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    Brighton, UK Parliamentary general election

    At the most recent election (5 July 1945), Luke William Burke Teeling (Conservative Party) and Anthony Marlowe (Conservative Party) won Brighton, with a majority of 17,952 votes.

    At the Local Elections 1987 (7 May 1987), 7 seats on Brighton were filled: The Labour Party 4 and Conservative Party 3. The Labour Party won a majority of the seats contested.

    Area type
    constituency
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    UK Parliamentary general election
    Elections recorded
    8
    Wards / divisions
    24
    Brighton: seats won by party at each election
    ElectionDateSeats won by party
    Local Elections 19954 May 1995The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 19945 May 1994The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 19927 May 1992Conservative Party 1
    Local by-elections 04 Oct 19904 October 1990The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 19877 May 1987The Labour Party 4, Conservative Party 3
    Local Elections 19868 May 1986The Labour Party 2, Lib/Sdp 1
    Local by-elections 18 Apr 198518 April 1985The Labour Party 1
    Local Elections 19843 May 1984Conservative Party 3, The Labour Party 2
    Local Elections 19835 May 1983The Labour Party 5, Lib/Sdp 1
    Local Elections 19793 May 1979Conservative Party 2, Ind Con 1
    Brighton: UK General Election 05 Jul 1945
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Luke William Burke TeelingConservative Party49,33930.8%Yes
    Anthony MarloweConservative Party49,02630.6%Yes
    Joseph Taylor HuddartThe Labour Party31,07419.4%No
    Greville Hugh BarnardThe Labour Party30,84419.2%No
    Brighton: UK General Election 14 Nov 1935
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George Clement TryonConservative Party60,91338.2%Yes
    Alfred Cooper RawsonConservative Party60,72438%Yes
    Alban Godwin GordonThe Labour Party19,28712.1%No
    Lewis Coleman CohenThe Labour Party18,74311.7%No
    Brighton: UK General Election 27 Oct 1931
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Alfred Cooper RawsonConservative Party75,20542.7%Yes
    George Clement TryonConservative Party74,99342.6%Yes
    Lewis Coleman CohenThe Labour Party12,9527.4%No
    Rosalind MooreThe Labour Party12,8787.3%No
    Brighton: UK General Election 30 May 1929
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    Alfred Cooper RawsonUnionist46,51529.1%Yes
    George Clement TryonUnionist46,28729%Yes
    Laurence Seading CheshireThe Labour Party19,49412.2%No
    William McLaineThe Labour Party18,77011.8%No
    Cyril Berkeley DallowLiberal Democrats14,7709.3%No
    John Charles Brudenell-BruceLiberal Democrats13,8168.7%No
    Brighton: UK General Election 29 Oct 1924
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George Clement TryonUnionist39,38742.5%Yes
    Alfred Cooper RawsonUnionist39,25342.3%Yes
    Alban Godwin GordonThe Labour Party14,07215.2%No
    Brighton: UK General Election 06 Dec 1923
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George Clement TryonUnionist30,13726.8%Yes
    Alfred Cooper RawsonUnionist29,75926.5%Yes
    Walter RuncimanLiberal Democrats17,46215.5%No
    Henry Simpson LunnLiberal Democrats16,56714.7%No
    Alban Godwin GordonThe Labour Party9,5458.5%No
    Herbert CardenThe Labour Party9,0408%No
    Brighton: UK General Election 15 Nov 1922
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George Clement TryonUnionist28,54931.9%Yes
    Alfred Cooper RawsonUnionist26,84430%Yes
    Charles Burgess FryLiberal Democrats22,05924.7%No
    Harry WheaterFree Conservative and Anti-Waste11,91313.3%No
    Brighton: UK General Election 14 Dec 1918
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    George Clement TryonUnionist with Coalition Coupon32,95839.7%Yes
    Charles Thomas-StanfordUnionist with Coalition Coupon32,56139.2%Yes
    Trystan LewisThe Labour Party8,97110.8%No
    George William Alfred CanterThe Labour Party8,51410.3%No

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