Brighton & Hove

Brighton and Hove City Council
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/

City of Brighton & Hove
Geography
Status:	Unitary authority, City (2000)
Region:	South East England
Ceremonial County:	East Sussex
Area: - Total	Ranked 259th 85.67 km²
Admin. HQ:	Hove
ONS code:	00ML
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	94.3% White 1.8% S.Asian
Politics
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.27(2)(b)
Control:
MPs:	Celia Barlow, David Lepper, Desmond Turner

Brighton & Hove is a unitary authority and city in East Sussex on the south coast of England. It was formed as a unitary authority on April 1, 1997 by the merger of the East Sussex districts of Brighton and Hove. The district was granted city status by Royal Charter in 2000. On October 15, 2004, Brighton & Hove was granted Fairtrade City status.

With the granting of city status still a relatively recent event, the once separate towns of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and the village of Rottingdean that now comprise the city are often referred to as being separate. All of these towns have themselves absorbed outlying villages during their history, which retain separate identities as districts within the city.

Council and Directorates

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.

Towns and districts

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

Brighton Area

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

Hove Area

Aldrington

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

Portslade Area

Mile Oak

Portslade by Sea

Portslade Village

Rottingdean Area

Rottingdean Village

Census

The resident population of Brighton & Hove at the 2001 census was 247,817 persons, comprising 114,479 households: 48.4% male, 51.5% female. The first census of Brighton was in 1801.

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.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	2,656	3	407	2,246
2000	3,101	3	378	2,721
2003	3,952	4	476	3,472

includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

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Council and Directorates

Towns and districts

Census

Wording of the Letters Patent

Economy

See also