Caroline Lucas is the Green Partys best hope at the 2015 general election. Lucas, the partys former leader, became the first ever Green MP in 2010 when she was elected in the Brighton Pavilion constituency.
Now she is battling to keep the seat but faces a number of challenges – not least from her own local party, which has had a controversial few years in control of the council.
As part of a series on marginal constituencies in the UK, IBTimes UK travelled to Brighton Pavilion to take a look at what is going on in the close-fought election campaign.