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Brighton and Hove City Council elections

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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.

Brighton Borough Council elections and Hove Borough Council elections took place in alternating patterns from 1974 when Local Government reorganisation last took place.

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Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996–2003
	No overall control	2003–2023
	Labour	2023–present

Councillor		From	To
Steve Bassam	Labour	1997	1999
Lynette Gwyn-Jones	Labour	1999	2001
Ken Bodfish	Labour	2001	2006
Simon Burgess	Labour	2006	6 May 2007
Brian Oxley	Conservative	24 May 2007	15 May 2008
Mary Mears	Conservative	15 May 2008	19 May 2011
Bill Randall	Green	19 May 2011	17 May 2012
Jason Kitcat	Green	17 May 2012	10 May 2015
Warren Morgan	Labour	21 May 2015	17 May 2018
Daniel Yates	Labour	17 May 2018	22 May 2019
Nancy Platts	Labour	22 May 2019	23 Jul 2020
Phélim Mac Cafferty	Green	23 Jul 2020	7 May 2023
Bella Sankey	Labour	25 May 2023

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,054	43.5	-2.3
	Conservative	1,771	37.5	-2.2
	Hove Conservative	562	11.9	+11.9
	Green	255	5.4	-0.8
	Natural Law	84	1.8	+1.8
Majority		283	6.0
Turnout		4,726
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,131	60.8	-6.3
	Conservative	432	23.2	+9.6
	Green	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	%	±%
	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	Nigel Baker	74	3.6	+0.1
Majority			807	39.1
Turnout			1,990	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Brighton_and_Hove_City_Council_elections

Brighton and Hove City Council elections

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Council elections

Overview

Election Results

District result maps

By-election results

Overview

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2007–2011

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019–2023

2023–2027

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Year		Conservative		Green		Labour		Liberal Democrats		Independent
2023	6		7		38		0		3
2019	14		19		20		0		1
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		0
1996	23		1		54		0		0

Election	Date
Wish	1 May 1997	Labour	Labour
Hollingbury	24 July 1997	Labour	Labour
Portslade South	7 May 1998	Labour	Labour
Rottingdean	7 May 1998	Conservative	Conservative
Tenantry	1 September 1999	Labour	Labour
Goldsmid	7 June 2001	Conservative	Labour
Patcham	11 April 2002	Conservative	Conservative
Westdene	16 May 2002	Conservative	Conservative
Hangleton and Knoll	7 October 2004	Labour	Conservative
Regency	13 December 2007	Green	Green
Goldsmid	23 July 2009	Conservative	Green
St Peter's and North Laine	8 July 2010	Green	Green
Westbourne	22 December 2011	Conservative	Conservative
East Brighton	18 October 2012	Labour	Labour
Hanover and Elm Grove	11 July 2013	Green	Labour
East Brighton	4 August 2016	Labour	Labour
East Brighton	8 February 2018	Labour	Labour
Hollingdean and Stanmer	6 May 2021	Labour	Green
Patcham	6 May 2021	Conservative	Conservative
Rottingdean Coastal	5 May 2022	Conservative	Labour
Wish	8 December 2022	Conservative	Labour
South Portslade	11 January 2024	Labour	Labour

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	Peter Poole	84	2.9	-0.5
Majority			921	31.4
Turnout			2,930	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	789	51.9	-4.2
	Conservative	383	25.2	+7.8
	Green	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		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	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	Richard Mallender	199	8.2	-2.5
Majority			702	28.9
Turnout			2,425	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	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

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

St Peter's and North Laine by-election 8 July 2010^[16]
(resignation of Keith Taylor upon becoming a member of the European Parliament)
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

Westbourne by-election 22 December 2011^[17]
(resignation of Brian Oxley)
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

East Brighton by-election 18 October 2012^[18]
(Resignation of Craig Turton)
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

Hanover and Elm Grove by-election 11 July 2013 (resignation of Matt Follett)
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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Zoë John	1,542	41.6	+2.6
	Labour	Leila Erin-Jenkins	1,262	34.0	-9.7
	Conservative	Emma Dawson-Bowling	745	20.1	+11.0
	TUSC	Rob Somerton-Jones	54	1.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Hargreaves	47	1.3	-4.7
	UKIP	Des Jones	35	0.9	-7.5
	Independent	Nigel Furness	24	0.6	N/A
Majority			280	7.5
Turnout			3,709	31.9
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Meadows	2,011	41.5	-10.3
	Green	Eliza Wyatt	1,733	35.7	+8.6
	Labour	Bruno de Oliveira	879	18.1	-7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Madelaine Hunter-Taylor	174	3.6	N/A
	UKIP	Charles Goodhand	50	1.0	N/A
Majority			278	5.7
Turnout			4,847	43.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Mcintosh	1,443	29.6
	Independent	Stephen White	1,355	27.8
	Conservative	Lynda Hyde	1,185	24.3
	Green	Libby Darling	504	10.3
	Independent	Alison Wright	222	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Stone	168	3.4
Majority			88	1.8
Turnout			4,896	44.0	-1.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bella Sankey	1,519	58.5	+27.9
	Conservative	Peter Revell	756	29.1	-7.7
	Green	Ollie Sykes	190	7.3	-16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Stone	96	3.7	-2.6
	UKIP	Patricia Mountain	34	1.3	-1.6
Majority			763	29.4
Turnout			2,600	34.24	-16.89
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Josh Guilmant	874	54.6
	Conservative	Benjamin Franks	246	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Rist	186	11.6
	Green	Danny Booth	149	9.3
	TUSC	David Maples	53	3.3
	Democratic Liberation Party	Georgia McKinley Fitch	49	3.1
	Independent	Jamie Gillespie	44	2.7
Majority			628	39.2
Turnout			1,601
	Labour hold		Swing