The placeConstituency · South East · Electorate 78,374 · 2023 boundaries

Chichester.

Liberal Democrats MP Jess Brown-Fuller holds the seat on 49.2% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentJess Brown-Fuller · Liberal Democrats
CouncilsChichester · Arun
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001166
Electorate · 2024
78.4k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
49.2%
Liberal Democrats · +23.4pp over Con
Settlements
20
Largest: Chichester
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
13.3
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

Brown-Fuller's most distinctive recent act was breaking with the Liberal Democrats on assisted dying. She voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading in June 2025 -- one of only two rebel votes in her parliamentary record -- having also backed a pro-safeguards amendment at an earlier stage. Her voting data confirms this as a consistent position: she sits 22 percentage points above her party average on opposition to assisted dying. More recently, she backed referring Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Mandelson appointment and voted against asylum seeker regulations she viewed as punitive -- both standard Liberal Democrat positions, but still worth noting as active choices rather than abstentions.

At 72% participation she sits slightly below the Commons average, with 99.5% party-line loyalty outside the assisted dying votes -- a reliable Lib Dem vote in almost every other division. Her speeches cluster around economy and jobs, social care, crime, and local government, with 590 contributions across 239 debates since July 2024. She scores notably high on supporting Lords scrutiny (97%) and parliamentary accountability (95%), and notably low on housing development (8%) and fiscal measures her party tends to back less -- suggesting a consistently liberal-civil-liberties profile with some fiscal caution.

Local coverage reinforces that picture. She has campaigned to reopen a custody centre in Chichester, championed the University of Chichester's SEND teacher-training work in the Commons, and pushed publicly for business rates reform. News sentiment across roughly 200 articles in the past 90 days is modestly positive, with transport and crime stories generating the most engaged coverage. She holds no select committee seat, so her influence runs primarily through speeches and local campaigning rather than formal scrutiny roles.

49.2%
LD vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
16
Wards · 31 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.16 wards · 31 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bersted(3 seats)Yeates · Greenway · Lury2,519Arun ConMay 2023
Chichester Central James Vivian404Chichester LDMay 2023
Chichester East(2 seats)Brisbane · Chant1,318Chichester LDMay 2023
Chichester North(2 seats)Brown · Corfield2,535Chichester LDMay 2023
Chichester South(2 seats)Sharp · Young2,230Chichester LDMay 2023
Chichester West(2 seats)Apel · Quail2,957Chichester LDMay 2023
Goodwood Henry Charles Potter450Chichester LDMay 2023
Harbour Villages(3 seats)Moss · Bates · Johnson6,665Chichester LDMay 2023
Lavant Joseph Charlie George William Brookes-Harmer475Chichester LDMay 2023
North Mundham Tangmere(2 seats)Hastain · Betts2,003Chichester LDMay 2023
Pagham(2 seats)Huntley · Hamilton1,862Arun ConMay 2023
Selsey South(2 seats)Boulcott · Johnson1,470Chichester LDMay 2023
Sidlesham With Selsey North(2 seats)Johnson · Weller1,133Chichester LDMay 2023
Southbourne(2 seats)Hickson · Bangert2,260Chichester LDMay 2023
The Witterings(3 seats)Hamilton · Ballantyne · Chilton3,654Chichester LDMay 2023
Westbourne Roy Alan Briscoe563Chichester LDMay 2023

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

§ 02Settlements.20 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Chichester (32,061), with Bognor Regis (13,748) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 106,567.

large-town 45,809town 29,514village 31,244

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Chichester32,061large town
Bognor Regis13,748large town
Selsey10,922town
Rural & dispersed9,844town
East Wittering6,933town
Southbourne4,774village
Showing 6 of 20·All 20 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate53.6%57.1%-6%
Owner-occupied68.2%63.1%+8%
Private rented17.8%20.0%-11%
Social rented14.0%16.8%-17%

Ethnicity.

White95.1%
Asian2.0%
Black0.7%
Mixed1.6%
Other0.6%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.0% Female 52.1% 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
£26,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£39,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,665
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
44
29 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
63.5%
Attainment 8: 43.0

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£353m
Taxpayers54,000
Median per taxpayer£2,580
Mean per taxpayer£6,600

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Chichester and Arun. 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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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
13.3
-36% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
4.4
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
28% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences3.7
Anti-social behaviour3.2
Shoplifting1.8
Criminal damage & arson1.3
Public order1.0
Other theft0.7
Vehicle crime0.4

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%
Jess Brown-FullerWONLD25,54049.2
Gillian KeeganCon13,36825.7
Teresa De SantisRef7,85915.1
Tom CollingeLab3,1756.1
Tim YoungGrn1,8153.5
Andrew EmersonInd1900.4

Turnout 51,947

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Gillian KeeganCon57.8
2017Gillian KeeganCon60.1
2015Andrew TyrieCon57.7
2010Tyrie, AndrewCon55.3
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