UK general elections › 2015 › Brighton, Kemptown
Brighton, Kemptown — 2015
Simon Kirby (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,428 votes— 40.7% of 45,306 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,306
| 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 | 18,428 | −9.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Nancy Platts | Labour Party | 17,738 | — | ||
| 3 | Ian Buchanan | UK Independence Party | 4,446 | — | ||
| 4 | Davy Jones | Green Party | 3,187 | — | ||
| 5 | Paul Chandler | Liberal Democrats | 1,365 | — | ||
| 6 | Jacqueline Shodeke | The Socialist Party of Great Britain | 73 | — | ||
| 7 | Matt Taylor | Independent | 69 | — |
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.