ON THE 5th MAY 2011, THE VOTERS OF RIVER WARD ELECTED TWO CONSERVATIVES (ONE LIVING IN RUSTINGTON AND THE OTHER IN MIDDLETON) TO REPRESENT THEM.
ONE OF THE CONSERVATIVE TOWN COUNCILLORS, LIVING IN MIDDLETON MOVED TO FELPHAM, SPARKING A BY-ELECTION WHICH WAS WON BY THE CONSERVATIVES ON THE 8th DECEMBER 2011.