1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election information
1996 UK local government election
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1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election
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9 May 1996
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All 78 seats to Brighton and Hove Borough Council 40 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
38.4%
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Labour
Conservative
Seats won
54
22
Seat change
10
9
Popular vote
105,903
73,684
Percentage
51.0%
35.5%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Green
Ind. Conservative
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
8,585
2,906
Percentage
4.1%
1.4%
Winner of each seat at the 1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election
Council control after election
Labour
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.[1] 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.
^"Brighton & Hove City Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2018.
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