THE councillors receiving subsidised car permits while residents face parking price hikes have been revealed.

Parking changes introduced in Brighton and Hove on May 10 see residents paying an increase in parking charges of 10 per cent in council-run car parks.

In some areas of the city, such as Trafalgar Street, The Lanes, Regency Square and London Road, charges rose by about 15 per cent.

Newly released expenses data shows which councillors are receiving bus passes and a subsidised car parking permit at the town hall, courtesy of the taxpayer.

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None of the councillors in receipt of the permit voted for the rise. Greens voted for the rise, Conservatives voted against and Labour abstained.

Both the bus passes and subsidised car parking permits are expensed at £269.

On the Conservative Group, councillors Samer Bagaeen, Dawn Barnett, Steve Bell, Vanessa Brown, Nick Lewry and Joe Miller receive a subsidised permit.

Councillor Robert Nemeth gets a bus pass. Councillors Mary Mears and Garry Peltzer Dunn do not claim anything.

On the Labour Group, councillors Peter Atkinson, Les Hamilton, Jackie O’Quinn, Anne Pissaridou, Alan Robins and Daniel Yates receive the subsidised car permit.

Labour councillors John Allcock, Carmen Appich, Amanda Evans, Amanda Grimshaw, Chris Henry, Nancy Platts, Gary Wilkinson and Gill Williams get the bus pass.

All Green Group members receive the bus pass, apart from councillor Tom Druitt, Siriol Hugh-Jones, Jamie Lloyd, Sarah Nield, Alex Phillips, Clare Rainey and Pete West who do not claim anything.

A spokesperson for the Greens said: "Greens have on many occasions attempted to scrap the car parking subsidy and convince other parties that if councillor travel is to be reimbursed, it should be to support sustainable transport options, to help encourage a shift to active travel and support public transport in our city."