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1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election

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The 1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election was held on 9 May 1996 to elect members to the new unitary authority of Brighton and Hove Borough Council in East Sussex, England. It was the inaugural election to the new council, and was held nearly a year before the council formally came into being on 1 April 1997, replacing the former Brighton Borough Council and Hove Borough Council. The councillors elected in May 1996 served as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing councils, overseeing the transition to the new arrangements, until coming into their powers in April 1997.

The whole council was up for election, and all 78 councillors were elected from 26 wards. The ward boundaries were the same as the old boundaries used in previous elections for the two predecessor authorities.

The result was a clear Labour victory, with the party winning an overall majority of seats. Labour had previously controlled both predecessor authorities: Brighton Borough Council since 1986, and Hove Borough Council since 1995.

The wards and number of seats in each wards remained the same as the respective borough councils and therefore the swing and incumbents are all technically nominal.

1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election
Labour	78	54	12	2	10	69.2	51.0	105,903	N/A
Conservative	77	22	1	10	9	28.2	35.5	73,684	N/A
Green	28	1	1	0	1	1.3	4.1	8,585	N/A
Ind. Conservative	9	1	1	0	1	1.3	1.4	2,906	N/A
Liberal Democrats	59	0	0	3	3	0.0	7.8	16,260	N/A
Residents	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	227	N/A
Militant Labour	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	162	N/A

After the inaugural elections the composition of the council was compared to its previous consistent councils.

Brighton Borough Council composition after the election in 1995 was:

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28	20
Lab	Con

Hove Borough Council composition after the election in 1995 was:

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16	11	3
Lab	Con	LD

After the inaugural election in 1996 the composition of the council was:

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54	22	1	1
Lab	Con	G	I

Candidates who were previously councillors in the Brighton Borough Council or Hove Borough Council are indicated with a ()*

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	941	40.4
	Labour	919	39.5
	Labour	841	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	749	32.2
	Liberal Democrats	691	29.7
	Liberal Democrats	671	28.8
	Conservative	610	26.2
	Conservative	604	25.9
	Conservative	583	25.0
	Green	230	9.9
2,329	30.7
7,587
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,330	49.5
	Conservative	1,294	48.2
	Conservative	1,292	48.1
	Labour	1,145	42.6
	Labour	1,118	41.6
	Labour	1,064	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	246	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	237	8.8
	Green	225	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	224	8.3
2,686	36.7
7,318

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,421	51.9
	Labour	1,309	47.8
	Labour	1,300	47.5
	Conservative	1,090	39.8
	Conservative	1,066	39.0
	Conservative	1,055	38.6
	Liberal Democrats	185	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	167	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	164	6.0
	Green	99	3.6
2,736	43.1
6,348

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	2,100	71.5
	Labour	1,990	67.8
	Labour	1,789	60.9
	Green	665	22.6
	Conservative	380	12.9
	Conservative	338	11.5
	Conservative	323	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	296	10.1
2,936	34.7
8,461

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,891	77.9
	Labour	1,798	74.1
	Labour	1,742	71.8
	Conservative	384	15.8
	Conservative	377	15.5
	Conservative	359	14.8
	Green	276	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	266	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	194	8.0
2,426	32.1
7,556

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,577	66.5
	Labour	1,567	66.1
	Labour	1,529	64.5
	Conservative	634	26.8
	Conservative	593	25.0
	Conservative	589	24.9
	Green	235	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	217	9.2
2,370	35.4
6,696

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,347	59.1
	Labour	1,309	57.4
	Labour	1,275	55.9
	Conservative	1,003	44.0
	Conservative	916	40.2
	Conservative	906	39.8
	Militant Labour	162	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	140	6.1
	Green	133	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	126	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	114	5.0
2,279	29.2
7,803


	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,097	62.9
	Labour	1,079	61.9
	Labour	1,019	58.4
	Conservative	407	23.3
	Conservative	399	22.9
	Conservative	375	21.5
	Residents	227	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	179	10.3
	Green	127	7.3
1,744	27.1
6,435

	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,406	50.3
	Conservative	1,398	50.1
	Conservative	1,325	48.4
	Labour	1,250	44.8
	Labour	1,242	44.5
	Labour	1,133	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	187	6.7
	Green	123	4.4
2,793	45.3
6,165

	Conservative gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,720	70.3
	Labour	1,686	68.9
	Labour	1,638	66.9
	Conservative	634	25.9
	Conservative	608	24.8
	Conservative	533	21.8
	Green	157	6.4
2,448	35.1
6,975

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	2,156	59.3
	Conservative	2,153	59.2
	Conservative	2,076	57.1
	Labour	1,115	30.6
	Labour	1,114	30.6
	Labour	1,005	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	469	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	359	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	356	9.8
	Green	99	2.7
3,638	52.5
6,929

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,611	61.2
	Labour	1,552	59.0
	Labour	1,434	55.0
	Conservative	709	26.9
	Conservative	704	28.8
	Conservative	681	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	300	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	295	11.2
	Green	95	3.6
2,631	38.4
6,851

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,803	52.2
	Labour	1,792	51.9
	Labour	1,756	50.9
	Conservative	1,264	36.6
	Conservative	1,262	36.5
	Conservative	1,262	36.5
	Liberal Democrats	334	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	294	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	255	7.4
	Green	254	7.4
3,453	44.9
7,690

	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,623	67.6
	Labour	1,566	65.3
	Labour	1,540	64.2
	Conservative	621	25.9
	Conservative	601	25.0
	Conservative	562	23.4
	Green	275	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	195	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	192	8.0
2,400	38.0
6,316

	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,553	59.2
	Labour	1,430	54.5
	Labour	1,404	53.5
	Conservative	776	29.6
	Conservative	758	28.9
	Conservative	741	28.3
	Green	347	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	257	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	241	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	203	7.7
2,623	36.3
7,227


	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,745	54.8
	Conservative	1,738	54.6
	Conservative	1,697	53.3
	Labour	783	24.6
	Labour	732	23.0
	Labour	715	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	470	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	470	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	437	13.7
	Ind. Conservative	201	6.3
	Ind. Conservative	193	6.1
	Ind. Conservative	181	5.7
	Green	113	3.6
3,183	41.7
7,633

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,784	76.0
	Labour	1,684	71.8
	Labour	1,680	71.6
	Conservative	437	18.6
	Conservative	437	18.6
	Conservative	414	17.6
	Green	358	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	269	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	233	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	231	9.8
2,346	31.8
7,377

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	1,576	41.9
	Labour	1,517	40.4
	Labour	1,451	38.6
	Labour	1,408	37.5
	Green	973	25.9
	Green	845	22.5
	Conservative	311	8.3
	Conservative	259	6.9
	Conservative	237	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	199	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	162	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	135	3.6
3,757	50.1
7,499
	Green gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,572	66.9
	Conservative	1,525	64.9
	Conservative	1,525	64.9
	Labour	478	20.3
	Labour	461	19.6
	Labour	459	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	342	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	331	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	274	11.7
	Green	92	3.9
2,351	36.5
6,441

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,597	50.8
	Labour	1,589	50.6
	Labour	1,551	49.4
	Conservative	922	29.4
	Conservative	886	28.2
	Conservative	854	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	258	8.2
	Green	231	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	207	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	207	6.6
3,141	40.2
7,814


	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,709	68.4
	Labour	1,581	63.2
	Labour	1,579	63.2
	Conservative	623	24.9
	Conservative	580	23.2
	Conservative	549	22.0
	Green	260	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	241	9.5
2,500	33.6
7,539

	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,235	48.6
	Labour	1,217	47.9
	Labour	1,198	47.1
	Conservative	973	38.3
	Conservative	968	38.1
	Conservative	941	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	234	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	210	8.3
	Ind. Conservative	208	8.2
	Green	168	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	167	6.6
2,542	35.6
7,141

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,221	47.2
	Conservative	1,186	45.8
	Ind. Conservative	1,041	40.2
	Labour	1,008	39.0
	Labour	994	38.4
	Labour	965	37.3
	Liberal Democrats	305	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	289	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	279	10.8
	Ind. Conservative	236	9.1
	Green	113	4.4
2,587	35.3
7,330


	Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,656	47.0
	Conservative	1,624	46.1
	Conservative	1,514	43.0
	Labour	1,402	39.8
	Labour	1,402	39.8
	Labour	1,282	36.4
	Ind. Conservative	327	9.3
	Ind. Conservative	299	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	243	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	222	6.3
	Ind. Conservative	220	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	218	6.2
	Green	186	5.3
3,524	47.8
7,373

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,398	51.2
	Labour	1,289	47.2
	Labour	1,276	46.7
	Conservative	1,211	44.3
	Conservative	1,170	42.8
	Conservative	1,160	42.5
	Liberal Democrats	253	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	246	9.0
	Green	189	6.9
2,731	40.8
6,695

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,635	49.0
	Conservative	1,608	48.2
	Conservative	1,515	45.4
	Conservative	1,489	44.6
	Labour	1,385	41.5
	Labour	1,325	39.7
	Liberal Democrats	325	9.7
	Green	141	4.2
3,339	44.9
7,437

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