Brighton Kemptown, often referred to as Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven by local political parties, is a
constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons of the
UK Parliament
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since
2017
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by
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle (born 14 September 1986) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown in the 2017 general election. He retained his seat in the 20 ...
, a
Labour Co-op MP.
The constituency covers the eastern portion of the city of
Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove () is a city and unitary authority in East Sussex, England. It consists primarily of the settlements of Brighton and Hove, alongside neighbouring villages.
Often referred to synonymously as Brighton, the City of Brighton an ...
including
Kemptown and part of the
Lewes District
Lewes is a local government district in East Sussex in southern England covering an area of , with of coastline. It is named after its administrative centre, Lewes. Other towns in the district include Newhaven, Peacehaven, Seaford, East Sussex ...
.
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
The constituency takes in the eastern part of Brighton and semi-rural suburbs and villages stretching out to the east.
The seat has a large student population, from those that attend the
University of Brighton
The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achiev ...
and
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
.
From west to east it includes
Queen's Park;
Kemptown, the centre of Brighton's LGBTQ+ community; the council estates of
Whitehawk and Moulsecoomb; and beyond the racecourse affluent and genteel coastal villages like
Rottingdean
Rottingdean is a village in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. It borders the villages of Saltdean, Ovingdean and Woodingdean, and has a historic centre, often the subject of picture postcards.
Name
The name Rotti ...
, Woodingdean,
Saltdean and the town of
Peacehaven
Peacehaven is a town and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England. It is located above the chalk cliffs of the South Downs approximately six miles () east of Brighton city centre, on the A259 road. Its site coincides with t ...
.
History
;History of boundaries
This constituency was created in
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
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
Desmond Stanley Turner (born 17 July 1939) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown from 1997 to 2010.
Early life
He was educated at Luton Grammar School (now known as Luton Sixth Form ...
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
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-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.
Dennis Hobden, the first Labour MP to ever be elected in
Sussex, increased his majority in
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is ...
, but lost the seat in
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...
, and another Labour MP was not returned until 1997. The seat was a national
from 1979 to 2015, but in
2017
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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
The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest ...
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
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
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 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.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex
Notes
References
Sources
Election result, 2005(BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001(BBC)
(Election Demon)
(Election Demon)
(Guardian)
(Keele University)
External links
nomis Constituency Profile for Brighton, Kemptown— presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
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Parliamentary constituencies in South East England
Politics of Brighton and Hove
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950