Brighton & Hove City Council election, 2007

Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council on the south coast of England were held on 3 May, 2007. The whole council (a unitary authority) was up for election.

The Conservative Party replaced the Labour Party as the major party on the council. However, the council remained under "no overall control" (i.e., no absolute majority for any party): the Conservatives won 26 out of the 54 seats in the city. This result was to some extent in line with the general pattern of results throughout England that day, with Conservatives gaining seats at the expense of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. An exception was the Green Party which doubled its representation.

Some high-profile local Labour candidates failed to get elected/re-elected:
* Simon Burgess (the council leader immediately before the election)
* Ken Bodfish (Burgess's predecessor as council leader)
* Sue John (the deputy leader of the council immediately before the election)

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 26
gain = 6
loss = 0
net = 6
seats % = 48.1
votes % = 30.0
votes =
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 13
gain = 0
loss = 10
net = -10
seats % = 24.1
votes % = 23.0
votes =
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 12
gain = 6
loss = 0
net = 6
seats % = 22.2
votes % = 19.1
votes =
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 3.7
votes % = 9.4
votes =
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 1.9
votes % =
votes =
plus/minus = Brunswick & Adelaide - two seatsTurnout: 27.96%

David Boyle Labour 284

Paul Elgood Liberal Democrat 942

Hazel Dorothy Ellison Green 431

Simon Gulliver Labour 263

Joanne Heard Conservative 368

Phelim Maccafferty Green 482

Ben Potter English Democrats - "Putting England First!" 56

Brian Ralfe Independent 152

Roz Rawcliffe Conservative 357

David John Watkins Liberal Democrat 729

External links

* [http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1165353 Results on council site]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/ml.stm Results on BBC site]
* [http://gallery.hd.org/brighton-election/ Images and video] from inside the polling stations and count