Election Special Paul Chandler, Liberal Democrat Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Paul Chandler has lived in Kemptown for over ten years and, in that time, has been an active member of his community. He has helped shape the plans for the new hospital that Brighton so badly needs as a member of the local resident’s consultative committee. For the last three years Paul has given ti By Contributor • 2 min read
Nancy Platts: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Election Special Nancy Platts: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Nancy says she came to politics quite recently because: “my passion is making things happen”. She is not a career politician, has not worked for an MP, as a special advisor or a think tank, has not been part of the ‘Westminster bubble’ and she hopes this will be a refreshing change! Nancy didn’t go By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special What has your Kemptown MP been doing for you during the last 5 years? Simon Kirby was elected as MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven in May 2010. He looks back over the last five years and what he has been able to achieve for local LGBT residents. “It is an honour to be the MP for this incredibly special place. I always do my best to stand up for our area and be a By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special Matthew Taylor: Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Brighton born and bred, Matthew grew up with his mother and sister in a council house in Portslade. He says he was discriminated against because he didn’t have a dad, and he escaped into the pages of 2000 AD and pretended Judge Dredd was his dad instead. He left home and travelled to France aged 17; By Besi • 3 min read
Christopher Hawtree: Green Party Parlimentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade Election Special Christopher Hawtree: Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade People ‘enter politics’ through many doors. Always interested by this, Christopher says he was galvanised by the campaign to prevent the imposition of a directly-elected Mayor on Hove and Brighton – and by running a nationally resonant campaign to prevent Hove Library being closed down. By Contributor • 2 min read
Peter Kyle: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade Election Special Peter Kyle: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade Peter left school without the qualifications he needed to get by so he returned to secondary school as a 25 year-old and started all over again. Since then he’s got a PhD in community development, set up a local film company, run a charity for youth unemployment and been an aid worker. By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special Peter Lambell: Liberal Democratic Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade Peter Lambell is 47 years old and has been an active member of his local community for many years, serving four years as a Surrey County Councillor, winning his seat from the Conservatives in 2009. As Vice Chair of Governors at a school for children with severe learning difficulties, Peter has a par By Contributor • 2 min read
Election Special Graham Cox: Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade As the former Superintendent of Hove Police, and Head of Sussex CID, Graham Cox says he has always stood up for residents in Hove and Portslade. Graham was born in Mile Oak, went to primary school in Portslade, and has lived in Hove most of his adult life. He says he is not a career politician – ind By Contributor • 3 min read
