Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 50°49′26″N 0°02′06″W / 50.824°N 0.035°W / 50.824; -0.035

Brighton, Kemptown
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brighton, Kemptown in East Sussex.
Location of East Sussex within England.
County	East Sussex
Population	91,567 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	66,557 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Simon Kirby (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Brighton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Brighton Kemptown is a constituency^{[n 1]} in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament covering the eastern portion of the city of Brighton and Hove including Kemptown and part of the Lewes District, represented since 2010 by Simon Kirby of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1950-1983: The County Borough of Brighton wards of Elm Grove, Hanover, King's Cliff, Lewes Road, Moulsecoomb, Pier, Queen's Park, Rottingdean, and St John's.

1983-1997: The Borough of Brighton wards of Hanover, King's Cliff, Marine, Moulsecoomb, Queen's Park, Rottingdean, Tenantry, and Woodingdean.

1997-2010: The Borough of Brighton wards of King's Cliff, Marine, Moulsecoomb, Queen's Park, Rottingdean, Tenantry, and Woodingdean, and the District of Lewes wards of East Saltdean, Peacehaven East, Peacehaven North, Peacehaven West, and Telscombe Cliffs.

2010-present: The City of Brighton and Hove wards of East Brighton, Moulsecoomb and Bevendean, Queen's Park, Rottingdean Coastal, and Woodingdean, and the District of Lewes wards of East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven East, Peacehaven North, and Peacehaven West.

Constituency profile

In most recent general elections it has been a marginal seat between the Labour and the Conservative parties.

The constituency takes in the eastern part of Brighton and semi-rural suburbs and villages stretching out to the east. From west to east it includes Queen's Park; Kemptown, the centre of Brighton's vibrant gay community; the council estates of Whitehawk and Moulsecoomb; and beyond the racecourse affluent and genteel coastal villages like Woodingdean, Saltdean and the town of Peacehaven.

History

This constituency was created in 1950 when the two-seat constituency of Brighton was split into two.

The Labour Party first won it in 1964 with a majority of seven.^{[n 3]} Dennis Hobden^{[n 4]} increased his majority in 1966 but lost the seat in 1970 and another Labour MP was not returned until 1997.

Boundary changes for the 1997 election moved Peacehaven, a semi-rural area, into the constituency. This added a ward where the Conservatives had been favoured, but Labour gained the seat in its landslide victory. Des Turner held it until 2010, when Simon Kirby of the Conservative Party won.

The Liberal Democrats and their two predecessors had their largest share of the vote in 1983, and following national trends these parties have formed the third-largest party since 1950. Their 2010 result was 0.6% behind the record share of the vote, 18.6% for the SDP.

The Green Party came fourth in the 2010 election on 5.5%, a better result than most around the country but substantially less than in neighbouring Brighton Pavilion, where the party gained its first MP in 2010.

Simon Kirby held the seat for Conservatives in 2015, but his majority was more than halved whilst both the Conservative and Labour shares of the vote increased. The Liberal Democrat voteshare collapsed to 3% and the party came fifth, behind UKIP and the Greens.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]^[4]	Party
1950	Howard Johnson	Conservative
1959	David James	Conservative
1964	Dennis Hobden	Labour
1970	Andrew Bowden	Conservative
1997	Des Turner	Labour
2010	Simon Kirby	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Brighton, Kemptown^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Kirby ^[7]	18,428	40.7	+2.7
	Labour	Nancy Platts^[7]	17,738	39.2	+4.3
	UKIP	Ian Buchanan^[8]	4,446	9.8	+6.6
	Green	Davy Jones ^[7]	3,187	7.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Chandler^[9]	1,365	3.0	−15.0
	Socialist (GB)	Jacqueline Shodeke ^[10]	73	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Matthew Taylor ^[11]	69	0.2	N/A
Majority			690	1.5	−1.6
Turnout			45,306	66.8	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.8

General Election 2010: Brighton, Kemptown^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Kirby	16,217	38.0	+5.0
	Labour Co-op	Simon Burgess	14,889	34.9	−5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Juliet Williams	7,691	18.0	+1.5
	Green	Ben Duncan	2,330	5.5	−1.5
	UKIP	James Chamberlain-Webber	1,384	3.2	+1.3
	TUSC	David Stanley Hill	194	0.5
Majority			1,328	3.1
Turnout			42,705	64.7	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Brighton, Kemptown^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Des Turner	15,858	39.9	−7.9
	Conservative	Judith Symes	13,121	33.0	−2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Marina Pepper	6,560	16.5	+6.1
	Green	Simon Williams	2,800	7.0	+3.7
	UKIP	James Chamberlain-Webber	758	1.9	+0.5
	Peace	Caroline O'Reilly	172	0.4	+0.4
	Socialist Labour	John McLeod	163	0.4	−0.5
	Independent	Elaine Cooke	127	0.3	+0.3
	Socialist Alternative	Phil Clarke	113	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Gene Dobbs	47	0.1	+0.1
Majority			2,737	6.9
Turnout			39,719	60.2	2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.8

General Election 2001: Brighton, Kemptown^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Des Turner	18,745	47.8	+1.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Theobald	13,823	35.3	−3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Marshall	4,064	10.4	+0.7
	Green	Barney Miller	1,290	3.3	N/A
	UKIP	James Chamberlain-Webber	543	1.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	John McLeod	364	0.9	+0.2
	Free Party	Dave Dobbs	227	0.6	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Elaine Cooke	147	0.4	N/A
Majority			4,922	12.6
Turnout			39,203	57.6	−13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Brighton Kemptown^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Des Turner	21,479	46.6	+14.0
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	17,945	38.9	−13.9
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Gray	4,478	9.7	−4.2
	Referendum	David Inman	1,526	3.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Hannah Williams	316	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	Jeremy Bowler	172	0.4	−0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Lorrie Newman	123	0.3	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Richard Darlow	93	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,534	7.7
Turnout			46,132	70.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	14.0

General Election 1992: Brighton Kemptown^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	21,129	48.1	−5.4
	Labour	Mrs Gill O. Haynes	18,073	41.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul D. Scott	4,461	10.2	−3.4
	Natural Law	Miss Elizabeth J. Overall	230	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,056	7.0	−13.7
Turnout			43,893	76.1	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.8

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Brighton, Kemptown^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	24,031	53.5
	Labour	Steve Bassam	14,771	32.9
	Liberal	Chris Berry	6,080	13.6
Majority			9,260	20.6
Turnout			44,882	74.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Brighton, Kemptown^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	22,265	51.1
	Labour	R. Fitch	12,887	29.6
	Social Democratic	D. T. Burke	8,098	18.6
	National Front	Ted Budden	290	0.7
Majority			9,378	21.5
Turnout			43,540	71.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	25,512	53.6
	Labour	Quintin Barry	17,504	36.8
	Liberal	S. Osbourne	8,098	8.8
	National Front	Valerie Tyndall	404	0.8
Majority			8,008	16.8
Turnout			47,599	74.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	21,725	45.9
	Labour	Dennis Hobden	19,060	40.3
	Liberal	S. Osbourne	6,214	13.1
	English National	Robert Beaumont	155	0.3
	Marxist-Leninist (England)	J. Buckle	125	0.3
	Independent	Brian Ralfe	47	0.1
Majority			2,665	5.6
Turnout			47,326	72.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, February 1974: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	23,504	46.0
	Labour	Dennis Hobden	19,484	38.1
	Liberal	D. Hall	7,954	15.6
	Marxist-Leninist (England)	J. Buckle	170	0.3
Majority			4,020	7.9
Turnout			51,112	78.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	24,208	49.3
	Labour	Dennis Hobden	21,105	42.9
	Liberal	Oliver Charles Napier Moxon	3,833	7.8
Majority			3,103	6.3
Turnout			49,146	75.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dennis Hobden	24,936	50.8
	Conservative	Andrew Bowden	24,105	49.2
Majority			831	1.7
Turnout			49,041	80.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dennis Hobden	22,308	50.0
	Conservative	David James	22,301	50.0
Majority			7	0.0
Turnout			44,609	72.2	6 recounts.
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David James	25,411	56.4
	Labour	Lewis Cohen	19,665	43.6
Majority			5,746	12.8
Turnout			45,076	73.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Howard Johnson	23,142	56.4
	Labour	Lewis Cohen	17,885	43.6
Majority			5,257	12.8
Turnout			41,027	70.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Howard Johnson	25,923	55.6
	Labour	Lewis Cohen	20,726	44.4
Majority			5,197	11.1
Turnout			46,649	77.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Brighton, Kemptown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Howard Johnson	22,431	48.8	N/A
	Labour	J. T. Huddart	19,430	42.3	N/A
	Liberal	Robert Michael Buckley	4,073	8.9	N/A
Majority			3,001	6.5	N/A
Turnout				78.0	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

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.
↑ The majority of 7 made Brighton Kemptown the most marginal seat in the country in 1964
↑ The first Labour MP to be elected in Sussex

References

↑ "Brighton, Kemptown: 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.
↑ "Brighton Kemptown 1950-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election results for Brighton Kemptown". city council web site. Brighton & Hove Council. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
1 2 3 "UK ELECTION RESULTS". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
↑ "Ian Buchanan". YourNextMP. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#South East
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↑ "Matt Taylor for Brighton Kemptown 2015". Matt Taylor for Brighton Kemptown 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "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)

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