Hove (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Hove
Map1 = Hove
Map2 = EastSussex
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Entity = East Sussex
County = East Sussex
EP = South East England
MP = Celia Barlow
Party = Labour

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

Hove was a safe Conservative until the General Election of 1997, when Labour's landslide victory and success on the East Sussex coast (Brighton Kempton, Brighton Pavilion, Hastings and Rye) took Hove into the Labour camp.

Labour has since retained the seat with a narrowing margin of victory. 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

* "Constituency created" (1950)
* 1950 — 1965: Anthony Marlowe, Conservative
* 1965 — 1973: Martin Maddan, Conservative
* 1973 — 1997: Timothy Sainsbury, Conservative
* 1997 — 2005: Ivor Caplin, Labour
* 2005 — "present": Celia Barlow, Labour

Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Celia Barlow
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stuart Bower
votes =
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Ian Davey
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Weatherley
votes =
percentage =
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Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: HoveElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Celia Barlow
votes = 16,786
percentage = 37.5
change = -8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Boles
votes = 16,366
percentage = 36.5
change = -1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Elgood
votes = 8,002
percentage = 17.9
change = +8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anthea Ballam
votes = 2,575
percentage = 5.7
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stuart Bower
votes = 575
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = RESPECT The Unity Coalition
candidate = Paddy O'Keefe
votes = 268
percentage = 0.6
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bob Dobbs
votes = 95
percentage = 0.2
change = +0.2Election box candidate
party = Silent Majority Party
candidate = Richard Franklin
votes = 78
percentage = 0.2
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Brian Ralfe
votes = 51
percentage = 0.1
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 420
percentage = 0.9
change = "n/a"Election box turnout
votes = 44,796
percentage = 64.1
change = +5.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 3.3

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: HoveElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivor Caplin
votes = 19,253
percentage = 45.9
change = +1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jenny Langston
votes = 16,082
percentage = 38.3
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Harold De Souza
votes = 3,823
percentage = 9.1
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Anthea Ballam
votes = 1,369
percentage = 3.3
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Andy Richards
votes = 531
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Richard Franklin
votes = 358
percentage = 0.9
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Nigel Donovan
votes = 316
percentage = 0.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Free Party
candidate = Simon Dobbshead
votes = 196
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Major
votes = 60
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,171
percentage = 7.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 41,988
percentage = 58.9
change = -10.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: HoveElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ivor Caplin
votes = 21,458
percentage = 44.6
change = +20.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Guy
votes = 17,499
percentage = 36.4
change = -12.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Thomas Pearce
votes = 4,645
percentage = 9.7
change = -9.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Stuart Field
votes = 1,931
percentage = 4.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = John Furness
votes = 1,735
percentage = 3.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Philip Mulligan
votes = 644
percentage = 1.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = J Vause
votes = 209
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,959
percentage = 8.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 48,121
percentage = 69.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: HoveElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Sainsbury
votes = 24,525
percentage = 49.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Don Turner
votes = 12,257
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Jones
votes = 9,709
percentage = 19.4
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = John Furness
votes = 2,658
percentage = 5.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Gordon Sinclair
votes = 814
percentage = 1.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = J H Morilly
votes = 126
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 12,268
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 50,089
percentage = 74.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Sources

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/hcommons4.htm Historical list of MPs]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/html/328.stm Election result, 2005] (BBC)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/328.stm Election results, 1997 - 2001] (BBC)
* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997EB.html Election results, 1997 - 2001] (Election Demon)
* [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983EB.html Election results, 1983 - 1992] (Election Demon)
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/history/0,9571,-1032,00.html Election results, 1992 - 2005] (Guardian)
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1951 - 2001] (Keele University)
* F. W. S. Craig. "British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973". (ISBN 0-900178-07-8)

References

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex