About
Andrew Wilson
Conservative Councillor for Crowborough South East
Standing up for residents, challenging poor decisions, and bringing proper scrutiny to Wealden District Council.
Councillor role
Andrew Wilson is the Conservative Councillor for Crowborough South East on Wealden District Council. He chairs the council's Scrutiny and Performance Committee, sits on Audit and Governance, and is a reserve member of Planning Committee - Majors. He publishes his council work (votes, questions, evidence and commentary) on this site as a public record.
Scrutiny
Chair of Wealden’s Scrutiny and Performance Committee, examining Cabinet decisions and officer-led processes on residents’ behalf, including calling the emergency scrutiny session on Crowborough Camp.
Scrutiny work →Audit and Governance
A regular member of Audit and Governance, covering governance, risk, audit, financial control, standards and public accountability.
Read the priorities in full →Casework
Taking up residents’ problems directly, from local services to council decisions that affect your street.
Raise a local issue →Professional background
Before local government, Andrew built a career over a decade and a half in investment banking and institutional capital markets, including investment management, institutional sales and stockbroking. He continues to work professionally in capital markets advisory, investor communication and corporate strategy.
That background shapes his approach to council work: follow the evidence, test the numbers, challenge weak assumptions, and ask whether public money is being used properly.
How Andrew works
Evidence before slogans
Positions are formed from what the evidence shows, not the reverse.
Scrutiny of decisions
Cabinet decisions and officer recommendations get tested properly, not waved through.
Value for money
Public money is spent on services that deliver, not on projects that look good in a press release.
Testing assumptions
Figures and forecasts get checked against reality before they are relied on.
Public record
Votes, questions and reasoning are published, so residents can see the working, not just the conclusion.
Local accountability
Decisions are explained in terms of what they mean for Crowborough South East specifically.
Plain English
Council process translated into language residents actually use, not committee jargon.
The political journey
Documented at the time, in his own published posts, not reconstructed afterwards.
Andrew was elected to Wealden District Council in 2023. His political journey is part of the public record: elected as a Liberal Democrat, sitting as an Independent from May 2024, and joining the Conservatives in May 2026. Older posts remain published because public life should be transparent, not airbrushed.
May 2023
Elected to Wealden District Council
Elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor for Crowborough South East at the May 2023 district elections.
His first diary post from the time →May 2024
Resigned from the Liberal Democrats and the Alliance
Left the Liberal Democrats and the Alliance for Wealden administration, and continued as an Independent councillor.
His own account, written at the time →2025
Opposition and scrutiny work
A member of the Wealden Partners opposition group, Conservatives and Independents working together, and Chair of the Scrutiny and Performance Committee.
On the formation of Wealden Partners →May 2026
Joined the Conservative Party
After two years as an Independent, joined the Conservative Party, announced openly, with the reasoning published on this site.
The announcement, in his own words →
In the press
Third-party coverage of Andrew's council work.
Sussex ExpressCrowborough Camp
Councillors discuss use of Crowborough training camp as asylum accommodation
Coverage of the council debate on the Home Office plan for Crowborough Training Camp.
(opens in a new tab)Sussex ExpressCouncil accountability
Second resignation leaves Wealden coalition without majority
Reporting on the Alliance coalition losing its majority after resignations.
(opens in a new tab)Something Andrew should look at?
Casework, questions, or evidence about a local issue — all read directly by Andrew.