Lawrence Smith

News reporter for the Mid Sussex Times.

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Turnout breakdown by ward for East Sussex Council Elections for Lewes is:
Chailey: 53.13 per cent
Lewes: 63.76
Newhaven and Bishopstone: 46.36
Ouse Valley W/Downs: 51.29
Peacehaven: 41.44
Ringmer/Lewes Bridge: 58.25
Seaford North: 55.85
Sford South: 50.92
Telscombe: 45.10

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Very high turnout for the Lewes count of the East Sussex County Council elections. The breakdown of the turnout by each ward has now been revealed!

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The winners from the Lewes count of the East Sussex County Council elections are expected to be announced after 3.30pm today

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Election results are expected today after Sussex went to the polls – follow live at https://t.co/o2MaxT5REp

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Lewes Town Hall before the verification and vote count begins #sussex #localelections

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@cainblissett @brightonsnapper Thanks

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@cmspuds @PureGym @bbcsoutheast @BBCNews @midsussex_times @itvnews @itvmeridian Thank you for getting in touch with the Middy about this. I've asked the fire service for the a statement about the incident and will publish a story online asap

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Alison Bennett is elected MP for the Mid Sussex constituency.
Kristy Lyn Adams (Con) 14,474
Alison Bennett (Lib Dem) 21,136 ELECTED
Gary Johnson (Reform) 5,921
Deanna Nicholson (Green) 2,048
David Rowntree (Lab) 9,397
Baron Von Thunderclap (Official Monster Raving Loony) 352

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Mims Davies is elected as MP for the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
Christina Nanna Mary Coleman (Green) 5,277
Ben Sebastian Cox (Lab) 10,440
Mims Davies (Con) 19,319
Benedict Dempsey (Lib Dem) 10,839
Ian Gibson (Ind) 2,482
William Jeffrey Highton (Eng Dem) 2,036

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General Election
Lewes Constituency Result 

James MacCleary (Lib Dem)  26895
Maria Caulfield (Conservative) 14271 
Peter Brown (Reform) 6335
Danny Sweeney (Labour) 3574
Paul Keene (Green) 1869
Mary Easton (Social Democratic Party) 229

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Mid Sussex Labour candidate Dave Rowntree told the Middy during the count: "I'm really happy with our campaign. The whole party worked together; everybody contributed. It's something to build on in the future, and shows that Labour can be a force to reckon with in Mid Sussex."

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The actual count is now underway for both Mid Sussex and East Grinstead and Uckfield constituencies. Result could be announced at 5am, partly due to the late arrival of some postal votes. A lot of people voted in this one!

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For East Grinsted and Uckfield the electorate is 75,385.

50,886 ballot papers were issued.

The turnout was 67.5 per cent

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Counting has begun at The Triangle in Burgess Hill as verification is complete.

For the Mid Sussex constituency the electorate was 75,969.

The verification or ballot papers issued was 53,489.

The turnout figure Mid Sussex was 70.4 per cent.

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Hopefully verification will be complete soon at The Triangle, Burgess Hill.
Council person just told me voter turnout looks high. Yesterday it was about 85% for postal vote. They predict it's over 70% for both Mid Sussex and East Grinstead/Uckfield
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About two and a half hours to go at the Mid Sussex and East Grinstead/Uckfield count

Follow our live blog and updates for Sussex at https://t.co/os4SCmXNzR

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In the words of Kathryn Hall, chief executive of Mid Sussex District Council and returning officer: "It's a marathon not a sprint tonight."
"We'll do our very best to get through this as quickly and efficiently as we can."

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The floor is starting to fill up with ballot boxes and bags at The Triangle #burgesshill after 90 mins of counting. Clearly a huge amount of work going on for the first election night if the new constituency

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