Election Special Labour launch National LGBT Manifesto in Brighton Labour’s LGBT manifesto promises to transform access to mental health services for next generation of LGBT people. Launching Labour’s LGBT manifesto Angela Eagle, Labour’s Shadow Leader of the House of Commons highlighted statistics showing nearly a quarter of LGB young people, and half of young tra By Besi • 3 min read
Election Special Tories have most ‘out’ candidates standing at General Election The Conservatives will be fielding 37 ‘out’ candidates in constituencies up and down the country, at the General Election on May 7. According to LGBTory, the Conservative Party LGBT Group, this will be the highest number of out candidates selected by any political party. ‘Out’ candidates have been s By Besi • 2 min read
Election Special Green Party launch national LGBTIQ Manifesto in Soho Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, launched the party’s LGBTIQ Manifesto in Soho today. The manifesto contains pledges to: Review the discriminatory blood ban; introduce LGBTIQ-inclusive sex education; protect LGBTIQ asylum seekers; improve services for trans people and By Besi • 1 min read
Purna Sen: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Election Special Purna Sen: Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Purna came to the UK from India in 1962, studied in state schools and taught in adult, community and further education. She has worked for NGOs on violence against women and human rights and with asylum seekers and refugees. She became single at the age of 40, with two teenage daughters. By Contributor • 3 min read
Chris Bowers: Liberal Democratic Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Election Special Chris Bowers: Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion Chris Bowers, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Brighton Pavilion is a writer and broadcaster, commentating on radio and TV for Eurosport, ESPN and internet media, and a member of the BBC 5 Live team at Wimbledon for 12 years from 1994-2007. Chris works in the environmental movement, has been a cou By Contributor • 3 min read
Election Special What has your Pavilion MP been doing for you for the last 5 years? Caroline Lucas was elected MP for Brighton Pavilion in May 2010. She looks back over the last five years at what she has been able to achieve for her LGBT residents. As the first Green MP to be elected to Parliament, I have actively campaigned for same sex marriage legislation tabling amendments whe By Contributor • 3 min read
News Brighton Kemptown candidate joins resident to present bus petition Simon Kirby, Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, yesterday accompanied local resident Barbara Cox to the headquarters of Brighton and Hove Bus Company. The purpose of the visit was to present a petition on behalf of Whitehawk, Manor Farm and Bristol estate resi By Sarah Green • 1 min read
Election Special Simon Kirby: Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Sussex born Simon, lives with his wife and his six children in East Brighton. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven at the last general election in May, 2010. Simon was first elected to represent the people of Kemptown in 1992, as a Councillor on East Sussex Coun By Contributor • 3 min read
Davy Jones: Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Election Special Davy Jones: Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Davy Jones is standing for the Green Party in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven and says it is important for him to stand up for what matters in the place where he and his two daughters grew up – a place whose radicalism has inspired his politics for decades. This is his first foray into actually bei By Contributor • 3 min read
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
Nancy Platts: Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven Health Nancy Platts backs local NHS campaigners NHS campaigners from the 38 Degrees campaigning website receive support from Parliamentary election candidates, including Nancy Platts, Labour’s candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, last Saturday, April 25. The campaigners from across the city have been collecting thousands of signatures By Besi • 2 min read
