Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. For more details on Members Allowances and Expenses, please see here.
By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
All councillors follow a code of conduct and must declare any financial interests or gifts. Details of the Member’s Code of Conduct, and the Local Code of Conduct Complaints Process can be found here.
Councillors Privacy Notice - Elected members are data controllers in their own right and must ensure that any personal information they hold/use in their office as an elected member is treated in line with GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. More information can be found here.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Burgess Hill - Franklands
Liberal Democrats
Lindfield
Conservative
Leader
Haywards Heath - Ashenground
Liberal Democrats
Ashurst Wood
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Environment & Service Delivery
East Grinstead - Ashplats
Conservative
Hurstpierpoint & Downs
Liberal Democrats
East Grinstead - Ashplats
Conservative
Haywards Heath - Ashenground
Conservative
Cuckfield
Conservative
High Weald
Green Party
East Grinstead - Imberhorne
Conservative
Burgess Hill - St Andrews
Liberal Democrats
Burgess Hill - Victoria
Independent
Haywards Heath - Franklands
Conservative
Burgess Hill - Dunstall
Conservative
Crawley Down & Turners Hill
Conservative
Burgess Hill - St Andrews
Green Party
Haywards Heath - Bentswood
Conservative
East Grinstead - Town
Conservative
Haywards Heath - Lucastes
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Customer Services
Hassocks
Liberal Democrats
Burgess Hill - Meeds
Liberal Democrats
Haywards Heath - Heath
Conservative
Burgess Hill - Leylands
Green Party
Burgess Hill - Victoria
Liberal Democrats
Crawley Down & Turners Hill
Independent
Hassocks
Liberal Democrats
Burgess Hill - Franklands
Liberal Democrats
Burgess Hill - Leylands
Liberal Democrats
Haywards Heath - Bentswood
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Economic Growth
Burgess Hill - Meeds
Liberal Democrats
Hurstpierpoint & Downs
Liberal Democrats
Haywards Heath - Lucastes
Conservative
Haywards Heath - Heath
Conservative
Lindfield
Conservative
Lindfield
Conservative
Bolney
Conservative
Deputy Leader
Ardingly & Balcombe
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning
Ardingly & Balcombe
Conservative
East Grinstead - Baldwins
Conservative
East Grinstead - Herontye
Conservative
Copthorne & Worth
Independent
Haywards Heath - Franklands
Conservative
Cuckfield
Conservative
Burgess Hill - Dunstall
Conservative
Hassocks
Liberal Democrats
High Weald
Conservative
East Grinstead - Herontye
Conservative
Hurstpierpoint & Downs
Conservative
East Grinstead - Town
Conservative
Crawley Down & Turners Hill
Conservative
East Grinstead - Baldwins
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Community
East Grinstead - Imberhorne
Conservative