Brighton and Hove City Council

Brighton and Hove City Council
Arms of Brighton and Hove City Council
Coat of arms
Brighton and Hove City Council logo
Corporate Logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1997
Preceded byEast Sussex County Council
Leadership
Mayor of Brighton & Hove
Alan Robins
since May 2020
Leader of the council
Phélim Mac Cafferty, Green
since 23rd July 2020
Deputy Leaders of the council
  • Hannah Clare
  • Sue Shanks
, Green
since 23rd July 2020
Leader of the opposition
Co-Leaders John Allcock and Carmen Appich, Labour
Chief Executive
Geoff Raw
Structure
Seats54 councillors
Brighton and Hove City Council composition
Political groups
Minority Administration (20)
Green (20)
Opposition (33)
Labour (16)
Conservative (12)
Independent (5)
Vacant (1)
Joint committees
Greater Brighton City Board
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post, multi-member
Last election
2 May 2019
Next election
May 2023
Meeting place
Brighton Town Hall
Hove Town Hall
Website
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk

Brighton and Hove City Council is the local authority of the city of Brighton and Hove. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

Powers and functions

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Brighton and Hove is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Brighton and Hove City Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.

Museums service

The council's museums service takes the name Royal Pavilion & Museums, and operates the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Hove Museum and Art Gallery, the Booth Museum of Natural History and Preston Manor.

Political control

The current makeup of the council is:

Party Councillors
Green Party 20
Labour 16
Conservative 13
Independent 5

Since the first election to the council in 1996 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control Party in minority lead
Labour 1996–2003
No overall control 2003–present Labour 2003–2007
Conservative 2007–2011
Green 2011–2015
Labour 2015–2020
Green 2020–present

The Green led council from 2011 to 2015 was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. The Greens regained control of the Council in 2020, after the incumbent Labour administration collapsed and made way for a Green minority government.

Councillors and wards

Ward of Brighton and Hove Borough Council 1996–2003

When Brighton Borough Council and Hove Borough Council merged in 1996 the wards were carried over from the respective councils who had both been under East Sussex County Council. There were originally 26 wards each with three councillors totally 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

Results of the 2003 elections with new ward boundaries

The 2001 boundary review 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.

Latest results for Brighton and Hove City Councillors by ward:

Results of the 2019 elections with new ward boundaries
Councillor Party Ward Elected Notes
Phélim Mac Cafferty Green Party of England and Wales Brunswick & Adelaide 2011
  • Convener of the Green Group
  • Leader of the Council
  • Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee
Hannah Clare Green Party of England and Wales Brunswick & Adelaide 2019
  • Deputy convenor of the Green group
  • Chair of the Children, Young People and Skills Committee
Clare Moonan Labour and Co-operative Central Hove 2015
Gary Wilkinson Labour and Co-operative Central Hove 2019
Gill Williams Labour and Co-operative East Brighton 2019
Nichole Brennan Independent East Brighton 2019 Resigned from Labour in July 2020
Nancy Platts Labour and Co-operative East Brighton 2018
John Allcock Labour and Co-operative Goldsmid 2019 Leader of the Labour Group

Co-Leader of the Opposition

Marianna Ebel Green Party of England and Wales Goldsmid 2019
Jackie O'Quinn Labour and Co-operative Goldsmid 2015
Dawn Barnett Conservative Party Hangleton & Knoll 2007
Tony Janio Independent Hangleton & Knoll 2007 Left the Conservative Party to stand as an independent in 2019
Nick Lewry Conservative Party Hangleton & Knoll 2015
David Gibson Green Party of England and Wales Hanover & Elm Grove 2015 Joint chair of the Housing committee
Elaine Hills Green Party of England and Wales Hanover & Elm Grove 2019
Steph Powell Green Party of England and Wales Hanover & Elm Grove 2019 Joint chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee
Zoë John Green Party of England and Wales Hollingdean & Stanmer 2021
Theresa Fowler Labour and Co-operative Hollingdean & Stanmer 2019
Martin Osborne Green Party of England and Wales Hollingdean & Stanmer 2019 Joint chair of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture Committee
Samer Bagaeen Conservative Party Hove Park 2019
Vanessa Brown Conservative Party Hove Park 2003
Amanda Grimshaw Labour and Co-operative Moulsecoomb & Bevendean 2019
Kate Knight Independent Moulsecoomb & Bevendean 2019 Resigned from Labour in July 2020 following accusations of anti-Semitism
Daniel Yates Labour and Co-operative Moulsecoomb & Bevendean 2015 Chair of the Audit & Standards Committee
Peter Atkinson Independent North Portslade 2015 Left Labour in August 2021 citing antisemitism
Anne Pissaridou Labour and Co-operative North Portslade 2019
Carol Theobald Conservative Party Patcham 2003
Alistair McNair Conservative Party Patcham 2019
Anne Meadows Conservative Party Patcham 2021
Amy Heley Green Party of England and Wales Preston Park 2019 Chair of the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee
Siriol Hugh-Jones Green Party of England and Wales Preston Park 2019 Joint chair of the Housing committee
Leo Littman Green Party of England and Wales Preston Park 2011 Chair of the Planning Committee
Clare Rainey Green Party of England and Wales Queen's Park 2019
Amanda Evans Labour and Co-operative Queen's Park 2019
Nick Childs Labour and Co-operative Queen's Park 2019
Tom Druitt Green Party of England and Wales Regency 2015
Alex Phillips Green Party of England and Wales Regency 2009
Bridget Helen Fishleigh Independent Rottingdean Coastal 2019
Mary Mears Conservative Party Rottingdean Coastal 2003 Deputy Mayor
Joe Miller (formerly) Conservative Party Rottingdean Coastal 2015-22 Resigned in 2022
Les Hamilton Labour and Co-operative South Portslade 2003
Alan Robins Labour and Co-operative South Portslade 2015 Mayor
Lizzie Deane Green Party of England and Wales St Peter's & North Laine 2010
Sue Shanks Green Party of England and Wales St Peter's & North Laine 2019 Deputy Convener of the Green Group
Chair of the Heath and Wellbeing Board
Pete West Green Party of England and Wales St Peter's & North Laine 1996
Carmen Appich Labour and Co-operative Westbourne 2019 Co-Leader of the Opposition
Chris Henry Labour and Co-operative Westbourne 2019
Robert Nemeth Conservative Party Wish 2015 Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group
Garry Peltzer Dunn Conservative Party Wish 2003
Sarah Nield Green Party of England and Wales Withdean 2019
Steve Davis Green Party of England and Wales Withdean 2019
Jamie Lloyd Green Party of England and Wales Withdean 2019
Steve Bell Conservative Party Woodingdean 2015 Leader of the Conservative Group
Dee Simson Conservative Party Woodingdean 2003 Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group

Duke and Duchess of Sussex debate

In December 2018 Brighton and Hove City Council held a debate in response to a petition on behalf of residents which called on the council to reject the usage of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex title, which is "disrespectful to the county of East Sussex".


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