Cllr Julia Hilton

Cllr Julia Hilton (Green Party) is the county councillor for the Hastings - Old Hastings and Tressell division, on East Sussex County Council.

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Also a borough councillor: their borough page.

Posts and committees

Sits on: Full Council, Place Scrutiny Committee (Chair)

In meetings

From the minutes on the record: every councillor the same way, nothing ranked or scored.

At meetings: named as present at 7, apologies sent to 0

From the minutes on the record since Wed 24 Sep 2025. Minutes list who was present and who sent apologies; an absence without apologies isn't recorded, and committee seats change during the year, so these are not a share of the meetings a councillor was expected at.

Place Scrutiny Committee, Wed 22 Jul 2026 · present
Full Council, Tue 14 Jul 2026 · present
Full Council, Thu 21 May 2026 · present
Full Council, Tue 10 Feb 2026 · present
Place Scrutiny Committee, Thu 27 Nov 2025 · present
Place Scrutiny Committee, Mon 29 Sep 2025 · present
Full Council, Wed 24 Sep 2025 · present

Interests

Their own entries on the county's register of interests (a spouse's or partner's are left out) and the interests the county's minutes record them declaring at meetings, in the minutes' words.

Registered interests, published 3 September 2026

Their own entries on the county council's register of interests, in the register's words and categories. Entries for a spouse or partner are left out. The register on the county's site is the record (read here 12 October 2026).

Employment, office, trade, profession or vocation: East Sussex County Councillor; Cabinet Member for Shaping Places, Regeneration and Community Wealth Building for Hastings Borough Council; Deputy Chair of the Public Service Reform and Innovation LGA Policy Committee for the Local Government Green Group
Land: There is an interest, the details of which are withheld
Any body to which I have been appointed or nominated by the Council: County Councils Network Council; General Assembly of the Local Government Association; South East Employers; Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Any body exercising functions of a public nature: Deputy Leader of Hastings Borough Council; Hastings Neighbourhood Board; Deputy Chair for the Independent Group at the LGA on the Public Service Innovation and Reform Policy Committee; Hastings Town Deal Board
Any body directed to charitable purposes: Charity Committee that runs the Foreshore Trust (part of Hastings Borough Council)

Nothing declared under: Sponsorship, Contracts, Licences, Corporate tenancies, Securities (see definitions below), Any body one of whose principal purposes includes the influence of public opinion or policy, Gifts and hospitality.

Interests declared at meetings: 3

What the county's minutes record this councillor declaring, in the minutes' words, from the meetings on the record. Where a minute names an agenda item, its heading is given.

Place Scrutiny Committee, Thu 27 Nov 2025, minute 19.2: “Cllr Hilton declared a personal, non-prejudicial interest under item 24 as Deputy Leader of Hastings Borough Council and Lead Member responsible for assets.” Item 24: Call-in: Decision made by the Lead Member for Transport and Environment regarding the proposed relocation of Hastings Register Office.
Lead Member for Transport and Environment, Mon 10 Nov 2025, minute 23.2: “Councillor Hilton declared a personal interest in item 4 as the Shaping Places and Local Government Reorganisation cabinet portfolio holder at Hastings Borough Council which includes assets within the portfolio. She did not consider this to be prejudicial.” Item 4: Proposed relocation of Hastings Register Office.
Full Council, Wed 24 Sep 2025, minute 35.2: “The following members declared a personal interest in item 6 on the agenda as follows: Councillor Julia Hilton Deputy Leader of Hastings Borough Council (prejudicial: no)”

Their division

The division takes in the Tressell ward area. Which wards a division covers is worked out from its name, so treat that as a guide rather than a boundary map.

From East Sussex County Council's own member register (democracy.eastsussex.gov.uk), last confirmed Mon 3 Aug 2026. Public role facts only: name, division, party, stated posts and committee seats, as the council publishes them. For anything personal, the council's own page is the record. Every councillor.