Brighton and Hove City Council

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Brighton and Hove City Council
Coat of arms
Corporate Logo
Type
Type
HousesUnicameral
Term limits
None
History
Founded1996
Preceded by Brighton Borough Council, Hove Borough Council, East Sussex County Council
Leadership
Chief Executive
Geoffrey Raw
Leader of the council
Warren Morgan, Labour Party (UK)
Leader of the opposition
Geoffrey Theobald, Conservative Party (UK)
Convenor of the Green Group
Structure
Seats54
22 / 54
20 / 54
11 / 54
1 / 54
Elections
First past the post, multi-member
Last election
2015
Next election
2019
Meeting place
Brighton Town Hall
Hove Town Hall
Website
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk

Brighton and Hove City Council is the local authority of the city of Brighton and Hove. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

Powers and functions

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Brighton and Hove is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Brighton and Hove City Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.

Political control

Further information: Brighton and Hove local elections

Since the first election to the council in 1996 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in control Party in minority lead
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour 1996–2003
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" | No overall control 2003–present style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour 2003–2007
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 2007–2011
style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color" | Green Party § 2011–2015
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour 2015–present

§ first Green led council in the United Kingdom[2]

Wards

When Brighton Borough Council and Hove Borough Council merged in 1996 the wards were carried over from the respective councils who had both been under East Sussex County Council.

There were originally 26 Wards each with three councillors totally 78 councillors in the newly created Brighton and Hove Borough Council: Brunswick and Adelaide, Goldsmid, Hangleton, Hanover, Hollingbury, Kings Cliff, Marine, Moulsecoomb, Nevill, North Portslade, Patcham, Portslade South, Preston, Queens Park, Regency, Rottingdean, Seven Dials, St. Peters, Stanford, Stanmer, Tenantry, Vallance, Westbourne, Westdene, Wish, Woodingdean

Ward of Brighton and Hove Borough Council 1996 - 2003

The 2001 boundary review [3][4][5] 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 and Adelaide, Central Hove, East Brighton, Goldsmid, Hangleton and Knoll, Hanover and Elm Grove, Hollingbury and Stanmer (which then became Hollingdean and Stanmer in 2007), Stanford (which became Hove Park in 2007), Moulsecoomb and Bevendean, North Portslade, Patcham, Preston Park, Queen's Park, Regency, Rottingdean Coastal, South Portslade, St Peter's and North Laine, Westbourne, Wish, Withdean, Woodingdean.

Results of the 2003 elections with new ward boundaries

References

  1. ^ "Brighton & Hove". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Go Green for first Green-led council in UK". www.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Brighton and Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Your Local Councillors". Brighton & Hove City Council. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Councillors & Meetings". Brighton & Hove City Council. Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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