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Eastbourne became a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, with East Sussex County Council once more providing county-level services to the town. [10] Eastbourne kept its borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Eastbourne's series of mayors dating back to 1883.
By the 1960s the council again needed more space and so the current County Hall was built. Southover House was sold to Lewes District Council in 1998. [29] Full council meetings continued to be held in the council chamber at Pelham House until 2003 when a new council chamber was created in the 1968 County Hall and Pelham House was sold. [24]
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh visited the town hall and signed the visitors book during a tour of East Sussex in 1966. [15] [16] [17] The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Eastbourne County Borough Council for much of the 20th century and remained the local seat of government when Eastbourne District Council was formed in 1974. [18]
For a summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for the full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election which reduced the number of seats by 3, leading to the whole council being elected in that year. [ 3 ]
The 2003 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1] After the election, the composition of the council was: Liberal Democrats 14 ...
David Tutt is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was the leader of Eastbourne Borough Council between 2007 and 2023, [1] [2] and the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on East Sussex County Council.
The 2007 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party .
The 2002 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 3. [ 1 ]