Brighton and Hove City Council elections

Brighton and Hove Unitary Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 54 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1]^[2]

Political control

Since 1996 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[3]

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

Council elections

Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, 1996
Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, 1999
Brighton and Hove City Council election, 2003
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		Conservative		Green		Labour		Liberal Democrats		Independent
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	23		3		44		5		3

^[4]^[5]

**Party political make-up of Brighton and Hove City Council**
Party	Seats					Council Composition May 2015
Party	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	Council Composition May 2015
Green	3	6	12	23	11
Conservative	23	20	26	18	20
Labour	44	24	13	13	23
Independent	3	1	1	0	0
Liberal Democrats	5	3	2	0	0

District result maps

2011 results map

By-election results

Overview

By-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

1995–1999

Wish By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	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

Hollingbury By-Election 24 July 1997
Party		Candidate	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 Democrat		68	3.7	-5.7
	Socialist Labour		32	1.7	+1.7
Majority			699	37.6
Turnout			1,859
	Labour hold		Swing

Portslade South ward By-Election 7 May 1998^[6] (resignation of Ivor Caplin following election as MP in 1997)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Hamilton	1,290	62.5	+3.2
	Conservative	Ted Kemble	483	23.4	-2.7
	Liberal Democrat	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

Rottingdean ward By-Election 7 May 1998^[6] (death of Cllr Shirley Wrigley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Smith	1,724	58.8	+6.1
	Labour	Mark Bunting	803	27.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	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

1999–2003

Tenantry By-Election 30 September 1999
Party		Candidate	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 Democrat		52	3.4	-6.0
	Independent		33	2.2	+2.2
Majority			406	26.7
Turnout			1,521	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Goldsmid By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Meegan	1,690	37.0	-16.2
	Conservative		1,640	35.9	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat		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

Patcham By-Election 11 April 2002^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Pidgeon	1,352	59.5	+4.3
	Labour	Elizabeth Stewart	463	20.5	-10.1
	Liberal Democrat	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

Westdene By-Election 16 May 2002^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Norman	1,347	55.5	+3.2
	Labour	Malcolm Prescott	645	26.6	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	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

2003–2007

Hangleton and Knoll By-Election 7 October 2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Barnett	1,535	42.1	+3.4
	Labour	Eddy Sears	1,165	32.0	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	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

2007–2011

Regency By-Election 13 December 2007^[10]^[11] (Resignation of Cllr. Hermionie Roy due to health grounds)
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 Democrat	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

Goldsmid By-Election 23 July 2009^[12] (Resignation of Cllr. Paul Lainchbury due to financial reasons)
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 Democrat	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^[13] (Resignation of Keith Taylor due to election to 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 Democrat	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

Westbourne By-Election 22 December 2011^[14] (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 Democrat	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^[15] (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 Democrat	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 Democrat	Lev Eakins	56	1.6	-1.56
Majority			38	1.1
Turnout			3,520	29.2%
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

References

↑ "Your Local Councillors". Brighton & Hove City Council. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
↑ "Councillors & Meetings". Brighton & Hove City Council. Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
↑ "Brighton & Hove". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
↑ "Vote 2003 – Local elections – Brighton & Hove". BBC News. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
↑ "Council election results 2007". Brighton & Hove City Council. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
1 2 "How you voted". The Argus (Brighton). 8 May 1998. p. 12.
↑ "Tories win city by-election". The Argus. 12 April 2002. 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.
↑ "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. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll – East Brighton" (PDF). Brighton and Hove City Council. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

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