Local government elections in East Sussex, England
Brighton and Hove City Council is aunitary authority inEast Sussex ,England . It was created as Brighton and Hove Borough Council on 1 April 1997 replacingBrighton andHove Borough Councils. It was granted city status in 2001.
SeeBrighton Borough Council elections orHove Borough Council elections for election prior to 1996
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Ward of Brighton and Hove Borough Council 1996–2003 For the first election in 1996 the wards of the formerBorough of Brighton andBorough 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:
Results of the 2003 elections, showing the wards as existed from 2003 to 2023 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:[ 7]
Ward boundaries were reviewed again in 2023, since when the council has comprised 54councillors representing 23wards , with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are:[ 8]
Brunswick and Adelaide Central Hove Coldean and Stanmer Goldsmid Hangleton and Knoll Hanover and Elm Grove Hollingdean and Fiveways Kemptown Moulsecoomb and Bevendean North Portslade Patcham and Hollingbury Preston Park Queen's Park Regency Rottingdean and West Saltdean Round Hill South Portslade West Hill and North Laine Westbourne and Poets' Corner Westdene and Hove Park Whitehawk and Marina Wish Woodingdean By-election results [ edit ] ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, theLiberal Party andSDP (both of which participated in theAlliance ). ^ Including 2 Brighton & Hove Independents ^ legislation.gov.uk –The City of Brighton and Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 . Retrieved on 4 October 2015. ^a b "Your Local Councillors" . Brighton & Hove City Council. Archived fromthe original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved8 October 2009 .^a b "Councillors & Meetings" . Brighton & Hove City Council. Archived fromthe original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved8 October 2009 .^ "Vote 2003 – Local elections – Brighton & Hove" . BBC News. Retrieved23 August 2010 .^ "Council election results 2007" . Brighton & Hove City Council. Archived fromthe original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved23 August 2010 .^ "The City of Brighton and Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2001" ,legislation.gov.uk ,The National Archives , SI 2001/4055, retrieved4 October 2015 ^ "Councillor ward map" (PDF) .Brighton and Hove City Council . 12 October 2022. Retrieved21 December 2022 .^ "The Brighton and Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2023" ,legislation.gov.uk ,The National Archives , SI 2023/22, retrieved7 May 2024 ^a b "How you voted".The Argus . Brighton. 8 May 1998. p. 12. ^ "Tories win city by-election" .The Argus . 12 April 2002. Archived fromthe original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved8 October 2009 .^ "Byelection woe for Labour" .The Guardian . 17 May 2002. Retrieved8 October 2009 .^ "Tories make post-conference council gains" .The Guardian . 8 October 2004. Retrieved8 October 2009 .^ "Greens win Regency by-election" .The Argus . 13 December 2007. Retrieved8 October 2009 .^ "Regency Ward By-Election" . Brighton & Hove City Council. Retrieved8 October 2009 .[permanent dead link ] ^ "Brighton and Hove Greens win key Goldsmid council by-election" .The Argus . 24 July 2009. Retrieved8 October 2009 .^ "Greens retain seat at Brighton and Hove City Council by-election" .The Argus . 9 July 2010. Retrieved9 July 2010 .^ "Declaration of Result of Poll – Westbourne" (PDF) . Brighton and Hove City Council. 22 December 2011. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved23 December 2011 .^ "Declaration of Result of Poll – East Brighton" (PDF) . Brighton and Hove City Council. 18 October 2012. Retrieved25 October 2012 .^ "Labour holds East Brighton in by-election" .brightonandhovenews.org . 5 August 2016. Retrieved12 April 2018 .^ "East Brighton ward by-election 2018 – Brighton & Hove City Council" .brighton-hove.gov.uk . Retrieved12 April 2018 .^ "Brighton Labour councillor to resign" .brightonandhovenews.org . 28 January 2021. Retrieved26 March 2021 .^ "Statement of Persons Nominated – Election of a City Councillor for Hollingdean and Stanmer Ward" (PDF) .brighton-hove.org.uk . 9 April 2021. Retrieved9 April 2021 .^ "Second Brighton councillor quits" .brightonandhovenews.org . Retrieved26 March 2021 .^ "Statement of Persons Nominated – Election of a City Councillor for Patcham Ward" (PDF) .brighton-hove.gov.uk . 9 April 2021. Retrieved9 April 2021 .^ "Brighton Tories announce candidate after sudden resignation" .The Argus . Retrieved3 April 2022 .^ "Statement of persons nominated for Rottingdean Coastal ward May 5" .Brighton and Hove City Council . Retrieved9 April 2022 .^ "Local Elections Archive Project – South Portslade Ward" .andrewteale.me.uk . Retrieved20 February 2024 .^a b "Brighton and Hove City Council website – Results of the Kemptown and Queen's Park by-elections" .brighton-hove.gov.uk . Retrieved6 May 2024 .^ "Local Elections Archive Project – Brunswick and Adelaide Ward" .andrewteale.me.uk . Retrieved20 February 2024 .^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Westbourne and Poets' Corner Ward" .www.andrewteale.me.uk . Retrieved13 August 2025 .^ Gibbons, Jess (21 August 2025)."Statement of persons nominated, Situation of Polling Stations and Notice of Poll - Queen's Park by-election" .Brighton & Hove City Council . Retrieved15 September 2025 .
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