Warren Morgan: Labour's manifesto offered people hope

I’m delighted that the city now has two Labour MPs, with Peter Kyle elected with an extraordinary majority in Hove and Portslade, and my council colleague Lloyd Russell-Moyle taking Brighton Kemptown with nearly 10,000 votes more than Conservative incumbent Simon Kirby. Although I would also like to recognise Caroline Lucas’ re-election, there was continuing strong support for Labour in Brighton Pavilion.

As a result of the efforts of hundreds of members, supporters and the campaign teams, Labour won more than half of the total number of votes cast across Brighton and Hove, with many voters clearly inspired by the positive and human campaign from Jeremy Corbyn, and many turned off by the negative Conservative campaign. Labour had a manifesto offering hope on many issues important to residents like rail, schools funding and housing, and I would like to feel that the work we are doing leading the city council added to the residents’ confidence when casting their vote.

Despite the very impressive gains made by Labour, at