Labour held all three seats in East Brighton – one its safest wards. Labour group leader Warren Morgan and Gill Mitchell were re-elected along with newcomer Maggie Barradell, wife of former council chief executive John Barradell.
East Brighton
(3 seats)
Maggie Barradell, Labour, 3,225
Paul Chandler, Liberal Democrat, 546
Julie Donovan, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 255
Gill Mitchell*, Labour, 3,229
Warren Morgan*, Labour, 2,918
Paul Philo, Green, 1,021
David Plant, Conservative, 1,510
Marie Sansford, Green, 1,357
Matt Traini, Green, 855
Gail Woodcock, Conservative, 1,563
Jan Young, Conservative, 1,416
Turnout was 60.82 per cent. There were 45 rejected ballot papers.
