Declaration of Result - Hove and Portslade General Election - 4 July 2024

Election of a Member of Parliament - Hove and Portslade Constituency

I, Jess Gibbons, (Acting) Returning Officer, give notice that the number of votes for each Candidate at the election of the Member of Parliament in the Hove and Portslade Constituency are as follows:

Candidate name and Party

Number of votes
Sophie Broadbent - Green Party 7,418
Carline Deal - The Conservative Party Candidate 6,630
Martin Hess - Reform UK 4,558
Peter Kyle - Labour Party 27,209
Tanushka Marah - Independent 3,048
Michael Wang - Liberal Democrats 3,046

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

Reason

Number of votes
Want of official mark 0
Voting for more than permitted number 33
Mark identifying voter 0
Unmarked or Uncertain 214
Total Number of Rejected Votes 247

Turnout: 70.42%

And I declare that Peter Kyle (Labour Party) is duly elected as a Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade.

Dated: Friday 5 July 2024

(Acting) Returning Officer: Jess Gibbons

Published by the (Acting) Returning Officer, Electoral Services Office, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ Election of a Member of Parliment - Brighton Pavilion Constituency