Hove and Portslade (UK Parliament constituency)

Hove 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.

Boundaries

The constituency covers Hove in the city of Brighton and Hove.

History

It was not until the 1950 general election, when major boundary changes occurred in Brighton, that Hove acquired a parliamentary seat of its own, having previously been in the former two-seat constituency of Brighton. Hove was a safe Conservative seat until the 1997 general election, when Labour's landslide victory and success on the East Sussex coast (Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Hastings and Rye) took Hove into the Labour camp.

Labour has since retained the seat with narrow majorities. The 2005 election saw a surge in the third place Liberal Democrat vote, and Labour MP Celia Barlow won the seat in 2005 over the Conservative candidate with a plurality of 420.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1950	Anthony Marlowe	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1965 by-election	Martin Maddan	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1973 by-election	Tim Sainsbury	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1997	Ivor Caplin	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005	Celia Barlow	Labour

Elections

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Barlow
	UKIP	Stuart Bower
	Green	Ian Davey
	Conservative	Mike Weatherley

General Election 2005: Hove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Barlow	16,786	37.5	−8.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Boles	16,366	36.5	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elgood	8,002	17.9	+8.8
	Green	Anthea Ballam	2,575	5.7	+2.4
	UKIP	Stuart Bower	575	1.3	+0.4
	Respect	Paddy O'Keefe	268	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Bob Dobbs	95	0.2	+0.2
	Silent Majority Party	Richard Franklin	78	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Brian Ralfe	51	0.1	+0.1
Majority			420	0.9	n/a
Turnout			44,796	64.1	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3

General Election 2001: Hove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Caplin	19,253	45.9	+1.3
	Conservative	Jenny Langston	16,082	38.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Harold De Souza	3,823	9.1	−0.5
	Green	Anthea Ballam	1,369	3.3	+1.9
	Socialist Alliance	Andy Richards	531	1.3	N/A
	UKIP	Richard Franklin	358	0.9	+0.4
	Liberal	Nigel Donovan	316	0.8	N/A
	Free Party	Simon Dobbshead	196	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Thomas Major	60	0.1	N/A
Majority			3,171	7.6
Turnout			41,988	58.9	−10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Hove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Caplin	21,458	44.6	+20.1
	Conservative	Robert Guy	17,499	36.4	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Pearce	4,645	9.7	−9.7
	Referendum	Stuart Field	1,931	4.0	N/A
	Independent Conservative	John Furness	1,735	3.6
	Green	Philip Mulligan	644	1.3
	UKIP	J Vause	209	0.4	N/A
Majority			3,959	8.2
Turnout			48,121	69.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Hove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Sainsbury	24,525	49.0
	Labour	Don Turner	12,257	24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Jones	9,709	19.4
	Independent Conservative	John Furness	2,658	5.3	N/A
	Green	Gordon Sinclair	814	1.6
	Natural Law	J H Morilly	126	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,268	24.5
Turnout			50,089	74.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 1973: Hove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Sainsbury	22,070	48	−20.9
	Liberal	Desmond Wilson	17,224	37.4	N/A
	Labour	Ronald Wallis	5,335	11.6	− 19.7
	National Front	Sqn. - Ldr. John Harrison-Broadley	1,409	3	N/A
	Marxist-Leninist (England)	Mrs Carole Reakes	128	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,846
Turnout			46,038

Sources

• 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)
• F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973. (ISBN 0-900178-07-8)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex