Brighton & Hove

City of Brighton & Hove
Geography
Status:	Unitary authority, City (2000)
Region:	South East England
Historic County:	Sussex
Ceremonial County:	East Sussex
Area: - Total	Ranked 259th 87.54 km²
Admin. HQ:	Hove
ONS code:	00ML
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 40th 251,400 / km²
Ethnicity:	94.3% White 1.8% S.Asian
Politics
Brighton and Hove City Council http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.27(2)(b)
Control:	NOC (Conservative administration)
MPs:	Celia Barlow (L) David Lepper (L)/(Co-op) Desmond Turner (L)

Brighton & Hove (or Brighton and Hove) is a unitary authority and city on the south coast of England.

It was formed as a unitary authority on 1 April 1997 by the merger of the East Sussex districts of Brighton and Hove. It immediately applied for and was granted borough status, which was followed by an award of city status by letters patent in 2000, as the joint winner of a competition to mark the Millennium. Thus Brighton & Hove is not part of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, but it is still part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex.

Brighton and Hove forms part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton (sic) conurbation, the 12th largest conurbation in the UK. Directly to the west is Shoreham-by-Sea, and a short distance to the east are Peacehaven and Newhaven. The city, district and urban areas of Brighton & Hove have the biggest populations in the South East England region.

Brighton and Hove themselves were results of amalgamations:

• Brighton was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1854, later becoming a county borough under the Local Government Act 1888; it covered the parish of Brighton and part of Preston
• Hove became a local board of health in the late 19th century, originally covering the parish of Hove
• in 1893 the parish of Aldrington was added to Hove local board
• Hove became incorporated as a municipal borough in 1898
• Hangleton, Preston Rural and West Blatchington added to Hove in 1928
• Ovingdean, Patcham and Rottingdean added to Brighton in 1928
• Portslade-by-Sea added to Hove in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 : both Brighton and Hove became non-metropolitan districts of East Sussex

The football team, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., predates the unification of the two boroughs by several decades.

On 15 October 2004, Brighton & Hove was granted Fairtrade City status. It is sometimes referred to as the "Gay Capital" of the UK, with many gay-oriented and owned business and services existing to serve a diverse and lively community.

Council and Directorates

The leader of the council is Conservative, Brian Oxley. The current mayor of Brighton & Hove is Councillor David Smith. His wife, Mrs. Pat Smith, is Mayoress. The Chief Executive is Alan McCarthy. There are eight directorates in the council structure see here for details.

Brighton Pier at sunset

Hove promenade facing towards Brighton

Flats in Ashton Rise, between the Hanover area and the seafront

Towns and districts

The city of Brighton & Hove comprises the following areas (not necessarily directly corresponding to administrative wards or parishes):

• former borough of Brighton

Bevendean

Black Rock, Brighton

Brighton (central)

Coldean

Hanover

Hollingbury

Hollingdean

Kemptown — built up around a self-contained development of 1823, Kemp Town

The Lanes

Marina

Moulsecoomb

New England Quarter - a large new mixed-use development

North Laine

Ovingdean

Patcham

Preston Park

Preston Village

Rottingdean Village

Queen's Park

Saltdean (West)

Stanmer

Westdene

Whitehawk

Withdean

Woodingdean

• former borough of Hove

Aldrington

Brunswick — developed in a similar manner to Kemp Town (see above)

Hangleton

Hove (central)

Knoll

Mile Oak

Portslade by Sea

Portslade Village

Tongdean

St Anne's Well

West Blatchington

Census

The first census of Brighton was in 1801.

The resident population of Brighton & Hove at the 2001 census was 247,817 persons, comprising 114,479 households: 48.4% male, 51.5% female.

In the same census, Brighton & Hove had the highest percentage of citizens indicating their religion as “Jedi” among all principal areas of England and Wales).[1]

Wording of the Letters Patent

The Letters Patent of 2000 that confers City status is worded thus:

"ELIZABETH the SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND & OF OUR REALMS & TERRITORIES QUEEN HEAD OF THE COMMON WEALTH DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.

To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas We for divers good causes and considerations Us thereunto moving are graciously pleased to confer on the Towns of Brighton and Hove the status of a city Now Therefore Know Ye that We of Our especial grace and favour and mere motion do by these Presents ordain declare and direct that the TOWNS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE shall henceforth have the status of a CITY and shall have all such rank liberties privileges and immunities as are incident to a City. In witness whereof We have caused Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the thirty first day of January in the forty ninth year of our reign.

By Warrant under The Queens Sign Manual Phillips."

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Brighton and Hove at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

See also

See the Brighton and Hove articles for descriptions of the twin towns, and the Brighton and Hove category for further articles about places and things in the district.

• List of notable Brighton and Hove inhabitants
• Brighton and Hove Issues Forum - Local discussion forum

Districts of South East England

Adur • Arun • Ashford • Aylesbury Vale • Basingstoke and Deane • Bracknell Forest • Brighton & Hove • Canterbury • Cherwell • Chichester • Chiltern • Crawley • Dartford • Dover • Eastbourne • East Hampshire • Eastleigh • Elmbridge • Epsom and Ewell • Fareham • Gosport • Gravesham • Guildford • Hart • Hastings • Havant • Horsham • Isle of Wight • Lewes • Maidstone • Medway • Mid Sussex • Milton Keynes • Mole Valley • New Forest • Oxford • Portsmouth • Reading • Reigate and Banstead • Rother • Runnymede • Rushmoor • Sevenoaks • Shepway • Slough • Southampton • South Bucks • South Oxfordshire • Spelthorne • Surrey Heath • Swale • Tandridge • Test Valley • Thanet • Tonbridge and Malling • Tunbridge Wells • Vale of White Horse • Waverley • Wealden • West Berkshire • West Oxfordshire • Winchester • Windsor and Maidenhead • Woking • Wokingham • Worthing • Wycombe Counties with multiple districts: Berkshire • Buckinghamshire • East Sussex • Hampshire • Kent • Oxfordshire • Surrey • West Sussex

Places with city status in the United Kingdom

Places with City status in England Bath · Birmingham · Bradford · Brighton & Hove · Bristol · Cambridge · Canterbury · Carlisle · Chester · Chichester · Coventry · Derby · Durham · Ely · Exeter · Gloucester · Hereford · Kingston upon Hull · Lancaster · Leeds · Leicester · Lichfield · Lincoln · Liverpool · London (City of London and Westminster) · Manchester · Newcastle upon Tyne · Norwich · Nottingham · Oxford · Peterborough · Plymouth · Portsmouth · Preston · Ripon · St Albans · Salford · Salisbury · Sheffield · Southampton · Stoke-on-Trent · Sunderland · Truro · Wakefield · Wells · Winchester · Wolverhampton · Worcester · York Places with City status in Scotland Aberdeen · Dundee · Edinburgh · Glasgow · Inverness · Stirling Places with City status in Wales Bangor · Cardiff · Newport · St David's · Swansea Places with City status in Northern Ireland Belfast · Derry · Armagh · Newry · Lisburn

Coordinates: 50°49′40″N, 0°09′10″W

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