2011 Brighton and Hove City Council election

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2011 Brighton and Hove City Council election
  2007 5 May 2011 2015  

All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Green Conservative Labour
Last election13 seats, 20.7%26 seats, 34.6%13 seats, 24.7%
Seats won231813
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg8Steady2.svg
Popular vote73,83264,83771,738
Percentage32.8%28.8%31.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg12.1%Decrease2.svg6.1%Increase2.svg7.0%

Brighton and Hove City Council election 2011 map.svg
Map of results of 2011 election

Previous Largest Party before election


Conservative

Subsequent Largest Party


Green

Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council were held on 5 May 2011, in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. The whole council, a unitary authority, was up for election with 54 councillors elected from 21 wards.

Contents

The Green Party made significant gains, overtaking the Conservatives to become the largest party with 23 seats, the largest Green group on any council. The Greens gained seats at the expense of all three other parties, taking the only ward previously in Liberal Democrat hands. The Conservatives lost not only to the Greens but to Labour Co-op candidates in different parts of the city. [1]

The Greens, Conservatives and Labour Co-op fielded candidates for every seat on the council. The Liberal Democrats contested all but one ward. The UK Independence Party, European Citizens Party and Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts also fielded candidates. In addition, there were six independents standing, including re-standing councillor and former Liberal Democrat David Watkins. [2]

Following the election the Labour Co-operative group rejected the possibility of forming a coalition with the Green Party, who then went on to form the first ever Green council administration in the UK, as a minority administration. [3] [4]

Following the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Green: 23 Conservative: 18 Labour: 13

Changes between 2007 and 2011 elections

Since the 2007 Council Election there were a number of changes to the make up of the council:

In the Regency, Goldsmid and St. Peter's & North Laine wards there were by-elections, all of which were won or held by the Green Party. In Brunswick and Adelaide one councillor, David Watkins resigned from the Liberal Democrats and stood as an independent in this election. Jayne Bennett, who was elected as an Independent in the 2007 election in the Stanford/Hove Park ward, rejoined the Conservative Party (which she had left in 2002 [5] ), and stood as such in 2011.

Two ward names were changed during the four-year period: Hollingbury and Stanmer became Hollingdean and Stanmer, and Stanford ward was renamed Hove Park, using the council's powers under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

Results of election

Brighton & Hove Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Green 23100+1042.5932.7573,832+12.06
  Conservative 1808-833.3328.7664,837-6.08
  Labour Co-op 1355024.0731.8271,738+7.00
  Liberal Democrats 001-105.4712,326-5.09
  Independent 001-100.781,765-4.54
  UKIP 000000.41918+0.06
  TUSC 000000.33758N/A
 European Citizens Party000000.0376N/A

Ward breakdown

Brunswick and Adelaide

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Brunswick and Adelaide (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Phélim Mac Cafferty 1,14020.07+8.21
Green Ollie Sykes1,13519.30+8.69
Liberal Democrats Paul Elgood91915.63-7.55
Labour Co-op Ray Barnes62210.58+3.59
Labour Co-op Rob Macey61110.34+3.87
Liberal Democrats Brian Stone5028.54-9.40
Conservative Richard Latham3956.72-2.34
Conservative Adam Campbell3946.70-2.08
Independent David Watkins1632.77-15.17
UKIP Mark Cribb691.17N/A
Turnout 3,13841.8+13.1
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +15.76
Green gain from Independent Swing +23.86

Central Hove

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Central Hove (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Chris Hawtree1,00617.73+8.81
Conservative Andrew Wealls97217.13-3.35
Conservative Jan Young93216.43-2.71
Green Anthea Ballam81914.44+7.37
Labour Co-op Celia Barlow 70412.41+5.68
Labour Co-op Caroline Penn59410.47+4.01
Liberal Democrats Mark Collins3476.12-8.58
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Taylor2995.27-8.90
Turnout 298842.7+8.7
Green gain from Conservative Swing +13.51
Conservative hold Swing -3.09

East Brighton

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East Brighton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Gill Mitchell2,05918.41+2.63
Labour Co-op Warren Morgan1,86216.65+2.92
Labour Co-op Craig Turton1,61614.45+2.09
Green Alison Ghanimi9558.54+2.46
Conservative Peter Booth9408.40-1.40
Conservative Chris Sandland8267.38-2.39
Green Lianna Etkind8157.29+2.71
Conservative Kelvin Poplett8037.18-1.94
Green Pip Tindall6275.61+1.25
Liberal Democrats Paul Chandler3232.89-1.04
Liberal Democrats Bruce Neave2181.95-1.97
Liberal Democrats Bill North1421.27-2.42
Turnout 4,04539.5+4.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing +0.07
Labour Co-op hold Swing +4.29
Labour Co-op hold Swing +3.82

Goldsmid

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Goldsmid (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ruth Buckley2,26414.19+7.51
Green Alexandra Phillips 2,20413.82+7.72
Green Rob Jarrett1,89811.90+3.80
Labour Co-op Melanie Davis1,75511.00+1.13
Labour Co-op Nigel Jenner1,5169.50-0.13
Conservative Adam Love1,4288.96-1.71
Conservative Rob Buckwell1,4208.90-1.03
Conservative Debra Livingstone-Wade1,3338.25-1.29
Labour Co-op Lis Telcs1,2717.97-0.84
Liberal Democrats Andrew Malling3121.96-2.92
Liberal Democrats Gloria Parks2811.76-4.01
Liberal Democrats John Aloy2691.69-2.37
Turnout 5,56656.6+19.1
Green gain from Conservative Swing +9.80
Green hold Swing +8.75
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing +2.67

Hangleton and Knoll

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Hangleton and Knoll (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dawn Barnett2,41216.73-2.00
Labour Co-op Brian Fitch2,13914.84+1.98
Conservative Tony Janio2,05614.26-1.54
Conservative Michael Ireland1,88413.07-2.58
Labour Co-op Dominic Ford1,85512.87+2.17
Labour Co-op Alun Jones1,77812.33+1.67
Liberal Democrats Jo Heard6884.77+2.10
Green Martin Ashby4923.41+1.14
Green Adele Bates3792.63+0.83
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Collins3262.26+0.42
Green Nic Compton2651.84+0.07
Liberal Democrats Dinah Staples1430.99-0.41
Turnout 5,12146.9+1.3
Conservative hold Swing -4.17
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +4.56
Conservative hold Swing -3.06

Hanover and Elm Grove

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Hanover and Elm Grove (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Bill Randall2,86118.84+0.23
Green Matt Follett2,80018.44+0.51
Green Liz Wakefield2,57616.97+0.38
Labour Co-op Leo Barraclough1,66210.95+2.17
Labour Co-op Tracey Hill1,66110.94-0.33
Labour Co-op David Speirs1,60610.58+2.52
Conservative Rosemary Faulkner4993.29-0.82
Conservative Roger McCabe4412.90-1.01
Conservative Karen Miles4342.86-0.65
Liberal Democrats Elliot Eke1891.24-1.60
Liberal Democrats Raymond Parker1591.05-1.17
TUSC John Redford1561.03N/A
Liberal Democrats Belkasim Gahran1400.92-1.26
Turnout 5,41146.7+10.1
Green hold Swing +0.55
Green hold Swing -1.65
Green hold Swing -2.14

Hollingdean and Stanmer

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Hollingdean and Stanmer (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sven Rufus1,75313.58+5.78
Green Christina Summers1,74813.55+7.16
Labour Co-op Jeane Lepper1,68113.03-2.07
Labour Co-op Pat Hawkes1,55712.07+0.13
Green Luke Walter1,52311.80+6.95
Labour Co-op Christine Simpson1,51111.71-0.23
Conservative Rachael Bates7675.94-3.60
Conservative Patrick Lowe7615.90-3.57
Conservative Rob Labs7325.67-3.72
UKIP Nigel Carter1661.29N/A
Liberal Democrats Oliver Eke1381.07-3.27
Liberal Democrats Emma Harrop1270.98-2.27
TUSC Tony Greenstein 1260.98-1.66
TUSC Phil Clarke1200.93N/A
Liberal Democrats Lillian Harrop1050.81-2.24
TUSC Dave Hill 890.67N/A
Turnout 4,66239.7+9.07
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing +4.06
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing +4.39
Labour Co-op hold Swing -4.33

Hove Park

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Hove Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jayne Bennett2,55735.01+4.66
Conservative Vanessa Brown2,36832.43+0.63
Labour Co-op John Cooper6619.05+5.31
Labour Co-op Bernie Katz5056.91+3.75
Green Gavin Graham4586.27+2.20
Green Jane Prisley2924.00+2.15
Liberal Democrats Anna Gerrard1982.71-0.11
Liberal Democrats Manrico Oliveri1582.16+0.37
UKIP Sasha Stephens1061.45N/A
Turnout 3,77146.9-3.53
Conservative hold Swing +16.03
Conservative hold Swing -2.21

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean

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Moulsecoomb and Bevendean (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Mo Marsh1,72115.98+3.45
Labour Co-op Leigh Farrow1,66615.47+5.04
Labour Co-op Anne Meadows1,66315.44+2.92
Green Allie Cannell1,08010.03+1.27
Conservative Maria Caulfield 1,0489.73-2.37
Conservative Cath Slater8638.01-4.08
Green Kelly Dibbert8527.91+3.52
Conservative Ayas Fallon-Khan8387.78-4.07
Green Amelia Mills7727.17+3.08
TUSC Dave Bangs2672.48-1.77
Turnout 3,86831.8+4.62
Labour Co-op hold Swing +5.52
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +7.41
Labour Co-op hold Swing +6.76

North Portslade

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North Portslade (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Bob Carden1,59629.82+7.07
Labour Co-op Penny Gilbey1,24023.16+3.62
Conservative Trevor Alford1,01018.87-2.70
Conservative Kerry Underhill63911.94-8.77
Green Jacob Chapman2454.58+1.01
UKIP Maria McCallum1552.90N/A
Green Dave Walsh1302.43-1.06
Liberal Democrats Ali Haydor1262.35-2.51
Liberal Democrats Billie Lewis1061.98-1.51
Independent Theo Child1061.98N/A
Turnout 3,03039.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing +15.84
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +6.32

Patcham

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Patcham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Pidgeon2,18715.81-4.96
Conservative Carol Theobald2,05914.88-5.53
Conservative Geoffrey Theobald2,04214.76-5.34
Green Hugh Woodhouse1,43310.36+7.00
Green Geraldine Keenan1,3389.67+4.79
Green Linda McRae1,2749.91+6.73
Labour Co-op Christine Moody1,1518.32+2.21
Labour Co-op Jatin Patel9606.94-0.07
Labour Co-op Rosemary Collins7355.31-0.67
Liberal Democrats Philip Wray2521.82-1.39
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hurley2191.58-1.13
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Eke1860.95-1.37
Turnout 5,09246.74+2.80
Conservative hold Swing -8.31
Conservative hold Swing -9.09
Conservative hold Swing -9.27

Preston Park

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Preston Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Amy Kennedy2,61616.12+3.75
Green Mike Jones2,56415.80+6.82
Green Leo Littman2,29114.12+6.34
Labour Co-op Kevin Allen2,10412.97+1.81
Labour Co-op Juliet McCaffery2,06312.71+0.36
Labour Co-op Tim Lunnon1,84811.39+1.36
Conservative Clive Brimmell7434.58-1.14
Conservative Georgina Dore7264.47-1.18
Conservative William Mills6674.11-1.37
Liberal Democrats Tallulah Frankland2181.34-1.98
Liberal Democrats Keith Tipping1791.10-1.16
Liberal Democrats Lee Shingles1691.04-0.98
The European Citizens PartyYuri Borgmann-Prebil370.23N/A
Turnout 5,70852.76+7.85
Green hold Swing +0.81
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing +5.46
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing +6.11

Queen's Park

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Queen's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Geoffrey Bowden2,22714.72+0.46
Green Stephanie Powell2,22114.68+2.58
Green Ben Duncan2,14714.19+2.69
Labour Co-op Daniel Chapman1,97013.02+1.63
Labour Co-op Christopher Cooke1,86712.34+0.98
Labour Co-op Tom French1,82212.04+0.97
Conservative Philip Brownlie7665.06-2.17
Conservative Anne Glow7384.88-1.52
Conservative Gail Woodcock6534.32-1.55
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Robinson2371.57-1.31
Liberal Democrats Jacob Frohawk-Mclucas1891.25-1.59
Liberal Democrats Brian Ralfe1551.02-1.35
Independent Mohammed Asaduzzaman1400.93N/A
Turnout 5,33545.49+5.50
Green hold Swing -1.17
Green hold Swing +1.60
Green hold Swing +1.72

Regency

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Regency (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ania Kitcat1,69628.53+11.34
Green Jason Kitcat1,62927.40+11.30
Labour Co-op James Asser69111.62-0.03
Labour Co-op Dan Wilson66511.19+1.98
Conservative Andrew Hancox4948.31-2.33
Conservative Michael MacFarlane4497.55-3.27
Liberal Democrats Gareth Jones1662.79-6.57
Liberal Democrats Larissa Rowe1552.61-6.15
Turnout 3,09238.91
Green hold Swing +11.37
Green hold Swing +10.93

Rottingdean Coastal

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Rottingdean Coastal (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Hyde2,64219.19-1.49
Conservative Mary Mears2,43317.67-1.99
Conservative David Smith2,21916.12-3.65
Labour Co-op Tony Frisby1,0537.65+3.37
Labour Co-op Michael Adams1,0447.58+4.23
Green Andrew Coleman1,0007.26+0.38
Labour Co-op Harris Fitch9316.76+3.42
Green Rebecca Duffy6925.03-1.07
Green Stuart Hay6794.93-0.80
Liberal Democrats Harry Dienes4833.51-0.61
Liberal Democrats Barry Pinchen3102.25-1.37
Liberal Democrats Paul Perrin2832.06-0.42
Turnout 4,99246.52+4.77
Conservative hold Swing -2.26
Conservative hold Swing -3.84
Conservative hold Swing -4.81

South Portslade

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South Portslande (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Leslie Hamilton1,58028.04+6.70
Labour Co-op Alan Robins1,23421.90+2.87
Conservative Stephen Harbor-Wade94116.70-3.15
Conservative Steve Harmer-Strange83014.73-5.50
Green Cathy Marchland3987.06+1.05
Green Steve Watson2634.67+1.07
Liberal Democrats Ken Rist2083.69-1.63
Liberal Democrats Peter Denyer1803.19-1.42
Turnout 3,05343.35+2.65
Labour Co-op hold Swing +9.85
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +8.37

St Peter's and North Laine

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St Peter's and North Laine (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lizzie Deane3,40722.41+3.21
Green Ian Davey3,13220.02+2.52
Green Pete West3,04319.45+1.85
Labour Co-op Clare Calder1,3268.48+0.32
Labour Co-op James Hallwood1,1487.34-0.34
Labour Co-op Peter Gillman1,1377.27-0.09
Conservative Mike Long4903.13-1.08
Conservative Joseph Tansey4813.07-1.09
Conservative Patrick Ward4803.07-0.63
Liberal Democrats David Sears3162.02-1.08
Liberal Democrats William Parker2401.53-0.85
Liberal Democrats Graham Hunnable2311.48-1.10
UKIP Sabiha Choudhury1340.86N/A
Independent Gerald O'Brien810.52N/A
Turnout 5,50841.40+7.28
Green hold Swing +2.89
Green hold Swing +2.54
Green hold Swing +2.26

Westbourne

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Westbourne (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Oxley1,22819.74-6.93
Conservative Denise Cobb1,15218.51-7.62
Labour Co-op Simon Battle1,02016.39+4.38
Green Louisa Greenbaum91114.64+6.58
Labour Co-op Jacqueline Teeboon80712.97+3.22
Green Ray Cunningham6159.88+1.82
Liberal Democrats June Batchelor2644.24-0.56
Liberal Democrats Coreen Sears1862.99+0.46
The European Citizens PartySusan Collard390.64N/A
Turnout 3,38845.52+6.66
Conservative hold Swing -11.31
Conservative hold Swing -12.51

Wish

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Wish (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Anne Pissaridou1,34819.95+6.84
Conservative Garry Dunn1,31019.38-6.32
Conservative Ted Kemble1,18317.51-7.01
Labour Co-op Christine Robinson1,14416.93+4.03
Green Sue Baumgardt5407.99+0.62
Independent Jenny Barnard-Langston3014.45N/A
Green Anton Simanowitz2994.42+0.06
Independent Mark Barnard2443.61N/A
Liberal Democrats Bob Bailey1702.52-1.81
Liberal Democrats Daniel Russell1191.76-2.27
UKIP Richard Allden1001.48N/A
Turnout 3,57251.10+4.52
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +13.85
Conservative hold Swing -10.14

Withdean

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Withdean (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sue Shanks2,18413.86+8.51
Conservative Ann Norman2,10513.35-2.01
Conservative Ken Norman1,99212.64-2.26
Conservative Robert Németh1,89112.00-3.57
Green Paul Philo1,81011.48+6.51
Green Jacqui Cuff1,67210.61+6.83
Labour Co-op Caraline Brown1,2227.75+2.17
Labour Co-op Susan Darby1,1647.38+1.96
Labour Co-op Fraser Kemp9836.24+1.10
Liberal Democrats John Lovatt3091.96-1.27
Liberal Democrats Robert Stockman2181.38-1.48
Liberal Democrats Hyder Khalil2131.35-1.33
Turnout 5,44750.95+7.27
Green gain from Conservative Swing +12.08
Conservative hold Swing -7.04
Conservative hold Swing -4.59

Woodingdean

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Woodingdean (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dee Simson1,61927.80-5.35
Conservative Geoff Wells1,56526.87-6.22
Labour Co-op Susan Burns85314.65+4.78
Labour Co-op Julian Hayes75613.14+4.11
Green Andrea Finch4036.92+2.95
Green Karen James2594.45+1.00
UKIP Graham Townsend1592.73N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine-Reba Edge1212.08-2.18
Liberal Democrats Anthony Eke891.53-1.64
Turnout 3,14942.73+3.89
Conservative hold Swing -10.13
Conservative hold Swing -10.33

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Elections to The Highland Council were held on 5 May 2022, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 City of Edinburgh Council election</span> City of Edinburgh Council election

Elections to the City of Edinburgh Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Colchester Borough Council election</span> 2022 UK local government election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022. Eighteen members of the council were elected: one from 16 of the 17 wards, and two councillors from New Town & Christ Church ward, following the death of incumbent councillor Nick Cope, elected in 2019 and due to serve until 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Colchester City Council election</span> 2023 UK local government election

The 2023 Colchester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Colchester City Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 17 of the 51 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council, with one seat available for each ward. This set of seats were last contested at the 2019 election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election</span> English local election

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.

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