2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election

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2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election
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4 May 2023
2027 →
All 54 council seats on Brighton and Hove City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Green Conservative
Last election 20 seats, 32.5% 19 seats, 34.1% 14 seats, 21.0%
Seats before 16 20 11
Seats won 38 7 6
Seat change Increase18 Decrease12 Decrease8
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Brighton and Hove Independents Independent
Last election New party 1 seat, 1.6%
Seats before 0 7
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase2 Steady
2023 Brighton City Council Election Map
Leader before election

Phélim Mac Cafferty
Green
No overall control

 Leader after election

Bella Sankey
Labour

The 2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Brighton and Hove City Council, England. This was at the same time as other local elections in England. Due to a boundary review, there was a change in ward boundaries, but the city council continued to comprise 54 members.[1]

The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Green minority administration led by Phélim Mac Cafferty. At this election Labour gained several extra seats to win an overall majority, whilst the Greens lost several seats, including Mac Cafferty's.

Results map of the 2019 election

The outcome of the 2019 election in the city saw the Labour Party form a minority administration, with support from the Green Party of England and Wales. This shifted following resignations and expulsions of councillors from the Labour Party, leading to the Green Party forming a minority administration instead, with their leader Phélim Mac Cafferty being appointed leader of the council in July 2020.[2]

In 2022, the selection process in the major parties and political groupings in Brighton began. Of the 16 Labour councillors, 7 announced that they were standing down at the next election. This included the co-leaders of the Labour group, Carmen Appich and John Allcock, and previous leaders Nancy Platts and Daniel Yates.[3]

In 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England undertook a review of ward boundaries in the city. Following the review, there were 23 wards across the council, an increase of two, and only five wards remained the same. The overall number of seats on the council stayed the same at 54.[1]

At the 2023 election Labour won a majority on the council for the first time since 1999.[4] After the election, with the previous Labour leaders having not stood for re-election, the party selected Bella Sankey to be its new leader.[5] She was formally appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.[6]

Summary

Pre-election composition

20
16
11
7
Party Seats
Green Party of England and Wales 20
Labour Party 16
Conservative Party 11
Independents 7

Election result

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2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 54 38 18 0 +18 70.4 46.4 85,185 +11.8
  Green 54 7 0 12 -12 13.0 26.5 48,570 -10.0
  Conservative 50 6 0 8 -8 11.1 16.5 30,301 -9.4
  Brighton and Hove Independents 9 2 1 0 1 3.7 4.2 7,779 N/A
  Liberal Democrats 30 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.4 6,319 -0.4
  Independent 13 1 1 0 1 1.9 2.2 4,067 +0.3
  TUSC 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 922 N/A
  UKIP 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 173 -0.9
  Reform 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 127 N/A

Ward results

Changes 2023–2027

References

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