Brighton and Hove Council - Wards and Councillors

Unitary authority · South East · 54 seats in 23 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Labour have a majority on Brighton and Hove Council. The council has 54 councillors in 23 wards. Seats by party: Labour 31, Green 12, Other 6, Conservative 5. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with two unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Majority)

54 seats - 28 for a majority

Labour 31Conservative 5Green 12Other 6

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Green +5 Other +3 Conservative −1 Labour −7

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (54 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Labour42.4%38

Green22.9%7

Conservative15.9%6

Other13.6%3

Lib Dem5.1%0

Reform0.1%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 54 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Labour 31

majority of 8; 28 needed

Closest result

Regency

Labour won the last seat by 1 vote over Green, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Queen's Park

Green gain from Labour, 24 September 2026 (9 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

31%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeGreenIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 23 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Brunswick & Adelaide Ollie Sykes, Andrei Czolak	4 May 2023 Labour 33.2% lead 2.9 pts
Central Hove Joy Robinson, Emma Daniel	4 May 2023 Labour 49.7% lead 22.9 pts
Coldean & Stanmer Mitchie Alexander, Tobias Sheard	4 May 2023 Labour 38.0% lead 17.4 pts
Goldsmid Nadia Ahmad, Birgit Miller, Trevor Muten	4 May 2023 Labour 47.3% lead 20.6 pts
Hangleton & Knoll John Hewitt, Faiza Baghoth, Amanda Grimshaw	4 May 2023 Labour 49.0% lead 11.7 pts
Hanover & Elm Grove Tim Rowkins, Maureen Winder, Ty Galvin	4 May 2023 Labour 41.6% lead 7.1 pts
Hollingdean & Fiveways Theresa Fowler, Bruno De Oliveira, Mohammed Asaduzzaman	4 May 2023 Labour 46.3% lead 12.1 pts
Kemptown Theresa Mackey, Gary Wilkinson	4 May 2023 Labour 47.0% lead 25.4 pts
Moulsecoomb & Bevendean Ty Goddard, Jacob Taylor, Amanda Evans	4 May 2023 Labour 59.0% lead 38.6 pts
North Portslade Lucy Helliwell, Peter Atkinson	4 May 2023 Independent 32.7% lead 0.6 pts
Patcham & Hollingbury Anne Meadows, Carol Theobald, Alistair McNair	4 May 2023 Conservative 33.5% lead 8.1 pts
Preston Park Liz Loughran, Kerry Pickett, Steve Davis	4 May 2023 Green 38.6% lead 0.4 pts
Queen's Park Marina Lademacher, Mark Strong	4 May 2023 Labour 51.0% lead 27.0 pts
Regency Alison Thomson, Chloe Goldsmith	4 May 2023 Green 37.9% lead 7.9 pts
Rottingdean & West Saltdean Bridget Fishleigh, Mark Earthey	4 May 2023 Brighton & Hove Independents 47.1% lead 20.1 pts
Round Hill Raphael Hill, Pete West	4 May 2023 Green 50.8% lead 12.5 pts
South Portslade Josh Guilmant, Alan Robins	4 May 2023 Labour 60.6% lead 48.1 pts
West Hill & North Laine Ellen McLeay, Sue Shanks	4 May 2023 Green 50.5% lead 15.7 pts
Westbourne & Poets' Corner Sam Parrott, Julie Cattell	4 May 2023 Labour 51.7% lead 31.6 pts
Westdene & Hove Park Ivan Lyons, Samer Bagaeen, Emma Hogan	4 May 2023 Conservative 40.8% lead 3.0 pts
Whitehawk & Marina Gill Williams, David McGregor	4 May 2023 Labour 50.8% lead 26.9 pts
Wish Paul Nann, Bella Sankey	4 May 2023 Labour 51.5% lead 34.1 pts
Woodingdean Jacob Allen, Jacqui Simon	4 May 2023 Labour 49.9% lead 8.2 pts

Brunswick & Adelaide

Andrei Czolak LabourOllie Sykes Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour33.2%

Green30.3%

Brighton & Hove Independents16.0%

Independent7.7%

Conservative5.9%

Lib Dem4.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jilly Stevens Elected	Labour	1,141
Andrei Czolak Elected	Labour	1,047
Hannah Allbrooke	Green	1,041
Phélim Mac Cafferty	Green	901
Chris Woodley	Brighton & Hove Independents	550
Dave Hall	Independent	266
Richard Latham	Conservative	203
Keith Anthony Sharpe	Conservative	162
Claire Lachlan	Lib Dem	154
David Maples	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	79

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 4 July 2024

Green42.7%

Labour36.4%

Brighton & Hove Independents11.4%

Lib Dem7.6%

Independent1.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ollie Sykes Elected	Green	2,193	42.7%
Alice Burton	Labour	1,873	36.4%
Chris Woodley	Brighton & Hove Independents	588	11.4%
Claire Lachlan	Lib Dem	389	7.6%
Jamie Rutherford Gillespie	Independent	98	1.9%

Central Hove

Emma Daniel LabourJoy Robinson Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour49.7%

Green26.8%

Conservative11.4%

Lib Dem5.2%

Independent4.3%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Emma Daniel Elected	Labour	1,832
Joy Robinson Elected	Labour	1,710
Helen Dixon	Green	988
Christopher Hawtree	Green	730
Peter William Goodman	Conservative	419
Mark Watson	Conservative	392
David John Sears	Lib Dem	193
Nigel Furness	Independent	160
Glenn Kelly	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	93

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Coldean & Stanmer

Mitchie Alexander LabourTobias Sheard Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour38.0%

Independent20.6%

Green20.3%

Conservative10.3%

Lib Dem6.6%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mitchie Alexander Elected	Labour	688
Tobias Sheard Elected	Labour	510
Kate Knight	Independent	373
Laura Pizzolo	Green	368
Martin James Farley	Green	352
Roz Rawcliffe	Conservative	186
Jack Moxley	Lib Dem	120
Penny Iveson	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	76
Martin Wooller	Lib Dem	59

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Goldsmid

Birgit Miller IndependentNadia Ahmad GreenTrevor Muten Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour47.3%

Green26.7%

Conservative9.7%

Brighton & Hove Independents9.5%

Lib Dem6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Birgit Miller Elected	Labour	2,426
Jackie O'Quinn Elected	Labour	2,421
Trevor Muten Elected	Labour	2,261
Rebecca Duffy	Green	1,369
Ollie Sykes	Green	1,211
Alexander Sallons	Green	1,085
Ed De Souza	Conservative	498
Linda Elisha	Brighton & Hove Independents	490
David Paul Morgan Lewis	Conservative	481
Mike Long	Conservative	456
Andrew Stephen England	Lib Dem	350
Paul Chandler	Lib Dem	342
Owen Sharp	Lib Dem	274

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 25 June 2026

Green49.0%

Labour32.7%

Reform7.3%

Lib Dem5.2%

Conservative5.1%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition0.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nadia Barton Ahmad Elected	Green	2,037	49.0%
Philip Berman	Labour	1,357	32.7%
Luke Willmoth	Reform	304	7.3%
Kim Marie Leyland-Walker	Lib Dem	214	5.2%
Louis Bird	Conservative	210	5.1%
Glenn Kelly	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	31	0.7%

Hangleton & Knoll

Amanda Grimshaw LabourFaiza Baghoth LabourJohn Hewitt Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour49.0%

Conservative37.3%

Green7.1%

Independent4.1%

Reform2.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
John Patrick Hewitt Elected	Labour	2,501
Amanda Grimshaw Elected	Labour	2,490
Faiza Baghoth Elected	Labour	2,435
Dawn Barnett	Conservative	1,906
Nick Lewry	Conservative	1,629
Tim Hodges	Conservative	1,582
Sarah Fitzgerald	Green	360
Andrew James Coleman	Green	238
Jamie Rutherford Gillespie	Independent	211
Nigel Tart	Green	169
Ian Patrick Harris	Reform	127

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hanover & Elm Grove

Maureen Winder LabourTim Rowkins LabourTy Galvin Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour41.6%

Green34.5%

Brighton & Hove Independents12.2%

Independent5.9%

Conservative3.2%

Lib Dem2.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tim Rowkins Elected	Labour	2,471
Ty Galvin Elected	Labour	2,444
Maureen Winder Elected	Labour	2,269
Fiona Wright	Green	2,050
Wai Lee	Green	1,989
Steph Powell	Green	1,885
Bev Barstow	Brighton & Hove Independents	725
Laura King	Independent	351
Susan Mary Ellerton	Conservative	188
Laura May Mullin	Lib Dem	159
Kenneth Mills	Conservative	151
Samantha Waugh	Lib Dem	138
Wayne Michael Sturt	Conservative	112

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hollingdean & Fiveways

Bruno De Oliveira GreenMohammed Asaduzzaman LabourTheresa Fowler Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour46.3%

Green34.2%

Conservative6.0%

Lib Dem4.8%

Independent4.6%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Theresa Fowler Elected	Labour	2,662
Mohammed Asaduzzaman Elected	Labour	2,553
Bruno De Oliveira Elected	Labour	2,468
Zoë John	Green	1,967
Siriol Hugh-Jones	Green	1,954
Jamie Lloyd	Green	1,634
Peter Revell	Conservative	346
Lesley Wilson	Conservative	313
Janice Foh Yin Bates	Conservative	308
Ashley Ridley	Lib Dem	277
Gary Lee Jones	Independent	263
Megan Churchland	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	145
Daniel Goodhand	UKIP	89

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Kemptown

Gary Wilkinson LabourTheresa Mackey Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour47.0%

Green21.6%

Brighton & Hove Independents13.5%

Conservative9.1%

Lib Dem8.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bharti Gajjar Elected	Labour	1,794
Gary Wilkinson Elected	Labour	1,643
Lynn-Ora Knott	Green	827
Ben Simmonds	Green	739
Alan Towler	Brighton & Hove Independents	514
Josephine Victoria O'Carroll	Conservative	346
Ewan Carlos Clinch	Conservative	343
Robert James Brown	Lib Dem	339
Dominique Hall	Lib Dem	254

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 2 May 2024

Labour45.9%

Green19.6%

Lib Dem13.5%

Brighton & Hove Independents12.2%

Conservative7.4%

Independent1.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Théresa Ann Mackey Elected	Labour	1,382	45.9%
Ricky Perrin	Green	590	19.6%
Robert James Brown	Lib Dem	406	13.5%
Gary Farmer	Brighton & Hove Independents	369	12.2%
Josephine Victoria O'Carroll	Conservative	222	7.4%
Jamie Rutherford Gillespie	Independent	44	1.5%

Moulsecoomb & Bevendean

Amanda Evans LabourJacob Taylor LabourTy Goddard Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour59.0%

Green20.4%

Conservative12.6%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition8.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Amanda Evans Elected	Labour	2,033
Ty Goddard Elected	Labour	1,882
Jacob Taylor Elected	Labour	1,785
Frances Hunt	Green	703
Anna Roberts	Green	572
Gemma Victoria Powell	Conservative	434
Ed Roberts	Green	417
Julie Donovan	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	277

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

North Portslade

Lucy Helliwell LabourPeter Atkinson Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Independent32.7%

Labour32.1%

Conservative14.5%

Independent14.1%

Green3.9%

Lib Dem2.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Peter Gerald Atkinson Elected	Independent	1,064
Lucy Helliwell Elected	Labour	1,045
Alice Burton	Labour	959
Gary Taylor	Conservative	473
Anne Louise Pissaridou	Independent	459
Kirk Taylor	Conservative	358
Debbie Shipton	Green	128
Marjorie Ann Leeds	Lib Dem	87
Mike Dixon	Green	87

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Patcham & Hollingbury

Alistair McNair ConservativeAnne Meadows ConservativeCarol Theobald Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative33.5%

Green25.4%

Labour23.3%

Brighton & Hove Independents13.0%

Lib Dem4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alistair McNair Elected	Conservative	2,037
Ann Meadows Elected	Conservative	1,821
Carol Theobald Elected	Conservative	1,799
Sophie Broadbent	Green	1,544
Tyler Bennington-Poulter	Labour	1,417
Ben Kent	Labour	1,366
Liz Wheeler	Labour	1,359
Norma Fletcher	Green	1,355
Daniel Rue	Green	1,307
Paul Denyer	Brighton & Hove Independents	790
Caroline Brown	Lib Dem	295

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Preston Park

Kerry Pickett GreenLiz Loughran LabourSteve Davis Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Green38.6%

Labour38.2%

Conservative9.5%

Independent7.0%

Lib Dem6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve Davis Elected	Green	2,162
Liz Loughran Elected	Labour	2,139
Kerry Pickett Elected	Green	2,135
Leo Littman	Green	2,103
Théresa Ann Mackey	Labour	1,972
David Messent	Labour	1,728
Lisa Watson	Conservative	530
Hugh Patrick Neale Robinson	Conservative	474
Alex Wild	Conservative	461
Jan Turner	Independent	394
Hyder Kemal Khalil	Lib Dem	381

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Queen's Park

Marina Lademacher GreenMark Strong Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour51.0%

Green24.0%

Brighton & Hove Independents13.1%

Conservative7.4%

Lib Dem4.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tristram Burden Elected	Labour	1,822
Chandni Mistry Elected	Labour	1,702
Clare Elizabeth Rainey	Green	856
Mark Strong	Green	682
Adrian Hart	Brighton & Hove Independents	467
Martin David John Kenig	Conservative	266
Thomas Osborne	Lib Dem	163

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 24 September 2026

Green50.1%

Labour35.3%

Reform7.0%

Conservative4.3%

Lib Dem3.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mark Strong Elected	Green	1,139	50.1%
Steve Gladwin	Labour	802	35.3%
John Shepherd	Reform	160	7.0%
Stefan Sönke Speckesser	Conservative	97	4.3%
Rudi Dikty-Daudiyan	Lib Dem	74	3.3%

Regency

Alison Thomson LabourChloe Goldsmith Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green37.9%

Labour30.0%

Lib Dem12.5%

Brighton & Hove Independents12.0%

Conservative7.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chloë Anne Goldsmith Elected	Green	1,162
Alison Thomson Elected	Labour	920
Ricky Perrin	Green	919
Peter Devonport	Labour	907
Lawrence Anthony Parkhouse Eke	Lib Dem	385
Gary Farmer	Brighton & Hove Independents	369
Trevor Freeman	Lib Dem	313
Timothy Charles Catt	Conservative	232
Robert Harvey Greenfield	Conservative	190

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rottingdean & West Saltdean

Bridget Fishleigh Brighton & Hove IndependentsMark Earthey Brighton & Hove Independents

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Brighton & Hove Independents47.1%

Labour27.0%

Conservative11.5%

Independent6.8%

Green4.2%

Lib Dem2.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bridget Fishleigh Elected	Brighton & Hove Independents	2,266
Mark Earthey Elected	Brighton & Hove Independents	1,593
Ron White	Labour	1,299
Carole McIver-Wren	Labour	1,268
Daniel David Harrison	Conservative	552
Steven John Smith	Conservative	501
Nigel Mackenzie Smith	Independent	327
Carol Bullock	Green	203
Georgia Wrighton	Green	142
Caroline Ellis	Lib Dem	135
Ron Reader	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	30

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Round Hill

Pete West GreenRaphael Hill Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green50.8%

Labour38.3%

Lib Dem6.0%

Conservative4.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pete West Elected	Green	1,408
Raphael Hill Elected	Green	1,383
Most Jasmine Ara	Labour	1,061
Yassin Hassan	Labour	920
Matthew Davies	Lib Dem	167
Tony Meadows	Conservative	135
Clare Houghton Rogers	Conservative	132

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

South Portslade

Alan Robins LabourJosh Guilmant Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour60.6%

Conservative12.5%

Green11.3%

Lib Dem8.6%

Independent7.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Les Hamilton Elected	Labour	1,767
Alan Robins Elected	Labour	1,589
Steve Harmer-Strange	Conservative	365
Sally Cranfield	Green	330
Aijuan Wang	Conservative	291
Kenneth Lloyd Rist	Lib Dem	251
Danny John Booth	Green	216
Helen Patricia Dear	Independent	204

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 11 January 2024

Labour54.6%

Conservative15.4%

Lib Dem11.6%

Green9.3%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3.3%

Democratic Liberation Party3.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Josh Guilmant Elected	Labour	874	54.6%
Benjamin James Franks	Conservative	246	15.4%
Kenneth Lloyd Rist	Lib Dem	186	11.6%
Danny John Booth	Green	149	9.3%
David Maples	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	53	3.3%
Georgia Arabella McKinley Fitch	Democratic Liberation Party	49	3.1%
Jamie Rutherford Gillespie	Independent	44	2.7%

West Hill & North Laine

Ellen McLeay GreenSue Shanks Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green50.5%

Labour34.8%

Conservative7.7%

Lib Dem7.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ellen McLeay Elected	Green	1,346
Sue Shanks Elected	Green	1,256
Tom Chatfield	Labour	928
John Cooper	Labour	905
Katherine Lesley Cheryl Janio	Conservative	206
Linda Mary Murray	Conservative	197
Rob Heale	Lib Dem	187
Anthony Seymour	Lib Dem	145

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Westbourne & Poets' Corner

Julie Cattell LabourSam Parrott Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour51.7%

Green20.1%

Conservative12.1%

Independent5.7%

Lib Dem5.6%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Julie Cattell Elected	Labour	1,911
Leslie Alan Pumm Elected	Labour	1,741
Renato Marques	Green	743
Geoff Shanks	Green	691
Michael Charles Bates	Conservative	448
Mark Johnathan Clayton	Conservative	421
James Walter Verguson	Independent	211
Geoff Date	Lib Dem	208
Dave Hill	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	111
Pat Mountain	UKIP	65

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Labour32.5%

Green24.9%

Lib Dem21.7%

Reform9.4%

Conservative4.7%

Independents for Direct Democracy3.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sam Parrott Elected	Labour	894	32.5%
Geoff Shanks	Green	685	24.9%
Michael Wang	Lib Dem	598	21.7%
Gary Farmer	Reform	258	9.4%
Tony Meadows	Conservative	129	4.7%
Georgia Arabella McKinley Fitch	Independents for Direct Democracy	93	3.4%
David Maples	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	91	3.3%
Keith William Donald Jago	Independent	7	0.3%

Westdene & Hove Park

Emma Hogan ConservativeIvan Lyons ConservativeSamer Bagaeen Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative40.8%

Labour37.8%

Green14.9%

Lib Dem6.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Samer Bagaeen Elected	Conservative	2,246
Emma Hogan Elected	Conservative	2,237
Ivan Lyons Elected	Conservative	2,181
Lundy Mackenzie	Labour	2,081
Warren Morgan	Labour	2,040
Ben Philipsborn	Labour	1,881
Melanie Poots	Green	819
Jake Sharpstone	Green	605
Steve Griffiths	Green	584
Carolyn Dunn	Lib Dem	356
Andrew Harrison	Lib Dem	289
Simon Baird Jardine	Lib Dem	279

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whitehawk & Marina

David McGregor LabourGill Williams Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour50.8%

Conservative23.9%

Green14.3%

Lib Dem7.7%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David McGregor Elected	Labour	1,366
Gill Williams Elected	Labour	1,330
Paul Stephen George Wood	Conservative	642
Robb Andrew Young	Conservative	600
Aditi Bhonagiri	Green	385
Mat Sunderland	Green	219
Stewart Stone	Lib Dem	206
Bill North	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	89

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wish

Bella Sankey LabourPaul Nann Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour51.5%

Independent17.4%

Conservative16.4%

UKIP6.2%

Green4.9%

Lib Dem3.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bella Sankey Elected	Labour	2,216
Paul Nann Elected	Labour	2,062
Georgia Arabella McKinley Fitch	Independent	747
Paul Francis Tanner	Conservative	705
John Malcolm Gartside	UKIP	267
Sharon Gail Teresa Hamlin	Green	209
Guy Davidson	Green	163
Stamati Crook	Lib Dem	161
Benjamin James Franks	Conservative	49

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Woodingdean

Jacob Allen LabourJacqui Simon Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour49.9%

Conservative41.7%

Green5.1%

Lib Dem3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jacob Allen Elected	Labour	1,581
Jacqui Simon Elected	Labour	1,551
Dee Simson	Conservative	1,322
Steve Bell	Conservative	1,275
Geraldine Teresa Keenan	Green	162
Luke Walker	Green	104
Ian Newman	Lib Dem	102

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

4 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Goldsmid	Birgit Miller	Labour 2023	Independent
Hanover & Elm Grove	Ty Galvin	Labour 2023	Independent
Hollingdean & Fiveways	Bruno De Oliveira	Labour 2023	Green
Westdene & Hove Park	Samer Bagaeen	Conservative 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

9 by-elections since July 2021, 7 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
24 September 2026	Queen's Park	Green gain from Labour	50.1%
25 June 2026	Goldsmid	Green gain from Labour	49.0%
18 September 2025	Queens Park	Green gain from Labour	48.4%
1 May 2025	Westbourne and Poets' Corner	Labour hold	32.5%
4 July 2024	Brunswick & Adelaide	Green gain from Labour	42.7%
9 May 2024	Kemptown	Labour gain from Independent	45.9%
9 May 2024	Queen's Park	Labour gain from Independent
20 January 2024	South Portslade	Labour hold
8 December 2022	Wish	Labour gain from Conservative

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Hove and Portslade	38%	Labour	Labour 44%
Brighton Pavilion	36%	Green	Green 47%
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	26%	Labour	Labour 35%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Brighton and Hove

277,102 residents in 121,391 households

Voted Leave in 2016

31% 21 below GB

Degree or higher

44% 10 above GB

No qualifications

12% 6 below GB

Own their home

51% 10 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

15% 2 below GB

Rent privately

33% 13 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

37% 6 above GB

Aged 65 and over

16% 6 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

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Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.