The authority is currently run by a minority Conservative administration, with all seats being contested in May’s elections. In Rother the Conservatives hold five seats, UKIP and the Lib Dems one each, with two independents. A boundary review removed the two-member ward of Bexhill King Offa, leading to Tory Michael Ensor standing in Bexhill North and UKIP’s Michael Phillips looking to be elected in Battle and Crowhurst. Incumbents are marked in bold. Battle and Crowhurst: Antonia BERELSOn, Labour Alastair DOUGLAS, Conservatives Kathryn FIELD, Lib Dems Michael PHILLIPS, UKIP Bexhill East: Geoffrey BASTIN, UKIP Charles CLARK, Independent Gillian JOHNSON, Conservatives Roger MCCARTHY, Labour Diane SMITH, Lib Dems Bexhill North: Andy BATSFORD, Labour Helen BRIDGER, Independent Trevor CLEMENTS, UKIP Michael ENSOR, Conservatives Graham MARTIN-ROYLE, Lib Dems Bexhill South: Sheila ALLEN-RODGERS, UKIP Vivienne BOND, Lib Dems Simon ELFORD, Conservatives Richard SAGE, Labour Bexhill West: Samuel COLEMAN, Labour Stuart EARL, Independent Joel KEMP, Lib Dems Martin KENWARD, Conservatives Alf LOVELL, UKIP Northern Rother: Angharad DAVIES, Conservatives Larry HYETT, Labour Sue PROCHAK, Lib Dems Edward TUDDENHAM, UKIP Brede Valley and Marsham: Lynne HEHIR, UKIP Andy IVES, Labour Carl MAYNARD, Conservatives Ian STONE, Lib Dems Rother North West: John BARNES, Conservatives Edward SMITH, UKIP Mary VARRALL, Lib Dems Sara WATSON, Labour Rye and Eastern Rother: Keith GLAZIER, Conservatives Derek GREENUP, Lib Dems Nigel JENNINGS, Labour and Co-operative Alison PHILLIPS, UKIP Adam SMITH, Green Party