Cllr Bella Sankey
Party: Labour
Political grouping: Labour
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- Councillors' Forum
- Executive Advisory Board (Deputy Chair)
- LGA Board (Deputy Chair)
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Cllr Bella Sankey
Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council
Leader of the Labour Group
Labour Councillor for Wish Ward
Bella Sankey is a Labour Councillor for Wish Ward and Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council. She was first elected in December 2022 and re-elected then elected as Leader following the local elections in Brighton & Hove in May 2023.
Before entering politics, Bella was the director of a national charity and a human rights campaigner. She has fought many successful campaigns for justice, including criminalising modern-day slavery and preventing the unlawful expulsion of trafficking survivors from the UK.? She is a mother of two toddlers. She is of mixed heritage and was born and raised in Brighton & Hove.