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| Lots drawn for election decider | Lots drawn for election decider |
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| The final seat in the local election count at one East Sussex council has been decided by drawing lots, after six recounts failed to seal a result. | The final seat in the local election count at one East Sussex council has been decided by drawing lots, after six recounts failed to seal a result. |
| The former Liberal Democrat leader in Hastings, Richard Stevens, retained his seat in the draw leaving the borough with a hung council. | The former Liberal Democrat leader in Hastings, Richard Stevens, retained his seat in the draw leaving the borough with a hung council. |
| Labour and the Conservatives each gained one seat and the Liberal Democrats lost two seats in the poll. | |
| The result is the first of four areas of Sussex to announce its results. | The result is the first of four areas of Sussex to announce its results. |
| Conservative Peter Pragnell, acting leader of Hastings Borough Council, said it would be two weeks before the council decided who would become its leader. | Conservative Peter Pragnell, acting leader of Hastings Borough Council, said it would be two weeks before the council decided who would become its leader. |
| 'Deciding vote' | 'Deciding vote' |
| There are 15 Conservative, 13 Labour, three Liberal Democrat and one independent councillors in the borough. | There are 15 Conservative, 13 Labour, three Liberal Democrat and one independent councillors in the borough. |
| Mr Stevens, a former mayor who left the Labour Party to join the Lib Dems several years ago, and Conservative Stuart Padget both polled 633 votes at Old Hastings ward. | |
| Had Mr Stevens lost his seat, the Conservatives would have taken the deciding vote in the council - even against a coalition of the other members - because the mayor belongs to their party. | Had Mr Stevens lost his seat, the Conservatives would have taken the deciding vote in the council - even against a coalition of the other members - because the mayor belongs to their party. |
| The party have increased their majority in Crawley with three less seats for Labour and one less for the Liberal Democrats. | |
| A total of 55 seats in Adur, Crawley and Worthing, all previously Tory-held, and Hastings, previously a hung council, were being contested. | A total of 55 seats in Adur, Crawley and Worthing, all previously Tory-held, and Hastings, previously a hung council, were being contested. |
| The results for Adur and Worthing will be finalised on Friday afternoon. |