> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # LOCAL ELECTIONS: Labour win control of Brighton & Hove City Council - URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/local-elections-labour-win-control-of-brighton-hove-city-council/ - Published: 2023-05-06T10:06:00.000Z - Updated: 2023-05-06T10:08:58.000Z - Description: On Friday, May 5, Brighton & Hove City Council counted all the votes cast in the city at the Brighton Centre. All 23 ward elections have been announced and 54 councillors have been elected. - Author: Graham Robson - Tags: Politics, Brighton, Brighton & Hove, Brighton & Hove City Council, Labour Local elections took place across Brighton & Hove on **Thursday, May 4.** On **Friday, May 5**, **Brighton & Hove City Council** counted all the votes cast in the city at the **Brighton Centre**. All 23 ward elections have been announced and 54 councillors have been elected. The **Labour Group** are the leading party and will make up the new political administration. Labour won 38 seats, the **Green Party** won seven seats, the **Conservatives** won six seats, **Brighton & Hove Independents** won two seats and an independent candidate won one seat. The annual council meeting is set to take place on May 25, where appointments to key roles and committees will be decided. The turnout across Brighton & Hove was **83,426** – 40.8% of an electorate of 204,255 voters. ## Ward results in Brighton & Hove ### Brunswick & Adelaide **Andrei Nicholas Czolak** (Labour) and **Jilly Stevens** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the **Brunswick & Adelaide ward**. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Brunswick%20%26%20Adelaide.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 2,919 – 38% of an electorate of 7,674. ### Central Hove **Emma Helen Daniel** (Labour) and **Joy Robinson** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Central Hove ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Central%20Hove.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 3368 – 39.9% of an electorate of 8,443. ### Coldean & Stanmer **Mitchie Alexander** (Labour) and **Tobias John Knowles Sheard** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Coldean & Stanmer ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Coldean%20%26%20Stanmer.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 1,479 – 22.4% of an electorate of 6,612. ### Goldsmid **Birgit Rose Valeria Miller** (Labour), **Trevor John Muten** (Labour) and **Jackie O’Quinn** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Goldsmid ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Goldsmid.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 4,756 – 44.1% of an electorate of 10,782. ### Hangleton & Knoll **Faiza Abdallah Baghoth** (Labour), **Amanda Jane Grimshaw** (Labour), and **John Patrick Hewitt** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Hangleton & Knoll ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Hangleton%20%26%20Knoll.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 4,779 – 43.4% of an electorate of 11,020. ### Hanover & Elm Grove **Ty Galvin** (Labour), **Tim Rowkins** (Labour) and **Maureen Elizabeth Winder** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Hanover & Elm Grove ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Hanover%20And%20Elm%20Grove.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 5,189 – 45.1% of an electorate of 11,518. ### Hollingdean & Fiveways **Mohammed Asaduzzaman** (Labour), **Bruno De Oliveira** (Labour) and **Theresa Fowler** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Hollingdean & Fiveways ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Hollingdean%20and%20Fiveways.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 5,449 – 49.5% of an electorate of 11,014. ### Kemptown **Bharti Gajjar** (Labour) and **Gary Wilkinson** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Kemptown ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Kemptown.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 3,555 – 40.1% of an electorate of 8,855. ### Moulsecoomb & Bevendean **Amanda Evans** (Labour), **Ty Goddard** (Labour) and **Jacob Oliver Taylor** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Moulsecoomb & Bevendean ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Moulsecoomb%20%26%20Bevendean.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 3,043 – 28.8% of an electorate of 10,583. ### North Portslade **Peter Gerald Atkinson** (Independent) and **Lucy Helliwell** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the North Portslade ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/North%20Portslade.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 2,502 – 33% of an electorate of 7,584. ### Patcham & Hollingbury **Alistair McNair** (Conservative), **Anne Meadows** (Conservative) and **Carol Ann Theobold** (Conservative) have been elected as councillors for the Patcham & Hollingbury ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Patcham%20and%20Hollingbury.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 5,306 – 45.7% of an electorate of 11,622. ### Preston Park **Steve Davis** (Green), **Liz Loughran** (Labour) and **Kerry Pickett** (Green) have been elected as councillors for the Preston Park ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Preston%20Park.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 5,031 – 43.9% of an electorate of 11,470. ### Queen’s Park **Tristram Deane Burden** (Labour) and **Chandni Mistry** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Queen’s Park ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Queens%20Park.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 3,124 – 44.0% of an electorate of 7,099. ### Regency **Chloë Anne Goldsmith** (Green) and **Alison Louise Thomson** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Regency ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Regency.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 2,779 – 36.1% of an electorate of 7,703. ### Rottingdean & West Saltdean **Mark Frederick Earthey** (Brighton & Hove Independents) and **Bridget Helen Fishleigh** (Brighton & Hove Independents) have been elected as councillors for the Rottingdean & West Saltdean ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Rottingdean%20%26%20West%20Saltdean.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 4,299 – 51.5% of an electorate of 8,349. ### Round Hill **Raphael T H Hill** (Green) and **Pete West** (Green) have been elected as councillors for the Round Hill ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Roundhill.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 2,679 – 39.4% of an electorate of 6,794. ### South Portslade **Les Hamilton** (Labour) and **Alan Robins** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the South Portslade ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/South%20Portslade.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 2,609 – 35.6% of an electorate of 7,337. ### West Hill & North Laine **Ellen Margaret McLeay** (Green) and **Sue Shanks** (Green) have been elected as councillors for the West Hill & Norh Laine ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/West%20Hill%20and%20North%20Laine.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 2,657 – 35.5% of an electorate of 7,479. ### Westbourne & Poet’s Corner **Julie Anne Cattell** (Labour) and **Leslie Alan Pumm** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Westbourne & Poet’s Corner ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Westbourne%20%26%20Poets%20Corner.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 3,392 – 45.9% of an electorate of 7,396. ### Westdene & Hove Park **Samer Bagaeen** (Conservative), **Emma Louise Hogan** (Conservative) and **Ivan David Lyons** (Conservative) have been elected as councillors for the Westdene & Hove Park ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Westdene%20%26%20Hove%20Park.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 5,384 – 46.2% of an electorate of 11,658. ### Whitehawk & Marina **David McGregor** (Labour) and **Gill Williams** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Whitehawk & Marina ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Whitehawk%20%26%20Marina.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 2,543 – 30.2% of an electorate of 8,427. ### Wish **Bella Sankey** (Labour) and **Paul James Nann** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Wish ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Wish.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 3,415 – 45.9% of an electorate of 7,436. ### Woodingdean **Jacob Darby Allen** (Labour) and **Jacqui Simon** (Labour) have been elected as councillors for the Woodingdean ward. [View detailed ward results](https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-05/Woodingdean%5F0.pdf?ref=scenemag.co.uk). The turnout for this ward was 3,169 – 42.8% of an electorate of 7,400.