Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority
Mayoral combined county authority; mayoral strategic authority (no mayor elected yet). Created 26 March 2026.
Constituent councils: Brighton and Hove City Council, East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council.
Board, and overview and scrutiny committee meetings from April 2026 to October 2026, read from the authority's own record.
- No mayor: no single party
- 5 meetings: 5 board, 0 overview and scrutiny
- 0 named votes recorded in the minutes
Mayor
It has no mayor, so no single party controls it: its members are appointed by its councils.
Members
Listed at the Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority Board meeting of 8 October 2026, with each member's role, and their party on the date from their home council's record where the site has it. Appointed members who aren't councillors aren't named.
- Bella Sankey: Constituent member, Brighton and Hove City Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Jacob Taylor: Constituent member, Brighton and Hove City Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Andy Woolley: Constituent member, East Sussex County Council, Reform UK (home council's record)
- Pete Morley: Constituent member, East Sussex County Council, Reform UK (home council's record)
- Jay Mercer: Constituent member, West Sussex County Council, No party recorded (recorded)
- Nicholas Russell: Constituent member, West Sussex County Council, No party recorded (recorded)
- Stephen Chapman: Substitute, East Sussex County Council, Reform UK (home council's record)
Named votes (0)
No named votes were found in this authority's minutes.
Latest meetings
- 8 October 2026: Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority Board
- 10 September 2026: Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority Board
- 29 July 2026: Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority Board
- 1 July 2026: Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority Board
- 15 April 2026: Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority Board