1995 Brighton Borough Council election

1995 Brighton Borough Council election
16 out of 47 seats to Brighton Borough Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1995 Brighton Borough Council election
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

The 1995 Brighton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Brighton Borough Council in East Sussex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

[1]

1995 Brighton Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	2	81.3	14	27	57.4	26,001	55.7	+6.1
	Conservative	3	2	18.8	17	20	42.6	13,875	29.7	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,317	9.2	–3.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,254	4.8	+0.5
	Militant Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	195	0.4	±0.0
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	35	0.1	N/A
	Natural Law	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	22	<0.1	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Schaffer*	2,187	73.6	+7.6
	Conservative	D. Dudeney	339	11.4	–3.2
	Liberal Democrats	B. Huggins	225	7.6	–3.7
	Green	K. Chapman	221	7.4	–0.7
Majority			1,848	62.2	+10.7
Turnout			2,972	37.0	–3.4
Registered electors			7,984
	Labour hold		Swing	5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Fitch*	1,987	71.1	+5.6
	Conservative	A. Stammers	474	17.0	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. Lamb	228	8.2	–1.3
	Green	C. Foulser	104	3.7	+0.6
Majority			1,513	54.2	+10.6
Turnout			2,793	38.0	–4.7
Registered electors			7,376
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Burgess	1,807	66.4	+10.0
	Conservative	E. Radford-Kirby	625	23.0	–6.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Jones	196	7.2	–2.8
	Green	J. Hodd	92	3.4	–1.2
Majority			1,182	43.5	+16.1
Turnout			2,720	41.0	–3.3
Registered electors			6,664
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Marsh	1,414	53.0	+2.0
	Conservative	B. Fairs	838	31.4	–1.3
	Militant Labour	J. Apps	195	7.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	E. Reed	158	5.9	–2.1
	Green	B. Coyne	61	2.3	±0.0
Majority			576	21.6	+3.3
Turnout			2,666	34.0	–8.1
Registered electors			7,850
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

1995 Brighton Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Hanover

Hollingbury

Kings Cliff

Marine

Moulescombe

Patcham

Preston

Queens Park

Regency

Rottingdean

Seven Dials

St Peters

Stanmer

Tenantry

Westdene

Woodingdean

References

Related Articles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Tonks*	1,331	69.5	+9.5
	Conservative	J. Stevens	371	19.4	–5.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Bowskill	158	8.3	–4.2
	Green	J. Berrington	55	2.9	±0.0
Majority			960	50.1	+14.8
Turnout			2,666	29.0	–2.9
Registered electors			6,567
	Labour hold		Swing	7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Theobald	1,647	44.5	–2.5
	Labour	K. Allen	1,295	35.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. De Souza	710	19.2	–1.6
	Green	A. Haase	45	1.2	–1.2
Majority			352	9.5	–7.7
Turnout			3,697	53.0	+4.8
Registered electors			6,963
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Lepper	2,089	52.9	–0.3
	Conservative	D. Radford*	1,424	36.1	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	T. Hunter	319	8.1	–8.3
	Green	L. Littman	118	3.0	–1.1
Majority			665	16.8	–10.2
Turnout			3,950	52.0	+8.8
Registered electors			7,614
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Townsend*	1,638	64.3	+5.7
	Conservative	R. Ruzyllo	587	23.1	–6.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Blease	200	7.9	–0.4
	Green	S. Chadwick	99	3.9	–0.1
	Natural Law	R. Bradshaw	22	0.9	N/A
Majority			1,051	41.3	+11.8
Turnout			2,546	41.0	–6.6
Registered electors			6,245
	Labour hold		Swing	5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Ping*	1,550	60.4	+8.5
	Conservative	J. Cameron	670	26.1	–3.6
	Liberal Democrats	E. Cotton	218	8.5	–4.3
	Green	L. Robinson	130	5.1	–0.6
Majority			880	34.3	+12.1
Turnout			2,568	37.0	–5.2
Registered electors			6,970
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Radford-Kirby	1,784	58.1	–3.8
	Labour	J. Moriarty	759	24.7	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Davidson	470	15.3	–4.0
	Green	E. Robinson	58	1.9	–0.6
Majority			1,025	33.4	–9.2
Turnout			3,071	41.0	–3.3
Registered electors			7,582
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Robinson*	1,815	65.1	+6.8
	Conservative	A. Norman	392	14.1	–3.3
	Liberal Democrats	R. Heale	332	11.9	–5.9
	Green	I. Needham	213	7.6	+1.1
	Independent	G. O'Brien	35	1.3	N/A
Majority			1,423	51.1	+10.5
Turnout			2,787	39.0	–0.9
Registered electors			7,151
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Gwyn-Jones*	1,776	60.4	–4.1
	Green	P. West	642	21.8	+11.6
	Conservative	C. Ramsden	338	11.5	–3.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Fairweather	183	6.2	–4.3
Majority			1,134	38.6	–11.2
Turnout			2,939	40.0	–3.0
Registered electors			7,291
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hawkes*	1,662	61.7	+12.3
	Conservative	C. Franklin	753	28.0	–10.3
	Liberal Democrats	C. Cornelius	201	7.5	–2.4
	Green	P. Tofts	77	2.9	+0.5
Majority			909	33.8	+22.7
Turnout			2,693	36.0	–12.6
Registered electors			7,519
	Labour hold		Swing	11.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Durr*	1,704	65.4	+8.6
	Conservative	D. Dudeney	559	21.5	–6.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Mylton-Thorley	179	6.9	–3.2
	Green	J. Davies	164	6.3	+1.3
Majority			1,145	43.9	+15.3
Turnout			2,606	35.0	–6.4
Registered electors			7,354
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Westdene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Drake*	1,490	47.1	–3.7
	Labour	S. Prentice	1,281	40.5	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. McBeth	305	9.6	–7.5
	Green	G. Keenan	89	2.8	–0.7
Majority			209	6.6	–15.6
Turnout			3,165	44.0	+0.3
Registered electors			7,159
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Moorhouse	1,706	47.2	+11.7
	Conservative	G. Wells	1,584	43.9	–4.0
	Liberal Democrats	E. Oldfield	235	6.5	–8.3
	Green	D. Groves	86	2.4	+0.5
Majority			122	3.4	N/A
Turnout			3,611	48.0	+3.1
Registered electors			7,477
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.9

v t e Council elections in East Sussex
East Sussex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Brighton and Hove City Council	1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Eastbourne Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hastings Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Lewes District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rother District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Wealden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Brighton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 Abolished
Hove Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (1994 ←) 1995 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1996)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Bristol East Riding of Yorkshire Hartlepool Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Middlesbrough North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Redcar and Cleveland South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees York
District councils	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bedford Berwick-upon-Tweed Blaby Blackburn Blackpool Blyth Valley Bolsover Boston Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Brighton Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chester Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Dacorum Darlington Dartford Daventry Derbyshire Dales Derby Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Dorset East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Yarmouth Guildford Halton Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Horsham Hove Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering King's Lynn and West Norfolk Lancaster Leicester Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Luton Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Milton Keynes Mole Valley New Forest Newbury Newark and Sherwood Newcastle-under-Lyme North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire Northampton Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochester-upon-Medway Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough Spelthorne South Bedfordshire South Bucks South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Herefordshire South Holland South Lakeland South Kesteven South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Somerset South Staffordshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thamesdown Thanet The Wrekin Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wansbeck Warrington Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Windsor and Maidenhead Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest
Welsh councils	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham
Scottish councils	Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian