Brighton and Hove local elections
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Brighton & Hove Council is elected every four years.
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[edit] Political control
Labour 1996 - 2003
No overall control 2003 -
[edit] Council elections
Brighton & Hove Council election 1995
Brighton & Hove Council election 1999
Brighton & Hove Council election 2003
[edit] By-election results
| Wish By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 2,054 | 43.5 | -2.3 | ||
| Conservative | 1,771 | 37.5 | -2.2 | ||
| Hove Conservative | 562 | 11.9 | +11.9 | ||
| Green | 255 | 5.4 | -0.8 | ||
| Natural Law | 84 | 1.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Majority | 283 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,726 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Hollingbury By-Election 24 July 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,131 | 60.8 | -6.3 | ||
| Conservative | 432 | 23.2 | +9.6 | ||
| Green | 101 | 5.4 | -4.4 | ||
| Independent | 95 | 5.1 | +5.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 68 | 3.7 | -5.7 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 32 | 1.7 | +1.7 | ||
| Majority | 699 | 37.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,859 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Portslade South By-Election 7 May 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,290 | 62.5 | +3.2 | ||
| Conservative | 483 | 23.4 | -2.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 217 | 10.5 | -0.6 | ||
| Majority | 807 | 39.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,990 | 30.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Patcham By-Election 7 May 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,724 | 58.8 | +6.1 | ||
| Labour | 803 | 27.4 | +3.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 319 | 10.9 | -3.3 | ||
| Green | 84 | 2.9 | -0.5 | ||
| Majority | 921 | 31.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,930 | 38.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Tenantry By-Election 30 September 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 789 | 51.9 | -4.2 | ||
| Conservative | 383 | 25.2 | +7.8 | ||
| Green | 147 | 9.7 | -7.5 | ||
| Independent | 117 | 7.7 | +7.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 52 | 3.4 | -6.0 | ||
| Independent | 33 | 2.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Majority | 406 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,521 | 19.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Goldsmid By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vincent Meegan | 1,690 | 37.0 | -16.2 | |
| Conservative | 1,640 | 35.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 577 | 12.6 | +12.6 | ||
| Green | 481 | 10.5 | -0.6 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 119 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
| UK Independence | 57 | 1.2 | +1.2 | ||
| Majority | 50 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 4,564 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Patcham By-Election 11 April 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brian Pidgeon | 1,352 | 59.5 | +4.3 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Stewart | 463 | 20.5 | -10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trefor Hunter | 336 | 14.9 | +6.6 | |
| Green | Elizabeth Wakefield | 107 | 4.7 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 889 | 39.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,258 | 32.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Westdene By-Election 16 May 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ken Norman | 1,347 | 55.5 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Malcolm Prescott | 645 | 26.6 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Don McBeth | 234 | 9.6 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Richard Mallender | 199 | 8.2 | -2.5 | |
| Majority | 702 | 28.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,425 | 31.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hangleton and Knoll By-Election 7 October 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dawn Barnett | 1,535 | 42.1 | +3.4 | |
| Labour | Eddy Sears | 1,165 | 32.0 | -8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Barnard | 618 | 17.0 | +8.8 | |
| Green | Elizabeth Wakefield | 170 | 4.7 | -2.4 | |
| Independent | Janet Berridge-Brown | 156 | 4.3 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 370 | 10.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,644 | 35.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
