Ward profile: Goldsmid

Candidates (Three seats)

Linda Freedman (Conservative) - @lindi_lmf

Danny Hoskins (Conservative)

Lucy Emeile-Samy (Conservative) - @LucySamy1

Amanda Knight (Green)

Andrew Lippett (Green)

Matthew Moors (Green)

Saiorse Horan (Labour) - @Saoirsejh

Malcolm Prescott (Labour) - @malcprescott

Jackie O'Quinn (Labour) - @jacquelquinn

Dave Hill (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Gloria Parks (UKIP)

Kevin Smith (UKIP)

Robert Spurrier-Kimbell (UKIP) - @RedHotSquirrel

Poll watch

What's wrong with Goldsmid?

Two of the three Green councillors are not standing again; the third, Alex Phillips, is shuffling across the border to stand in neighbouring Regency.

And none of the three Labour losers last time is standing. Or, to be more accurate, two big losers are standing - but in other wards: Melanie Davis, in Brunswick and Adelaide, and Nigel Jenner, in Hangleton and Knoll.

Meanwhile, Gloria Parks - who stood in 2011 for the Liberal Democrats - has remained loyal - to the ward, at least. She has, however, made the interesting journey from the LibDems to UKIP.

So what is so off-putting about Goldsmid?

The simple fact is that it could be one of the tightest three-way marginals in the city.

Even though the Green vote may not have imploded, it will be difficult for the Green Party candidates to fill the shoes of the three sitting councillors.

The three Labour candidates are not particularly well-known, but they can hardly do as badly as their predecessors in 2011.

It's a big task for the Conservatives to make up ground on their rivals, but Linda Freedman - chair of Brighton and Hove Conservatives - will be a formidable candidate and cannot be ruled out.

All things considered, a couple of Labour gains looks the most likely outcome.

2011 election results

Candidates                                        Votes (%)    

Ruth Buckley (Green - elected) 2,264 (14%)

Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips (Green - elected) 2,204 (14%)

Rob Jarrett (Green - elected) 1,898 (12%)

Melanie Davis (Labour) 1,755 (11%)

Nigel Jenner (Labour) 1,516 (10%)

Adam James Love (Conservative) 1,428 (9%)

Rob Buckwell (Conservative) 1,420 (9%)

Debra Kirstie Livingstone-Wade (Conservative) 1,333 (8%)

Lis Telcs (Labour) 1,271 (8%)

Andrew Mailing (Liberal Democrats) 312 (2%)

Gloria Parks (Liberal Democrats) 281 (2%)

John Aloy (Liberal Democrats) 269 (2%)

Factfile (Source: Census 2011)

Households: 7,955

Density (people per hectare): 120

Women: 50% (7,831)

Men: 50% (7,858)

Average age: 39

Higher managerial occupations: 15.7% (2,119)

Unemployed: 5.4% (520)

White: 88.2% (13,839)

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British: 1.4% (221)

Asian/Asian British: 4.1% (649)

Number who cannot speak English well: 198

Dependent children in household (% of all households): 19.6%

Christians: 38%

No religion: 44%

Number of same-sex civil partnerships: 148

Divorced: 10%

Living as co-habiting couple: 19.8%

Married: 27%

One family - all aged 65 and over: 2.8%

Lone parent - with dependent children: 5%

No adults in employment, with dependent children: 2.2%

Long-term unemployed: 1.5%

Activities limited a lot by poor health: 7.9%

No cars or vans in household: 40%

No qualifications: 11.9%

Full-time students aged 18 and over: 5.7%

One person in household with long-term health problem/disability - with dependent children: 2.5%