In Hove and Portslade Keir Starmer MP was nominated as leadership candidate after two rounds of voting and Ms Butler was elected deputy leader after four rounds of voting in the Labour leader and deputy nominations.
Hove MP Peter Kyle supported Jess Phillips and has not yet said publicly whom he now supports. Former Labour Councillor Emma Daniel organised the meeting with Mr Starmer.
Penny Gilbey, who was Labour Councillor for North Portslade until she retired last year after the May elections said: “All the candidates are excellent candidates but whoever is elected as leader, it is important for the party to unite behind him or her.”
Hove and Portslade Labour Party leadership and deputy nominations in brief
Hove and Portslade CLP nominated Mr Starmer as their Leadership candidate and Mrs Rayner as Deputy Leadership candidate. Carol Sewell was nominated as NEC BAME representative.
Third round of voting
| Candidate | Swing | Result |
| Rebecca Long Bailey | +9 | 70 |
| Keir Starmer | +20 | 56 |
Third round of voting
| Candidate | Swing | Result |
| Rebecca Long Bailey | +9 | 70 |
| Keir Starmer | +20 | 56 |
Johanna Baxter and Gurinder Singh Josan were nominated as National Executive Committee Constituency Labour Party representatives.
Brighton Kemptown Labour leadership and deputy nominations in brief
Rebecca Long Bailey MP is the clear winner for the Brighton Pavilion nomination. She got 36 more votes than her nearest rival, Sir Kier Starmer MP yesterday (Saturday 09 February, 2020.)
In Brighton Kemptown it took three rounds of voting for Ms Long Bailey to win although she had the endorsement of Brighton Kemptown’s Labour MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle.
Third round of voting – Brighton Kemptown CLP
| Candidate | Swing | Result |
| Rebecca Long Bailey | +9 | 70 |
| Keir Starmer | +20 | 56 |
Mrs Long Bailey was nominated as Brighton Kemptown’s leadership candidate after three rounds of voting. She beat Mr Starmer by 14 votes although the swing to Mr Starmer in the third round of voting was 20 percent compared with nine percent to Mrs Long Bailey.
Dr Allin-Khan, who may like to be known simply as Doctor Khan, beat her closest rival, Richard Burgon by 57 votes because she came to the meeting in person to canvass support. There was only one round of voting for the deputy leadership candidates in Brighton Kemptown CLP.
Only Labour members who attended the three constituency Labour party meetings (CLPs) could vote.
Brighton Pavilion Labour Party leadership and deputy nominations in brief
Less than seven percent of the Brighton Pavilion Labour membership voted and 190 votes were cast. Labour members were not allowed to vote by post or by proxy. They had to vote in person at the member only Labour Party meeting.
Mrs Long Bailey is the Brighton Pavilion nomination for Labour leader. She won in a single round of voting by 36 votes which is 19 percent more than her closest rival, Mr Starmer MP.
For the deputy leadership in Brighton Pavilion, voting was less straightforward. However, when votes from other candidates were transferred to Dr Khan and Dawn Butler MP, Ms Butler was the clear winner with a majority of 25 votes.
Third round of voting
| Candidate | Swing | Result |
| Rebecca Long Bailey | +9 | 70 |
| Keir Starmer | +20 | 56 |
The devil is in the detail
Here is a full breakdown of the results:
Brighton Kemptown CLP Labour leadership and deputy nominations
First round of voting
Lisa Nandy 16
Emily Thornberry 32
Keir Starmer 30
Rebecca Long Bailey 54
No vote 1
Second round of voting
| Candidate | Swing | Result |
| Emily Thornberry | +2 | 34 |
| Rebecca Long Bailey | +7 | 61 |
| Keir Starmer | +6 | 36 |
| No further vote | +1 | 2 |
Third round of voting
| Candidate | Swing | Result |
| Rebecca Long Bailey | +9 | 70 |
| Keir Starmer | +20 | 56 |
Deputy Leadership
Rosena Allin Khan 77
Richard Burgon 20
Dawn Butler 15
Angela Rayner 17
Ian Murray 2
No vote 2
Brighton Pavilion CLP Labour leadership and deputy nominations
One round of voting
Rebecca Long Bailey 99
Kier Starmer 63
Lisa Nandy 22
Emily Thornberry 5
Deputy leadership
| Dr Allin-Khan | Richard Burgon | Dawn Butler | Ian Murray | Angela Rayner | |
| First round of voting | 47 | 43 | 54 | 8 | 38 |
| Second round | 50 | 43 | 54 | Eliminated | 42 |
| Third round | 69 | 49 | 67 | 0 | Eliminated |
| Fourth round | 75 | Eliminated | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Result | Eliminated | NOMINATED |
There will be a Labour Party hustings in Brighton on Saturday 29 February.
Hove and Portslade CLP Labour Leadership and Deputy nominations
Keir Starmer was nominated as Leadership candidate, Angela Rayner was nominated as Deputy Leadership candidate. Carol Sewell was nominated as NEC BAME representative.
Johanna Baxter and Gurinder Singh Josan were nominated as NEC Constituency Labour Party representatives.
Labour Leadership Candidate
| Rebecca Long Bailey | Lisa Nandy | Keir Starmer | Emily Thornberry | Spoilt ballot papers | |
| Round 1 | 69 | 62 | 108 | 4 | |
| Second preference | 14 | Eliminated | 51 | Eliminated | 1 |
| Round 2 | 83 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 1 |
| NOMINATED | Eliminated |
Labour Deputy Leadership Candidate
| Dr Allin-Khan | Richard Burgon | Dawn Butler | Ian Murray | Angela Rayner | Spoilt | |
| Round 1 | 39 | 24 | 39 | 66 | 72 | 3 |
| Second preference | 0 | Eliminated | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Round 2 | 39 | 0 | 56 | 67 | 77 | 4 |
| Third preference | Eliminated | 0 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| Round 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 90 | 87 | 4 |
| Fourth preference | 0 | 0 | Eliminated | 5 | 44 | 13 |
| Round 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 131 | 17 |
| Eliminated | NOMINATED |
243 members attended the Hove and Portslade Constituency Labour Party meeting and Labour members can only vote if they attend in person.
An edited version of this article has been published today by Brighton and Hove News.