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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