The Green Party looks set to once again lead Brighton & Hove City Council following two resignations and a suspension in the majority Labour Party.
The Greens now have a one-seat majority (19 councillors to Labour’s 18) and Labour has agreed to ‘step aside and allow the Greens to form a new administration’.
A joint statement from the leaders of the Labour Party, the Greens and the Conservatives said they ‘are working in the best interests of all in Brighton & Hove to provide stability following the recent resignations in the Labour Group which have changed the balance of power in the administration of the council’.
The statement continued: ‘We recognise that by custom the largest elected group forms an administration of the council. We are currently looking at the best options to ensure a smooth transition of any changes to the current administration.’
The future of the city’s council will be discussed at a full meeting tonight, Wednesday, July 22.
Labour’s Kate Knight and Nichole Brennan resigned to sit as independents less than a week after the suspension from the Labour party of Anne Pissaridou over allegedly anti-semitic social media posts. She subsequently resigned as chair of the council’s Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee but retains her party membership, although she is not allowed to attending meetings or speak on behalf of the group.
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