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.
Political control
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 | ||||
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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]
Council elections
- Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, 1996
- Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, 1999
- Brighton and Hove City Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)[3][4][5]
- Brighton and Hove City Council election, 2007
- Brighton and Hove City Council election, 2011
- Brighton and Hove City Council election, 2015
Overview
Election Results
Year | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Conservative | style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Green | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Labour | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Liberal Democrats | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Independent |
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2015 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2011 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2007 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | |||||
2003 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 1 | |||||
1999 | 27 | 3 | 45 | 3 | ||||||
1996 | 23 | 1 | 54 |
Party | Seats | Council Composition May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 23 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 54 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
District result maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
By-election results
Overview
By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Result | ||
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Wish | 1 May 1997
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Labour
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Labour | ||
Hollingbury | 24 July 1997
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Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | ||
Portslade South | 7 May 1998
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | ||
Rottingdean | 7 May 1998
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Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||
Tenantry | 1 September 1999
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | ||
Goldsmid | 7 June 2001
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | ||
Patcham | 11 April 2002
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Conservative
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Conservative | ||
Westdene | 16 May 2002
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||
Hangleton and Knoll | 7 October 2004
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||
Regency | 13 December 2007
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | |
Green
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | |
Green | ||
Goldsmid | 23 July 2009
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | |
Green | ||
St Peter's and North Laine | 8 July 2010
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | |
Green
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | |
Green | ||
Westbourne | 22 December 2011
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | ||
East Brighton | 18 October 2012
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | ||
Hanover and Elm Grove | 11 July 2013
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" | |
Green
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | ||
East Brighton | 4 August 2016
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Labour
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | ||
East Brighton | 8 February 2018
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour
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Labour |
1995–1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 2,054 | 43.5 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative | 1,771 | 37.5 | −2.2 | ||
Hove Conservative | 562 | 11.9 | +11.9 | ||
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | 255 | 5.4 | −0.8 | ||
Natural Law | 84 | 1.8 | +1.8 | ||
Majority | 283 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,726 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 1,131 | 60.8 | −6.3 | ||
Conservative | 432 | 23.2 | +9.6 | ||
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | 101 | 5.4 | −4.4 | ||
Independent | 95 | 5.1 | +5.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 68 | 3.7 | −5.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | 32 | 1.7 | +1.7 | ||
Majority | 699 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,859 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Les Hamilton | 1,290 | 62.5 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Ted Kemble | 483 | 23.4 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Donovan | 217 | 10.5 | −0.6 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Nigel Baker | 74 | 3.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 807 | 39.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,990 | 30.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Smith | 1,724 | 58.8 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Mark Bunting | 803 | 27.4 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harold de Souza | 319 | 10.9 | −3.3 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Peter Poole | 84 | 2.9 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 921 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,930 | 38.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1999–2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 789 | 51.9 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative | 383 | 25.2 | +7.8 | ||
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | 147 | 9.7 | −7.5 | ||
Independent | 117 | 7.7 | +7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 52 | 3.4 | −6.0 | ||
Independent | 33 | 2.2 | +2.2 | ||
Majority | 406 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,521 | 19.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vincent Meegan | 1,690 | 37.0 | −16.2 | |
Conservative | 1,640 | 35.9 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 577 | 12.6 | +12.6 | ||
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | 481 | 10.5 | −0.6 | ||
ProLife Alliance | 119 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
UKIP | 57 | 1.2 | +1.2 | ||
Majority | 50 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,564 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Pidgeon | 1,352 | 59.5 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Stewart | 463 | 20.5 | −10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trefor Hunter | 336 | 14.9 | +6.6 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Elizabeth Wakefield | 107 | 4.7 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 889 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,258 | 32.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ken Norman | 1,347 | 55.5 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Malcolm Prescott | 645 | 26.6 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Don McBeth | 234 | 9.6 | +0.1 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Richard Mallender | 199 | 8.2 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 702 | 28.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,425 | 31.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2003–2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dawn Barnett | 1,535 | 42.1 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Eddy Sears | 1,165 | 32.0 | −8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Barnard | 618 | 17.0 | +8.8 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Elizabeth Wakefield | 170 | 4.7 | −2.4 | |
Independent | Janet Berridge-Brown | 156 | 4.3 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 370 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,644 | 35.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
2007–2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jason Kitcat | 749 | 41.6 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Nemeth | 397 | 22.1 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Delia Forester | 376 | 20.9 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Doyle | 148 | 8.2 | −9.1 | |
Independent | Tony Davenport | 130 | 7.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 352 | 19.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,800 | 23.0 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Alexandra Phillips | 1,456 | 38.5 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Wealls | 1,104 | 29.1 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Lis Telcs | 816 | 21.6 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Howard Spencer | 280 | 7.4 | −7.8 | |
UKIP | Maria McCallum | 129 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 352 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,792 | 32.9 | −4.6 | ||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Lizzie Deane | 1,816 | 56.8 | +2.5% | |
Labour | Tom French | 880 | 27.5 | +4.3% | |
Conservative | Rob Buckwell | 365 | 11.4 | −0.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | Trefor Hunter | 103 | 3.2 | −4.9% | |
Independent | Gerald O’Brien | 32 | 1.0 | −1.3% | |
Majority | 936 | 29.3 | −1.8% | ||
Turnout | 3,196 | 24.1 | −10% | ||
Green hold | Swing |
2011–2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Cox | 1,027 | 39.3 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Nigel Jenner | 826 | 31.6 | +2.2 | |
Green | Louisa Greenbaum | 645 | 24.6 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Jones | 45 | 1.7 | −5.5 | |
UKIP | Paul Perrin | 36 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
TUSC | Pip Tindall | 20 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
The European Citizens Party | Susan Collard | 13 | 0.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 201 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,612 | 35.0 | −10.5% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chaun Wilson | 1596 | 56.1 | +6.59 | |
Conservative | Joe Miller | 531 | 18.6 | −4.36 | |
Green | Carlie Nicole Goldsmith | 456 | 16.0 | −5.49 | |
UKIP | Sabiha Choudhury | 148 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Felix Sokalski | 59 | 2.1 | −2.78 | |
TUSC | Jon Redford | 55 | 1.9 | +0.63 | |
Majority | 1,065 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,857 | 26.2% | −13.3% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Daniel | 1396 | 39.8 | +8.00 | |
Green | David Stuart Gibson | 1358 | 38.7 | −14.43 | |
Conservative | Robert John Knight | 275 | 7.8 | −1.02 | |
UKIP | Patricia Ann Mountain | 250 | 7.1 | +7.13 | |
TUSC | Phil Clarke | 172 | 4.9 | +1.88 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lev Eakins | 56 | 1.6 | −1.56 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,520 | 29.2% | |||
Labour gain from Green | Swing |
2015-present
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 1,488 | 57.5 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | David Plant | 514 | 19.9 | −2.6 | |
Green | Mitch Alexander | 286 | 11.1 | −8.5 | |
UKIP | Leigh Farrow | 152 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew England | 116 | 4.5 | −3.4 | |
Independent | Ramon Sammut | 31 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 974 | 37.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,594 | 24.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nancy Platts | 1,889 | 67.5 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Wilson | 481 | 17.2 | −2.7 | |
Green | Ed Baker | 316 | 11.3 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Taylor | 114 | 4.1 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,408 | 50.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,800 | 27.34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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