Brighton & Hove: 1996 local elections

26 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 1995) (25 seats, our estimate)

Labour 19 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Conservative 3

After (end of 1996) (78 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 54 · Conservative 23 · Other 1 · Liberal Democrats 0

Ward results

Brunswick & Adelaide3 seats · turnout 30.7%

C Davies	Labour	941 ✓
F. Hunt	Labour	919 ✓
J. McGinley	Labour	841 ✓
J. Hillman	Liberal Democrats	749
J. Wakeling	Liberal Democrats	691
P Vivian	Liberal Democrats	671
S. Hunter	Conservative	610
C Boustead	Conservative	604
J Mitchell	Conservative	583
K Nightengale	Green	230

Goldsmid3 seats

J. Langston	Conservative	1,330 ✓
S. Langston	Conservative	1,294 ✓
B Jordan	Conservative	1,292 ✓
S Bower	Labour	1,145
V Visor	Labour	1,118
B Ralfe	Labour	1,064
P Thomas	Liberal Democrats	246
B Driffill	Liberal Democrats	237
Gordon Hudson	Green	225
S Taylor	Liberal Democrats	224

Hangleton3 seats

G Keilty	Labour	1,421 ✓
D Newland	Labour	1,309 ✓
B. Walshe	Labour	1,300 ✓
P Willows	Conservative	1,090
M Jackson	Conservative	1,066
G Jackson	Conservative	1,055
M. Walls	Liberal Democrats	185
E Bates	Liberal Democrats	167
P. Bickle	Liberal Democrats	164
J McHenry	Green	99

Hanover3 seats

James John Christopher Smith	Labour	2,100 ✓
S. Schaffer	Labour	1,990 ✓
C Morley	Labour	1,789 ✓
Kate Chapman	Green	665
R Dudeney	Conservative	380
P Smith	Conservative	338
E. Radford-Kirby	Conservative	323
C Cornelius	Liberal Democrats	296

Hollingbury3 seats

D. Lepper	Labour	1,891 ✓
J. Lepper	Labour	1,798 ✓
B. Finch	Labour	1,742 ✓
Carole Franklin	Conservative	384
M. McGrath	Conservative	377
Kenneth Norman	Conservative	359
P Gardner	Green	276
D Lamb	Liberal Democrats	266
D. Powell	Liberal Democrats	194

King’s Cliff3 seats

I. Duncan	Labour	1,577 ✓
Simon Burgess	Labour	1,567 ✓
Gary Mitchell	Labour	1,529 ✓
D. Radford	Conservative	634
S. Sampson	Conservative	593
J. Amin	Conservative	589
J. Hodd	Green	235
M. Jones	Liberal Democrats	217

Marine3 seats

M. Marsh	Labour	1,347 ✓
D Turner	Labour	1,309 ✓
M. Johnston	Labour	1,275 ✓
Mary Mears	Conservative	1,003
David Smith	Conservative	916
B. Fairs	Conservative	906
K. Dale	MILT Lab	162
I. Clements	Liberal Democrats	140
B. Coyne	Green	133
P. Howard	Liberal Democrats	126
A. Howard	Liberal Democrats	114

Moulsecoomb3 seats

A. Meadows	Labour	1,097 ✓
J Hazelgrove	Labour	1,079 ✓
F. Tonks	Labour	1,019 ✓
K Gunn	Conservative	407
J Amiet	Conservative	399
J Stevens	Conservative	375
C Avey	RES	227
J Lovatt	Liberal Democrats	179
A Mills	Green	127

Nevill3 seats · turnout 43.6%

P. Lewis	Conservative	1,406
M. Worgan	Conservative	1,398
S Wade	Conservative	1,325
Heather James	Labour	1,250
D. Anthony	Labour	1,242
H. Spillman	Labour	1,133
E Alldred	Liberal Democrats	187
Anita Phillips	Green	123

North Portslade3 seats

Bob Carden	Labour	1,720 ✓
H. Steer	Labour	1,686 ✓
D Turner	Labour	1,638 ✓
D Saunders	Conservative	634
B Braybrook	Conservative	608
Martin Hugo Hess	Conservative	533
K Gray	Green	157

Patcham3 seats · turnout 42.3%

Carol Theobald	Conservative	2,156
G. Theobald	Conservative	2,153
J. Sheldon	Conservative	2,076
R. Blackwood	Labour	1,115
J. De Souza	Liberal Democrats	469
D. Latimer	Liberal Democrats	359
Daphne Latimer	Liberal Democrats	356
A. Haase	Green	99

Portslade South3 seats

I Caplin	Labour	1,611 ✓
S. Collier	Labour	1,552 ✓
S John	Labour	1,434 ✓
Edward Kemble	Conservative	709
Christopher Greenwood	Conservative	704
M Veale	Conservative	681
N Donovan	Liberal Democrats	300
I James	Liberal Democrats	295
M Mylton-Thorley	Green	95

Preston3 seats · turnout 44.2%

Juliet McCaffery	Labour	1,803
L. Austin	Labour	1,792
J. Spray	Labour	1,756
G. Mallender	Conservative	1,264
V. Marchant	Conservative	1,262
K. Nilchiber	Conservative	1,185
T Hunter	Liberal Democrats	334
S. Potts	Liberal Democrats	294
E Schelwald	Liberal Democrats	255
L. Littman	Green	254

Queen's Park3 seats · turnout 38.0%

J. Lythell	Labour	1,623 ✓
Kenneth Bodfish	Labour	1,566 ✓
J Townsend	Labour	1,540 ✓
H Allaway	Conservative	621
S. Vivian	Conservative	601
S Wells	Conservative	562
S. Chadwick	Green	275
Joseph Blease	Liberal Democrats	195
J. Blease	Liberal Democrats	192

Regency3 seats

N. Ping	Labour	1,553 ✓
Roy Pennington	Labour	1,430 ✓
John Warmington	Labour	1,404 ✓
J. Cameron	Conservative	776
M. Boggon	Conservative	758
D. Cockman	Conservative	741
A. Hyde Parker	Green	347
T Freeman	Liberal Democrats	257
J. Guild	Liberal Democrats	241
E Cotton	Liberal Democrats	203

Rottingdean3 seats

S. Wrigley	Conservative	1,745 ✓
B Hunt	Conservative	1,738 ✓
S Radford-Kirby	Conservative	1,697 ✓
M Bunting	Labour	783
J Moriarty	Labour	732
Andrew Gray	Labour	715
H De Souza	Liberal Democrats	470
Derek Davidson	Liberal Democrats	470
P Edwards	Liberal Democrats	437
M Grant	Ind Con	201
N Wright	Ind Con	193
A Wright	Ind Con	181
J Berrington	Green	113

Seven Dials3 seats

R. Austin	Labour	1,784 ✓
Michael Middleton	Labour	1,684 ✓
N. Robinson	Labour	1,680 ✓
Paul Bowes	Conservative	437
James Gowans	Conservative	437
R. Larkin	Conservative	414
I Needham	Green	358
R. Heale	Liberal Democrats	269
E. Oldfield	Liberal Democrats	233
B Huggins	Liberal Democrats	231

St Peter’s3 seats

Pete West	Green	1,576 ✓
S Charleton	Labour	1,517 ✓
L. Gwyn-Jones	Labour	1,451 ✓
Colin Simpson	Labour	1,408
Rebecca Whale	Green	973
F. Young	Green	845
C Brimmell	Conservative	311
E. Maclean	Conservative	259
I Maclean	Conservative	237
M. Fairweather	Liberal Democrats	199
W. Harden	Liberal Democrats	162
William Parker	Liberal Democrats	135

Stanford3 seats · turnout 36.5%

M Adams	Conservative	1,572 ✓
Brian Rowe	Conservative	1,525 ✓
J Kapp	Conservative	1,525 ✓
A Jones	Labour	478
S Montague	Labour	461
S.	Labour	459
S Lord	Labour	459
B Latham	Liberal Democrats	342
D. Innes	Liberal Democrats	331
P Walls	Liberal Democrats	274
M Jester	Green	92

Stanmer3 seats

T. Framroze	Labour	1,597 ✓
P. Hawkes	Labour	1,589 ✓
G. Beishon	Labour	1,551 ✓
D Careless	Conservative	922
D. Fairhall	Conservative	886
M. Pacifico	Conservative	854
P Bailey	Liberal Democrats	258
P Tofts	Green	231
D. Imms	Liberal Democrats	207
P. Garrett	Liberal Democrats	207

Tenantry3 seats · turnout 31.5%

S. Bassam	Labour	1,709
J. Ballance	Labour	1,581
A. Durr	Labour	1,579
D. Dudeney	Conservative	623
M. Toner	Conservative	580
L. Plater	Conservative	549
L. Santamaria	Green	260
P Weller	Liberal Democrats	241

Vallance3 seats

Simon Battle	Labour	1,235 ✓
Frieda Warman-Brown	Labour	1,217 ✓
M Gibbling	Labour	1,198 ✓
Peter Ernest Charles Martin	Conservative	973
G. Peltzer-Dunn	Conservative	968
J. Bennett	Conservative	941
K. Bates	Liberal Democrats	234
Peter Denyer	Liberal Democrats	210
V Hogan	Ind Con	208
Jacqueline Da Costa	Green	168
Paul Elgood	Liberal Democrats	167

Westbourne3 seats

A Buttimer	Conservative	1,221 ✓
V Brown	Conservative	1,186 ✓
B Oxley	Independent	1,041 ✓
R Cooper	Labour	1,008
G Benians	Labour	994
P. Gill	Labour	965
R Bull	Liberal Democrats	305
J Lake	Liberal Democrats	289
D Hayes	Liberal Democrats	279
N Furness	Ind Con	236
M Mueller	Green	113

Westdene3 seats · turnout 47.9%

H. Drake	Conservative	1,656
Patricia Drake	Conservative	1,624
Ann Norman	Conservative	1,514
S. Prentice	Labour	1,402
K. Allen	Labour	1,402
P. Matz	Labour	1,282
J. Humphrey	Ind Con	327
M. Barrett	Ind Con	299
D. McBeth	Liberal Democrats	243
J. Rimmington	Liberal Democrats	222
L. Rogers	Ind Con	220
P. Brown	Liberal Democrats	218
Geraldine Keenan	Green	186

Wish3 seats

C. Bowden	Labour	1,398 ✓
P. Murphy	Labour	1,289 ✓
A Pratt	Labour	1,276 ✓
E. Cruikshank-Robb	Conservative	1,211
S. Brand	Conservative	1,170
L. Brand	Conservative	1,160
A Percy	Liberal Democrats	253
J. Storey	Liberal Democrats	246
N Baker	Green	189

Woodingdean3 seats

M. Moorhouse	Labour	1,635 ✓
Geoffrey Wells	Conservative	1,608 ✓
Pamela Stiles	Conservative	1,515 ✓
D. Dudeney	Conservative	1,489
G Griffiths	Labour	1,385
J Newington	Labour	1,325
L. Pearce	Liberal Democrats	325
V. Powell	Green	141