Rother
| Rother District | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
 Rother shown within East Sussex |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | East Sussex |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Bexhill-on-Sea |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Rother District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs |
Huw Merriman Amber Rudd |
| Area | |
| • Total | 197.6 sq mi (511.8 km2) |
| Area rank | 91st (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 92,900 |
| • Rank | 257th (of 326) |
| • Density | 470/sq mi (180/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 98.1% White |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 21UG (ONS) E07000064 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TQ7388508555 |
| Website | www |
Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries.
The District of Rother was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Bexhill, the Municipal Borough of Rye and Battle Rural District. It is one of three districts within the county without borough status and is the easternmost one: the other two being Lewes to the west, and Wealden in the centre. The Borough of Hastings lies surrounded by Rother.
Rother District Council is elected every four years, with currently 38 councillors being elected at each election. Since 1983 the Conservatives have had a majority on the council, apart from between 1991 and the 1999 election when no party had a majority. As of the last election in 2015 the council was composed of the following councillors:-
Rother District Council offices are based in Bexhill-on-Sea. Bexhill has nine wards: the remaining councillors represent the other 11 wards.
The lowest level of local government is the civil parish: there are 29 within the Rother District which are:
Playden and East Guldeford are merged in the statistical analysis although they are both civil parishes in their own right. Playden has a Parish Council whilst East Guldeford holds a Parish Meeting.
Rother District covers two areas of relief: to the south, a section of the High Weald; and to the north the lower land, named the Rother Levels, across which flow the River Rother, which rises on the Weald and flows easterly towards Rye Bay, and its tributaries. For much of the course of the main river it constitutes the boundary between East Sussex and Kent, and is given the alternative title of the ’’Kent Ditch’’. Tributaries of the river include the Rivers Dudwell, Tillingham and Brede.
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