Editing Brighton and Hove (section)

===Brighton===
[[File:Brighton Town Hall, Bartholomews, The Lanes, Brighton (NHLE Code 1379974) (July 2014) (1).jpg|thumb|Brighton Town Hall at Bartholomews in The Lanes]]
[[File:Brighton_beach.jpg|thumb|Brighton beach]]
{{See also|Brighton|History of Brighton}}
'''Brighton''' has been the most populous settlement in Sussex since at least the 17th century, and a town hall and evidence of citizen's control over town affairs predates 1580.<ref name="Brighton Borough">{{cite book|last= Salzman|first= L.F.|date= 1940|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp244-263|pages=244–263|publisher=British History Online|access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> The original parish of Brighton covered what is today much of central Brighton. The parish border ran from Little Western Street and Boundary Passage in the west, to Whitehawk Road in the east, and roughly followed the Old Shoreham Road and Bear Road to the north.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boundaries|url=https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/topics/historical-overview-of-brighton-and-hove/historical-overview-of-brighton-and-hove|website=My Brighton and Hove|access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> The [[Reform Act 1832]] created the [[Brighton (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary constituency of Brighton]]. Brighton obtained a royal charter for incorporation in 1854 and was organised into six wards: Park, Pavilion, Pier, St Nicholas, St Peter, and West. The ward of [[Preston Village, Brighton|Preston]] was added in 1873, expanding Brighton to the north. In 1889 Brighton attained [[county borough]] status.<ref name="Brighton Borough" />

The Brighton Corporation Act 1927 added the settlements of [[Ovingdean]] and [[Rottingdean]], as well as western parts of [[Falmer]], [[Patcham]] and [[West Blatchington]].<ref name="Brighton Borough" /> These reforms expanded the Brighton the north and west dramatically. Between 1920 and 1950 housing estates were developed in [[Woodingdean]], [[Moulsecoomb]], [[Bevendean]], and [[Whitehawk]] increasing the population of the town substantially. As a result, the number of wards had by now increased to 19. The rest of Falmer, [[Coldean]] and the parish of [[Stanmer]] were added to Brighton by the Brighton Extension Act 1951, completing the northward extension of the town.<ref name="Brighton Expansion">{{cite web|title=Administration|url=http://www.brightonhistory.org.uk/administration/|website=Brighton History|access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> A final expansion of the town's boundaries was approved in 1968, incorporating reclaimed land from the sea for the [[Brighton Marina]] project.

Brighton was split into two parliamentary constituencies in 1950. The first, [[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]], covers the centre and north of the town. The second, [[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]], covers the east of the town. The latter has since expanded further east to include the neighbouring towns of East Saltdean, [[Telscombe Cliffs]], and [[Peacehaven]], all of which are administratively within the adjacent [[Lewes District]]. Brighton became a [[municipal borough]] as a result of the [[Local Government Act 1972]], losing unitary control of town affairs to [[East Sussex County Council]].<ref name="Brighton Expansion" /> This reform was later followed by a reduction of wards to 16 in 1983. [[Brighton Borough Council]] remained under this structure until unification with Hove.