Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)

Brighton Pavilion is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Caroline Lucas of the Green Party.

Brighton Pavilion
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Brighton Pavilion in East Sussex
Outline map
Location of East Sussex within England
CountyEast Sussex
Population103,593 (2011 UK Census)[1]
Electorate79,057 (December 2019)[2]
Major settlementsBrighton
Current constituency
Created1950
Member of ParliamentCaroline Lucas (Green)
Created fromBrighton

Boundaries

1950–1983: The County Borough of Brighton wards of Hollingbury, Montpelier, Patcham, Pavilion, Preston, Preston Park, Regency, St Nicholas, St Peters, and West.[3]

1955–1983: The County Borough of Brighton wards of Hollingbury, Montpelier, Patcham, Preston, Preston Park, Regency, Stanmer, St Nicholas, and St Peter's.[4]

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, Hollingdean and Stanmer (called Hollingbury and Stanmer before 2011), Patcham, Preston Park, Regency, St Peter's and North Laine, and Withdean.

Constituency history and profile
Brighton Pavilion beach and seafront with Brighton Pier, the border of Brighton Kemptown in distance

The constituency was created in 1950 from the former two-member 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 2] 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, which includes the Gay Village of St James Street, Brighton Pier, and the beach eastward. Brighton Pavilion 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 central pebbled beach has major entertainment venues and the city's largest hotels, including the Grand Hotel and Hilton Brighton Metropole. It is a relatively affluent constituency since average income is higher than the UK average (based upon 2001 statistics) and the unemployment rate is lower than average.[5]

From 1950 to 1997, the seat elected Conservative MPs. In 1997, David Lepper of the Labour Party, aided by somewhat notionally favourable minor boundary changes before the 1997 general election, began service as MP for thirteen years by winning the two subsequent elections. The Conservatives' share of the vote has declined at every election there since 1979.

In July 2007, the Green Party selected Caroline Lucas to contest the seat, at which point she was a Member of the European Parliament for the South East England constituency.[6] In November 2009, Charlotte Vere was selected as the Conservative Party candidate at an open primary attended by local Conservative Party members and residents.[7] In January 2010, the Liberal Democrats also selected a female candidate, Bernadette Millam.[8] Labour had selected Nancy Platts, a local campaigner and former union worker, as their candidate in June 2007.[9] 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, then leading the Green Party, won the seat. In contrast to national results, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat share of the vote fell.[10]

Lucas retained the seat for the Green Party at 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.[11]

For the 2017 general election and the 2019 general election, the local Liberal Democrat party chose not to field a candidate in the seat, endorsing Lucas instead due to their shared pro-EU stance.[12] Lucas retained Brighton Pavilion for the Green Party, which was returned with the biggest numerical majority for any candidate in the seat since 1959. In the 2019 election, the seat had the largest winning margin and the highest winning vote share of any seat not held by the Conservatives or Labour. Caroline Lucas announced on 8 June 2023, that she would not be standing in the next UK General Election.[13] On 19 July 2023, the Green Party picked Siân Berry to replace her.[14]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[15][16]Party
1950 William Teeling Conservative
1969 by-election Julian Amery Conservative
1992 Derek Spencer Conservative
1997 David Lepper Labour Co-op
2010 Caroline Lucas Green

Election results
Brighton Pavilion election results

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Brighton Pavilion[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Caroline Lucas 33,151 57.2 +4.9
Labour Adam Imanpour 13,211 22.8 –4.0
Conservative Emma Hogan 10,176 17.5 –1.7
Brexit Party Richard Milton 770 1.3 New
Monster Raving Loony Citizen Skwith 301 0.5 New
Independent Bob Dobbs 212 0.4 New
UKIP Nigel Furness 177 0.3 –0.8
Majority 19,940 34.4 +8.9
Turnout 57,998 73.4 –3.0
Green hold Swing
See also: Opinion polling for the United Kingdom general election, 2017 § Brighton Pavilion
General election 2017: Brighton Pavilion[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Caroline Lucas 30,149 52.3 +10.5
Labour Solomon Curtis 15,450 26.8 –0.5
Conservative Emma Warman 11,082 19.2 –3.6
UKIP Ian Buchanan 630 1.1 –3.9
Independent Nick Yeomans 376 0.7 +0.5
Majority 14,699 25.5 +11.0
Turnout 57,687 76.4 +5.0
Green hold Swing +5.5
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Brighton Pavilion
General election 2015: Brighton Pavilion[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Caroline Lucas 22,871 41.8 +10.5
Labour Purna Sen 14,904 27.3 −1.6
Conservative Clarence Mitchell 12,448 22.8 −0.9
UKIP Nigel Carter 2,724 5.0 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Bowers 1,525 2.8 −11.0
Independent Nick Yeomans 116 0.2 New
Socialist (GB) Howard Pilott 88 0.2 New
Majority 7,967 14.5 +12.1
Turnout 54,676 71.4 +1.4
Green hold Swing +6.1
General election 2010: Brighton Pavilion[21][22]
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 Democrats Berni Millam 7,159 13.8 −2.7
UKIP Nigel Carter 948 1.8 +0.6
Socialist Labour Ian Fyvie 148 0.3 −0.0
Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality Soraya Kara 61 0.1 New
Independent Leo Atreides 19 0.0 New
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[23][24]
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 Democrats 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 New
Socialist Labour Ian Fyvie 152 0.3 −1.1
Independent Christopher Rooke 122 0.3 New
Independent Keith Jago 44 0.1 New
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[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op David Lepper 19,846 48.7 −5.9
Conservative David Gold 10,203 25.1 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Ruth Berry 5,348 13.1 +3.6
Green Keith Taylor 3,806 9.3 +6.7
Socialist Labour Ian Fyvie 573 1.4 New
Free Party Bob Dobbs 409 1.0 New
UKIP Stuart Hutchin 361 0.9 +0.5
ProLife Alliance Marie Paragallo 177 0.4 New
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[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op David Lepper 26,737 54.6 +16.3
Conservative Derek Spencer 13,556 27.7 −18.9
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Blanshard 4,644 9.5 −3.2
Referendum Peter Stocken 1,304 2.7 New
Green Peter West 1,249 2.6 +0.4
Ind. Conservative Richard Huggett 1,098 2.2 New
UKIP Frank Stevens 179 0.4 New
Independent Bob Dobbs 125 0.3 New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Alan Card 59 0.1 New
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[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Spencer 20,630 46.6 −4.2
Labour Co-op David Lepper 16,955 38.3 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Tom Pearce 5,606 12.7 -6.8
Green Iain Brodie 963 2.2 New
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[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Amery 22,056 50.8 −0.7
Labour Dave Hill 12,914 29.7 +5.8
SDP Kevin 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[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Amery 21,323 51.5 −2.2
SDP Michael Neves 10,191 24.6 +10.2
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 Dave Hill 12,099 29.3 −0.3
Liberal D. Venables 5,965 14.4 −7.6
Ecology J Beale 638 1.5 New
National Front H Jones 436 1.1 New
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 New
Independent Harvey Holford 428 1.0 New
Majority 10,618 24.5 -2.4
Turnout 56,982 76.2 +9.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Brighton Pavilion[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Amery 21,365 61.9 +3.8
Labour Francis Tonks 13,771 35.0 -6.9
Independent George E Thomas 1,205 3.1 New
Majority 10,594 26.9 +10.7
Turnout 59,150 66.5 -3.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
By-election, 1969: Brighton Pavilion
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Amery 17,636 70.5 +12.4
Labour Thomas Skeffington-Lodge 4,654 18.6 -23.3
Liberal Nesta Wyn Ellis 2,711 10.8 New
Majority 12,982 51.9 +35.7
Turnout 25,001
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Brighton Pavilion
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 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[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Teeling 20,998 53.2 -16.8
Labour Peter Nurse 11,148 28.2 -1.8
Liberal David Randall Sinnatt 7,362 18.6 New
Majority 9,850 25.0 -15.0
Turnout 56,391 70.0 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1959: Brighton Pavilion[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Teeling 27,972 70.0 +2.0
Labour Reginald 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[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Teeling 27,128 68.0 -0.5
Labour Leonard 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[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Teeling 29,167 68.5 +7.0
Labour Elisabeth R. Littlejohn 13,410 31.5 +3.5
Majority 15,757 37.0 +3.5
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
Labour Leonard Knowles 12,264 28.0
Liberal John Stewart Choate 4,555 10.5
Majority 14,653 33.5
Turnout 43,736 78.9
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes
  1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. Silhouette used as the Council's symbol see Brighton and Hove website

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