West Sussex County Council Elections

West Sussex County Council is currently made up of 70 members elected to represent their local communities. You can learn more on the West Sussex County Council homepage. In order to vote in elections, you need to be registered . The next West Sussex County Council elections will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021 and will be combined with the Police and Crime Commissioner election for Sussex, please visit 6 May 2021 Elections | Arun District Council for more information.

West Sussex County Council Election 2021

The elections will take place for all 70 seats across West Sussex. The seven District & Borough Councils in the County will admisister elections for the electoral divisions within their area with Tony Kershaw, the County Returning Officer coordinating arrangements across West Sussex.

Within the Arun District, there are 13 electoral divisions:

Angmering & Findon
Arundel & Courtwick
Bersted
Bognor Regis East
Bognor Regis West & Aldwick
East Preston & Ferring
Felpham
Fontwell
Littlehampton East
Littlehampton Town
Middleton
Nyetimber
Rustington

There is one county councillor seat to represent each of these electoral divisions.

To find out more on...

Standing for Election
Publication of Election Notices
Voting at this Election

Standing for Election

You can find out more about standing as a candidate on the West Sussex County Council How to become a councillor page.

For more information, please contact:

Jackie Follis

Group Head of Policy

Email: jackie.follis@arun.gov.uk

Tel: 01903 737580

Publication of Election Notices

Notices for this election will be published here when available:

Voting at this election

In order to vote you need to be registered

If you are already registered, you don’t need to re-register. You will receive a poll card confirming the details of your voting arrangements between from the end of March 2021.

If you are not yet registered to vote or wish to apply to vote by post or proxy [when someone votes on your behalf], the deadlines for this election are:


Application	Deadline for receipt
New applications to register to vote	Monday, 19 April 2021
New applications to vote by post or to cancel or amend an existing postal vote or proxy appointment	5pm on Tuesday, 20 April 2021
New applications to vote by proxy	5pm on Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Applications for an emergency proxy vote	5pm on Thursday, 6 May 2021