The current commissioner is Conservative Party politician Katy Bourne, who is currently serving her fourth term in office, having first been elected in 2012 and having been re-elected in 2016, 2021 and 2024.

[1] Elections to the post previously used the supplementary vote method, but this was changed in May of 2023.

[2] Katy Bourne won re-election only after second preference votes were counted, with Michael Jones coming second.

The central count was held at the East Sussex National Golf Course near Uckfield.

[9] The inaugural election took place on 21 November 2012 and was won by Katy Bourne.