Wealden
| Wealden District | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
 Wealden 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 | Hailsham |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Wealden District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs |
Caroline Ansell Maria Caulfield Nus Ghani Huw Merriman |
| Area | |
| • Total | 322.4 sq mi (835.0 km2) |
| Area rank | 42nd (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 156,500 |
| • Rank | 122nd (of 326) |
| • Density | 490/sq mi (190/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 98.3% White |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 21UH (ONS) E07000065 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TQ5519524567 |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 50°59′56″N 0°12′43″E / 50.999°N 0.212°E
Wealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England: its name comes from the Weald, the remnant forest which was once unbroken and occupies much of the centre and north of this area. The term is cognate with , forest or wood in German.
Wealden District was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Hailsham and Uckfield Rural District Councils (RDCs), both set up under the Local Government Act 1894, which also revived the parish councils.
Wealden District Council is elected every 4 years, with the Conservative party having had a majority on the council since the first election in 1973, apart from a couple of years after 1995 when no party had a majority. As of the last election in 2015 the council is composed of the following councillors:-
The district is second-level in local government, responsible for town and country planning and domestic rubbish and recycling collections, for example. There are 55 members of the Council, representing 35 wards. The towns have more than one ward: Crowborough has five; Hailsham, three; Heathfield, two; Polegate, two; and Uckfield, four. The ward boundaries are regularly redrawn in an attempt to maintain a standard number of electors per councillor. They are at 2007:
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