Hove was a non-metropolitan district in East Sussex, England. It was abolished on 1 April 1997 and replaced by Brighton and Hove.

Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 1997 political control of the council was held by the following parties:[1]

Party in controlYears
Conservative1973–1995
Labour1995–1997

Leadership

The last leader of the council, Ivor Caplin, who had led the council from 1995, went on to be the first deputy leader of the replacement authority, Brighton and Hove City Council, and was also elected as the Member of Parliament for the Hove constituency the month after the council's abolition.

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ivor Caplin[2] Labour12 May 199531 Mar 1997

Council elections

  • 1973 Hove Borough Council election
  • 1976 Hove Borough Council election
  • 1979 Hove Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
  • 1983 Hove Borough Council election
  • 1987 Hove Borough Council election
  • 1991 Hove Borough Council election
  • 1995 Hove Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]

Borough result maps

By-election results

References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Murray, Ian (13 May 1995). "Labour puts policy before pomp in Hove". The Times. London. p. 10.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Hove (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.


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