Dennis Hobden

Dennis Harry Hobden (21 January 1920 – 20 April 1995) was a British Labour Party politician.

Before being selected to contest the Brighton Kemptown seat, he was the chairman of the local Constituency Labour Party.

In 1964 Hobden was elected MP for Brighton Kemptown by a margin of seven votes, defeating incumbent David James and becoming the first Labour MP for a Sussex constituency.

In 1974, Hobden attempted to regain the seat in both the February and October general elections, but was unsuccessful.

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