With additional reporting by Megan Kenyon, George Monaghan, Jonny Ball, Samir Jeraj and Sarah Dawood
Whatever the result of Thursday’s general election, the voters of Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven will return a professional lobbyist to parliament. The most likely future MP for the seat is Chris Ward, a former adviser to Keir Starmer who has since January 2022 been a director of Hanbury Strategy. Hanbury is a registered lobbying firm whose clients, during the time that Ward has been a director, have included Royal Mail, the US private equity giant Blackstone, the frozen-food company McCain, the Israeli oil and gas company Navitas and UnHerd Ventures, which is owned by the GB News investor Paul Marshall.
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