{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox UK constituency main |name = Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven |parliament = uk |image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}} |caption = Boundaries since 2024 |image2 = 255px|alt=Map of constituency |caption2 = Boundary of Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven in South East England |year = 1950 |original_name = Brighton Kemptown |abolished = |type = Borough |previous = Brighton |next = | population = 91,567 (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507773&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |title=Brighton, Kemptown: Usual Resident Population, 2011 |website=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=3 February 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203200043/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507773&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |electorate = 69,865 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-south-east/#lg_brighton-kemptown-and-peacehaven-bc-69865 |title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |access-date=24 June 2024 |df=dmy }}</ref> |mp = Chris Ward |party = Labour Party (UK) |towns = Falmer, Moulsecoomb, Rottingdean, Kemp Town, Peacehaven, Telscombe, Saltdean, Brighton Marina, Woodingdean, Queen's Park, Brighton, Bevendean and Whitehawk |region = England |county = East Sussex }} '''Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven''' is a constituency{{#tag:ref|A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Chris Ward of the Labour Party.<ref name=":0" />
Before the 2024 general election<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-south-east/ |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref> the constituency was called '''Brighton Kemptown''', though local political parties referred to it by its current name.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kemptownconservatives.com/ |title = Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven {{!}} Conservatives}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kemptownlabour.org.uk/ |title=Kemptown and Peacehaven Labour Party – From the Peir to Peacehaven From the Marina to Moulsecoomb |publisher=Kemptownlabour.org.uk |accessdate=2022-02-21}}</ref>
== Constituency profile == The Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency is located in East Sussex on England's south coast. It contains the eastern suburbs of the city of Brighton (Kemptown, Whitehawk and Bevendean), the small town of Peacehaven, and the villages that lie between them (Woodingdean, Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Saltdean). Kemptown is the centre of Brighton's LGBT community and has the highest proportion of LGBT residents of any location in the country at 20%.<ref>{{cite UK census|url = http://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/identity/sexual-orientation/sexual-orientation-4a/lesbian-gay-bisexual-or-other-lgb?msoa=E02003521| date = 26 February 2024| access-date = 17 April 2024 | publisher= Office for National Statistics| title = Census 2021, Sexual Orientation}}</ref> Whitehawk and Bevendean have a large amount of social housing and high levels of deprivation, whilst the villages between Brighton and Peacehaven are generally affluent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-deprivation-in-england/|title=Constituency data: Deprivation in England|website=commonslibrary.parliament.uk|accessdate=4 December 2025}}</ref> Parts of the University of Brighton lie within the constituency.
Residents' income, education and professional employment levels are similar to national averages, although deprivation is higher. The constituency's ethnic makeup is similar to the country as a whole, with White people forming 87% of the population.<ref name="ElectoralCalculus">{{cite web|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Brighton+Kemptown+and+Peacehaven|title=Seat Details - Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven|website=electoralcalculus.co.uk|accessdate=5 December 2025}}</ref> At the local council level, almost all seats within the constituency are represented by Labour Party councillors, although the area around Saltdean elected independents. Voters in the constituency marginally supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, with an estimated 52% voting against Brexit compared to 48% nationally.<ref name="ElectoralCalculus"/>
== Boundaries ==
=== Historic (Brighton Kemptown) === {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-height=140|frame-width=210|text=Map of boundaries 2010–2024}} '''1950–1955''': 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.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1948 |chapter=65 |act=Representation of the People Act 1948 |schedule=1 |accessdate=23 July 2023 }}</ref>
'''1955–1983''': The County Borough of Brighton wards of Elm Grove, Falmer, Hanover, King's Cliff, Lewes Road, Moulsecoomb, Pier, Queen's Park, Rottingdean, and Warren.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1956 |title=Statutory Instruments 1955 |series=Part II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TDyAAAAMAAJ |chapter=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Sussex) Order 1955. SI 1955/175 |location=London |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |pages=2171–2174 }}</ref>
'''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.
'''2010–2024''': 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.
=== Current (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven) === Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the renamed constituency (based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020) was expanded slightly in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring from Brighton Pavilion part of the Hanover and Elm Grove ward – namely polling district PHEA, and that part of polling district PHEF to the east of Queen's Park Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region}}</ref>
Following a local government boundary review in Brighton and Hove which came into effect in May 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Brighton and Hove {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/brighton-and-hove |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=lgbce.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Brighton & Hove (Electoral Changes) Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/22/contents/made}}</ref> the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:
* The City of Brighton and Hove wards of: Coldean & Stanmer (part); Hanover & Elm Grove (small part – see above); Kemptown; Moulsecoomb & Bevendean (most); Queen's Park; Rottingdean & West Saltdean; Whitehawk & Marina; Woodingdean. * The District of Lewes wards of: East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs; Peacehaven East; Peacehaven North; Peacehaven West.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details – Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Brighton+Kemptown+and+Peacehaven |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>
== History == ;History of boundaries This constituency was created in 1950 when the two-member constituency of '''Brighton''' was split into three single-member seats.
Boundary changes for the 1997 general 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 at its landslide victory. Des Turner held it until 2010, when Simon Kirby of the Conservative Party won it. ;History of results
For a total of 48 years since the seat's creation, it has been Conservative-controlled (1950–1964; 1970–1997; 2010–2017). The only other party to hold the seat since its creation has been the Labour Party.
Labour first won Kemptown in 1964, with a narrow majority of just seven votes.{{#tag:ref|The majority of seven made Brighton Kemptown the most marginal seat in the country in 1964|group= n}} Dennis Hobden, the first Labour MP to ever be elected in Sussex, increased his majority in 1966, but lost the seat in 1970, and another Labour MP was not returned until 1997. The seat was a national bellwether constituency from 1979 to 2015, but in 2017 elected a Labour MP when the country as a whole returned a hung parliament with the Conservatives being the largest party by a margin of 56 MPs.
Liberal Democrats and their two predecessor parties following national trends formed the third-largest party in the constituency, 1950–2010 inclusive. The 2010 general election result for the party can be seen as 0.6% behind "its" highest, at 18.6%, if including its SDP forerunner. The Liberal Democrat vote share collapsed to 3% in 2015 (behind UKIP and Green Party candidates) and remained at the 3% level in 2017 despite the absence of UKIP and Green candidates for the seat at that election.
The Green Party candidate finished in fourth place at the 2005, 2010 and 2015 elections, retaining their deposit each time, with vote shares ranging from 5.5% to 7.0%. The Greens did not field a candidate in 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/04/27/greens-pull-out-of-general-election-contest-in-brighton-kemptown/|title=Greens pull out of General Election contest in Brighton Kemptown|work=Brighton & Hove News|date=27 April 2017|access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> and endorsed Labour, who subsequently gained the seat with a majority of just under 10,000 votes.
The 2015 general election result had made the seat the tenth-most marginal majority of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/conservative-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Conservative Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |access-date=2017-02-12 |archive-date=2017-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608170823/http://www.ukpolitical.info/conservative-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
On 29 May 2024, Russell-Moyle announced that he had received a letter that he had been suspended from membership of the Labour Party, because of what he believed was a vexatious complaint, which made him ineligible to be their candidate at the 2024 general election.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Lloyd Russell-Moyle|user=lloyd_rm |number=1795901259351826801 |title=Congratulations to Paul Waugh, who's been selected as Labour's candidate for Rochdale!!}}</ref> Chris Ward was selected in his place and was subsequently elected as the Labour MP.
== Members of Parliament ==
''Brighton prior to 1950''
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref>{{cite web|title=Brighton Kemptown 1950–|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/constituencies/brighton-kemptown|website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Rayment-hc|k|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1950 | Howard Johnson | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1959 | David James | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1964 | Dennis Hobden | Labour |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1970 | Andrew Bowden | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 1997 | Des Turner | Labour |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 2010 | Simon Kirby | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour and Co-operative}}" | | 2017 |Lloyd Russell-Moyle † | Labour Co-op<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Lloyd Russell-Moyle: Parliamentary career |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4615/career |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Parliament UK}}</ref> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 2024 |Chris Ward | Labour |}
†: Lloyd Russell-Moyle was suspended from the Labour Party after Parliament had prorogued on 24 May 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2024/may/general-election-2024/ |title=UK Parliament: General election 2024 |publisher=Parliament UK |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> and a day before the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McKiernan |first1=Jennifer |last2=Wright |first2=Charlotte |date=29 May 2024 |title=Labour suspends MP Russell-Moyle over complaint |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5114q1x09eo |access-date=30 May 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
== Elections == thumb|center|700 px|Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven election results, 1950-2024 === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/voting-and-elections/statement-persons-nominated-and-notice-poll-brighton-kemptown-and-peacehaven | title=Statement of persons nominated and Notice of Poll – Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Chris Ward|votes=17,839|percentage=44.0|change=-7.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Khobi Vallis|votes=8,230|percentage=20.2|change=-14.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Elaine Hills|votes=7,997|percentage=19.7|change=+14.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Stewart Stone|votes=3,949|percentage=9.7|change=+3.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Emma Wall|votes=1,833|percentage=4.5|change=''N/A''|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Valerie Gray|votes=784|percentage=1.9|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=9,609|percentage=23.8|change={{increase}}7.0|}} {{Election box turnout|votes=40,632|percentage=59.1|change={{decrease}}11.7|}} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 68,784 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = |swing = {{increase}}3.5 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s ===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref> |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- | {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}} | Labour ||align=right| 25,299 ||align=right| 51.2 |- | {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | Conservative ||align=right| 17,019 ||align=right| 34.4 |- | {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 2,964 ||align=right| 6.0 |- | {{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}} | Green ||align=right| 2,813 ||align=right| 5.7 |- | {{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | Brexit Party ||align=right| 1,335 ||align=right| 2.7 |- |colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| |- |colspan="2"|'''Turnout''' |align=right|49,430 |align=right|70.8 |- |colspan="2"|'''Electorate''' |align=right|69,865 |}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Brighton Kemptown<ref>{{cite news |title=Brighton Kemptown Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000597 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = Lloyd Russell-Moyle |votes = 25,033 |percentage = 51.6 |change = -6.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Joe Miller |votes = 16,972 |percentage = 35.0 |change = -3.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Ben Thomas |votes = 2,964 |percentage = 6.1 |change = +3.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Alex Phillips |votes = 2,237 |percentage = 4.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Brexit Party |candidate = Graham Cushway |votes = 1,327 |percentage = 2.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{election box majority |votes = 8,061 |percentage = 16.6 |change = -3.4 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 48,533 |percentage = 69.5 |change = -3.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Labour and Co-operative |swing = -1.6 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2017: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = Lloyd Russell-Moyle |votes = 28,703 |percentage = 58.3 |change = +19.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Simon Kirby<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/04/20/mps-fire-the-election-starting-gun-and-the-contest-begins-in-brighton-and-hove/|title=MPs fire the election starting gun – and the contest begins in Brighton and Hove|date=20 April 2017}}</ref> |votes = 18,835 |percentage = 38.3 |change = -2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Emily Tester<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/04/24/lib-dems-confirm-candidates-in-hove-and-brighton-kemptown-and-consult-members-on-whether-to-stand-aside-in-brighton-pavilion/|title=Lib Dems confirm candidates in Hove and Brighton Kemptown and consult members on whether to stand aside in Brighton Pavilion|date=24 April 2017}}</ref> |votes = 1,457 |percentage = 3.0 |change = ±0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Doktor Haze<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/05/11/general-election-latest-14-candidates-stand-for-the-three-seats-in-brighton-and-hove/|title=General election latest – 14 candidates stand for the three seats in Brighton and Hove|work=Brighton and Hove News|date=11 May 2017}}</ref> |votes = 212 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 9,868 |percentage = 20.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 49,207 |percentage = 72.5 |change = +5.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Labour and Co-operative |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +10.8 }} {{Election box end}}
{{See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Brighton Kemptown}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Election results for Brighton Kemptown|url=http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=114&RPID=13902620|website=city council web site|publisher=Brighton & Hove Council|access-date=8 May 2015|date = 7 May 2015}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Simon Kirby<ref name="electionresults.blogspot.co.uk"/> |votes=18,428 |percentage=40.7 |change=+2.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Nancy Platts<ref name="electionresults.blogspot.co.uk"/> |votes=17,738 |percentage=39.2 |change=+4.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=UK Independence Party |candidate=Ian Buchanan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yournextmp.com/person/4552/ian-buchanan |title=Ian Buchanan |publisher=YourNextMP |access-date=22 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122041843/https://yournextmp.com/person/4552/ian-buchanan |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> |votes=4,446 |percentage=9.8 |change=+6.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Green Party of England and Wales |candidate=Davy Jones<ref name="electionresults.blogspot.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/brighton-kemptown-2015.html|title=UK Election Results|work=electionresults.blogspot.co.uk}}</ref> |votes=3,187 |percentage=7.0 |change=+1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate=Paul Chandler<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#South_East |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413190745/http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates |archive-date=13 April 2014 |title=General Election 2015 Candidates – Liberal Democrats}}</ref> |votes=1,365 |percentage=3.0 |change=−15.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Socialist Party of Great Britain |candidate=Jacqueline Shodeke<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release|title=General Election – Campaign News|work=worldsocialism.org|access-date=16 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120033438/http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/forum/world-socialist-movement/general-election-news-release|archive-date=20 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |votes=73 |percentage=0.2 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Independent politician |candidate=Matthew Taylor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gettingreadyfor2015.wordpress.com/|title=Matt Taylor for Brighton Kemptown 2015|access-date=25 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222061802/https://gettingreadyfor2015.wordpress.com/|archive-date=22 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |votes=69 |percentage=0.2 |change=''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority |votes=690 |percentage=1.5 |change=−1.6 }} {{Election box turnout |votes=45,306 |percentage=66.8 |change=+2.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = -0.8 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Simon Kirby |votes = 16,217 |percentage = 38.0 |change = +5.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = Simon Burgess |votes = 14,889 |percentage = 34.9 |change = −5.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Juliet Williams |votes = 7,691 |percentage = 18.0 |change = +1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Ben Duncan |votes = 2,330 |percentage = 5.5 |change = −1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = James Chamberlain-Webber |votes = 1,384 |percentage = 3.2 |change = +1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |candidate = Dave Hill |votes = 194 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,328 |percentage = 3.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 42,705 |percentage = 64.7 |change = +4.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +5.0 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Des Turner |votes = 15,858 |percentage = 39.9 |change = −7.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Judith Symes |votes = 13,121 |percentage = 33.0 |change = −2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Marina Pepper |votes = 6,560 |percentage = 16.5 |change = +6.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Simon Williams |votes = 2,800 |percentage = 7.0 |change = +3.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = James Chamberlain-Webber |votes = 758 |percentage = 1.9 |change = +0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Peace Party (UK) |candidate = Caroline O'Reilly |votes = 172 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = John McLeod |votes = 163 |percentage = 0.4 |change = −0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Elaine Cooke |votes = 127 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party (England and Wales) |candidate = Phil Clarke |votes = 113 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Gene Dobbs |votes = 47 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,737 |percentage = 6.9 |change = -5.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 39,719 |percentage = 60.2 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −2.8 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 2001: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Des Turner |votes = 18,745 |percentage = 47.8 |change = +1.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Geoffrey Theobald |votes = 13,823 |percentage = 35.3 |change = −3.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Janet Marshall |votes = 4,064 |percentage = 10.4 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Barney Miller |votes = 1,290 |percentage = 3.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = James Chamberlain-Webber |votes = 543 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = John McLeod |votes = 364 |percentage = 0.9 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Free Party |candidate = Dave Dobbs |votes = 227 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = ProLife Alliance |candidate = Elaine Cooke |votes = 147 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,922 |percentage = 12.5 |change = +4.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 39,203 |percentage = 57.6 |change = −13.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=General election 1997: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Des Turner |votes = 21,479 |percentage = 46.6 |change = +14.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Bowden |votes = 17,945 |percentage = 38.9 |change = −13.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Clive Gray |votes = 4,478 |percentage = 9.7 |change = −4.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Referendum Party |candidate = David Inman |votes = 1,526 |percentage = 3.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Hannah Williams |votes = 316 |percentage = 0.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Natural Law Party |candidate = Jeremy Bowler |votes = 172 |percentage = 0.4 |change = −0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = Lorrie Newman |votes = 123 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket |candidate = Richard Darlow |votes = 93 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,534 |percentage = 7.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 46,132 |percentage = 70.6 |change = -5.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +14.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | |title=General election 1992: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Bowden |votes = 21,129 |percentage = 48.1 |change = −5.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Gill O. Haynes |votes = 18,073 |percentage = 41.2 |change = +8.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Paul D. Scott |votes = 4,461 |percentage = 10.2 |change = −3.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Natural Law Party |candidate = Elizabeth J. Overall |votes = 230 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,056 |percentage = 6.9 |change = −13.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 43,893 |percentage = 76.1 |change = +1.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −6.8 }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1980s === {{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Bowden |votes = 24,031 |percentage = 53.5 |change = +2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Steve Bassam |votes = 14,771 |percentage = 32.9 |change = +3.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Chris Berry |votes = 6,080 |percentage = 13.6 |change = -5.0 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 9,260 |percentage = 20.6 |change = -0.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 44,882 |percentage = 74.5 |change = +3.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 1983: Brighton Kemptown<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Bowden |votes = 22,265 |percentage = 51.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Roderick Fitch |votes = 12,887 |percentage = 29.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Social Democratic Party (UK) |candidate = David Burke |votes = 8,098 |percentage = 18.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Front (United Kingdom) |candidate = Ted Budden |votes = 290 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 9,378 |percentage = 21.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 43,540 |percentage = 71.5 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1970s === {{Election box begin | title=General election 1979: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Bowden |votes = 25,512 |percentage = 53.6 |change = +7.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Quintin Barry |votes = 17,504 |percentage = 36.8 |change = -3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = S. Osbourne |votes = 8,098 |percentage = 8.8 |change = -4.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Front (United Kingdom) |candidate = Valerie Tyndall |votes = 404 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 8,008 |percentage = 16.8 |change = +11.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 47,599 |percentage = 74.2 |change = +1.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election October 1974: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Andrew Bowden |votes=21,725 |percentage=45.9 |change= -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Dennis Hobden |votes=19,060 |percentage=40.3 |change= +2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=S. Osbourne |votes=6,214 |percentage=13.1 |change= -2.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=English National Party |candidate=Harvey Holford |votes=155 |percentage=0.3 |change= ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist) |candidate=J. Buckle |votes=125 |percentage=0.3 |change= ±0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Independent politician |candidate=Brian Ralfe |votes=47 |percentage=0.1 |change= ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes=2,665 |percentage=5.6 |change= -2.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=47,326 |percentage=72.3 |change= -6.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election February 1974: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party=Conservative Party (UK) |candidate=Andrew Bowden |votes=23,504 |percentage=46.0 |change= -3.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Labour Party (UK) |candidate=Dennis Hobden |votes=19,484 |percentage=38.1 |change= -4.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Liberal Party (UK) |candidate=D. Hall |votes=7,954 |percentage=15.6 |change= +7.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party=Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist) |candidate=J. Buckle |votes=170 |percentage=0.3 |change= ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes=4,020 |percentage=7.9 |change= +1.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes=51,112 |percentage=78.8 |change= +3.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1970: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Bowden |votes = 24,208 |percentage = 49.3 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Dennis Hobden |votes = 21,105 |percentage = 42.9 |change = -7.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Oliver Moxon |votes = 3,833 |percentage = 7.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,103 |percentage = 6.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 49,146 |percentage = 75.0 |change = -5.1 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1960s === {{Election box begin | title=General election 1966: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Dennis Hobden |votes = 24,936 |percentage = 50.8 |change = +0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew Bowden |votes = 24,105 |percentage = 49.2 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 831 |percentage = 1.6 |change = +1.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 49,041 |percentage = 80.1 |change = +7.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1964: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Dennis Hobden |votes = 22,308 |percentage = 50.0 |change = +6.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = David James |votes = 22,301 |percentage = 50.0 |change = -6.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 7 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 44,609 |percentage = 72.2 |change = -1.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1950s === {{Election box begin | title=General election 1959: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = David James |votes = 25,411 |percentage = 56.4 |change = ±0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Lewis Cohen |votes = 19,665 |percentage = 43.6 |change = ±0.0 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 5,746 |percentage = 12.8 |change = ±0.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 45,076 |percentage = 73.8 |change = +3.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1955: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Howard Johnson |votes = 23,142 |percentage = 56.4 |change = -1.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Lewis Cohen |votes = 17,885 |percentage = 43.6 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 5,257 |percentage = 12.8 |change = +1.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 41,027 |percentage = 70.0 |change = -7.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1951: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Howard Johnson |votes = 25,923 |percentage = 55.6 |change = +6.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Lewis Cohen |votes = 20,726 |percentage = 44.4 |change = +2.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 5,197 |percentage = 11.2 |change = +4.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 46,649 |percentage = 77.1 |change = -0.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1950: Brighton Kemptown }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Howard Johnson |votes = 22,431 |percentage = 48.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Joseph Huddart |votes = 19,430 |percentage = 42.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Robert Michael Buckley |votes = 4,073 |percentage = 8.9 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,001 |percentage = 6.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 45,934 |percentage = 78.0 |change = }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
== See also == * parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex * List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
== Notes == {{Reflist|group=n}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Sources == *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/95.stm Election result, 2005] (BBC) *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/095.stm Election results, 1997 – 2001] (BBC) *[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EB.html Election results, 1997 – 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503052817/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EB.html |date=3 May 2010 }} (Election Demon) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20000819081531/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EB.html Election results, 1983 – 1992] (Election Demon) *[https://archive.today/20130420225459/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-763,00.html Election results, 1992 – 2005] (Guardian) *[http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1951 – 2001] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040505172753/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm |date=5 May 2004 }} (Keele University)
== External links == *[https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929379908/report.aspx nomis Constituency Profile for Brighton, Kemptown] – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics. *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/12962.html Brighton, Kemptown UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK'' *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65844.html Brighton, Kemptown UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168762.html Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
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