West Sussex County Council Elections

West Sussex County Council is currently made up of 71 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, information on these elections will be available from early 2021.

West Sussex County Council Election 2017

The most recent West Sussex County Council Elections took place on 4 May 2017 working to new electoral arrangements. The number of councillors reduced to 70 and there were some changes to the boundaries of existing electoral divisions. You can find out more about this electoral review on the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s West Sussex page

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

Within the Arun District, were 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

One county councillor was elected to represent each of these electoral divisions.

To find out more on...

Standing for Election
Publication of Election Notices
Voting at this Election
How do I find my polling station?

Standing for Election

You can find out more about standing as a candidate on our How to become a councillor page.

You can also find out more about the latest plans for the Arun District area from this Guidance Note [pdf] 46KB . This includes information on the nomination process and briefings being held for prospective candidates and agents.

You can view the documents referred to in the guidance note here - Election Timetable - Arun.pdf [pdf] 37KB and Request for electoral register [pdf] 13KB

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 as follows:

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 27 March and 3 April 2017.

If you have a current postal vote or apply for a postal vote before 4 April 2017 ….

and you will be overseas, then your pack will be issued on 11 April 2017
and you live in the UK, then your pack will be issued on 19 April 2017

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	Thursday, 13 April 2017
New applications to vote by post or to cancel or amend an existing postal vote or proxy appointment	5pm on Tuesday, 18 April 2017
New applications to vote by proxy	5pm on Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Applications for an emergency proxy vote	5pm on Thursday, 4 May 2017