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.
Read more about Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, Constituency Profile, History, Members of Parliament
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