2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election to £80 million. Other issues faced by the party included internal disputes, which had seen several attempts to remove Green party leader (and leader of Brighton & Hove Council), Jason Kitcat. In one prominent incident the Green administration faced a strike by the city's binmen, following changes to their allowances. The strike, undertaken during the summer, saw refuse go uncollected. The Green administration split over the strike, with several Green councillors (alongside Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas), including Kitcat's deputy, siding with the binmen. 2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election The 2015 Brighton and Hove City Council election took
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath (UK Parliament constituency) the West Midlands, the Boundary Commission for England abolished the Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency. The Sparkbrook electoral ward formed one part of a revised Birmingham Hall Green constituency. The incumbent MP Roger Godsiff was selected for the new Hall Green seat, and won the seat at the 2010 election. Roger Godsiff of the Labour Party represented this seat throughout its existence. From 1992 he had been MP for Birmingham Small Heath, which was merged with Birmingham Sparkbrook to create this seat. Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath (UK Parliament constituency) Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath was a parliamentary constituency represented