Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 50°49′44″N, 0°08′07″W

Brighton, Pavilion Borough constituency
Brighton, Pavilion shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	David Lepper
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Sussex
EP constituency:	South East England

Brighton, Pavilion is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 4.4 Elections in the 1970s 4.5 Elections in the 1960s 4.6 Elections in the 1950s 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is in Brighton, in the South East of England. It is named after the Royal Pavilion found within its boundaries. Traditionally a safe Tory seat, it swung heavily (after boundary changes) in Labour's favour in their 1997 landslide victory. Labour retained the seat in subsequent elections but has seen its vote share fall markedly, with the Green Party increasing in popularity during the same period, taking over 20% of the vote in a third place finish in 2005.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1950 out of the Brighton constituency, which Brighton, Pavilion's first Member of Parliament, William Teeling, had previously represented.

The constituency is regarded as the Green Party's main target and could become their first parliamentary gain[1]. In the 2005 election the Green Party won 22%, beating the Liberal Democrats into fourth place.

David Lepper has said he will not contest the next General Election, and the local Labour Party has selected Nancy Platts to succeed him as Labour candidate.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1950)
• 1950 — 1969: Sir William Teeling, Conservative
• 1969 — 1992: Julian Amery, Conservative
• 1992 — 1997: Sir Derek Spencer, Conservative
• 1997 — present: David Lepper, Labour Co-operative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bull
	Green	Caroline Lucas
	Labour	Nancy Platts

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General election of 2005

General Election 2005: Brighton, Pavilion
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	9,571	22.0	+12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Thorpe	7,171	16.5	+3.4
	UK Independence	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	42	0.1	+0.1
Majority			5,030	11.5
Turnout				64.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	-6.0

General election of 2001

General Election 2001: Brighton, Pavilion
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	+6.8
	Socialist Labour	Ian Fyvie	573	1.4	+1.4
	Free Party	Bob Dobbs	409	1.0	+1.0
	UK Independence	Stuart Hutchin	361	0.9	+0.5
	ProLife Alliance	Marie Paragallo	177	0.4	+0.4
Majority			9,643	23.6
Turnout			40,723	58.5	−4.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General election of 1997

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

General election of 1992

General Election 1992: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Spencer	20,630	46.6
	Labour Co-op	David Lepper	16,955	38.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Pearce	5,606	12.7
	Green	I Brodie	963	2.2
	Natural Law	E Turner	103	0.2
Majority			3,675	8.3
Turnout			44,255	76.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General election of 1987

General Election 1987: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Julian Amery	22,056	50.8
	Labour	D S Hill	12,914	29.74
	Social Democrat	K F Carey	8,459	19.48
Majority			9,142	21.1
Turnout			43,416	73.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1983

General Election 1983: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Julian Amery	21,323	51.5
	Social Democrat	M Neves	10,191	24.6
	Labour	H Spillman	9,879	23.9
Majority			11,132	26.9
Turnout			41,390	69.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General election of 1979

General Election 1979: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Julian Amery	22,218	53.7
	Labour	D S Hill	12,099	29.3
	Liberal	D Venables	5,965	14.4
	Ecology	J Beale	638	1.5
	National Front	H Jones	436	1.1
Majority			10,119	24.5
Turnout			41,355	72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of October 1974

General Election 1974 (October): Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Julian Amery	19,041	48.43
	Labour	G W Humphrey	11,624	29.57
	Liberal	D Venables	8,648	22.00
Majority			7,417	18.87
Turnout			57,351	68.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of February 1974

General Election 1974 (February): Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Julian Amery	21,910	50.49
	Labour	F Tonks	11,292	26.02
	Liberal	K Hooper	9,764	22.50
	Independent	R Beaumont	428	0.99
Majority			10,618	24.47
Turnout			56,982	76.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1970

General Election 1970: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Julian Amery	21,365	61.93
	Labour	F Tonks	13,771	35.00
	Independent	G E Thomas	1,205	3.06
Majority			10,594	26.93
Turnout			59,150	66.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

By-election of 1969

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

General election of 1966

General Election 1966: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Teeling	22,687	58.14
	Labour	J A Graham	16,333	41.86
Majority			6,354	16.28
Turnout			55,532	70.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1964

General Election 1964: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Teeling	20,998	53.15
	Labour	P Nurse	11,148	28.22
	Liberal	D R Sinnatt	7,362	18.63
Majority			9,850	24.93
Turnout			56,391	70.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General election of 1959

General Election 1959: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Teeling	27,972	69.98
	Labour	R G White	11,998	30.32
Majority			15,972	39.96
Turnout			57,238	69.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1955

General Election 1955: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Teeling	27,128	68.04
	Labour	L. Knowles	12,742	31.96
Majority			14,386	36.08
Turnout				67.52
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1951

General Election 1951: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Teeling	29,167	68.5
	Labour	E. R. Littlejohn	13,410	31.5
Majority			15,757	37.01
Turnout				75.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election of 1950

General Election 1950: Brighton, Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Teeling	26,917	61.8
	Labour	L. Knowles	12,264	28.0
	Liberal	J. S. Choate	4,555	10.4
Majority			14,653	33.6
Turnout				78.9

[edit] See also

• Brighton, Kemptown
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

[edit] References

1. ^ Brighton Pavilion, UKPollingReport

• Historical list of MPs
• 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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