The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 74,786 · 2023 boundaries

Brighton Pavilion.

Green Party of England and Wales MP Siân Berry holds the seat on 55.0% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentSiân Berry · Green Party of England and Wales
CouncilBrighton and Hove
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001130
Electorate · 2024
74.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
55.0%
Green Party of England and Wales · +27.3pp over Lab
Settlements
2
Largest: Brighton and Hove
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
23.9
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Brighton Pavilion's Green MP has been one of the more vocal opposition voices demanding Prime Minister Starmer's resignation over the Peter Mandelson vetting affair -- she backed the Privileges Committee referral in April and has been directly quoted in national coverage calling Starmer out for misleading Parliament. That accountability push sits alongside a busy local patch: she has written to the Home Secretary over far-right intimidation of Muslim communities, spoken in Parliament about disabled constituents being cut off from a local railway station, and publicly condemned Reform's comments on Grenfell. Her voting record matches this combative posture -- she voted against government regulations stripping housing support from failed asylum seekers, backed Lords amendments to the English Devolution Bill against the government's wishes, and in December broke with her own party to support capping Agricultural Property Relief, a rare rebel vote.

At 79% participation she sits a little below the Commons average, though the Green Party's two-MP group makes party-line statistics less meaningful than for larger parties. She votes against fiscal tightening consistently -- 72% of the time on fiscal responsibility measures -- and strongly opposes pro-business positions (12% aligned). Her speeches concentrate on economy and jobs, crime, local government and social care, with 374 contributions across 139 debates since 2024. She diverges from even her own party's average by voting more strongly for trade union rights and consumer protection, and less strongly on police powers and end-of-life autonomy.

Berry holds no committee seats, which limits her formal scrutiny role but leaves her free to operate as a campaigning backbencher. News coverage over the past 90 days is high-volume -- 208 articles -- with housing generating the most positive sentiment locally. The underlying data covers votes and speeches from her full term since July 2024.

55.0%
Grn vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 23 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 23 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Coldean Stanmer(2 seats)Alexander · Sheard1,198Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
Hanover Elm Grove(3 seats)Winder · Rowkins · Galvin7,184Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
Hollingdean Fiveways(3 seats)Oliveira · Asaduzzaman · Fowler7,683Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
Moulsecoomb Bevendean(3 seats)Evans · Taylor · Goddard5,700Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
Patcham Hollingbury(3 seats)McNair · Meadows · Theobald5,657Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
Preston Park(3 seats)Pickett · Loughran · Davis6,436Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
Regency(2 seats)Thomson · Goldsmith2,082Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
Round Hill(2 seats)West · Hill2,791Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023
West Hill North Laine(2 seats)McLeay · Shanks2,602Brighton and Hove LabMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.2 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Brighton and Hove (101,475), with Rural & dispersed (1,631) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 103,106.

city 101,475village 1,631

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Brighton and Hove101,475city
Rural & dispersed1,631village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate58.0%57.1%+2%
Owner-occupied53.4%63.1%-15%
Private rented34.1%20.0%+71%
Social rented12.3%16.8%-27%

Ethnicity.

White85.2%
Asian5.0%
Black2.1%
Mixed5.2%
Other2.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.0% Female 51.0% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£31,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£42,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
6,120
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
29
18 primary · 3 secondary
GCSE pass
72.2%
Attainment 8: 48.9

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£386m
Taxpayers52,000
Median per taxpayer£3,180
Mean per taxpayer£7,390

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Brighton and Hove. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
23.9
+15% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
8.0
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
27% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences6.5
Anti-social behaviour4.6
Shoplifting4.1
Public order1.9
Other theft1.7
Drugs1.2
Criminal damage & arson1.2

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Siân BerryWONGrn28,80955.0
Tom GrayLab14,51927.7
Sarah WebsterCon3,9757.6
Mark MulvihillRef2,8365.4
Ashley RidleyLD1,6043.1
Citizen SkwithInd2570.5
Carl BuckfieldInd1840.3
Steve AIInd1790.3

Turnout 52,363

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Caroline LucasGrn57.2
2017Caroline LucasGrn52.3
2015Caroline LucasGrn41.8
2010Lucas, CarolineGrn31.3
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission