2007

October: Dr Hermione Roy, one of the two Green councillors for Regency Ward, Brighton's central district, resigns on account of ill-health. A council by-election is held on 13 December and Green candidate Jason Kitcat wins with a landslide 41.6% of the vote, up from the 34% won in May and with a 3% swing from the Tories to the Greens. 

July: Brighton & Hove Green Party members select their candidates for the next general election. Dr Caroline Lucas MEP is selected for Brighton Pavilion, Cllr Ian Davey for Hove and Cllr Ben Duncan for Brighton Kemptown.

May:  The Party enjoys record success at the polls, doubling the number of Green councillors to a total of 12 across 5 wards. Cllrs Sue Paskins, Richard Mallender and Simon Williams stand down and all their seats are held. In Brighton Pavilion constituency Greens win a 30% share of the votes.

2006

March: the Party selects its target candidates for the May 2007 local elections with the aim of further increasing its representation on the city council.

2005

May: On Thursday 5 May the Green Party candidate Keith Taylor won a historic 22% of the vote in Brighton Pavilion constituency beating the LibDems and almost surpassing the Tories putting the Party in pole position to win the seat at the next general election. This was the highest ever Green vote in the United Kingdom in a parliamentary election.

January: two new parliamentary candidate blogs are launched - Councillor Simon Williams standing in Brighton Kemptown and Anthea Ballam in Hove. the general election is called for 5 May.

2004

In the Euro elections Caroline Lucas is re-elected as a Green MEP for the south-east region. In Brighton & Hove the Green Party attracted more votes than Labour and came second overall. Liz Wakefield selected to contest the Hangleton and Knoll council by-election where she holds her vote in a hard fought contest between Labour and Tories. Councillor Keith Taylor, Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion constituency, launches his Keith for Westminster website, featuring a daily blog.

2003

City council elections (once every four years) Thursday 1 May. Cllrs Rik Child and Pete West announce they are retiring at the May 2003 election. Greens put up a full slate of candidates throughout the city - six Green Councillors are elected, doubling our representation. New website launched, helping us to keep you informed about our work, particularly through our Press Releases.

2002

Greens continue to work on key community issues including waste, incineration, the Sainsbury's supermarket application for the Brighton Station Site and on housing, minority and community safety issues. Prospective candidates for the May 2003 city council elections are announced.

In September the city council adopted a motion by the Green city councillors condemning the US-led aggression in Iraq, making Brighton & Hove, which is a United Nations Peace Messenger City, the first council in the UK to speak out against the possibility of war.

Two council by-elections were fought in 2002 - neither in strong Green voting areas - but Liz Wakefield held her vote in Patcham and Richard Mallender scored a creditable 8% share of the vote in the Tory-held suburb of Westdene.

2001

October: Local Greens, led by Cllr Keith Taylor, forged a coalition of community groups and political parties to oppose New Labour's plans for an all-powerful directly elected mayor.

The voters of Brighton & Hove threw out the plans for a mayor 62% to 38% in a postal ballot. Keith Taylor's proposal for an improved committee system for the city council was adopted in place of the old 'closed' system of a council cabinet, making Brighton & Hove Council one of the most open and democratic systems in the country.

June: Nearly one in ten voters in Brighton Pavilion constituency voted Green in the General Election on 7 June, giving the constituency the highest Green vote ever recorded in the UK.

Cllr Keith Taylor, Green Party Candidate for Brighton Pavilion, won 9.35% of the vote with a swing of 6.8% to the Greens, compared with a fall in the Labour and Tory vote of 5.9% and 2.6% respectively. Creditable scores were also achieved by Anthea Ballam in Hove and Hugh Miller in Brighton Kemp Town in the difficult conditions of marginal seats under the first past the post election system.

2000

Darren Johnson, Jenny Jones and Victor Anderson become members of the GLA, after the Greens receive an historic 11% of the vote in London. Brighton & Hove Green Party choose Councillor Keith Taylor and Hugh 'Barney' Miller to contest the Brighton Pavilion and Brighton Kemptown seats respectively at the forthcoming General Election. Anthea Ballam was selected to contest the Hove constituency.

1999

Gaining 49.5% of the vote in St. Peters, Councillor Pete West is re-elected and is joined on the Council by two more Greens: Rik Child and Keith Taylor. Greens make spectacular gains around the country. Robin Harper elected to the Scottish Parliament: the first Green Parliamentarian in mainland Britain. Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert become the UK's first Green MEPs.

1998

A party office is opened in Brighton, Islingword Road, funded by friends and supporters. Two Local Party members, Councillor Pete West and Leo Littman, are chosen as prospective candidates for the 1999 European Parliamentary Elections.

1997

In the General Election, candidates Cllr Pete West (Brighton Pavilion) and Phil Mulligan (Hove) mount vigorous campaigns, achieving 1,249 votes (2.55%) and 644 votes (1.34%) respectively. The new Labour government announces that the 1999 European Elections will be contested under a form of proportional representation, and the party begins to prepare for its first MEPs.

1996

Pete West becomes the first Green councillor in East Sussex by being elected to the new Brighton and Hove Council for St Peter's Ward, and making the Green Party the third party on the council. Membership of Brighton & Hove Green Party doubles, and GreenLeaf is expanded to a four page tabloid newspaper, delivered to 20,000 households across five wards.

1995

Pete West, the Party's candidate in St Peter's ward, comes second, doubling the previous year's vote.

1994

The Green Party once more contests all the European Parliamentary seats nationwide. Brighton & Hove Green Party decides to target future efforts on St Peter's Ward on Brighton Borough Council with the aim of winning it within three years. Year round campaigning begins, with deliveries of GreenLeaf, a four times a year newsletter beginning to all houses in St Peter's Ward, and a higher media profile sought.

1993

As fortunes of the party dip nationally and enthusiasm for the environment as an issue wanes, Brighton & Hove Green Party forms an Action Committee to develop activities and achievable goals.

1992

Iain Brodie contests Brighton Pavilion for Brighton & Hove Green Party in the General Election, gaining 963 votes, a share of 2.2%.

1990

For the first time, Brighton & Hove Green Party contests all 16 seats in the Brighton Borough Council local elections.