Ward profile: Woodingdean
Candidates (Two seats)
Steve Bell (Conservative) - @SKJBell
*Dee Simson (Conservative) - @Woodingdean_Dee
Alexis Bear (Green, second choice)
Andrea Finch (Green, first choice)
Elizabeth McGinley (Labour)
Judith Milton (Labour) - @judith4wood
Lawrence Eke (Liberal Democrats)
Timothy Halpin (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Poll watch
Woodingdean is an interesting ward: a significant working-class population, but two Conservative councillors with sizeable majorities. It's difficult to see anything changing - without a seismic shift nationally. Which, in the circumstances, looks very unlikely. Steve Bell is a strong personality who, as a councillor, will not go unnoticed.
2011 election results
Election                                                        Votes (%)
Dee Simson (Conservative - elected) 1,619 (28%)
Geoffrey Wells (Conservative - elected) 1,565 (27%)
Susan Jane Burns (Labour) 853 (15%)
Julian Hayes (Labour) 756 (13%)
Andrea Mary Finch (Green) 403 (7%)
Karen James (Green) 259 (4%)
Graham John Townsend (UKIP) 159 (3%)
Christine-Reba Joy Edge (Liberal Democrats) 121 (2%)
Anthony Richard Henry Eke (Liberal Democrats) 89 (2%)
Factfile (Source: Census 2011)
Households: 3,924
Density (people per hectare): 23
Women: 52% (5,083)
Men: 48% (4,710)
Average age: 41
Higher managerial occupations: 7.9% (615)
Unemployed: 5.6% (269)
White: 93.7% (9,174)
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: 0.7% (68)
Asian/Asian British: 2.3% (228)
Number who cannot speak English well: 39
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Hide AdDependent children in household (% of all households): 32.1%
Christians: 56%
No religion: 34%
Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 50
Divorced: 9%
Living as co-habiting couple: 11.9%
Married: 49.2%
One family - all aged 65 and over: 10.4%
Lone parent - with dependent children: 9%
No adults in employment, with dependent children: 4.9%
Long-term unemployed: 1.4%
Activities limited a lot by poor health: 8.8%
No cars or vans in household: 20%
No qualifications: 27.1%
Full-time students aged 18 and over: 3%
One person in household with long-term health problem/disability - with dependent children: 5.4%