Open Hastings / Councillors
Councillors
Hastings elects 8 county councillors — one per
electoral division — to East Sussex County Council, which decides highways,
social care, schools and more. This list is read straight from the county's
own member register.
Cllr Aidan Fisher · Reform UK
Hastings - Ashdown and Conquest division, East Sussex County Council
The division takes in the Ashdown, Conquest ward areas.
Sits on: Full Council
Their page on the council's
site — surgeries, contact details and the full record.
Cllr Jo Walker · Green Party
Hastings - Baird and Ore division, East Sussex County Council
The division takes in the Baird, Ore ward areas.
Sits on: Full Council
Their page on the council's
site — surgeries, contact details and the full record.
Cllr Becca Horn · Green Party
Hastings - Braybrooke and Castle division, East Sussex County Council
The division takes in the Braybrooke, Castle ward areas.
Sits on: Full Council, Place Scrutiny Committee
Their page on the council's
site — surgeries, contact details and the full record.
Cllr Mark Estcourt · Reform UK
Hastings - Hollington and Wishing Tree division, East Sussex County Council
The division takes in the Hollington, Wishing Tree ward areas.
Sits on: Full Council, Cabinet
Their page on the council's
site — surgeries, contact details and the full record.
Cllr Julia Hilton · Green Party
Hastings - Old Hastings and Tressell division, East Sussex County Council
The division takes in the Old Hastings ward area.
Sits on: Full Council, Place Scrutiny Committee (Chair)
Their page on the council's
site — surgeries, contact details and the full record.
Cllr Shaun Dowling · Green Party
Hastings - St Helens and Silverhill division, East Sussex County Council
The division takes in the Silverhill, St Helens ward areas.
Sits on: Full Council, Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Their page on the council's
site — surgeries, contact details and the full record.
Borough councillors
Hastings Borough Council's 32 borough councillors decide planning,
housing, licensing and the borough's own services. They're listed on
hastings.gov.uk —
machine access to the borough's committee system is
currently blocked, so we can't mirror the register
here yet. We've asked the council for the supported route.
Register: East Sussex County Council,
democracy.eastsussex.gov.uk, last confirmed Mon 3 Aug 2026.
Public role facts only — names, divisions, parties and committee seats as
the council publishes them; for anything personal, the council's own pages
are the record. Division-to-ward coverage reflects the divisions' names and
is a guide, not a boundary map.