NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The constituency is in the city of Brighton, in the South East of England. It is named after the Royal Pavilion there. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... Brighton in East Sussex is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... South East England is one of the official regions of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The Royal Pavilion The Royal Pavilion is a splendid palace built in Brighton, East Sussex in the 19th Century as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent. ...

Contents

1 Boundaries

2 Member of Parliament

3 Election results

4 Politics and history of the constituency

5 See also

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	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 Democrats	Hazel Thorpe	7,171	16.5	+3.4
	UKIP	Kimberley Crisp-Comotto	508	1.2	+0.3
	Alliance for Green Socialism	Tony Greenstein	188	0.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	Ian Fyvie	152	0.3	-1.1
	Independent	Christopher Rooke	122	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Keith Jago	42	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,030	11.5
Turnout				64.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

General Election 2001: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Lepper	19,846	48.7	-5.9
	Conservative	David Gold	10,203	25.1	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Berry	5,348	13.1	+3.6
	Green	Keith Taylor	3,806	9.3	+6.8
	Socialist Labour Party	Ian Fyvie	573	1.4	N/A
	Free Party	Bob Dobbs	409	1.0	N/A
	UKIP	Stuart Hutchin	361	0.9	+0.5
	ProLife Alliance	Marie Paragallo	177	0.4	N/A
Majority			9,643	23.6
Turnout			40,723	58.5	-14.8
	Labour hold		Swing

_the_constituency" id="Politics_and_history_of_the_constituency"> The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... David Lepper (born 15 September 1945) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... Cllr Keith Taylor (born 1 August 1953 in Southend, Essex) is a principal speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales since August 2004, along with Dr Caroline Lucas MEP, succeeding the late Dr Mike Woodin. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Alliance for Green Socialism is a socialist grouping in Leeds in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... David Lepper (born 15 September 1945) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... ProLife, otherwise The ProLife Party and formerly The ProLife Alliance is a minor political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency

The Green Party have recorded their best election results in the country in this constituency and regard it as their main target seat, although they are unlikely to win.

Guardian \| Brighton may elect first Green MP (657 words)
	All six councillors are based in wards in the Brighton Pavilion constituency where the Green candidate, Keith Taylor, secured 9.3% of the vote in the last general election - the highest polled by the Greens throughout Britain.
	He argues that the share of the vote in Brighton Pavilion is now nearer to 27% - based on a comparison with the way votes were cast in the 1999 European elections, when the results of the three constituencies were published separately and Brighton Pavilion secured 19%.
	Mr Lepper, the first Labour MP to be returned to Brighton Pavilion in the 1997 landslide, insists he is relaxed about the Green threat and that the real opposition are the Tories, over whom he has a 9,600 majority.

Wantage (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (313 words)
	Wantage is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
	The constituency covers the south-west of Oxfordshire, largely corresponding to the Vale of White Horse local government district, with the exception of twelve wards in the north east (comprising the town of Abingdon and the Oxford suburbs of North Hinksey (Botley) and Cumnor), which lie in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.
	With an electorate of barely 8000, Wantage is one of the smallest towns to hold sole ownership of a parliamentary constituency name and in fact the largest town in the constituency is Didcot, which lies in the neighbouring South Oxfordshire local authority district, as does Wallingford, another significant centre of population for the division.

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