Hove (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 50°50′02″N 0°10′30″W / 50.834°N 0.175°W / 50.834; -0.175

Hove
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Hove in East Sussex.
Outline map
Location of East Sussex within England.
County East Sussex
Electorate 71,181 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament Mike Weatherley (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Brighton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Hove is a borough 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. The current MP is Mike Weatherley of the Conservative Party who was elected at the 2010 general election.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers Hove and Portslade in the city of Brighton and Hove. The constituency was coterminous with the former Borough of Hove from 1974 to 1997.

[edit] 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 Brighton constituency. Hove was a safe Conservative seat until the 1997 general election, when Labour's landslide parliamentary victory and success on the East Sussex coast (Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion, Hastings and Rye) gave Hove a Labour member of parliament.

Labour retained the seat, though with narrow majorities, at the 2001 and 2005 general elections. (The 2005 election saw a surge in the third place Liberal Democrat vote.) The Conservatives regained the seat at the 2010 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member[2] Party
1950 Anthony Marlowe Conservative
1965 by-election Martin Maddan Conservative
1973 by-election Tim Sainsbury Conservative
1997 Ivor Caplin Labour
2005 Celia Barlow Labour
2010 Mike Weatherley Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Hove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Weatherley 18,294 36.7 +0.2
Labour Celia Barlow 16,426 33.0 -4.5
Liberal Democrat Paul Elgood 11,240 22.6 +4.7
Green Ian Davey 2,568 5.2 -0.5
UKIP Paul Perrin 1,206 2.4 +1.1
Independent Brian Ralfe 85 0.2 +0.1
Majority 1,868 3.7
Turnout 49,819 69.5 +5.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 2.4

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Stuart Bower 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

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

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 Democrat Thomas Pearce 4,645 9.7 -9.7
Referendum Party Stuart Field 1,931 4.0 N/A
Independent Conservative John Furness 1,735 3.6 -1.7
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[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Sainsbury 24,525 49.0 −9.9
Labour DK Turner 12,257 24.5 +6.2
Liberal Democrat Mrs AF Jones 9,709 19.4 −2.4
Independent Conservative John Furness 2,658 5.3 N/A
Green GS Sinclair 814 1.6 N/A
Natural Law JH Morilly 126 0.3 N/A
Majority 12,268 24.5 −12.5
Turnout 50,089 74.1 +6.4
Conservative hold Swing −8.0

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hove[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Sainsbury 28,952 58.8
Social Democrat M. E. Collins 10,734 21.8
Labour Don Turner 9,010 18.3
Spare the Earth T. A. Layton 522 1.1
Majority 18,218 37.0
Turnout 67.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Hove[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Sainsbury 28,628 60.5
Liberal T. Beamish 11,409 24.1
Labour Chris Wright 6,550 13.9
Spare the Earth T. A. Layton 524 1.1 N/A
Modern Democratic Party K. H. Lillie 189 0.4 N/A
Majority 17,219 36.4
Turnout 65.8
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Hove[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Sainsbury 30,256 60.1
Labour B. R. Fitch 10,807 21.5
Liberal J. M. M. Walsh 8,771 17.4
National Front F. Sheridan 508 1.0 N/A
Majority 19,449 38.6
Turnout 71.6
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Hove[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Sainsbury 27,345 53.6
Liberal J. M. M. Walsh 12,469 24.5
Labour L. E. Hamilton 11,179 21.9
Majority 14,876 29.2
Turnout 69.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Hove[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Sainsbury 30,451 54.2
Liberal Des Wilson 18,942 33.7
Labour R. A. Wallis 6,374 11.3
National Front E. Budden 442 0.8
Majority 11,509 20.5
Turnout 77.4
Conservative hold Swing
Hove by-election, 1973[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Sainsbury 22,070 48 -20.9
Liberal Des Wilson 17,224 37.4 N/A
Labour Ronald Wallis 5,335 11.6 - 19.7
National Front Sqn. - Ldr. John Harrison-Broadley[10] 1,409 3 N/A
Marxist-Leninist (England) Mrs Carole Reakes 128 0.3 N/A
Majority 4,846
Turnout 46,038
General Election 1970: Hove[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Maddan 34,287 68.7
Labour D. G. Nicholas 15,639 31.3
Majority 18,648 37.4
Turnout 66.7
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)[self-published source?][better source needed]
  3. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  4. ^ UK General Election results: June 1987
  5. ^ UK General Election results: June 1983
  6. ^ UK General Election results: May 1979
  7. ^ UK General Election results: October 1974
  8. ^ UK General Election results: February 1974
  9. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20091024201004/http://geocities.com/by_elections/73.html
  10. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/byelections70/hove73/harrison.html&date=2009-10-25+16:46:41
  11. ^ UK General Election results: 1970

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