Brighton & Hove City Council election results

[Deleted User X18H]

For the record I pleased with the proposals for; more local volunteer groups, improved parking arrangements, pot hole repairs, continuing control of council tax charges, extension of school capacities and the reduction in empty council houses.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Expected final score...

Green 23
Conservative 18
Labour 13

I think I've got that right.

Think I heard earlier there was a recount in Patcham, so there maybe one more surprise to come. otherwise i suspect you are right on the money

 

[The Large One]

Blimey, Pat Hawkes and Christine Simpson have lost in Hollingdean and Stanmer - that's a bit of a turn-up

Pat Hawkes has been my partner's nemesis for a decade.

I'm DELIGHTED she's gone.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

We'll all be wearing fingerless gloves and eating cold baked beans out of the tin. Huddled on street corners quoting Kafka. The Greens are communists nothing more nothing less.

 

[Colossal Squid]

Nine minutes that took you I'd have thought you'd have come back in seconds.

Perhaps I've not made it obvious enough that I've been following the election results all day. Apologies for not devoting my time entirely to arguing pointlessly with you.

We have different opinions, you and I, and we're allowed to, we live in a free country. However, on this occasion more people in our locality appear to be sitting on my side of the fence than on yours. This is just how it goes. You don't need to be all defensive about it

 

[The Spanish]

Pat Hawkes has been my partner's nemesis for a decade.

I'm DELIGHTED she's gone.

what has pat hawkes done i have always thought she has been a good servant to the town

 

[Lush]

Bloody Rottingdean and their blue rinse pond.

Would AV have got Mary Mears out? If ever there was a good reason ...

 

[Uter]

So it's NOC, but are we looking at a Green / Labour controlled council with the Tories marginalised? I don't think it's always a bad thing when politicians are forced to co-operate.

 

[Don Quixote]

I can't believe this absolute shambles from the absolute idiots who live in Brighton and Hove. It is sickening.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Perhaps I've not made it obvious enough that I've been following the election results all day. Apologies for not devoting my time entirely to arguing pointlessly with you.

We have different opinions, you and I, and we're allowed to, we live in a free country. However, on this occasion more people in our locality appear to be sitting on my side of the fence than on yours. This is just how it goes. You don't need to be all defensive about it

No fair enough. Enjoy the victory!

 

[Colossal Squid]

Greens become largest party in Brighton and Hove

The Greens have triumphed in the local elections in Brighton and Hove winning 24 seats out of 54, making them the largest party on the council.

They are tantalisingly short of an overall majority – needing four more seats with one ward still to declare.

Brighton Pavilion Green MP Caroline Lucas attended the count, as did Brighton Kemptown Conservative MP Simon Kirby.

The Tories slipped from having 25 seats going into the election to under 20.

Labour’s gains and losses left them in much the same position and they are expected to support a Green administration as junior partners.


From Greens become largest party in Brighton and Hove Brighton and Hove News

 

[User removed 4]

Pat Hawkes has been my partner's nemesis for a decade.

she cant be that bad then.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Bloody Rottingdean and their blue rinse pond.

Quite. I do not see why they should be part of Brighton when it comes to politics. What's Rottingdean got to do with our city? Why should they be allowed to vote on issues which, in all fairness are irrelevant to them and rarely affect them?

I do not feel I have the right to vote on issues which affect them.

 

[The Large One]

what has pat hawkes done i have always thought she has been a good servant to the town

Aside from insulting the Tories at their party conference - which some might say is a good thing, but unwise if you hold mayoral office - effectively meaning their non-return for 15 years (and denying the town some much needed tourism money)?

Regarding my missus - it's a long story.

 

[fataddick]

Was chatting to a Tory candidate in my local a couple of nights ago. He said they expected to gain the three extra seats they needed for an overall majority. I told him to stop being ridiculous and the Greens would be the largest party. He laughed in my face and said he'd buy me a pint if they were. I'm going to enjoy drinking that pint in front of him (especially as he didn't get elected himself).

One interesting thing he told me was that Hove and Brighton are separate Tory branches that hate each other. The leader of the Tory group in the council is chosen depending on which out of Hove and Brighton have provided the most councillors. It currently stands at 14 Tories in Hove, and 12 in Brighton (with the Patcham 3 still to declare). I would LOVE IT if they lost at least a seat in Patcham. He seemed more worried about "those Hove bastards" chosing their leader in council than losing the election.

 

[The Large One]

she cant be that bad then.

Ah, the political pigmy joins in.

 

[User removed 4]

Quite. I do not see why they should be part of Brighton when it comes to politics. What's Rottingdean got to do with our city? Why should they be allowed to vote on issues which, in all fairness are irrelevant to them and rarely affect them?

I do not feel I have the right to vote on issues which affect them.

The same could be said about students , the majority of whom will f*** off after 3 years.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

anyone recognise Big Steve the Tory councillor in South Portslade....100% albion through and through and we used to go to away games together back in the 70's

 

[User removed 4]

Ah, the political pigmy joins in.

Its pygmy actually, thought you'd have known , you being such a big figure in education and all that .

 

[The Spanish]

Aside from insulting the Tories at their party conference - which some might say is a good thing, but unwise if you hold mayoral office - effectively meaning their non-return for 15 years (and denying the town some much needed tourism money)?

Regarding my missus - it's a long story.

well from my understanding if its just down to pissing off the tory party (probably would have gone anyway) and a personal issue that does not seem to balance with what i have always been told about her and the respect she has for her efforts for the town. as borne out by this result though the town doesnt want these sort of people any more its in the grip of yet another collective pose this time the chance to show off a bit by voting groovily.