Greater Brighton City Region

Not to be confused with Brighton and Hove built-up area.

Greater Brighton City Region
The constituent districts of the city region within South East England
The constituent districts of the city region within South East England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Historic county Sussex
Ceremonial countyEast Sussex
West Sussex
Established2014
Principal areas
List
Area
 • Total1,054 km2 (407 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total932,500
 • Density880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)

The Greater Brighton City Region is an area in the south of England centred on Brighton, incorporating seven local government districts in East Sussex and West Sussex. The Greater Brighton Economic Board was created in April 2014 to oversee a 6-year programme of development and investment within the area,[1] which as of as of 2021 has about one million people.

Economic board membership

The city region was initially formed from five local authorities (Brighton and Hove, Mid Sussex, Worthing, Lewes and the Adur district), together with the South Downs National Park, the University of Sussex, the University of Brighton and the Greater Brighton Metropolitan College. The city region was subsequently extended to include Crawley and Gatwick Airport on 6 February 2018 and Arun in 2019.[2][3] The chair of the board is elected from amongst the local authority representatives on an annual basis, the current chair of the board is Phélim Mac Cafferty.

Colour key (for political parties):   Conservative   Green   Labour   Lib Dem   Non-political

Constituent membership[4]
Name Nominating authority Position within nominating authority Year Joined
Neil Parkin Adur Leader of the Council 2014
Matt Stanley Arun Leader of the Council 2019
Bella Sankey Brighton and Hove City Council Leader of the Council 2014
Steve Davis Brighton and Hove City Council Leader of the Opposition 2020
Michael Jones Crawley Leader of the Council 2018
Zoe Nicholson Lewes Leader of the Council 2014
Robert Eggleston Mid Sussex Leader of the Council 2014
Beccy Cooper Worthing Leader of the Council 2014
Education providers[4]
Debbie Keeling University of Sussex Deputy pro-vice-chancellor for knowledge exchange 2014
Debra Humphris University of Brighton Vice-chancellor 2014
Dan Power Chichester College Group Chief commercial officer 2014
Business partnership and other bodies[4]
Andrew Swayne Adur & Worthing Business Partnership Chairman 2014
Dean Orgill Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership Chairman 2014
Trevor Beattie South Downs National Park Authority Chief executive 2014

Economy

In 2019 the city region was seen to support over 500,000 jobs and had a net worth of £23 billion.[3] Creative industries worth more than £1.5 billion in the city region, with Brighton and Hove and Crawley boroughs being particular key areas.[5] In its first six years of running the Economic Board was reported to have attracted £160 million of investment to the city region.[6]

Demographics

Population of local authorities in the Greater Brighton City Region (Census data)[7]
Name Notable settlements 1991 2001 2011 2021
Adur Shoreham-by-Sea, Lancing, Southwick 58,500 59,700 61,200 64,500
Arun Arundel, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton 130,500 141,000 149,500 164,800
Brighton and Hove Brighton, Hove 240,500 249,900 273,300 277,200
Crawley Crawley 88,300 100,400 106,600 118,500
Lewes Lewes, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Seaford, Telscombe 88,200 92,200 97,500 99,900
Mid Sussex Burgess Hill, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath 124,000 127,400 139,800 152,600
Worthing Worthing 97,200 97,700 104,600 111,400
Total 827,200 868,300 932,500 988,900

References

  1. ^ "Five-year plan for Greater Brighton region". Worthing Herald. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Arun joins the Greater Brighton success story". Greater Brighton City Region. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b Powling, Joshua. "Arun 'will add much' to greater Brighton city region". Littlehampton Gazette. JPIMedia. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Meet The Board | Greater Brighton". greaterbrighton.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  5. ^ Vowles, Neil. "Greater Brighton's creative industries worth more than £1.5 billion". The University of Sussex. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. ^ Stack, Joe (22 October 2019). "Arun welcomed into Greater Brighton region". Bognor Regis Observer. JPIMedia. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

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