). Административный центр — город Льюис.

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