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
Cllr Warren Morgan News 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 By Besi • 2 min read
Simon Kirby: Conservative candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven LGBTQ+ News 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 By Sarah Green • 1 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
LGBTQ+ News Labour promise to focus on equalities, neighbourhoods, community safety and mental health Warren Morgan the Leader of the Labour and Co-operative group on Brighton and Hove City council says a Labour administration under his leadership would be politically not officer led if Labour are elected at next months local elections. By Besi • 2 min read
Health Party leaders praise HIV prevention drug PrEP HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust welcomes comments in support of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) from party leaders David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband. The three main party leaders expressed praise for PrEP in a series of election interviews with Gay Times magazine. PrEP i By Besi • 3 min read
Caroline Lucas: Green candidate for Brighton Pavilion News Caroline Lucas endorsed by four former Friends of the Earth Directors LUCAS, is standing for re-election and in a statement the four, former directors of Friends of the Earth, Jonathon Porritt, Tom Burke, Charles Secrett and Tony Juniper call for her to be returned to Parliament on May 7. The four environmentalists between them have around 150 years professional exper By Besi • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News LGBT Hustings tonight for local council elections The Brighton & Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum are holding Hustings ahead of this years elections. This is your chance to find out more about the local Councillor Candidates in the local elections, why they are running and what they will do if they are elected. It’s also your chance to ask question By Besi • 2 min read
