Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency) Labour Party began service as MP for thirteen years by winning the two subsequent elections. The Conservatives' share of the vote has declined at every election there since 1979. In July 2007, the Green Party selected Caroline Lucas to contest the seat, at which point she was neither Leader nor Principal Speaker for the party. In November 2009, Charlotte Vere was selected as the Conservative Party candidate at an open primary attended by local Conservative Party members and residents. In January 2010, the Liberal Democrats also selected a female candidate, Bernadette Millam. Labour had selected Nancy Platts, a local campaigner
1905 Brighton by-election gained the seat from the Conservatives: At the following General Election, the Liberals gained the other seat from the Conservatives, the result was: 1905 Brighton by-election The Brighton by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It was one of only eight ministerial by-elections in the UK not to be retained by the incumbent. Gerald Loder had been Conservative MP for the seat of Brighton since the Brighton by-election, 1889. He vacated his seat upon appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury so as to seek re-election. Brighton returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected