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Brighton & Hove

Brighton & Hove
City of Brighton and Hove
City and unitary authority
Brighton and Hove shown within East Sussex and England
Brighton and Hove shown within East Sussex and England
Sovereign state  United Kingdom
Constituent country  England
Region South East England
Historic county  Sussex
Ceremonial county East Sussex
Administrative seat Hove
City status 2001
Government
 • Type Unitary authority & City
 • Governing body Brighton and Hove City Council
 • Local government form Committee System
 • Control NOC (Labour administration)
 • MPs Simon Kirby (C)
(Brighton Kemptown)
Peter Kyle (politician) (L)
(Hove)
Caroline Lucas (G)
(Brighton Pavilion)
Area
 • City and unitary authority 87.54 km2 (33.80 sq mi)
 • Urban 89.4 km2 (34.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • City and unitary authority 273,400
 • Urban 474,485 (15th)
 • Metro 769,000 (15th)
 • Ethnicity
(2011 Census)
80.5% White British
8.5% Other White
3.7% Mixed Race
3% Asian
1.5% Black
1.1% Chinese
0.8% Arab
2.1% Other
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
Postcode districts BN1, BN2, BN3, BN41
ONS code 00ML (ONS)
E06000043 (GSS)
ISO 3166-2 GB-BNH

Brighton and Hove (/ˈbrtən ən ˈhv/) is a city in East Sussex, in South East England. At the 2011 census, it was England's most populous seaside resort with a population of 273,400.

The towns of Brighton and Hove formed a unitary authority in 1997 and in 2001 were granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II. "Brighton" is often referred to synonymously with the official "Brighton and Hove" although many locals still consider the two to be separate towns.

Brighton and Hove is the result of a number of historic local government reorganisations:

On 15 October 2004, Brighton and Hove was granted Fairtrade City status.

Elections are held every four years, with the last elections occurring on 7 May 2015.

Brighton and Hove was the first ever council in the United Kingdom where the Green Party were both the largest group and led the council (from May 2011 to May 2015).

In 2013 the council was obliged to finalise single status across its workforce, resulting in a strike of its refuse collectors and street cleaners. Their council reformed their allowances to equalise them with other staff at the organisation conducting similar work.

The Leader of the Council and Labour minority administration since May 2015 is Councillor Warren Morgan (Lab Co-op).

The mayor of Brighton and Hove for 2016-2017 is Councillor Pete West. Geoff Raw is the current chief executive.


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