Brighton Pavilion.
Green Party of England and Wales MP Siân Berry holds the seat on 55.0% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldean Stanmer(2 seats) | Alexander · Sheard | 1,198 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| Hanover Elm Grove(3 seats) | Winder · Rowkins · Galvin | 7,184 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| Hollingdean Fiveways(3 seats) | Oliveira · Asaduzzaman · Fowler | 7,683 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| Moulsecoomb Bevendean(3 seats) | Evans · Taylor · Goddard | 5,700 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| Patcham Hollingbury(3 seats) | McNair · Meadows · Theobald | 5,657 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| Preston Park(3 seats) | Pickett · Loughran · Davis | 6,436 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| Regency(2 seats) | Thomson · Goldsmith | 2,082 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| Round Hill(2 seats) | West · Hill | 2,791 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
| West Hill North Laine(2 seats) | McLeay · Shanks | 2,602 | Brighton and Hove Lab | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton and Hove | 101,475 | city |
| Rural & dispersed | 1,631 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 58.0% | 57.1% | +2% |
| Owner-occupied | 53.4% | 63.1% | -15% |
| Private rented | 34.1% | 20.0% | +71% |
| Social rented | 12.3% | 16.8% | -27% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £386m |
| Taxpayers | 52,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,180 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £7,390 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siân BerryWON | Grn | 28,809 | 55.0 |
| Tom Gray | Lab | 14,519 | 27.7 |
| Sarah Webster | Con | 3,975 | 7.6 |
| Mark Mulvihill | Ref | 2,836 | 5.4 |
| Ashley Ridley | LD | 1,604 | 3.1 |
| Citizen Skwith | Ind | 257 | 0.5 |
| Carl Buckfield | Ind | 184 | 0.3 |
| Steve AI | Ind | 179 | 0.3 |
Turnout 52,363
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Caroline Lucas | Grn | 57.2 |
| 2017 | Caroline Lucas | Grn | 52.3 |
| 2015 | Caroline Lucas | Grn | 41.8 |
| 2010 | Lucas, Caroline | Grn | 31.3 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo