Local government elections in East Sussex, England
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.
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 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
The 2001 boundary review[6][2][3] 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.[7]
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:[8]
^"The Brighton and Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/22, retrieved 7 May 2024
^ ab"How you voted". The Argus. Brighton. 8 May 1998. p. 12.
^"Tories win city by-election". The Argus. 12 April 2002. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^"Byelection woe for Labour". guardian.co.uk. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^"Tories make post-conference council gains". guardian.co.uk. 8 October 2004. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^"Greens win Regency by-election". The Argus. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^"Regency Ward By-Election". Brighton & Hove City Council. Retrieved 8 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
^"Brighton and Hove Greens win key Goldsmid council by-election". The Argus. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^"Greens retain seat at Brighton and Hove City Council by-election". The Argus. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
^"Declaration of Result of Poll – Westbourne" (PDF). Brighton and Hove City Council. 22 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
^"Declaration of Result of Poll – East Brighton" (PDF). Brighton and Hove City Council. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^"Labour holds East Brighton in by-election". brightonandhovenews.org. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^"East Brighton ward by-election 2018 - Brighton & Hove City Council". www.brighton-hove.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^"Brighton Labour councillor to resign". brightonandhovenews.org. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^"Statement of Persons Nominated - Election of a City Councillor for Hollingdean and Stanmer Ward" (PDF). brighton-hove.org.uk. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^"Second Brighton councillor quits". brightonandhovenews.org. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^"Statement of Persons Nominated - Election of a City Councillor for Patcham Ward" (PDF). brighton-hove.gov.uk. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^"Brighton Tories announce candidate after sudden resignation". The Argus. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^"Statement of persons nominated for Rottingdean Coastal ward May 5". Brighton and Hove City Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — South Portslade Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^"Brighton and Hove City Council website — Results of the Kemptown and Queen's Park by-elections". www.brighton-hove.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^"Brighton and Hove City Council website — Results of the Kemptown and Queen's Park by-elections". www.brighton-hove.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine