Brighton & Hove Council Election Results.

Labour are four seats away from a majority on the new 54-seat council.

The state of the parties is now Labour 24, Tories 20, Greens 6, Lib Dems 3 and independents 1.

Voting was extremely tight on a high turnout of 46 per cent in the all-postal ballot with several wards returning councillors from different parties.

* = sitting councillor

BRUNSWICK AND ADELAIDE: Elected - * Paul Elgood (LD) 1,222, *David Watkins (LD) 1,103. Not elected - Hazel Ellison (G) 389, Daniel Fox (L) 622, Nigel Furness (Independent) 63, Harry Haynes (C) 269, Valentine Hogan (Independent) 47, Felicity Tanous (G) 291, Debra Wade (C) 266, *John Warmington (L) 542.

CENTRAL HOVE: Elected - Averil Older (C) 1,092, Jan Young (C) 1,062. Not elected - * Mark Barnard (LD) 847, *Jenny Barnard-Langston (LD) 884, Michael Butler (G) 327, Jacqueline Da Costa (G) 291, Alun Wynne Jones (L) 513, Christopher Wainwright (L) 544.

EAST BRIGHTON: Elected - *Gill Mitchell (L) 1,545, Warren Morgan (L) 1,451, Craig Turton (L) 1,223. Not elected - John Barrow (LD) 682, Richard Bowden (LD) 770, Ed Faulkner (C) 1,062, Diana Hicks (G) 623, Julia Knowles (G) 475, John McLeod (Socialist Labour) 176, Ian Middleton (C) 976, Thomas Stokes (LD) 553, Stephen Watson (G) 396, Sally Wells (C) 1,017.

GOLDSMID: Elected *Simon Battle (L) 1,495, Anne Giebler (C) 1,521, *Vince Meegan (L) 1,490. Not elected - Bob Bailey (LD) 1,100, Ron Bakere (LD) 877, Susan Board (G) 881, Jenny Deadman (G) 633, Steve Harmer-Strange (C) 1,456, Gordon Hudson (G) 541, Jo Lake (LD) 1,019, *Brian Rowe (C) 1,451, * Frieda Warman-Brown (L) 1,463.

HANGLETON AND KNOLL: Elected - Brian Fitch (L)* 2,550, Gerry Kielty (L)* 2,394, Peter Willows (C) 2,449*. Not elected - Dawn Barnett (C) 2,315, Matthew Dunton (G) 207, Lucette Forrest (G) 448, Jean Jones (G) 270, Gregory McAusland (Independent) 149, David Newland (Socialist Alliance Against The War) 210, Emily Pearson (LD) 477, David Sears (LD) 517, Lee Shingles (LD) 434, James Thompson (L) 2,175, *Stephen Wade (C) 2,123

HANOVER AND ELM GROVE: Elected - Joyce Edmond-Smith (L) * 1,886, Bill Randall (G) 2,198, Georgia Wrighton (G) 1,895. Not elected - *John Ballance (L) 1,722, David Fellows (Socialist Alliance Against The War) 266, Graham Hunnable (LD) 450, Robert Jarrett (G) 1,382, Martin Lindsay-Hills (LD) 460, Luke McCabe (C) 466, Peter Neish (C) 455, *John Newington (L) 1,510, Diana Owen (LD) 517, James Roochove (C) 489.

HOLLINGBURY AND STANMER: Elected - *Tehmtan Framroze (L) 1,680, *Pat Hawkes (L) 1,711, *Jeane Lepper (L) 1,882. Not elected - Anthony Ackroyd (G) 669, Matthew Barker (LD) 494, Ian Fyvie (Socialist Labour Party Anti War) 190, Hector Gow (LD) 375, Tony Greenstein (Independent) 329, Roger McCabe (C) 977, Amelia Mills (G) 478, Carol Ramsden (C) 1,006, Steven Sorrell (G) 339, Michael Weatherley (C) 914, Ellen Woolley (LD) 457.

MOULSECOOMB AND BEVENDEAN: Elected - *Jack Hazelgrove (L) 1,632, *Anne Meadows (L) 1,635, *Francis Tonks (L) 1,659. Not elected - Andrea Bain (LD) 614, Joan Champion (C) 933, Kate Chapman (G) 539, Brian Dando (C) 903, Paul Durden (LD) 500, Ian Hills (UK Independence Party) 197, Bernard Huggins (LD) 495, Barry Mills (G) 399, Ian Needham (G) 322, Martin Smith (C) 891.

NORTH PORTSLADE: Elected - *Bob Carden (L) 1,897, *Don Turner (L) 1,755. Not elected - Ann Barnard (LD) 408, Anthony Barnard (LD) 350, Tim Catt (C) 863, Harinder Gill (C) 728, Deborah McElroy (G) 307, Guy Richardson (G) 152.

PATCHAM: Elected - *Brian Pidgeon (C) 3120, *Carol Theobald (C) 3,003, *Geoffrey Theobald (C) 2,970. Not elected - Derek Betts (L) 1,421, William Chalmers (L) 1,083, Elizabeth Fakhr (G) 436, Phillip Jones (L) 1,057, Geraldine Keenan (G) 392, Daphne Latimer (LD) 736, David Latimer (LD) 702, John Lovatt (LD) 580, AlisonVarey (G) 367.

PRESTON PARK: Elected - *Kevin Allen (L) 1,551, George Mallender (G) 1,951, *Juliet McCaffery (L) 1.623. Not elected - Christopher Anderson (LD) 885, Marie-Anne Bezencon (C) 856, Andrew Garrood (C) 919, Birgit Gutheridge (LD) 871, Trefor Hunter (LD) 788, Laurence Littman (G) 1,342, *Mike Middleton (L) 1,448, Alison Plaumer (G) 1,462, *Pamela Stiles (C) 827.

QUEEN'S PARK: Elected - *Ken Bodfish (L) 1,713, Simon Burgess (L) 1,647, Delia Forester (L) 1,614. Not elected - Joseph Blease (LD) 695, Robin Dean (C) 947, Douglas Janke (LD) 602, Elizabeth Robinson (LD) 775, Mjka Scott (G) 895, Pat Smith (C) 922, Nigel Tart (G) 1,147, Rebecca Whale (G) 810, Michael Williams (C) 911.

REGENCY: Elected *Dawn Davidson (LD) 770, *Roy Pennington (L) 736. Not elected - Kevin Donnelly (LD) 731, Michael Fisher (L) 720, Thomas Hickey (Socialist Alliance Against The War) 146, John Hutchinson (C) 464, Hugh Barney Miller (G) 413, Joyce Pidgeon (C) 435, Ian Andrew Poyser (G) 696.

ROTTINGDEAN COASTAL: Elected - *Lynda Hyde (C) 3,270, Mary Mears (C) 2,880, *David Smith(C) 2,910. Not elected - Geoffrey Bowden (G) 749, Harold De Souza (LD) 805, Joy De Souza (LD) 805, Renzo Ferrari (British National Party) 314, Susan Gilson (G) 545, Roger Page (L) 839, Hitesh Tailor (L) 744, Gregory Taylor (G) 474, Lisa Winter (LD) 591, Norman Wright (L) 940.

ST PETER'S AND NORTH LAINE: Elected - Sue Paskins (G) 2,266, *Keith Taylor (G) 2,347, Simon Williams (G) 2,254. Not elected - Ruth Berry (LD) 623, Paul Bowes (C) 474, Carole Franklin (C) 474, James Gowans (C) 471, Madelaine Hunter (LD) 637, Gerald O'Brien (I) 123, William Parker (LD) 517, *Christine Simpson (L) 1,200, Harry Spillman (L) 1,103, Rob Stephenson (L) 1,094.

SOUTH PORTSLADE: Elected - *Les Hamilton (L) 1,347, *Sue John (L) 1,085. Not elected - Janette Ackroyd (G) 206, Richard Biggs (C) 835, *Steve Collier (Independent) 804, Christopher Fry (G) 214, Michael Long (C) 718, Neville Searle (LD) 287, Nicola Searle (LD) 303.

STANFORD: Elected - *Jayne Bennett (Independent) 1,771, *Vanessa Brown (C) 2,497. Not elected - Roy Alldred (LD) 417, Peter Denyer (LD) 275, Patrick Gill (L) 467, Nicole Murphy (L) 436, Alan Pegg (G) 241, Michael Switzer (C) 1,700, Molly Taylor (G) 150.

WESTBOURNE: Elected - *Denise Cobb (C) 1,431, *Brian Oxley (C) 1,482. Not elected - Don Brown (L) 904, Philip Dymond (G) 358, David Jones (L) 813, Valerie Paynter (LD) 661, Anita Phillips (G) 225, Brian Ralfe (LD) 553.

WISH: Elected - *Ted Kemble (C) 1,522, *Garry Peltzer Dunn (C) 1,616. Not elected - Susan Baumgardt (G) 324, *Heather James (L) 1,368, *Pat Murphy (L) 1,242, Stephen Potts (LD) 454, Robert Stockman (LD) 296, Elizabeth Wakefield (G) 215.

WITHDEAN: Elected - *Pat Drake (C) 2,800, *Ann Norman (C) 2.758, *Ken Norman (C) 2,726. Not elected - Iain Findlay (L) 1,192, Peter Garratt (LD) 1,000, Derek Hall (LD) 853, Gareth Jones (L) 1,073, James Lea (G) 745, Lynn MacKenzie (G) 680, Donald McBeth (LD) 930, Jane Peckham (L) 1,135, Fiona Williams (G) 472.

WOODINGDEAN: Elected - *Dee Simson (C) 2,456, *Geoff Wells (C) 2,500. Not elected - Ray Blackwood (L) 947, Stella Pentecost (G) 218, Season Prater (LD) 289, Tim Prater (LD) 292, Malcolm Prescott (L) 885, Paul Ward (G) 153.