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 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
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
