2019 Brighton and Hove City Council election

Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council election took place on 2 May 2019, electing all 54 members of the council, alongside other local elections in England and Northern Ireland.[1][2]

2019 Brighton and Hove City Council election
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All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Grn
Con
Party Labour Green Conservative
Last election 23 seats, 33.7% 11 seats, 24.8% 20 seats, 28.6%
Seats before 23 11 21 seats
Seats won 20 19 14
Seat change Decrease3 Increase8 Decrease7
Percentage 32.5% 34.1% 21.0%
Swing Decrease1.2% Increase9.3% Decrease7.6%

Map of the results of the 2019 election, by ward.

Previous Largest Party before election


Labour

Subsequent Largest Party


Labour

The Labour Party lost 3 seats compared to the last election in 2015 but recovered its place as the largest party on the council, having seen its numbers reduced from 23 to 19 over the four years following 2015, while the strength of the Conservative group had been increased by one member in 2019, as a Labour councillor had changed allegiance shortly before the election. In addition to Labour and the Conservatives, the Green Party, which was in minority control from 2011 to 2015, fielded candidates for every seat on the council at this election.

Other parties contesting were the Liberal Democrats, the Women's Equality Party (for the first time in the city, with two candidates) and United Kingdom Independence Party, together with a number of independent candidates.

Following the election, the Labour minority administration that had governed since 2015 continued in office; however, a little over a year later, in July 2020, the Greens regained control of the Council, after the incumbent Labour administration collapsed when three Labour councillors, two of which were accused of antisemitism, quit.[3]

Background and campaigning

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The Green Party lost their minority control of the council after the 2015 election, following internal disputes. Labour became the largest party on the council, winning 23 seats. This was reduced in 2017 to 22 after a Labour councillor, Michael Inkpin-Leissner, for Hollingdean and Stanmer became an independent.[4] There have been two council by-elections since the last election: the first in 2016 in the East Brighton ward was won by Lloyd Russell-Moyle,[5] and the second, 18 months later and for the same seat, when Russell-Moyle resigned as a councillor having been elected as MP for Brighton Kemptown.[6]

Warren Morgan, Labour leader of the council, resigned from the position in February 2018, some attributing it to internal party conflicts related to the rise of Momentum, a left-wing campaigning group within the Labour Party, who supported many of the candidates selected for seats in the city.[7][8] In February 2019 Morgan resigned his Labour membership, to form a bloc supporting The Independent Group with Inkpin-Leissner.[9] Anne Meadows, a Labour councillor, defected to the Conservatives, making the Conservatives the largest party on the council.[10] Fifteen councilors were reported to be standing down at this election.[11]

Labour published its manifesto in late March, with key policies such as building 800 new council homes over the next four years, making the city carbon neutral by 2030 and auditing outsourced services and bringing them back into council services should they fail in value.[12] Controversy came when a provisional version of the document was leaked to the local media titled the "many-fest", a 210-page document that brought together ideas from consultation of local labour members.[13][14]

The Green Party also posted their manifesto and coordinated their campaigning with Young Greens of England and Wales, who organised their activists from around the country to go to Brighton in April.[15]

The Liberal Democrats released a manifesto focusing on five major themes, including housing and homelessness, with a flagship proposal of developing 1,500 new homes on part of the council-owned Hollingbury golf course.[16]

The Conservatives announced their proposal to use money in the city council's reserves to fund projects,[10] as well as the establishment of a local lottery programme to invest in sports and cultural facilities.[17] A Conservative candidate standing in the Westbourne ward was forced to resign during the local campaigning period due to him posting islamophobic and other offensive jokes online.[18]

A hustings for the elections – which focused on community housing in the city – was hosted on 27 March with councillors from Labour, the Conservatives, the Green Party and a Liberal Democrat candidate.[19]

Summary

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Election result

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2019 Brighton & Hove City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 54 20 2 5   3 37.0 34.6 76,088 –1.0
  Green 54 19 8 0   8 35.2 36.5 80,148 +10.3
  Conservative 54 14 0 6   6 25.9 21.9 48,247 –8.3
  Independent 5 1 1 0   1 1.9 1.6 3,493 +1.4
  Liberal Democrats 26 0 0 0   0.0 3.8 8,384 +0.5
  UKIP 11 0 0 0   0.0 1.0 2,253 –2.7
  Women's Equality 2 0 0 0   0.0 0.6 1,213 N/A

Wards and candidates

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Details of the candidates for the 21 wards of the authority were published by the council after nominations closed on 3 April.[2]

Brunswick and Adelaide

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Brunswick and Adelaide highlighted
Brunswick and Adelaide (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hannah Clare 1,697 53.1
Green Phélim Mac Cafferty 1,654 51.8
Labour Joy Robinson 1,035 32.4
Labour Darryl Telles 785 24.6
Conservative Roz Rawcliffe 263 8.2
Conservative Tricia Dearlove 261 8.2
Liberal Democrats Christian Chadwick 230 7.2
Liberal Democrats Duncan Moore 203 6.4
UKIP John Gartside 116 3.6
Turnout 3,211 42.73 +11.32
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Central Hove

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Central Hove highlighted
Central Hove (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare Moonan 1,370 45.5
Labour Gary Wilkinson 1,053 34.9
Green Aditi Bhonagiri 1,013 33.6
Green Carol Bullock 639 21.2
Conservative Steve Barrey 586 19.4
Conservative Rico Wojtulewicz 510 16.9
Women's Equality Jessie MacNeil-Brown 282 9.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats David John Sears 224 7.4
UKIP Nigel Furness 122 4.0
Turnout 3,025 41.77
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

East Brighton

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East Brighton highlighted
East Brighton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nancy Platts 1,887 54.0
Labour Nichole Brennan 1,652 47.2
Labour Gill Williams 1,582 45.2
Green Anna Shepherd 976 27.9
Green Bryan Coyle 778 22.2
Conservative Anthony Keith Meadows 574 16.4
Green Paul Steedman 547 15.6
Conservative William Jack Jonathan Rudrum 525 15.0
Conservative George Harvey Soper 495 14.2
Independent David Trangmar 438 12.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Chandler 338 9.7
Turnout 3,527 33.94 −11.86
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Goldsmid

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Goldsmid highlighted
Goldsmid (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Marianna Ebel 2,258 41.8
Labour Jackie O’Quinn 2,145 39.7
Labour John Allcock 2,049 37.9
Green Raphael Hill 1,962 36.3
Labour Debbie Taylor 1,911 35.4
Green Steve Moses 1,772 32.8
Conservative Steve Harmer-Strange 677 12.5
Conservative Martin Hugo Hess 651 12.0
Conservative Peter Alan Revell 620 11.5
Liberal Democrats Orla May 538 10.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew England 514 9.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Laura Mullin 398 7.4 N/A
UKIP Carl Taylor 183 3.4
Turnout 5,424 45.25 −7.97
Green hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hangleton and Knoll

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Hangleton and Knoll highlighted
Hangleton and Knoll (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dawn Barnett 2,159 45.1
Conservative Tony Janio 1,926 40.2
Conservative Nick Lewry 1,901 39.7
Labour John Hewitt 1,899 39.6
Labour Birgit Miller 1,762 36.8
Labour Kevin Thomas 1,750 36.5
Green Jacqui Cuff 548 11.4
Green Lily Worfolk 369 7.7
Green Benedict Allbrooke 329 6.9
UKIP Steven Richards 285 5.9
Independent Stuart Nicholas Bower 249 5.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Leah Mooney 214 4.5
Independent Henrietta Zita Izso 190 4.0 N/A
Turnout 4,814 43.57
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hanover and Elm Grove

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Hanover and Elm Grove highlighted
Hanover and Elm Grove (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Gibson 3,332 60.8
Green Elaine Hills 3,170 57.9
Green Steph Powell 2,267 41.4
Labour Emma Daniel 2,133 38.9
Labour Danielle Cornish-Spencer 1,657 30.2
Labour Eleanor Humphrey 1,400 25.6
Women's Equality Beverley Barstow 931 17.0 N/A
Conservative Ed De Souza 295 5.4
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Robinson 289 5.3
Conservative Peter William Goodman 257 4.7
Conservative Kerry Ann Underhill 251 4.6
Turnout 5,514 48.15
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

Hollingdean and Stanmer

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Hollingdean and Stanmer highlighted
Hollingdean and Stanmer (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tracey Hill 1,664 43.7
Labour Theresa Fowler 1,512 39.7
Green Martin Osborne 1,487 39.0
Labour Phillip Clarke 1,431 37.6
Green Jack Hazelgrove 1,409 37.0
Green Alice Bennett 1,335 35.0
Conservative Gary Martin Cohen 414 10.9
Conservative Tammi Kim Cohen 390 10.2
Conservative Malcolm Murray 373 9.8
UKIP Desmond Jones 319 8.4
Liberal Democrats Ashley Ridley 228 6.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Jago 182 4.8
Turnout 3,830 34.91
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

Hove Park

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Hove Park highlighted
Hove Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vanessa Brown 1,910 52.1
Conservative Samer Bagaeen 1,630 44.4
Labour Charles Harrison 1,002 27.3
Labour Nigel Jenner 934 25.5
Green Iain Martin 567 15.5
Green Paul Philo 369 10.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Jardine 295 8.0
Liberal Democrats Nick O’Shea 270 7.4
UKIP Daniel Goodhand 129 3.5
Turnout 3,680 44.20 −7.32
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean

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Moulsecoomb and Bevendean highlighted
Moulsecoomb and Bevendean (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Yates 1,540 49.5
Labour Amanda Jane Grimshaw 1,527 49.1
Labour Kate Knight 1,503 48.4
Green Mitchie Alexander 1,063 34.2
Green Libby Darling 869 28.0
Green Amelia Mills 650 20.9
Conservative Anne Christine Meadows 627 20.2
Conservative Martin Kenig 580 18.7
Conservative Robyn Victoria Simson 544 17.5
Turnout 3,158 27.06
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

North Portslade

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North Portslade highlighted
North Portslade (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Atkinson 1,476 55.6
Labour Anne Pissaridou 1,171 44.1
Conservative Hannah Felton 585 22.0
Conservative Emma Louise Hogan 553 20.8
UKIP Ian Harris 308 11.6
UKIP Patricia Mountain 302 11.4
Green Sharon Hamlin 281 10.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Craig 163 6.1
Green Alexander Sallons 154 5.8
Turnout 2,665 34.86
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Patcham

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Patcham highlighted
Patcham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lee Wares 2,618 51.4
Conservative Carol Ann Theobald 2,249 44.1
Conservative Alistair McNair 2,044 40.1
Green Geraldine Keenan 1,382 27.1
Labour Adam John Scott 1,288 25.3
Labour Janet Smith 1,279 25.1
Green Rebecca Duffy 1,226 24.0
Labour Renato Marques 1,197 23.5
Green Janaki Jayasuriya 1,026 20.1
Turnout 5,147 46.21
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Preston Park

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Preston Park highlighted
Preston Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Leo Littman 3,542 60.1
Green Amy Heley 3,534 60.0
Green Siriol Hugh-Jones 3,377 57.3
Labour Julie Cattell 1,905 32.3
Labour Juan Baeza 1,638 27.8
Labour Denise Friend 1,562 26.5
Conservative Sue Ellerton 458 7.8
Conservative Mark Watson 430 7.3
Liberal Democrats Melanie Hunter-Taylor 385 6.5
Conservative Heather Newberry-Martin 383 6.5
Turnout 5,924 53.32
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

Queen's Park

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Queen's Park highlighted
Queen's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Clare Rainey 2,083 43.3
Labour Amanda Evans 1,996 41.5
Labour Nick Childs 1,894 39.3
Green Lucy Agace 1,749 36.3
Labour Colin Piper 1,737 36.1
Green Martin Farley 1,691 35.1
Conservative James Noble 591 12.3
Conservative Lee Farmer 574 11.9
Conservative Josephine O’Carroll 546 11.3
Independent Adrian Guy Hart 500 10.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats George Taylor 377 7.8
Turnout 4,841 43.08
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regency

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Regency highlighted
Regency (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alex Phillips 1,909 65.5
Green Tom Druitt 1,837 63.0
Labour Poppy Burt 684 23.5
Labour Dan Simmonds 492 16.9
Conservative Tim Catt 329 11.3
Conservative John Kapp 274 9.4
Liberal Democrats Laurence Eke 195 6.7
Turnout 2,934 39.19
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Rottingdean Coastal

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Rottingdean Coastal highlighted
Rottingdean Coastal (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bridget Helen Fishleigh 1,932 37.8 N/A
Conservative Mary Mears 1,784 34.9
Conservative Joe Miller 1,666 32.6
Conservative David Plant 1,421 27.8
Labour Paul Christopher Johnson 1,321 25.9
Labour Jane Chetwynd-Appleton 1,315 25.7
Labour Robert McIntosh 1,203 23.6
Green Ruby Jackson-Hall 1,088 21.3
Liberal Democrats Lucy Catherine Curle 762 14.9
Green Florence Traini-Cobb 670 13.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Kenneth Gamble 500 9.8 N/A
Green Matt Traini-Cobb 430 8.4
Turnout 5,129 45.85 −8.69%
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Portslade

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South Portslade highlighted
South Portslade (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Hamilton 1,467 55.9
Labour Alan Robins 1,317 50.2
Conservative Jamie Gillespie 454 17.3
Green Fiona Bennett 453 17.3
Conservative Danielle Harmer-Strange 375 14.3
Green Simon Gulliver 254 9.7
Liberal Democrats Ken Rist 252 9.6
UKIP Kenneth Nightingale 241 9.2
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Leeds 208 7.9
Turnout 2,639 36.03
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Peter's and North Laine

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St Peter's and North Laine highlighted
St Peter's and North Laine (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lizzie Deane 3,655 71.7
Green Sue Shanks 3,348 65.6
Green Pete West 3,252 63.8
Labour Maureen Elizabeth Winder 1,050 20.6
Labour Daniel Thomas Gray 1,018 20.0
Labour Gabriel McCook 1,018 20.0
Liberal Democrats Rob Heale 399 7.8
Conservative Nick Garside 323 6.3
Conservative Mike Long 287 5.6
Conservative Linda Mary Murray 279 5.5
Independent Gerald David O’Brien 184 3.6 N/A
Turnout 5,136 39.99
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Westbourne

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Westbourne highlighted
Westbourne (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carmen Appich 1,457 41.5
Labour Chris Henry 1,314 37.4
Green Christopher Hawtree 1,073 30.5
Conservative Denise Cobb 812 23.1
Conservative Charlie Nicholls 746 21.2
Green Guy Davidson 733 20.9
Liberal Democrats Hilary Ellis 275 7.8
Liberal Democrats Geoff Date 252 7.2
UKIP Robert Harding 127 3.6
Turnout 3,522 47.98
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wish

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Wish highlighted
Wish (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Nemeth 1,531 41.0
Conservative Garry Peltzer Dunn 1,421 38.0
Labour Alexandrina Braithwaite 1,275 34.1
Labour Adam Imanpour 1,107 29.6
Green Andrew Coleman 973 26.0
Green Alasdair Howie 521 13.9
Liberal Democrats Alfred Emery 262 7.0
UKIP Gemma Furness 121 3.2
Turnout 3,758 51.13
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Withdean

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Withdean highlighted
Withdean (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sarah Nield 2,791 49.6
Green Steve Davis 2,734 48.6
Green Jamie Lloyd 2,631 46.8
Conservative Tim Hodges 1,535 27.3
Conservative Nick Taylor 1,507 26.8
Conservative Stephen Wade 1,353 24.1
Labour Josh Guilmant 1,263 22.5
Labour James Thompson 1,092 19.4
Labour Ian McIsaac 1,004 17.8
Liberal Democrats Hyder Khalil 431 7.7
Turnout 5,667 50.77 −7.73
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Woodingdean

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Woodingdean highlighted
Woodingdean (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dee Simson 1,388 46.2
Conservative Steve Bell 1,312 43.7
Labour Sunny Choudhury 1,239 41.3
Labour David Joseph Wilson 1,126 37.5
Green Gwyneth Jones 395 13.2
Green Cameron Hardie 296 9.9
Turnout 3,039 40.39 −13
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

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Hollingdean and Stanmer

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A by-election was called for 6 May 2021 due to the resignation of incumbent Labour councillor Tracey Hill. The by-election was subsequently won by the Green Party.

Hollingdean and Stanmer: 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Zoe John 1,542 41.6  2.8
Labour Leila Erin-Jenkins 1,262 34.0  3.3
Conservative Emma Dawson-Bowling 745 20.1  9.3
TUSC Rob Somerton-Jones 54 1.5 New
Liberal Democrats Alex Hargreaves 47 1.3  3.5
UKIP Des Jones 35 0.9  7.4
Independent Nigel Furness 24 0.6 New
Majority 280 7.6 N/A
Turnout 3,709 31.9  3.0
Green gain from Labour Swing  6.0

Patcham

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A by-election was called for 6 May 2021 due to the resignation of incumbent Conservative councillor Lee Wares. The Conservatives held the seat, but with a reduced majority.

Patcham: 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Meadows 2,011 41.5  8.0
Green Eliza Wyatt 1,733 35.8  9.6
Labour Bruno de Oliveira 879 18.1  6.2
Liberal Democrats Madelaine Hunter-Taylor 174 3.6 New
UKIP Charles Goodhand 50 1.0 New
Majority 278 5.7
Turnout 4,874 43.8
Conservative hold Swing  8.9

Rottingdean Coastal

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Rottingdean Coastal: 5 May 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert McIntosh 1,443 29.6   10.4
Independent Stephen White 1,355 27.8 New
Conservative Lynda Hyde 1,185 24.3   1.6
Green Libby Darling 504 10.3   5.5
Independent Alison Wright 222 4.6 New
Liberal Democrats Stewart Stone 168 3.4   7.7
Majority 88 1.8 N/A
Turnout 4,896 44.0   1.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing   6.0

Wish

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Following the death of Garry Peltzer Dunn, an election was held on Thursday 8 December 2022. Labour gained the seat.

Wish: 8 December 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bella Sankey 1,519 58.5  27.9
Conservative Peter Revell 756 29.1  7.7
Green Ollie Sykes 190 7.3  16.1
Liberal Democrats Stewart Stone 96 3.7  2.6
UKIP Patricia Mountain 34 1.3  1.6
Majority 763 29.4 N/A
Turnout 2,600 34.2  16.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing  17.8

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Brighton & Hove local elections". Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Greens tipped to run Brighton council after 'anti-Semitic' resignations". BBC News. 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ Vowles, Neil (23 March 2017). "Councillor resists by-election call after quitting city council's biggest party". The Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ Vowles, Neil (6 August 2016). "Labour's by-election win is a 'lesson in unity'". The Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. ^ Adams, Joel (9 February 2018). "Third time lucky as Labour candidate Nancy Platts wins Whitehawk council seat". The Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  7. ^ Dan Sabbagh (19 March 2018). "Brighton: well-organised Momentum group shifts focus to local elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  8. ^ Greg Hadfield (18 July 2018). "Keeping up the momentum: Winning the first socialist majority on Brighton and Hove City Council". Medium. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  9. ^ Anoosh Chakelian (27 February 2019). ""You're fake socialists!" The Independent Group goes local as councillors defect". New Statesman. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b Tony Janio (13 March 2019). "Conservatives are the council's largest party". Brighton and Hove Independent. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  11. ^ Joel Adams (9 June 2018). "Quarter of Brighton and Hove City Council members to quit". The Argus. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  12. ^ Frank le Duc (20 March 2019). "Labour publishes manifesto for Brighton and Hove local elections". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  13. ^ Frank le Duc (23 February 2019). "Leaked document is not our manifesto, says Labour leader". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  14. ^ Jody Doherty-Cove (22 February 2019). "REVEALED: Momentum's leaked manifesto for Brighton and Hove". The Argus (Brighton). Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  15. ^ Chris Jarvis (13 March 2019). "Brighton & Hove Greens launch radical manifesto for local elections". Bright Green. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Liberal Democrat Local Manifesto 2019". Brighton and Hove Liberal Democrats.
  17. ^ Frank le Duc (14 March 2019). "Local lottery promised by Brighton and Hove Conservatives in council election manifesto". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  18. ^ Jo Wadsworth (28 March 2019). "Hove Tory candidate quits over 'Islamophobic' jokes". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  19. ^ Frank le Duc (14 March 2019). "Brighton hustings to quiz council candidates on housing". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 26 March 2019.