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

CandidateÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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%