Ward profile: North Portslade

Candidates (Two seats)

Sam EvansÂ (Conservative) - @Sam_and_Noel

Noel Jennings (Conservative) - @Sam_and_Noel

Sharon Hamlin (Green, first choice)

Jane Prisley (Green, second choice)

Peter Atkinson (Labour)

*Penny Gilbey (Labour) - @PortsladePen

Eileen Fierhaller (Liberal Democrats)

Andy Barber (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Bernie Akehurst (UKIP)

Philip Wray (UKIP)

2011 election results

CandidateÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Votes (%) Â Â Â

Bob Carden (Labour) 1,596 (30%

Penny Gilbey (Labour) 1,240 (23%)

Trevor John Alford (Conservative) 1,010 (19%)

Kerry Ann Underhill (Conservative) 639 (12%)

Jacob Chapman (Green) 245 (5%)

Maria McCallum (UKIP) 155 (3%)

Dave Walsh (Green) 130 (2%)

Ali Haydor (Liberal Democrats) 126 (2%)

Theo Child (Independent) 106 (2%)

Billie Lewis (Liberal Democrats) 106 (2%)

Factfile (Source: Census 2011)

Households: 4,133

Density (people per hectare): 48

Women: 52% (5,223)

Men: 48% (4,812)

Average age: 38

Higher managerial occupations: 6.8% (547)

Unemployed: 5.8% (313)

White: 93.7% (9,407)

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: 1.1% (114)

Asian/Asian British: 2.3% (227)

Number who cannot speak English well: 42

Dependent children in household (% of all households): 34.7%

Christians: 56%

No religion: 34%

Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 30

Divorced: 11%

Living as co-habiting couple: 14.3%

Married: 45.5%

One family - all aged 65 and over: 7.4%

Lone parent - with dependent children: 10%

No adults in employment, with dependent children: 5%

Long-term unemployed: 1.5%

Activities limited a lot by poor health: 7.1%

No cars or vans in household: 21%

No qualifications: 24.2%

Full-time students aged 18 and over: 2.9%

One person in household with long-term health problem/disability - with dependent children: 5.9%