Brighton and Hove City Council elections

Brighton and Hove City Council is a unitary authority in East Sussex, England. It was created as Brighton and Hove Borough Council on 1 April 1997 replacing Brighton and Hove Borough Councils. It was granted city status in 2001.

Council elections See Brighton Borough Council elections or Hove Borough Council elections for election prior to 1996 1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election 1999 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election 2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election (New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk – The City of Brighton and Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015. 2007 Brighton and Hove City Council election 2011 Brighton and Hove City Council election 2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election 2019 Brighton and Hove City Council election 2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election

Overview

Election results

YearLabourConservativeGreenLiberal DemocratsIndependents& OthersCouncil controlafter electionCouncil established from the merger of Brighton and Hove (78 seats)1996542310019994527330New ward boundaries (54 seats)20032420631200713261221201113182300201523201100201920141901New ward boundaries (54 seats)2023386703

+Party political make-up of Brighton and Hove City Council    Party Seats Council composition May 2023 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023   Green 1 3 6 12 23 11 19 7                                                                             Conservative 23 27 20 26 18 20 14 6                                                                             Labour 54 45 24 13 13 23 20 38                                                                               Independent 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1                                                                               Liberal Democrats 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0                                                                             Brighton and Hove Independents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2                                                                            

District result maps

Wards

For the first election in 1996 the wards of the former Borough of Brighton and Borough of Hove were used. There were originally 26 wards each with three councillors each, totalling 78 councillors in the newly created Brighton and Hove Borough Council:

Brunswick & Adelaide Goldsmid Hangleton Hanover Hollingbury Kings Cliff Marine Moulsecoomb Nevill North Portslade Patcham Portslade South Preston Queen's Park Regency Rottingdean Seven Dials St. Peters Stanford Stanmer Tenantry Vallance Westbourne Westdene Wish Woodingdean

The 2001 boundary review reduced the wards to 21 wards with a mix of two or three councillors each totalling 54 councillors for the then city council. These boundary were used in the 2003 election for the first time with the following wards:

Brunswick & Adelaide Central Hove East Brighton Goldsmid Hangleton & Knoll Hanover & Elm Grove Hollingdean & Stanmer (known as Hollingbury & Stanmer until 2007) Hove Park (known as Stanford until 2007) Moulsecoomb & Bevendean North Portslade Patcham Preston Park Queen's Park Regency Rottingdean Coastal South Portslade St. Peter's & North Laine Westbourne Wish Withdean Woodingdean

Ward boundaries were reviewed again in 2023, since when the council has comprised 54 councillors representing 23 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are:

Brunswick and Adelaide Central Hove Coldean and Stanmer Goldsmid Hangleton and Knoll Hanover and Elm Grove Hollingdean and Fiveways Kemptown Moulsecoomb and Bevendean North Portslade Patcham and Hollingbury Preston Park Queen's Park Regency Rottingdean and West Saltdean Round Hill South Portslade West Hill and North Laine Westbourne and Poets' Corner Westdene and Hove Park Whitehawk and Marina Wish Woodingdean

By-election results

Overview Election Date Incumbent party ResultWish1 May 1997 Hollingbury24 July 1997 Portslade South7 May 1998 Rottingdean7 May 1998 Tenantry1 September 1999 Goldsmid7 June 2001 Patcham11 April 2002 Westdene16 May 2002 Hangleton and Knoll7 October 2004 Regency13 December 2007 Goldsmid23 July 2009 St Peter's and North Laine8 July 2010 Westbourne22 December 2011 East Brighton18 October 2012 Hanover and Elm Grove11 July 2013 East Brighton4 August 2016 East Brighton8 February 2018 Hollingdean and Stanmer6 May 2021 Patcham6 May 2021 Rottingdean Coastal5 May 2022 Wish8 December 2022 South Portslade11 January 2024 Queen's Park2 May 2024 Kemptown2 May 2024 Brunswick and Adelaide4 July 2024 Westbourne and Poets' Corner1 May 2025 Queen’s Park18 September 2025

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2007–2011

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019–2023

2023–2027

Notes

References

External links Brighton & Hove City Council By-election results