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Brighton and Hove Unitary

Unitary authority

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Council in England

England

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is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 54 councillor

Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...

s have been elected from 21 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

Political control

Since 1996 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	1996 - 2003
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2003 - present

Council elections

Brighton and Hove Council election, 1996
Brighton and Hove 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, 2011
Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council were held on May 5, 2011, in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. The whole council, a unitary authority, was up for election with 54 councillors elected from 21 wards....

Overview

Year	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Green Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...	Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
2011	18		23		13	0	0
2007	26		12		13	2	1
2003	20		6		24	3	1
1999	23		3		44	5	3

Overview

By-election	Date	\| Incumbent party		\| Result
Wish	1 May 1997
Hollingbury	24 July 1997
Portslade South	7 May 1998
Rottingdean	7 May 1998
Tanantry	1 September 1999
Goldsmid	7 June 2001
Patcham	11 April 2002
Westdene	16 May 2002
Hangleton and Knoll	7 October 2004
Regency	13 December 2007
Goldsmid	23 July 2009
St Peter's and North Laine	8 July 2010

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

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