Brighton and Hove City Council
Brighton and Hove City Council | |
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Type | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 April 1997 |
Preceded by | East Sussex County Council District councils |
Leadership | |
Mayor of Brighton & Hove | Lizzie Deane since 26 May 2022 |
Leader of the council | |
Deputy Leaders of the council | |
Leader of the opposition | Co-Leaders John Allcock and Carmen Appich, Labour |
Chief Executive | Geoff Raw |
Structure | |
Seats | 54 councillors |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Brighton City Board |
Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
Plurality block voting | |
Last election | 2 May 2019 |
Next election | May 2023 |
Meeting place | |
Brighton Town Hall Hove Town Hall | |
Website | |
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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, highways, 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.[3]
Political control
The current makeup of the council is:
Party | Councillors | |
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Green Party | 20 | |
Labour | 15 | |
Conservative | 12 | |
Independent | 7 |
Since the first election to the council in 1996 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[4]
Party in control | Party in minority lead | ||||
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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.[5] The Greens regained control of the Council in 2020, after the incumbent Labour administration collapsed and made way for a Green minority government.[6]
Councillors and wards
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
The 2001 boundary review[7][8][9] 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:[10]
Councillor | Party | Ward | Elected | Notes | |
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Phélim Mac Cafferty | Green Party of England and Wales | Brunswick & Adelaide | 2011 |
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Hannah Clare | Green Party of England and Wales | Brunswick & Adelaide | 2019 |
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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[11] | |
Anne Pissaridou | Independent | North Portslade | 2019 | Expelled from Labour Group in August 2022 for being a member of a proscribed organisation [12] | |
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 | Independent | Queen's Park | 2019 | Expelled from Labour Group in August 2022 for being a member of a proscribed organisation [12] | |
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 | |
Robert McIntosh | Labour Party | Rottingdean Coastal | 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".[13]
References
- ^ "Greens tipped to run Brighton council after 'anti-Semitic' resignations". BBC News. 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Your councillors and local politicians".
- ^ "Who we are". Royal Pavilion and Museums. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Brighton & Hove". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Go Green for first Green-led council in UK". www.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ^ "Greens tipped to run Brighton council after 'anti-Semitic' resignations". BBC News. 22 July 2020.
- ^ "The City of Brighton and Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/4055, retrieved 4 October 2015
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Councillors and committees". Brighton & Hove City Council.
- ^ "Labour councillor resigns". Brighton and Hove News. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ a b "Labour Party expels two Brighton and Hove councillors". Brighton and Hove News. 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ Hardy, Jack (9 January 2020). "Harry and Meghan's Sussex title was 'unfairly acquired' and should be ignored, Brighton and Hove council to consider". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 February 2020.