Brighton and Hove City Council elections

Brighton and Hove City Council is a unitary authority in East Sussex, England. It was created as Brighton and Hove Borough Council on 1 April 1997 replacing Brighton and Hove Borough Councils. It was granted city status in 2001.

Council elections
See Brighton Borough Council elections or Hove Borough Council elections for election prior to 1996
 * 1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election
 * 1999 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election
 * 2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 2007 Brighton and Hove City Council election
 * 2011 Brighton and Hove City Council election
 * 2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election
 * 2019 Brighton and Hove City Council election
 * 2023 Brighton and Hove City Council election

Wards
For the first election in 1996 the wards of the former Borough of Brighton and Borough of Hove were used. There were originally 26 wards each with three councillors each, totalling 78 councillors in the newly created Brighton and Hove Borough Council:


 * Brunswick and Adelaide
 * Goldsmid
 * Hangleton
 * Hanover
 * Hollingbury
 * Kings Cliff
 * Marine
 * Moulsecoomb
 * Nevill
 * North Portslade
 * Patcham
 * Portslade South
 * Preston
 * Queens Park
 * Regency
 * Rottingdean
 * Seven Dials
 * St. Peters
 * Stanford
 * Stanmer
 * Tenantry
 * Vallance
 * Westbourne
 * Westdene
 * Wish
 * Woodingdean

The 2001 boundary review reduced the wards to 21 wards with a mix of two or three councillors each totalling 54 councillors for the then city council. These boundary were used in the 2003 election for the first time with the following wards: Brunswick and Adelaide, Central Hove, East Brighton, Goldsmid, Hangleton and Knoll, Hanover and Elm Grove, Hollingbury and Stanmer (which then became Hollingdean and Stanmer in 2007), Stanford (which became Hove Park in 2007), Moulsecoomb and Bevendean, North Portslade, Patcham, Preston Park, Queen's Park, Regency, Rottingdean Coastal, South Portslade, St Peter's and North Laine, Westbourne, Wish, Withdean, Woodingdean.

Ward boundaries were reviewed again in 2023, since when the council has comprised 54 councillors representing 23 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are:


 * Brunswick and Adelaide
 * Central Hove
 * Coldean and Stanmer
 * Goldsmid
 * Hangleton and Knoll
 * Hanover and Elm Grove
 * Hollingdean and Fiveways
 * Kemptown
 * Moulsecoomb and Bevendean
 * North Portslade
 * Patcham and Hollingbury
 * Preston Park
 * Queen's Park
 * Regency
 * Rottingdean and West Saltdean
 * Round Hill
 * South Portslade
 * West Hill and North Laine
 * Westbourne and Poets' Corner
 * Westdene and Hove Park
 * Whitehawk and Marina
 * Wish
 * Woodingdean