UK general elections › 2010 › Brighton, Kemptown
Brighton, Kemptown — 2010
Simon Kirby (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,217 votes— 38.0% of 42,705 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 38.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,705
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Kirby | Conservative Party | 16,217 | 38.0% | −12.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Burgess | Labour Party | 14,889 | 34.9% | — | |
| 3 | Juliet Williams | Liberal Democrats | 7,691 | 18.0% | — | |
| 4 | Ben Duncan | Green Party | 2,330 | 5.5% | — | |
| 5 | James Chamberlain-Webber | UK Independence Party | 1,384 | 3.2% | — | |
| 6 | Dave Hill | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 194 | 0.5% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.