Brighton Kemptown
2010 Results:
Conservative: 16217 (37.97%)
Labour: 14889 (34.86%)
Liberal Democrat: 7691 (18.01%)
UKIP: 1384 (3.24%)
Green: 2330 (5.46%)
TUSC: 194 (0.45%)
Majority: 1328 (3.11%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 14080 (38.2%)
Conservative: 12867 (34.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 6245 (16.9%)
Green: 2440 (6.6%)
Other: 1274 (3.5%)
Majority: 1213 (3.3%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 13121 (33%)
Labour: 15858 (39.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 6560 (16.5%)
Green: 2800 (7%)
UKIP: 758 (1.9%)
Other: 622 (1.6%)
Majority: 2737 (6.9%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 13823 (35.3%)
Labour: 18745 (47.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 4064 (10.4%)
UKIP: 543 (1.4%)
Green: 1290 (3.3%)
Other: 738 (1.9%)
Majority: 4922 (12.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 17945 (38.9%)
Labour: 21479 (46.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 4478 (9.7%)
Referendum: 1526 (3.3%)
Other: 704 (1.5%)
Majority: 3534 (7.7%)
Boundary changes:
Profile: Brighton Kemptown is the eastern part of Brighton and the semi-rural suburbs and villages stretching out to the east of the seat. At its western end it includes Queen`s Park ward, the centre of Brighton`s vibrant gay community, then Kemptown, the council estates of Whitehawk and Moulscoomb and then, beyond the racecourse, more affluent and genteel coastal villages like Woodingdean, Saltdean and the town of Peacehaven. At the north of the seat is Brighton University`s Falmer campus – despite Moulscoomb itself being in the constituency, Moulscoomb campus lies just over the boundary in Brighton Pavilion.
In the past Kemptown was the more Labour leaning of the two Brighton seats, but it is now the more marginal. There is also a strong Green presence here – although not when compared to their strength in Brighton Pavilon.
Current MP: Simon Kirby (Conservative) local entrepreneur and one time owner of a chain of pubs, clubs and restaurants in Brighton. Set up the local Brighton radio station and was involved in the campaign for City status. East Sussex County councillor and former Brighton and Brighton and Hove councillor, former leader of the Conservative group on Brighton council.
Simon Kirby (Conservative) local entrepreneur and one time owner of a chain of pubs, clubs and restaurants in Brighton. Set up the local Brighton radio station and was involved in the campaign for City status. East Sussex County councillor and former Brighton and Brighton and Hove councillor, former leader of the Conservative group on Brighton council.
Simon Burgess (Labour) Vice-Chairman of Labour`s National Policy Forum. Brighton councillor until 2007. Former leader of Brighton and Hove council 2006-2007.Juliet Williams (Liberal Democrat) Ben Duncan (Green) Brighton and Hove councillor. Press assistant to Caroline Lucas.James Chamberlain-Webber (UKIP)
Dave Hill (TUSC) Professor. Former Brighton councillor and East Sussex County councillor. Contested Brighton Pavilion 1979, 1987 for Labour. Contested South East region in 2009 European elections for No2EU.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 84775
Male: 48.4%
Female: 51.6%
Under 18: 20.6%
Over 60: 23.8%
Born outside UK: 8.7%
White: 95.4%
Black: 0.7%
Asian: 1.5%
Mixed: 1.4%
Other: 1%
Christian: 65.2%
Jewish: 0.6%
Muslim: 1.1%
Full time students: 6%
Graduates 16-74: 20.4%
No Qualifications 16-74: 29.7%
Owner-Occupied: 62.1%
Social Housing: 21.1% (Council: 16.1%, Housing Ass.: 5%)
Privately Rented: 13.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.7%
Iain, your post is premised on the E/W Sussex border being inviolable: if the proposals (as I understand them) go through, it won’t be.
I see what you are saying but the proposals are unlikely to see Brighton Kempton remaining extended into Peacehaven – and – Hove extended into Shoreham – with Brighton Pavilion unchanged in the middle.
Brighton & Hove is only likely to be twinned with one other authority.
Even so, the boundary commission may even make radical changes to the Brighton constituencies such as Dudley, Plymouth or Milton Keynes – so you could end up with something really outlandish -
Hove and Brighton West
Brighton North
Newhaven & Brighton East
Iain, I get the impression, though, that the Boundary commission pay less attention to boundaries between UAs and the ceremonial county they are in than they do to ceremonial county boundaries (hence Luton South includes parts of Central Bedfordshire UA). B&H will be treated as part of E Sussex, and E Sussex (including B&H) is likely to be twinned with another county.
Ben I have read discussions where people have speculated about the crossing of county boundaries but have not seen anything official. I realise were you to do so your post probably won;t appear until tomorrow but do you have a link to anything more definite? My understanding is there may be some willingness to cross county boundaries in extremis and in particular where the boundary concerned is not a real county boundary (as for example between Cheshire and the Wirral) but that they will not be crossing county boundaries willy nilly. I certainly hope this won’t happen although in the case of East and West Sussex it would not be as objectionable as say crossing the Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire boundary
| think the Inner London Boroughs boundary (former London CC) should remain sacrosant.
Ignore the borough boundaries, just use their wards as building blocks.
Use all the South Inner London (11.1 to 10) North Inner London (12.7 to 11)
North London (11)
Hammersmith
Kensington & Notting Hill
Chelsea, Fulham & Pimlico
Hyde Park (South Westminster)
Hampstead & Westminster North
Camden Town
Poplar & Limehouse
The City of London, Bethnal Green, & Holborn
Shoreditch & Finsbury
Highbury (Islington North)
Stamford Hill (Hackney North)
South London (10)
Battersea & Earlsfield
Putney & Wandsworth
Tooting & Streatham
Clapham & Vauxhall
Dulwich, Peckham Rye & West Norwood
Southwark & Camberwell
Bermonsey & Deptford
Lewisham North
Lewisham South
Woolwich
Greenwich & Eltham
Tory vote still less than in 1997 despite favourable boundary changes!
Hardly surprising given the demographic change that has taken place in this area.
What should concern the Tories is that their vote is down in seats like Horsham, Wealden and Bexhill&Battle.