Ward profile: North Portslade
Candidates (Two seats)
Sam Evans (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
Candidate                Votes (%)   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%