Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 50°49′44″N 0°08′07″W / 50.82889°N 0.13528°W / 50.82889; -0.13528
Brighton, Pavilion | |
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Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Brighton, Pavilion in East Sussex. |
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Location of East Sussex within England. |
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County | East Sussex |
Electorate | 77,430 (December 2010) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 (1950) |
Member of Parliament | Caroline Lucas (Green) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Brighton |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Brighton, Pavilion is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The current MP is Caroline Lucas, the Green Party's first MP in the UK parliament.
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