Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°49′44″N 0°08′07″W / 50.82889°N 0.13528°W / 50.82889; -0.13528

Brighton Pavilion
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brighton Pavilion in East Sussex.
Location of East Sussex within England.
County	East Sussex
Population	103,593 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	77,430 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Caroline Lucas (Green)
Number of members	One
Created from	Brighton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Brighton Pavilion seafront

Brighton Pavilion is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament^{[n 2]} since 2010 by Caroline Lucas of the Green Party who on election became the first MP for that party in the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

1950-1983: The County Borough of Brighton wards of Hollingbury, Montpelier, Patcham, Pavilion, Preston, Preston Park, Regency, St Nicholas, St Peter's, and West.

1983-1997: The Borough of Brighton wards of Hollingbury, Patcham, Preston, Regency, St Peter's, Seven Dials, Stanmer, and Westdene.

1997-2010: The Borough of Brighton wards of Hanover, Hollingbury, Patcham, Preston, Regency, St Peter's, Seven Dials, Stanmer, and Westdene.

2010-present: The City of Brighton and Hove wards of Hanover and Elm Grove, Hollingbury and Stanmer, Patcham, Preston Park, Regency, St Peter's and North Laine, and Withdean.

Constituency history and profile

The constituency was created in 1950 from the former two-seat constituency of Brighton (one of the last remaining multi-member constituencies), for which Brighton Pavilion's first Member of Parliament, Sir William Teeling, had previously been the joint representative.

The present name is derived from the Royal Pavilion.^{[n 3]} On current boundaries, the pavilion itself is right on the South-Eastern border of the seat – the opposite side of the road is Brighton Kemptown. It encompasses the heart of the city, including the Georgian and Regency alleyway properties of The Lanes and the bohemian North Laine shopping area. The developed centre of the promenade above the pebbled beach has Brighton Pier, major entertainment venues and the city's largest hotels including the Grand Hotel and Hilton Brighton Metropole. It is a relatively affluent seat, since average income is higher than the UK average (based upon 2001 statistics) and unemployment is lower.^[3]

From 1950 until 1997 the seat had Conservative Party representatives. In 1997, David Lepper of the Labour Party^{[n 4]} began service as MP for 13 years by winning the two subsequent elections. The Conservatives' share of the vote has declined at every election since 1983.

In July 2007, the Green Party selected Caroline Lucas to contest the seat, at which point she was neither Leader nor Principal Speaker for the party.^[4] In November 2009 Charlotte Vere was selected as the Conservative Party candidate at an open primary attended by local Party members and residents.^[5] In January 2010 the Liberal Democrats also selected a female candidate, Bernadette Millam.^[6] Labour had selected Nancy Platts, local campaigner and former union worker, as their candidate in June 2007.^[7] This meant that, distinctively, all of the four leading parties in the constituency had female candidates. In 2010 Labour's share of the vote fell by 6.5%, and Lucas, by then leading the Green Party, won the seat. In contrast to national results, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat share of the vote fell.^[8]

Lucas held the seat for the Green Party in the 2015 General Election with an increased majority. Purna Sen, who held senior roles at the Commonwealth, LSE and Amnesty International, was selected to contest the seat for Labour. Clarence Mitchell, a former BBC News reporter and spokesman for the family of Madeleine McCann, was selected as the Conservative Party candidate.^[9]

Members of Parliament

	Member^[10]^[11]	Party
1950	Sir William Teeling	Conservative
1969 by-election	Julian Amery	Conservative
1992	Sir Derek Spencer	Conservative
1997	David Lepper	Labour Co-op
2010	Caroline Lucas	Green

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Brighton Pavilion^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Caroline Lucas	22,871	41.8	+10.5
	Labour	Purna Sen	14,904	27.3	−1.7
	Conservative	Clarence Mitchell	12,448	22.8	−0.9
	UKIP	Nigel Carter	2,724	5.0	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Bowers	1,525	2.8	−11.0
	Independent	Nick Yeomans	116	0.2	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Howard Pilott	88	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,967	14.6	+12.2
Turnout			54,676	71.4	+1.4
	Green hold		Swing	+6.1

General Election 2010: Brighton Pavilion^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Caroline Lucas	16,238	31.3	+9.4
	Labour	Nancy Platts	14,986	28.9	−7.5
	Conservative	Charlotte Vere	12,275	23.7	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Berni Millam	7,159	13.8	−2.7
	UKIP	Nigel Carter	948	1.8	+0.6
	Socialist Labour	Ian Christopher Fyvie	148	0.3	−0.0
	Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality	Soraya Anne Kara	61	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Leo Atreides	19	0.0	N/A
Majority			1,252	2.4
Turnout			51,834	70.0	+7.7
	Green gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+8.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Brighton Pavilion^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	David Lepper	15,427	35.4	−13.3
	Conservative	Mike Weatherley	10,397	23.9	−1.2
	Green	Keith Taylor	9,530	21.9	+12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Thorpe	7,171	16.5	+3.4
	UKIP	Kimberley Crisp-Comotto	508	1.2	+0.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Tony Greenstein	188	0.4	+0.4
	Socialist Labour	Ian Fyvie	152	0.3	−1.1
	Independent	Christopher Rooke	122	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Keith Jago	44	0.1	+0.1
Majority			5,030	11.5	−12.1
Turnout			43,580	64.0	+5.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−6.0

General Election 2001: Brighton Pavilion^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	David Lepper	19,846	48.7	−5.9
	Conservative	David Gold	10,203	25.1	−2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Berry	5,348	13.1	+3.6
	Green	Keith Taylor	3,806	9.3	+6.7
	Socialist Labour	Ian Fyvie	573	1.4	+1.4
	Free Party	Bob Dobbs	409	1.0	+1.0
	UKIP	Stuart Hutchin	361	0.9	+0.5
	ProLife Alliance	Marie Paragallo	177	0.4	+0.4
Majority			9,643	23.6	−3.3
Turnout			40,723	58.5	−14.9
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Brighton Pavilion^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	David Lepper	26,737	54.6	+16.3
	Conservative	Derek Spencer	13,556	27.7	−18.9
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Blanshard	4,644	9.5	−3.2
	Referendum	Peter Stocken	1,304	2.7	+2.7
	Green	Peter West	1,249	2.6	+0.4
	Independent Conservative	Richard Huggett	1,098	2.2	+2.2
	UKIP	Frank Stevens	179	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Bob Dobbs	125	0.3	+0.3
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Alan Card	59	0.1	+0.1
Majority			13,181	26.9	+18.6
Turnout			48,952	73.4	−3.4
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	15.4

General Election 1992: Brighton Pavilion^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Spencer	20,630	46.6	−4.2
	Labour Co-op	David Lepper	16,955	38.3	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Pearce	5,606	12.7	-6.8
	Green	Iain Brodie	963	2.2	+2.2
	Natural Law	Eileen Turner	103	0.2	+0.2
Majority			3,675	8.3	−12.8
Turnout			44,255	76.8	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Brighton Pavilion^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Amery	22,056	50.8	−0.7
	Labour	David Stanley Hill	12,914	29.7	+5.8
	Social Democratic	Kevin Francis Carey	8,459	19.5	−5.1
Majority			9,142	21.1	−5.8
Turnout			43,416	73.7	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Brighton Pavilion^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Amery	21,323	51.5	−2.2
	Social Democratic	Michael William John Neves	10,191	24.6	+24.6
	Labour	Harold Spillman	9,879	23.9	−5.4
Majority			11,132	26.9	+2.5
Turnout			41,390	69.3	−3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Amery	22,218	53.7	+5.3
	Labour	David Stanley Hill	12,099	29.3	−0.3
	Liberal	D. Venables	5,965	14.4	−7.6
	Ecology	J Beale	638	1.5	+1.5
	National Front	H Jones	436	1.1	+1.1
Majority			10,119	24.4	+5.6
Turnout			41,355	72.6	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Amery	19,041	48.4	-2.1
	Labour	G W Humphrey	11,624	29.6	+3.6
	Liberal	D Venables	8,648	22.0	-0.5
Majority			7,417	18.8	-5.7
Turnout			57,351	68.6	-8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Amery	21,910	50.5	-11.4
	Labour	F Tonks	11,292	26.0	-9.0
	Liberal	K Hooper	9,764	22.5	+22.5
	Independent	Robert Beaumont	428	1.0	+1.0
Majority			10,618	24.5	-2.4
Turnout			56,982	76.2	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Amery	21,365	61.9	-8.6
	Labour	F Tonks	13,771	35.0	+18.6
	Independent	G E Thomas	1,205	3.1	+3.1
Majority			10,594	26.9	-25
Turnout			59,150	66.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

By-election, 1969: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Harold Julian Amery	17,636	70.5	+12.5
	Labour	Thomas Skeffington-Lodge	4,654	18.6	-23.3
	Liberal	Nesta Wyn Ellis	2,711	10.8	+10.8
Majority			12,982	51.9	+35.7
Turnout			25,001
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir William Teeling	22,687	58.1	+4.9
	Labour	Alistair Graham	16,333	41.9	+13.7
Majority			6,354	16.2	-8.8
Turnout			55,532	70.3	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir William Teeling	20,998	53.2	-16.8
	Labour	P Nurse	11,148	28.2	-1.8
	Liberal	D R Sinnatt	7,362	18.6	+18.6
Majority			9,850	25.0	-15.0
Turnout			56,391	70.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Teeling	27,972	70.0	+2.0
	Labour	R G White	11,998	30.0	-2.0
Majority			15,974	40.0	+4.0
Turnout			39,970	69.8	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Teeling	27,128	68.0	-0.5
	Labour	L. Knowles	12,742	32.0	+0.5
Majority			14,386	36.0	-1.0
Turnout			39,870	67.5	-8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Teeling	29,167	68.5	+6.7
	Labour	E. R. Littlejohn	13,410	31.5	+3.5
Majority			15,757	37.0	+3.4
Turnout			42,577	75.5	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Teeling	26,917	61.5	+61.5
	Labour	L. Knowles	12,264	28.0	+28.0
	Liberal	John Stewart Choate	4,555	10.5	+10.5
Majority			14,653	33.5	+33.5
Turnout			43,736	78.9	+78.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
↑ Silhouette used as the Council's symbol see Brighton and Hove website
↑ Aided by somewhat notionally favourable minor boundary changes before the 1997 election to the Labour Party

References

↑ "Brighton, Pavilion: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Check Browser Settings". statistics.gov.uk.
↑ Greens Pick MEP Lucas to Run for MP, Brighton Argus
↑ Charlotte Vere picked in "open primary", Brighton Argus, 18 November 2009
↑ "Another woman lines up to contest Brighton Pavilion". Brighton and Hove News. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
↑ "Nancy Platts – Labour's candidate for Brighton Pavilion". Brighton & Hove Labour Party. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
↑ One Brighton shining moment as Lucas makes Green history, The Independent, 8 May 2010
↑ "Election countdown: 93 weeks to go". BBC News. BBC. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
↑ "Brighton Pavilion 1950–". Hansard 1803–2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election results for Brighton Pavilion". city council web site. Brighton & Hove Council. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ Election 2010 – Brighton Pavilion BBC News
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election results for Brighton Pavilion". Brighton & Hove City Council. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 – 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 – 2005 (Guardian)
Election results, 1951 – 2001 (Keele University)
By-election result, 1969 (Geocities)
F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973. (ISBN 0-900178-07-8)

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