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Matthew Taylor: Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

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;

Labour issues final call to voters ahead of local elections

Labour issues final call to voters ahead of local elections

Labour in Brighton and Hove has issued a call to voters to give them a majority in next week’s city council elections on Thursday, May 7. Councillor Warren Morgan, Leader of the Labour and Co-operative Group, said: “In a week’s time, residents of Brighton and Hove choose who runs the city council fo

Simon Kirby welcomes Tory manifesto promise of pardons for historic gross indecency convictions

Simon Kirby welcomes Tory manifesto promise of pardons for historic gross indecency convictions

Simon Kirby, Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven welcomes manifesto committment to provide pardons to men who were convicted of gross indecency but where no crime would have been committed today. The Conservative Manifesto, makes reference to the steps taken by

Christopher Hawtree: Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade

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.

Peter Kyle: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade

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.

Peter Lambell: Liberal Democratic Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade

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

Graham Cox: Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Hove and Portslade

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

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