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==Politics and administration== From 1894 to 1974 Seaford was an [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban district]] run by Seaford Urban District Council. In the local government reorganisation of 1974 it became an [[unparished area]] which was part of the Lewes [[Districts of England|District Council]] area. This loss of independence was unpopular with Seaford residents and in 1999 the town became a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] within Lewes, with a [[town council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/|title=Home|access-date=15 November 2005|archive-date=7 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107214833/http://www.seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> Municipal services within Seaford are now provided by three tiers of local government – the [[county council]], the district council and the town council. The town council has 20 members, four elected by each of five wards. The Seaford Community Partnership is a body incorporating representatives drawn from all three tiers of local government and from local civic groups. The partnership seeks to advise on long-term development strategy for the town. Currently the town council is composed of 10 [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], 7 [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] and 1 [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], 1 [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] and 1 independent councillor. In the [[Lewes District|Lewes District council]] elections on 7 May 2015 the town returned 7 [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] district Councillors and 3 [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] district Councillors.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} The May 2019 elections returned 8 Conservatives and 2 Liberal Democrats, which those of May 2023 returned 6 Liberal Democrats and 4 [[Green Party of England and Wales|Greens]]. For District elections, the wards are the same five as for the Town council (Central, North, East, West, South) however they only return two Councillors to the District council. The [[Seaford (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary constituency of Seaford]] was a notorious [[rotten borough]] until its disenfranchisement in the [[Reform Act 1832]] when it was incorporated into the [[Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewes constituency]]. Seaford returned three members of parliament who went on to become [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]: [[Henry Pelham]] represented the town from 1717 to 1722, [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt the Elder]] from 1747 to 1754 and [[George Canning]] in 1827. [[File:Coastguard Cottages - geograph.org.uk - 18320.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The [[Seven Sisters, Sussex|Seven Sisters]] chalk cliffs to the east of Seaford]] As of July 2024, Liberal Democrat [[James MacCleary]] serves as the MP for the [[Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewes constituency]], which includes Seaford.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lewes - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001330 |access-date=2024-11-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> He succeeded Conservative MP [[Maria Caulfield]], who had held the seat since the 2015 General Election. Caulfield, a former NHS nurse, won the seat in 2015 by a narrow margin of 1,083 votes, unseating the previous Liberal Democrat MP, [[Norman Baker]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Election results live: South East |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2015-england-32541929?post=urn:bbc:cps:curie:asset:8eb6b581-6ca0-844c-be93-0b8a9de5c3fa |access-date=2024-11-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> Baker had represented Lewes for several terms before his defeat in 2015. Seaford has been twinned with the town of [[Bönningstedt]], Germany, since 1984. Seaford has one of the longest-serving [[town crier]]s in [[England and Wales]] —Peter White— who was appointed to this honorary position in 1977 by [[Lewes (district)|Lewes District Council]] and is now an appointee of Seaford Town Council. In 2012 he was also appointed Serjeant at Mace, and his historic uniform for both crying and mace-bearing is a replica of that worn by 19th. Century Serjeant William Woolgar. (in post 1865 – 1901) {{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} Seaford has the westernmost of the South Coast [[Martello Tower]]s, number 74, now a local history museum. Seaford [[lifeguard]]s patrol the beach and water each weekend and bank holiday from May to September. They are made up of volunteers, mainly young people, who give thousands of unpaid hours every year to train and help keep the public safe. They have been recognised as the best equipped and trained non-RNLI beach lifeguard unit in the country. {{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
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