Beddingham, East Sussex

Glynde and Beddingham is an amalgam of two civil parishes in the Lewes district of East Sussex. GovernanceOn a local level, Glynde and Beddingham is governed by Glynde and Beddingham Parish Council. Council meetings are held every two months in the Beddingham Reading Room. Their responsibilities include footpaths, street lighting, playgrounds and minor planning applications. The Parish Council has seven seats; four representing Glynde Parish and two representing Beddingham Parish. All but one seat were filled in the 2015 election. The vacancy was filled later in 2015 by co-option. The next level of government is the District Council. The parish of Glynde and Beddingham lies within the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward of Lewes District Council which returns three seats to the council. The election in May 2015 elected two conservative, Paul Gander and Richard Turner, and one Liberal Democrat, Peter Gardiner. East Sussex County Council is the next tier of government, for which Glynde and Beddingham is within the Ouse Valley East division, with responsibility for Education, Libraries, Social Services, Civil Registration, Trading Standards and Transport. Elections for the County Council are held every four years. In 2013, Peter Charlton (UKIP) was elected to represent the Division. The UK Parliament constituency for Glynde and Beddingham is Lewes. Conservative, Maria Caulfield, was elected as Member of Parliament for Lewes in May 2015 replacing Liberal Democrat Norman Baker who had been MP since 1997. For European Parliamentary elections, Glynde and Beddingham is in the South East England European Constituency which is represented by ten Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The June 2014 election returned four United Kingdom Independence Party, three Conservative Party, one Liberal Democrat Party, One Green Party, and one Labour Party MEPs.

Glynde and Beddingham is an amalgam of two civil parishes in the Lewes district of East Sussex. GovernanceOn a local level, Glynde and Beddingham is governed by Glynde and Beddingham Parish Council. Council meetings are held every two months in the Beddingham Reading Room. Their responsibilities include footpaths, street lighting, playgrounds and minor planning applications. The Parish Council has seven seats; four representing Glynde Parish and two representing Beddingham Parish. All but one seat were filled in the 2015 election. The vacancy was filled later in 2015 by co-option. The next level of government is the District Council. The parish of Glynde and Beddingham lies within the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward of Lewes District Council which returns three seats to the council. The election in May 2015 elected two conservative, Paul Gander and Richard Turner, and one Liberal Democrat, Peter Gardiner. East Sussex County Council is the next tier of government, for which Glynde and Beddingham is within the Ouse Valley East division, with responsibility for Education, Libraries, Social Services, Civil Registration, Trading Standards and Transport. Elections for the County Council are held every four years. In 2013, Peter Charlton (UKIP) was elected to represent the Division. The UK Parliament constituency for Glynde and Beddingham is Lewes. Conservative, Maria Caulfield, was elected as Member of Parliament for Lewes in May 2015 replacing Liberal Democrat Norman Baker who had been MP since 1997. For European Parliamentary elections, Glynde and Beddingham is in the South East England European Constituency which is represented by ten Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The June 2014 election returned four United Kingdom Independence Party, three Conservative Party, one Liberal Democrat Party, One Green Party, and one Labour Party MEPs.