The 2024 General Election is just a couple of weeks away now, and households around Brighton and Hove will be considering who to vote for.

Rishi Sunak will be hoping to maintain the current majority that the Conservative Party has in Parliament while Keir Starmer is looking to have Labour leading the Government for the first time since 2010.

The last general election took place in 2019 and with the next one due on July 4, you might wonder how your area voted all those years ago.

We have put together a map showing how the entire UK voted, but let’s take a closer look at the seats around Brighton and Hove.

How did Brighton and Hove vote in the 2019 General Election?

Brighton and Hove are split up into three seats in Parliament, and here is the breakdown of which way they went in 2019.

Brighton, Kemptown and Peacehaven

Labour held the seat of Brighton, Kemptown and Peacehaven with a majority of 8,061 votes.

In total, five candidates ran to be MP for the area and the electoral turnout was 69.5%, with the breakdown as follows:

  • Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour) - 25,033 votes
  • Joe Miller (Conservatives) - 16,972 votes
  • Ben Thomas (Liberal Democrats) - 2,964 votes
  • Alexandra Phillips (The Green Party) - 2,237 votes
  • Graham Cushway (The Brexit Party) - 1,327 votes

Brighton Pavilion

The Green Party held the seat of Brighton Pavilion with a majority of 19,940 votes, retaining the party's only MP in Parliament.

In total, seven candidates ran to be MP for the area and the electoral turnout was 73.4%, with the breakdown as follows:

  • Caroline Lucas (The Green Party) - 33,151 votes
  • Adam Imanpour (Labour) - 13,211 votes
  • Emma Hogan (Conservatives) - 10.176 votes
  • Richard Milton (The Brexit Party) - 770 votes
  • Citizen Skwith (Official Monster Raving Loony Party) - 301 votes
  • Bob Dodds (Independent) - 212 votes
  • Nigel Furness (UK Independence Party) - 177 votes

Hove (now called Hove and Portslade)

Labour held the seat of Hove (now called Hove & Portslade for the 2024 General Election) with a majority of 17,044 votes.

In total, seven candidates ran to be MP for the area and the electoral turnout was 75.9%, with the breakdown as follows:

  • Peter Kyle (Labour) - 32,876 votes
  • Robert Nemeth (Conservatives) - 15,832 votes
  • Beatrice Bass (Liberal Democrats) - 3,731 votes
  • Ollie Sykes (The Green Party) - 2,496 votes
  • Angela Hancock (The Brexit Party) - 1,111 votes
  • Jolyon Dixon (Official Monster Raving Loony Party) - 195 votes
  • Charlotte Sabel (Independent) - 150 votes

What were the UK general election results in 2019?

In 2019, the Conservative Party won a majority with a total of 365 seats.

The Conservatives gained 47 seats which was up from the previous election two years earlier.

Boris Johnson, who was Prime Minister at the time, needed 365 seats to claim a Tory majority.

In contrast, the Labour Party lost 59 seats which brought them to 203 in total.

Across the country, 81 parliamentary seats changed hands.

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The Scottish National Party gained 13 seats which took them to 48 seats.

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats won 11 seats (losing one from 2017) and the DUP won 8 (losing two).

Sinn Féin reported  7 seats won, whilst Plaid Cymru secured 4 seats.

Meanwhile, other parties (including the speaker) won 9 seats to take the total to 650 in the House of Commons.