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Current Ward Boundaries
Review Body

The Commission is carrying out an electoral review of Brighton and Hove City Council.

The aim of the electoral review is to recommend ward boundaries that mean each councillor represents approximately the same number of voters.  

We also aim to ensure that the ward boundaries reflect the interests and identities of local communities, as well as promoting effective local government.  

To achieve these aims, we need to re-draw ward boundaries across Brighton and Hove. You can find out more about the review below. 

Review Dates
  Date from: Date to:
Consultation on warding arrangements 24 August 2021 01 November 2021
Consultation on draft recommendations 01 February 2022 11 April 2022
Final recommendations 05 July 2022  

The consultation on warding arrangements for Brighton & Hove City Council closed on 1 November 2021 

 

From 24 August 2021 to 1 November 2021, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward  boundaries should be in Brighton & Hove City Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Brighton & Hove City Council should have 54 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Commission has not yet proposed any new wards. We want to hear what you think of the existing wards and where new boundaries should go. The existing boundaries can be viewed from the links below.  

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Brighton and Hove to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 54 councillors. 

For more information, see our: 

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.  

Correction: Current and forecast electoral data for wards on the consultation page was displaying incorrectly on 24/08/21. This was amended to show correct figures on 25/08/21.

You can make a submission to the Brighton & Hove electoral review: 

  1. through our consultation area,  
  1. by e-mailing [email protected], or  
  1. writing to the following address 

The Review Officer (Brighton & Hove) 

Local Government Boundary Commission for England 

PO BOX 133,

Blythe,

NE24 9FL

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here. 

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

If you have any feedback regarding our review process then click here. 

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Brighton and Hove City Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.  

We received 2 submissions on council size: 

The Commission is minded to recommend that 54 councillors should serve Brighton and Hove City Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

An electoral review of Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) Council started 25 July 2000.

Draft and final recommendation reports and mapping for Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority (UA) carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE)\\\; available for download.

Final report (PDF) was published 07 August 2001

Map 1 Existing wards in Brighton & Hove; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's final recommendations for Brighton and Hove; (PDF)

Large map (9.84 Mb) proposed ward boundaries for Brighton and Hove; (PDF)

Draft report (PDF) was published 20 February 2001

Map 1 Existing wards in Brighton & Hove; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's draft recommendations for Brighton and Hove; (PDF)

Large map (8.5 Mb) illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Crowborough, Hailsham, Heathfield & Waldron and Uckfield (This may take some time to download.); (PDF)