Ward profile: South Portslade
Candidates (Two seats)
Danielle Harmer-Strange (Conservative) - @DHarmerStrange
Adrian Scott (Conservative)
James Brooks (Green, first choice)
David Pleavin (Green, second choice)
*Les Hamilton (Labour)
*Alan Robins (Labour)
Peter Denyer (Liberal Democrats)
Ken Rist (Liberal Democrats)
Jamie Gillespie (UKIP)
Martin White (UKIP)
2011 election results
Candidate                                                Votes (%)
*Leslie Arthur Hamilton (Labour) 1,580 (28%)
*Alan Robins (Labour) 1,234 (22%)
Stephen Charles Harbor-Wade (Conservative) 941 (17%)
Steve Harmer-Strange (Conservative) 830 (15%)
Cathy Marchand (Green) 398 (7%)
Steve Watson (Green) 263 (5%)
Ken Rist (Liberal Democrats) 208 (4%)
Peter Thomas Denyer (Liberal Democrats) 180 (3%)
Factfile (Source: Census 2011)
Households: 3,903
Density (people per hectare): 54
Women: 51% (4,893)
Men: 49% (4,659)
Average age: 38
Higher managerial occupations: 8.2% (617)
Unemployed: 6.3% (319)
White: 91.1% (8,700)
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: 1.3% (122)
Asian/Asian British: 3% (289)
Number who cannot speak English well: 81
Dependent children in household (% of all households): 34.5%
Christians: 52%
No religion: 35%
Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 68
Divorced: 11%
Living as co-habiting couple: 14%
Married: 42.3%
One family - all aged 65 and over: 6.2%
Lone parent - with dependent children: 10%
No adults in employment, with dependent children: 4.8%
Long-term unemployed: 1.8%
Activities limited a lot by poor health: 8.1%
No cars or vans in household: 29%
No qualifications: 22.9%
Full-time students aged 18 and over: 3.4%
One person in household with long-term health problem/disability - with dependent children: 5.7%