Hove and Portslade: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Peter Kyle (Labour) is the MP for Hove and Portslade, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Peter Kyle (Labour) 27,209 votes and Sophie Broadbent (Green Party) 7,418, a majority of 19,791. 51,909 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 74,063, 70.1% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Hove and Portslade has the 56th highest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (44.4%).
Workplaces in Hove and Portslade accounted for 41,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 6,250 local units for March 2026.
Hove and Portslade counted 46,072 households on Census day 2021; 16.9% of adults were retired and 44.4% of those in work were mostly working from home.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £425,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £305,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £430,000, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 117th highest of 575 constituencies. 1,210 sales were registered in the period, against 1,851 in the year to March 2025.
DWP figures count 3,178 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 19.4% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 10.5% in 2021/22 to 11.7% in 2024/25.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 104,152; the estimate for 2014 was 100,696. 16,374 were aged 65 or over and 16,365 were under 16.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 77.2% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.9 points. 15.3% were economically inactive.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £38,462 for jobs in Hove and Portslade and £38,404 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £36,294. The residents' figure ranks 307th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 2,790 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 3.9%. September 2025 had 2,735.
MP
Peter Kyle, Labour
- MP for Hove and Portslade since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Peter Kyle on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Peter Kyle's latest words in Parliament, from 2 July 2026 to 9 July 2026. Hansard search returns 397 spoken contributions by Peter Kyle since 4 July 2024.
That was a very gracious intervention—I am glad I took it. I had the pleasure of visiting my hon.
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I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s contribution. Of course, he is completely correct.
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The hon. Member’s enthusiasm is infectious. He came to meet me when I was Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to talk about the Golden Valley, and we spoke about our shared ambition in that area for the clustering of expertise that having …
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I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s advocacy, and I share in his birthday message to the people of the United States of America.
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My hon. Friend is right that her constituents are hard-working and they deserve to have a Government on their side: in this Government, they have that. We have invested £140 million in a pilot with the mayoral strategic authorities that will benefit her area.
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Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kyle | Labour | 27,209 | 52.4% | −5.9 |
| Sophie Broadbent | Green Party | 7,418 | 14.3% | +9.9 |
| Carline Deal | Conservative | 6,630 | 12.8% | −15.3 |
| Martin Hess | Reform UK | 4,558 | 8.8% | +6.8 |
| Tanushka Marah | Independent | 3,048 | 5.9% | |
| Michael Wang | Liberal Democrat | 3,046 | 5.9% | −0.7 |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 52.4% | Green Party 14.3% | 19,791 | 70.1% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 58.3% | Conservative 28.1% | 17,044 | 76.5% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Hove and Portslade lies within Brighton and Hove.
- Brighton and Hove E06000043
Who has power over Hove and Portslade
Every body that makes decisions for Hove and Portslade, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Hove and Portslade this page: Peter Kyle (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Hove and Portslade?
Peter Kyle (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Hove and Portslade?
The House of Commons Library records 27,209 votes for Peter Kyle of Labour and a majority of 19,791; 70.1% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Hove and Portslade?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 2,790, 3.9% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Hove and Portslade?
£425,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Hove and Portslade?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £38,404 (April 2025).
How many children in Hove and Portslade live in low income families?
3,178 children under 16, 19.4%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Hove and Portslade?
104,152 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.