2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election

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2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election
  2011 7 May 2015 2019  

All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Conservative Green
Last election13 seats, 31.7%18 seats, 28.8%23 seats, 32.8%
Seats won232011
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Increase2.svg2Decrease2.svg12
Popular vote126,842107,58793,324
Percentage35.6%30.2%26.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.8%Increase2.svg1.4%Decrease2.svg6.6%

Brighton and Hove City Council election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 election, by ward.

Previous Largest Party before election


Green

Subsequent Largest Party


Labour

The 2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Brighton and Hove City Council in England. [1] This is on the same day as the general election and other local elections.

Contents

The election saw the Green party lose their minority control of the council. The party had gained control of the council from the Conservative Party following the previous election, with the party elected on a promise to resist cuts from central government. [2] During the administration however the council was faced with cuts of up to £80 million. [2]

Other issues faced by the party included internal disputes, which had seen several attempts to remove Green party leader (and leader of Brighton & Hove Council), Jason Kitcat. [3] In one prominent incident the Green administration faced a strike by the city's binmen, following changes to their allowances. The strike, undertaken during the summer, saw refuse go uncollected. The Green administration split over the strike, with several Green councillors (alongside Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas), including Kitcat's deputy, siding with the binmen. [3]

Following the election, the Labour Party formed a minority administration to run the council.


Results of election

Brighton & Hove Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour Co-op 23122+1042.5935.55126,842+3.83
  Conservative 2031+237.0430.16107,587+1.40
  Green 11012-1220.3726.1693,324-6.59
  UKIP 000003.7213,263+2.95
  Liberal Democrats 000003.2711,674-1.37
  TUSC 000000.752,684+0.35
  Independent 000000.22798-0.61
  Left Unity 000000.14509Steady2.svg
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.0285

Ward breakdown

Brunswick and Adelaide

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Brunswick and Adelaide (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Phélim Mac Cafferty 1,91119.87−0.20
Green Ollie Sykes1,78218.53−0.77
Labour Co-op Melanie Davis1,71717.85+7.27
Labour Co-op Richard Stewart1,27113.21+2.87
Conservative Andrew James Ryder1,06411.06+4.34
Conservative Maryam Shapouri7888.19+1.49
Liberal Democrats David Sears3433.57−12.06
Liberal Democrats Simon Doyle2782.89−5.65
UKIP Gemma Margaret Marie Theree Furness1932.01+0.84
UKIP Linda Jacqueline Reid1861.93N/A
Monster Raving Loony Gzunder Campbell850.88N/A
Turnout 4,42854.05+12.25
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Central Hove

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Central Hove (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Clare Moonan1,53317.09+4.68
Conservative Andrew Wealls1,36315.20−1.93
Conservative Lloyd Magee1,27714.24−2.19
Green Rebecca Jones1,15912.92−4.81
Green Ray Cunningham1,05311.74−2.70
Labour Co-op David Trangmar1,02411.42+0.95
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Gale6096.79+0.67
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Christina Bass5265.86+0.59
UKIP Nigel Furness3343.72N/A
TUSC Glenn Kelly911.01N/A
Turnout 3,90652.59+9.89
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Brighton

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East Brighton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Gill Mitchell3,22918.04−0.37
Labour Co-op Maggie Barradell3,22518.02+3.57
Labour Co-op Warren Morgan2,91816.31+0.34
Conservative Gail Woodcock1,5638.73+0.33
Conservative Dave Plant1,5108.44+1.06
Conservative Jan Young1,4167.91+0.73
Green Marie Sansford1,3577.58−0.96
Green Paul Philo1,0215.71−1.58
Green Matt Traini8554.78−0.83
Liberal Democrats Paul Chandler5463.05+0.16
TUSC Julie Donovan2551.42+0.15
Turnout 4,87745.80+6.30
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Goldsmid

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Goldsmid (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jackie O'Quinn3,29113.96+2.96
Labour Co-op Saoirse Horan2,89912.30+2.80
Green Amanda Knight2,76711.74−2.45
Labour Co-op Malcolm Prescott2,65211.25+3.28
Conservative Lucy Emeile-Samy2,3109.80+0.84
Conservative Linda Freedman2,3039.77+0.87
Green Andrew Lippett2,1549.14−4.68
Conservative Daniel Hoskins2,0458.67+0.42
Green Matthew Moors1,9368.21−3.69
UKIP Gloria Parks3621.54N/A
UKIP Kevin Smith3481.48N/A
UKIP Robert Simon Spurrier-Kimbell2621.11N/A
TUSC Dave Hill 2471.05N/A
Turnout 6,56953.22−3.38
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Green hold Swing

Hangleton and Knoll

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Hangleton and Knoll (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dawn Barnett3,80117.61+0.88
Conservative Tony Janio3,17714.72+0.46
Conservative Nick Lewry3,03814.07+1.00
Labour Co-op Nigel Jenner2,64412.25−2.59
Labour Co-op Chris Henry2,54511.79−1.08
Labour Co-op Martin Perry2,0249.38−2.95
UKIP Stuart Nicholas Bower8483.93N/A
Green Natasha Steel6873.18−0.23
UKIP Patricia Ann Mountain 6823.16N/A
UKIP David Patrick6713.11N/A
Green Demi Heath5362.48−0.15
Green Lorraine Osborne4582.12+0.28
Liberal Democrats Oliver Eke3721.72−0.54
TUSC Andrew Stephen Clarke1040.48N/A
Turnout 5,61650.63+3.73
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hanover and Elm Grove

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Hanover and Elm Grove (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David Gibson4,15917.04−1.80
Green Dick Page3,72315.26−3.18
Labour Co-op Emma Daniel3,52914.46+3.51
Labour Co-op Chris Taylor3,35813.76+2.82
Green Hollie Wharam-Moscrop3,19913.11−3.86
Labour Co-op Ivor Anthony Fried2,86612.74+1.16
Conservative Rachael Bates9143.75+0.46
Conservative Lettie Egan8673.55+0.65
Conservative Dominic Helfgott7843.21+0.35
Liberal Democrats Andrew Oliver5362.20+0.96
TUSC Phillip Clarke4671.91+0.88
Turnout 7,63261.72+15.02
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing

Hollingdean and Stanmer

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Hollingdean and Stanmer (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Tracey Hill3,19216.15+3.12
Labour Co-op Caroline Penn2,55712.94+0.87
Labour Co-op Michael Inkpin-Leissner2,52912.80+1.09
Green Jack Hazelgrove2,47612.53−1.05
Green Vivek Rajcoomar1,9719.97−3.58
Green David Walker1,8289.25−2.55
Conservative Jonathan Ballard1,2776.46+0.52
Conservative Karen Miles1,0965.55−0.35
Conservative David Lewis1,0295.21−0.46
UKIP Desmond Gary Jones7013.55+2.26
UKIP Flo Lewis5112.59N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hurley3731.89+0.82
Independent Christina Summers2241.13N/A
Turnout 5,86750.56+10.86
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hove Park

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Hove Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jayne Bennett3,75232.22−2.79
Conservative Vanessa Brown3,42129.38−3.05
Labour Co-op John Cooper1,27210.92+1.87
Labour Co-op Dominic Ford1,1289.69+2.78
Green Alex Potter5164.43−1.84
Green Iain Martin5024.31+0.31
Liberal Democrats Bob Bailey4794.11+1.40
UKIP Mark Antony Robert Simmonds2662.28+0.83
UKIP Trevor John Hinkley2622.25N/A
TUSC Ivan Alexander David Bonsell470.40N/A
Turnout 4,25851.52+4.31
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean

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Moulsecoomb and Bevendean (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Mo Marsh3,21016.33+0.35
Labour Co-op Anne Meadows2,96615.09−0.35
Labour Co-op Dan Yates2,32611.83−3.64
Green Siriol Hugh-Jones1,7799.05−0.98
Conservative Robert Knight1,3777.00−2.73
Conservative Martin Kenig1,3346.79−1.22
Green Leila Simpson1,3156.69−1.22
Green Ameilia Mills1,2766.49−0.68
Conservative Sam Simson1,1936.07−1.71
UKIP Leigh Farrow1,0975.58N/A
UKIP Patrick Lowe9104.63N/A
Left Unity Leila Erin-Jenkins4122.10N/A
Independent Nicolas Paul De Conde2831.44N/A
TUSC Bill North1800.92−1.56
Turnout 5,85447.25+15.45
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

North Portslade

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North Portslade (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Penny Gilbey2,05821.09−2.07
Labour Co-op Peter Atkinson1,96320.12−9.70
Conservative Sam Evans1,86519.12+0.25
Conservative Noel Anthony Jennings1,63616.77+4.83
UKIP Bernie Akehurst8108.30+5.40
UKIP Philip Kevin Wray5385.51N/A
Green Sharon Hamlin4674.79+0.21
Liberal Democrats Eileen Fierheller2032.08−0.27
Green Jane Prisley1731.77−0.66
TUSC Andy Barber430.44N/A
Turnout 4,00450.70+11.10
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Patcham

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Patcham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Theobald3,69716.27+1.51
Conservative Carol Theobald3,65316.07+1.19
Conservative Lee Wares3,43615.12−0.69
Labour Co-op Dave Little2,48210.92+2.60
Labour Co-op Nick Jarvis2,2709.99+3.05
Labour Co-op Chaun Wilson1,9288.48+3.17
Green Hugh Woodhouse1,1935.25−5.11
Green Myles Cummins1,1134.90−4.77
Green Anthea Ballam1,0874.78−5.13
UKIP Tesh Patel9304.09+2.27
Liberal Democrats John Aloy-Hiscott5282.32+0.74
Liberal Democrats Nicolas Brack4121.81+0.86
Turnout 6,38656.40+9.66
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Preston Park

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Preston Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Julie Anne Cattell3,56814.67+1.96
Green Leo Littman3,46814.26+0.14
Labour Co-op Kevin Allen3,24113.32+0.35
Green Georgina Louise Turner3,17613.05−3.07
Green Rob Shepherd2,98212.26−3.54
Labour Co-op Neil Schofield2,83911.67+0.28
Conservative Jemma Elizabeth Garrett1,2605.18+0.60
Conservative Brian Freedman1,2375.08+0.61
Conservative Carol Anne Ramsden1,1924.90+0.79
Liberal Democrats Dominic Sokalski3671.51+0.17
Liberal Democrats Billy Tipping3381.39+0.29
TUSC David John Fellows3361.38N/A
Liberal Democrats Matthew Trott3241.33+0.29
Turnout 7,05760.64+17.92
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Green hold Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing

Queen's Park

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Queen's Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Karen Barford3,28415.25+2.23
Labour Co-op Daniel Chapman3,01714.01+1.67
Labour Co-op Adrian Leonard Morris2,76412.84+0.80
Green Stephanie Powell2,55511.87−2.81
Green Geoffrey Bowden2,48411.54−3.18
Green Richard Stanton2,0629.58−4.61
Conservative Chris Shanks1,4526.74+1.68
Conservative Philip Brownlie1,3666.35+1.47
Conservative Daisy Shirley1,3596.31+1.99
Liberal Democrats Liz Robinson5932.75+1.18
Liberal Democrats Brian Stone3491.62+0.37
TUSC Colin Piper2431.13N/A
Turnout 6,08850.64+5.15
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing

Regency

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Regency (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tom Druitt2,20723.38−5.15
Green Alexandra Phillips 2,14222.69−4.71
Labour Co-op Jonathan Skinner1,32814.07+2.45
Labour Co-op Catherine Wilson1,32714.06+2.87
Conservative Kevin Neil Jameson9359.90+1.59
Conservative Jo Jameson8549.05+1.50
Liberal Democrats Trevor Freeman3263.45+0.66
Liberal Democrats Beth Johnson-Dawes2242.37−0.24
Left Unity Ed Huxley971.03N/A
Turnout 4,19451.85+12.94
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Rottingdean Coastal

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Rottingdean Coastal (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynda Hyde4,30719.04−0.15
Conservative Mary Mears4,09718.11+0.44
Conservative Joe Miller3,75616.60+0.48
Labour Co-op Peter Richard Gillman1,8808.31+0.66
Labour Co-op Talullah Gunputh1,7587.77+0.19
Labour Co-op Mark Craig Laverick1,6797.42+0.66
Green Andrew Coleman1,3275.87−1.40
Green Paul Shanks9254.09−0.94
UKIP Ken Brown8113.58+1.33
Green Richard Williams7353.25−1.68
UKIP Graham John Townsend6923.06+1.00
Liberal Democrats Christine-Reba Edge6582.91−0.60
Turnout 6,12854.54+8.02
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Portslade

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South Portslade (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Les Hamilton2,19223.44−4.60
Labour Co-op Alan Robins2,04921.91+0.01
Conservative Danielle Harmer-Strange1,57616.85+0.15
Conservative Adrian Thomas Scott1,20812.92−1.81
Green James Brooks5495.87−1.19
UKIP Martin Trevor White5005.35N/A
UKIP Jamie Rutherford Gillespie4965.30N/A
Green David Pleavin3483.72−0.95
Liberal Democrats Ken Rist2282.44−1.25
Liberal Democrats Peter Denyer2052.19−1.00
Turnout 3,89153.68+10.33
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

St Peter's and North Laine

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St Peter's and North Laine (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lizzie Deane5,02618.82−3.59
Green Louisa Greenbaum4,59617.21−2.81
Green Pete West4,28616.05−3.40
Labour Co-op Caraline Sarah Brown3,04411.40+2.92
Labour Co-op Jenifer Helen Henderson2,73010.22+2.88
Labour Co-op Maureen Elizabeth Winder2,2298.35+1.08
Conservative Mike Long1,1164.18+1.05
Conservative Pat Ward1,0724.01+0.94
Conservative Heather Newberry-Martin9803.67+0.60
Liberal Democrats Rob Heale5101.91−0.11
Liberal Democrats William Parker3971.49−0.04
Liberal Democrats Michael Wilbur3631.36−0.12
TUSC Jessica Mary Marchant3531.32N/A
Turnout 8,10656.52+15.12
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Westbourne

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Westbourne (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Tom Bewick2,03420.55+4.16
Conservative Denise Cobb1,93619.56+1.05
Labour Co-op Sunny Choudhury1,68917.07+4.10
Conservative Shaun Gunner1,54015.56−4.18
Green Karen James1,01710.28−4.36
Green Guy Davidson8748.83−1.05
Liberal Democrats Geoff Date4724.77+0.53
UKIP Robert Harding3343.38N/A
Turnout 4,18855.18+9.66
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wish

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Wish (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Nemeth2,10220.67+3.16
Conservative Garry Peltzer Dunn2,05420.20+0.82
Labour Co-op Anne Pissaridou1,85618.25−1.70
Labour Co-op Edward Crask1,76417.35+0.42
Green Sue Baumgardt8198.05+0.06
Green Anton Simanowitz4574.49+0.07
Liberal Democrats Al Emery3083.03+0.51
UKIP William Alan Goldstone Harden3002.95+1.47
UKIP Caroline Ann Wray2192.15N/A
Independent Mark Anthony Barnard1831.80−1.81
Independent Hector Gow1081.06N/A
Turnout 4,09656.03+4.93
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Withdean

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Withdean (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Norman3,49514.90+1.55
Conservative Ken Norman3,34814.28+1.64
Conservative Nick Taylor2,98512.73+0.73
Labour Co-op Juliet Diana McCaffery2,55210.88+3.13
Green Sue Shanks2,1899.33−4.53
Labour Co-op Leo Barraclough2,1709.25+1.87
Labour Co-op Michael John Middleton2,1459.15+2.91
Green Steve Griffiths1,9328.24−3.24
Green Jamie Lloyd1,8647.95−2.66
Liberal Democrats Hyder Kemal Khalil5602.39+0.43
TUSC Beth Granter2100.90N/A
Turnout 6,55558.50+7.55
Conservative gain from Green Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Woodingdean

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Woodingdean (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Bell2,73828.29+0.49
Conservative Dee Simson2,63627.24+0.37
Labour Co-op Judith Milton1,69717.54+2.89
Labour Co-op Elizabeth McGinley1,40014.47+1.33
Green Andrea Finch4394.54−2.38
Green Alexis Bear4124.26−0.19
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Eke2472.55+0.47
TUSC Timothy Roger Halpin1081.12N/A
Turnout 4,06653.39+10.66
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Elections 2015: Green Party loses Brighton Council to Labour". BBC News. 10 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Thompson, Barney (24 February 2015). "Is Brighton a fair showground for UK Green party?". Financial Times.