Who is the MP for Hove and Portslade?

Peter Kyle (Labour) is the MP for Hove and Portslade. They were first elected in May 2015.

Who won Hove and Portslade at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in Hove and Portslade was won by Labour with 52.4% of the vote, ahead of Green on 14.3%.

Who is projected to win the next election in Hove and Portslade?

PollCheck's current projection has Labour on 33.8% and Green on 24.9% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is Hove and Portslade in?

Hove and Portslade sits within Brighton and Hove council. Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units, but Brighton and Hove covers most or all of the Hove and Portslade area.

What is the demographic profile of Hove and Portslade?

Hove and Portslade is in South East. The seat is Remain-voting (Leave vote estimated at 33.0% in 2016). Around 46.5% of residents have a degree, a median age of 41, and 55.0% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in Hove and Portslade?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In Hove and Portslade, Labour won with 52.4% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won Hove and Portslade in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in Hove and Portslade: 2010 Conservative, 2015 Labour, 2017 Labour, 2019 Labour, 2024 Labour.

Constituency profile

Hove and Portslade

South East · Borough constituency · Brighton and Hove borough

Sitting MP

Peter Kyle

Labour

First elected May 2015Cabinet: President of the Board of Trade

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

South East

Borough constituency, Brighton and Hove council

Last 5 GE winners

CLLLL

Labour 4/5, Conservative 1/5

EU referendum 2016

33.0% Leave

UK average 51.9%; -18.9pp below mean

Current outlook

Labour +8.9pp

vs Green 24.9%

SouthernStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavy

Who lives in Hove and Portslade? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016

33.0%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

46.5%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

12.7%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

55.0%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

44.1%

UK average ~36%

Median age

40.8

UK median ~40

Age 65+

18.1%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

30.3%

UK average ~28%

How did Hove and Portslade vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 19,791 votes (38.1pp) · turnout 70.1%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Hove and Portslade

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Hove and Portslade within Brighton and Hove

The Westminster constituency of Hove and Portslade sits entirely within Brighton and Hove Council. Local council elections are a separate ballot from Westminster general elections - the figures below are from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat
Brighton and Hove 63 LSOAs	100%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Hove and Portslade at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Hove and Portslade at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010predecessor	Con gain from Lab	Mike Weatherley Hove MP	33.0%	36.7%	22.6%	2.4% UKIP	5.2%	0.2%	1,868	69.5%
2015predecessor	Lab gain from Con	Peter Kyle Hove MP	42.3%	39.9%	3.6%	6.3% UKIP	6.8%	1.1%	1,236	71.0%
2017predecessor	Lab hold	Peter Kyle Hove MP	64.1%	31.6%	2.3%	-	1.7%	0.3%	18,757	77.6%
2019notional	Labour winner	Peter Kyle Hove MP, pre-review boundary	58.3%	28.1%	6.6%	-	4.4%	2.6%	17,044	76.5%
2024	Lab hold	Peter Kyle	52.4%	12.8%	5.9%	8.8% Ref	14.3%	5.9%	19,791	70.1%

Hove and Portslade was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Hove (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Hove and Portslade

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Hove and Portslade. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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