We hold seven of the eight available Rother District Council seats in the constituency and five of our members sit on the Rother cabinet, including the Leader and Deputy Leader of the council.

We hold three of the eight East Sussex County Council seats in Hastings and both of the seats in the Rother area. Two or our County Councillors are on the County Council Cabinet.

This kind of political influence is vital when we have a government with such a large majority.  Conservatives across the Hastings & Rye constituency are keen supporters of local regeneration and are concerned to ensure that Government promises are translated into action. In particular Conservative councillors, at borough, district and county level, continue to fight for significant improvements in the road and rail infrastructure which have prevented serious outward investment in the area. The Labour Government’s cancellation of the Hastings Bypass in 2001, after many promises and expensive consultations, has been a bitter blow to local residents. It has been mainly Conservatives who have been campaigning for the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road, which will do so much not only for the environment but also the overall regeneration of the area.

Hastings & Rye has enjoyed a thousand years of fishing and has a rich, local heritage, reflected in its tourism brand. Conservatives keenly support the preservation of the local identity in this part of East Sussex and are determined to help provide a prosperous future for all. Key to its efforts is the raising of aspirations among young people with a special emphasis on further and higher education provision.