Before (end of 1988) (70 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 35 · Liberal Democrats 21 · Labour 14 · Other 0
After (end of 1989) (70 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 38 · Labour 17 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Other 0
Ward results
Battle1 seat · turnout 50.8%
| M. Bell | Conservative | 2,151 ✓ |
| J. Theis | Liberal Democrats | 1,784 |
| R. Pugh | Labour | 261 |
Bexhill East1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| V. Poole | Conservative | 1,739 ✓ |
| M. Kenward | Independent | 1,354 |
| S. Ramsbottom | Labour | 319 |
Bexhill North1 seat · turnout 42.3%
| A. Ottley | Labour | 1,375 ✓ |
| P. Bullock | Conservative | 1,220 |
| C. Clark | Liberal Democrats | 694 |
Bexhill South1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| J. Lloyd | Conservative | 2,200 ✓ |
| C. Nicholson | Liberal Democrats | 1,363 |
| S. Gover | Labour | 277 |
Bexhill West1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| W. Clements | Conservative | 2,700 ✓ |
| B. Eberli | Liberal Democrats | 1,054 |
| A. Cradock | Labour | 371 |
Braybrooke & Castle1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| P. Brown | Liberal Democrats | 1,116 ✓ |
| S. Barr | Conservative | 684 |
| M. Hardcastle | Labour | 477 |
| S. Phillips | Green | 128 |
Broomgrove & Ore1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| T. Randell | Labour | 1,231 ✓ |
| R. Moore | Liberal Democrats | 617 |
| J. Marshall | Conservative | 513 |
| K. Brown | Green | 241 |
Brunswick & Adelaide1 seat · turnout 34.6%
| B. Bailey | Liberal Democrats | 1,566 ✓ |
| H. Allanson | Conservative | 700 |
| S. Carden | Labour | 184 |
| E. Parker | Green | 143 |
Buxted & Maresfield1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| D. Cumming | Conservative | 2,665 ✓ |
| R. Scott | Liberal Democrats | 364 |
| K. Kauffman | Green | 261 |
| S. McCormick | Labour | 122 |
Cavendish1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| J. Healy | Liberal Democrats | 1,802 ✓ |
| M. Pentecost | Conservative | 861 |
| R. Geals | Green | 264 |
| H. Turner | Labour | 232 |
Central St. Leonards & Gensing1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| J. Amstad | Liberal Democrats | 1,338 ✓ |
| J. Woodhams | Conservative | 1,036 |
| J. Leskiw | Labour | 344 |
Chailey1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| S. Whitley | Conservative | 1,929 ✓ |
| C. Tester | Liberal Democrats | 754 |
| D. Wimbush | Green | 448 |
| M. Woodling | Labour | 178 |
College1 seat · turnout 42.6%
| L. Vickers | Conservative | 2,526 ✓ |
| J. Britcher | Liberal Democrats | 631 |
Crowborough (Beacon)1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| D. Russell | Conservative | 1,655 ✓ |
| R. Holder | Liberal Democrats | 1,036 |
| S. Montague | Green | 340 |
| E. South | Labour | 230 |
Crowborough (Rothersfield)1 seat · turnout 35.3%
| F. Edmonds | Conservative | 1,588 ✓ |
| E. Rice | Liberal Democrats | 901 |
| R. Webberley | Green | 333 |
| I. Salmon | Labour | 198 |
Forest Row1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| O. Hughes | Conservative | 1,313 ✓ |
| D. Linington | Green | 366 |
| A. Grubb | Independent | 316 |
| H. Bracken | Social Democratic Party | 292 |
| E. Lucas | Labour | 124 |
Goldsmid1 seat · turnout 33.8%
| J. Langston | Conservative | 1,589 ✓ |
| M. Rose | Green | 337 |
| D. Uzzaman | Labour | 308 |
| B. Driffill | Liberal Democrats | 225 |
Hailsham1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| B. Gray | Conservative | 1,042 ✓ |
| D. Rose | Labour | 483 |
| A. Cameron | Liberal Democrats | 465 |
Hangleton1 seat · turnout 33.3%
| W. Williams | Conservative | 1,044 ✓ |
| G. Kielty | Labour | 989 |
| M. Harkness | Liberal Democrats | 231 |
Hanover1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| J. Newington | Labour | 1,855 ✓ |
| J. Back | Conservative | 762 |
| L. Robinson | Green | 427 |
| K. McArthur | Liberal Democrats | 158 |
Heathfield1 seat · turnout 36.7%
| H. Hatcher | Conservative | 2,476 ✓ |
| V. Banks | Liberal Democrats | 1,140 |
| K. Reynolds | Labour | 325 |
Hellingly1 seat · turnout 30.0%
| C. Kelly | Conservative | 1,373 ✓ |
| D. White | Liberal Democrats | 949 |
| S. White | Labour | 281 |
Hollingbury1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| J. Lepper | Labour | 1,681 ✓ |
| L. Watts | Conservative | 934 |
| M. Richardson | Green | 277 |
| D. Lamb | Liberal Democrats | 184 |
Hollington & Ashdown1 seat · turnout 33.1%
| M. Foster | Labour | 1,531 ✓ |
| L. Russell | Conservative | 881 |
| M. Richardson | Liberal Democrats | 408 |
Kings Cliff1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| A. King | Labour | 1,476 ✓ |
| K. Burns | Conservative | 1,226 |
| M. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 194 |
Lewes1 seat · turnout 55.4%
| D. Venables | Liberal Democrats | 1,895 ✓ |
| J. McKenzie-Hill | Conservative | 1,270 |
| I. Smith | Labour | 768 |
| M. Ryle | Green | 541 |
Marine1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| D. Turner | Labour | 1,773 ✓ |
| L. Romer-Ormiston | Conservative | 1,284 |
| S. Watson | Green | 166 |
| J. Lovatt | Liberal Democrats | 98 |
Moulsecoomb1 seat · turnout 34.3%
| C. Walder | Labour | 1,530 ✓ |
| P. Ellis-Martin | Conservative | 751 |
| P. Viviann | Liberal Democrats | 186 |
Nevill1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| P. Lewis | Conservative | 1,266 ✓ |
| L. Wren | Labour | 696 |
| G. Harkess | Liberal Democrats | 230 |
Newhaven1 seat · turnout 46.1%
| D. Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 1,795 ✓ |
| P. Harwood | Conservative | 1,299 |
| M. Baker | Labour | 389 |
| A. Beaumont | Green | 195 |
Old Hastings & Mount Pleasant1 seat · turnout 36.6%
| P. Kendrick | Liberal Democrats | 1,082 ✓ |
| S. Henson | Labour | 899 |
| R. Anstey | Conservative | 804 |
Old Town1 seat · turnout 47.2%
| M. Skilton | Liberal Democrats | 1,758 ✓ |
| J. Wood | Conservative | 1,106 |
| J. Oliphant | Green | 326 |
| M. Osborn | Labour | 247 |
| L. Ryder | Other | 101 |
Patcham1 seat · turnout 47.4%
| G. Theobald | Conservative | 2,157 ✓ |
| J. Betts | Labour | 942 |
| P. Garratt | Liberal Democrats | 237 |
Peacehaven1 seat · turnout 36.5%
| L. Vince | Conservative | 1,776 ✓ |
| D. Reynolds | Liberal Democrats | 1,223 |
| P. Anscomb | Labour | 831 |
Pevensey1 seat · turnout 39.6%
| G. Hart | Conservative | 2,120 ✓ |
| R. Kiernan | Liberal Democrats | 932 |
| V. Castle | Labour | 378 |
Polegate1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| R. Martin | Liberal Democrats | 2,007 ✓ |
| R. Buckley | Conservative | 1,263 |
| A. Beck | Labour | 298 |
| R. Addison | Green | 227 |
Portslade North1 seat · turnout 36.8%
| L. Hamilton | Labour | 1,587 ✓ |
| J. Kapp | Conservative | 726 |
| K. Gray | Green | 160 |
| A. Cole | Liberal Democrats | 60 |
Portslade South1 seat · turnout 35.5%
| D. Turner | Labour | 1,295 ✓ |
| R. Ireland | Conservative | 1,051 |
| I. James | Liberal Democrats | 258 |
Preston1 seat · turnout 48.2%
| J. Sheldon | Conservative | 1,823 ✓ |
| J. Carver | Labour | 838 |
| D. Rudling | Liberal Democrats | 687 |
| K. Sinclair | Green | 414 |
Princes1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| J. Grist | Liberal Democrats | 1,374 ✓ |
| T. Lowe | Conservative | 1,225 |
| A. Riddington | Labour | 311 |
| L. Smith | Social Democratic Party | 226 |
| C. Quarrington | Green | 173 |
Priory1 seat · turnout 40.1%
| D. Toft | Liberal Democrats | 2,370 ✓ |
| R. Mould | Conservative | 863 |
| S. McManus | Labour | 200 |
| J. Wells | Green | 160 |
Queens Park1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| K. Bodfish | Labour | 1,601 ✓ |
| N. Maskell | Conservative | 1,280 |
| M. Simpson | Green | 266 |
| R. Lewis | Liberal Democrats | 99 |
Regency1 seat · turnout 41.3%
| J. Cameron | Conservative | 1,279 ✓ |
| G. Griffiths | Labour | 1,249 |
| N. Duxfield | Green | 398 |
| C. Bracken | Liberal Democrats | 115 |
Ringmer1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| D. Bellotti | Liberal Democrats | 2,437 ✓ |
| C. Butler | Conservative | 864 |
| A. Sherwood | Green | 389 |
| R. Murray | Labour | 386 |
Rottingdean1 seat · turnout 46.8%
| J. Mont | Conservative | 2,695 ✓ |
| G. Woolf | Labour | 366 |
| G. Taylor | Green | 362 |
| J. Marshall | Liberal Democrats | 263 |
Rye1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| J. Yates | Conservative | 1,578 ✓ |
| J. Wise | Liberal Democrats | 1,114 |
| W. Walsh | Labour | 442 |
| D. Stuart | Green | 279 |
Seaford (Blatchington)1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| A. Wallis | Conservative | 2,319 ✓ |
| L. Owen | Liberal Democrats | 1,071 |
| R. Brandley | Labour | 481 |
Seaford (Sutton)1 seat · turnout 45.1%
| R. Raw | Conservative | 2,003 ✓ |
| A. Stiles | Liberal Democrats | 1,148 |
| A. Chapman | Labour | 339 |
| S. Crouch | Green | 202 |
| R. White | Independent | 55 |
Seven Dials1 seat · turnout 43.7%
| R. Austin | Labour | 1,160 ✓ |
| C. Williamson | Conservative | 991 |
| R. Heale | Liberal Democrats | 662 |
| S. Currell | Green | 363 |
| M. James | Independent | 47 |
Silverhill & Wishing Tree1 seat · turnout 36.8%
| J. Wallis | Labour | 933 ✓ |
| A. Hustwayte | Conservative | 908 |
| P. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 894 |
| R. Sloan | Green | 234 |
St. Helens & Elphinstone1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| G. White | Conservative | 1,340 ✓ |
| D. Simpson | Liberal Democrats | 1,018 |
| C. Sanders | Labour | 483 |
| L. Homewood | Green | 220 |
St. Marys1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| C. Brewer | Conservative | 1,891 ✓ |
| D. O'Neill | Liberal Democrats | 442 |
| J. Stratton | Green | 315 |
| G. Coates | Labour | 186 |
St. Peters1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| H. Spillman | Labour | 1,400 ✓ |
| S. Lister | Conservative | 944 |
| I. Brodie | Green | 585 |
| W. Parker | Liberal Democrats | 125 |
Stanford1 seat · turnout 28.3%
| G. Exley | Conservative | 1,436 ✓ |
| B. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 271 |
| J. Stacey | Labour | 168 |
Stanmer1 seat · turnout 41.4%
| P. Matz | Labour | 1,542 ✓ |
| L. McConochie | Conservative | 1,242 |
| M. Hills | Liberal Democrats | 268 |
Telscombe1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| N. Baker | Liberal Democrats | 1,695 ✓ |
| M. Parker | Conservative | 1,484 |
| P. Madej | Labour | 287 |
Tenantry1 seat · turnout 33.4%
| S. Charleton | Labour | 1,461 ✓ |
| J. Stevens | Conservative | 879 |
| A. Mullineux | Liberal Democrats | 205 |
Ticehurst1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| A. Moore | Liberal Democrats | 2,309 ✓ |
| D. Vereker | Conservative | 1,950 |
Uckfield1 seat · turnout 40.2%
| D. Tricker | Conservative | 1,697 ✓ |
| R. Gray | Liberal Democrats | 1,400 |
| P. Selby | Green | 350 |
| J. Sones | Labour | 335 |
Vallance1 seat · turnout 30.0%
| S. Stevens | Conservative | 1,205 ✓ |
| A. Richards | Labour | 543 |
| J. Da Costa | Green | 314 |
| T. Yeo | Liberal Democrats | 162 |
Wadhurst1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| M. Wright | Conservative | 1,980 ✓ |
| R. Ferry | Liberal Democrats | 449 |
| J. Windebank | Labour | 253 |
West St. Leonards & Maze Hill1 seat · turnout 29.4%
| J. Hodgson | Conservative | 1,395 ✓ |
| S. Nester | Labour | 414 |
| S. Coates | Liberal Democrats | 409 |
| M. Rowland | Green | 211 |
Westbourne1 seat · turnout 36.1%
| M. Randell | Liberal Democrats | 1,272 ✓ |
| C. Brimmell | Conservative | 1,156 |
| M. Atkinson | Labour | 314 |
Westdene1 seat · turnout 40.8%
| P. Drake | Conservative | 2,029 ✓ |
| F. Spicer | Labour | 636 |
| D. McBeth | Liberal Democrats | 320 |
Willingdon1 seat · turnout 42.7%
| J. Chatfield | Conservative | 2,259 ✓ |
| R. May | Liberal Democrats | 498 |
| L. Surgey | Green | 389 |
| G. Page | Labour | 374 |
Winchelsea1 seat · turnout 43.3%
| R. Pulford | Conservative | 1,913 ✓ |
| J. Holden | Liberal Democrats | 1,659 |
| G. Johnson | Labour | 297 |
Woodingdean1 seat · turnout 40.6%
| B. Thomas | Conservative | 1,984 ✓ |
| I. Fyvie | Labour | 940 |
| O. McElroy | Liberal Democrats | 252 |
Woodlands1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| M. Tunwell | Conservative | 2,444 ✓ |
| S. Williamson | Other | 537 |
| R. Parsons | Liberal Democrats | 456 |
| D. Poole | Labour | 273 |
