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2011 Brighton and Hove City Council election

2011 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2011 Brighton and Hove City Council election
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	Green Party of England and Wales
previous_election	2007 Brighton and Hove City Council election
previous_year	2007
next_election	2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election
next_year	2015
seats_for_election	All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
election_date	5 May 2011
party1	Green Party of England and Wales
last_election1	13 seats, 20.7%
seats1	23
seat_change1	10
popular_vote1	73,832
percentage1	32.8%
swing1	12.1%
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
last_election2	26 seats, 34.6%
seats2	18
seat_change2	8
popular_vote2	64,837
percentage2	28.8%
swing2	6.1%
party3	Labour Party (UK)
last_election3	13 seats, 24.7%
seats3	13
seat_change3
popular_vote3	71,738
percentage3	31.7%
swing3	7.0%
map_image	Brighton and Hove City Council election 2011 map.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Map of results of 2011 election
title	Previous Largest Party
posttitle	Subsequent Largest Party
before_party	Conservative Party (UK)
after_party	Green Party of England and Wales

28 seats needed for a majority

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.

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.

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.

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.

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), 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

|seats % = 42.59 |votes % = 32.75 |plus/minus = +12.06 |seats % = 33.33 |votes % = 28.76 |plus/minus = -6.08 |seats % = 24.07 |votes % = 31.82 |plus/minus = +7.00 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 5.47 |plus/minus = -5.09 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.78 |plus/minus = -4.54 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.41 |plus/minus = +0.06 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.33 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.03 |plus/minus = N/A |}

Ward breakdown

Brunswick and Adelaide

Central Hove

East Brighton

Goldsmid

Hangleton and Knoll

Hanover and Elm Grove

Hollingdean and Stanmer

Hove Park

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

References

Ridgway, Tim. (8 May 2011). "Updated: Greens triumph in Brighton and Hove". The Argus.
(2011-04-04). "Election candidates 2011". Brighton & Hove Council.
"Labour are not looking for coalition with Greens". News From Brighton.
"UK's first Green council administration announced". Brighton and Hove Green Party.
(10 March 2003). "Councillor goes it alone in elections". The Argus.

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