Eastbourne residents were voting today as the Tories battled to retain the lead they won at the last election.

It is the first time in 25 years that all the seats have been up for grabs on the same day.

Changes in the borough since the 2000 election mean the number of wards being cut from 10 to nine and seats from 30 to 27.

Tories control 18 seats and Lib Dems 12.

Other councils being elected include Hastings, Worthing, Crawley and Adur.

Full results will be in later editions of The Argus tomorrow.