Brent East is a parliamentary constituency in north west London; it was replaced by Brent Central for the 2010 general election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Brent East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 75,880 (2023) [1] |
Borough | London Borough of Brent |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Dawn Butler (Labour) |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Brent Central, Hampstead and Kilburn |
1974–2010 | |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Willesden East (similar boundaries) Willesden West (minor parts) |
Replaced by | Brent Central (bulk) Hampstead and Kilburn (part) |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, largely based on the existing Brent Central constituency.[2]
History
The constituency was created in 1974 and was first contested at the February general election of that year. An ethnically diverse area, it was previously one of the Labour Party's safest seats in London. It was held by Reg Freeson from 1974 to 1987, then by Ken Livingstone (following the abolition of the Greater London Council, of which he was leader, in 1986).
After Livingstone was expelled from the Labour Party for standing as an independent candidate for Mayor of London in 2000, he represented the constituency as an independent until standing down as an MP in 2001 to concentrate on his position as Mayor. Labour regained the seat at the 2001 general election, with Paul Daisley holding the seat until his death two years later.
The resulting Brent East by-election was held on 18 September 2003, with the 2003 Invasion of Iraq as a background. Labour lost the seat to Sarah Teather of the Liberal Democrats, with a considerable 29% swing, having come from a distant third place in 2001.[3] Teather retained the seat at the 2005 general election, with a majority of 2,712 votes and a swing of 30.7% from Labour to the Liberal Democrats compared to the previous general election.
Boundaries
Historic
The original constituency was one of three covering the London Borough of Brent in north-west London, covering the areas of Brondesbury, Dollis Hill, Kilburn and Neasden, as well as parts of Willesden and Cricklewood.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Brent wards of Brentwater, Brondesbury Park, Carlton, Church End, Cricklewood, Gladstone, Kilburn, Mapesbury, Queen's Park, and Willesden Green.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Brent wards of Brentwater, Brondesbury Park, Carlton, Chamberlayne, Church End, Cricklewood, Gladstone, Kilburn, Mapesbury, Queen's Park, and Willesden Green.
Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Brent:
- Brondesbury Park; Cricklewood & Mapesbury; Dollis Hill; Kingsbury; Roundwood; Stonebridge; Welsh Harp; Willesden Green.[4]
The re-established seat primarily comprises the majority of the abolished Brent Central constituencies, with Brondesbury Park and Kingsbury wards coming from the abolished constituencies of Hampstead and Kilburn, and Brent North respectively.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Reg Freeson | Labour | |
1987 | Ken Livingstone | Labour | |
2000 | Independent | ||
2001 | Paul Daisley | Labour | |
2003 by-election | Sarah Teather | Liberal Democrat | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Brent Central & Hampstead and Kilburn |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dawn Butler | 19,370 | 51.2 | 12.6 | |
Conservative | Jamila Robertson | 6,323 | 16.7 | 6.8 | |
Green | Nida Al-Fulaij | 3,729 | 9.9 | 6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonny Singh | 2,635 | 7.0 | 2.0 | |
Reform UK | Zbigniew Kowalczyk | 2,024 | 5.4 | 5.0 | |
Independent | Aadil Shaikh | 1,864 | 4.9 | New | |
Workers Party | James Mutimer | 1,052 | 2.8 | New | |
Independent | Amin Moafi | 654 | 1.7 | New | |
Independent | Jenner Clarence Joseph Folwell | 169 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 13,047 | 34.5 | 8 | ||
Turnout | 37,802 | 48.9 | 9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 77,257 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Teather | 14,764 | 47.5 | +36.9 | |
Labour | Yasmin Qureshi | 12,052 | 38.8 | −24.4 | |
Conservative | Kwasi Kwarteng | 3,193 | 10.3 | –7.9 | |
Green | Shahrar Ali | 905 | 2.9 | –1.8 | |
Independent | Michelle Weininger | 115 | 0.4 | New | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 39 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,712 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,068 | 55.3 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +29.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Teather | 8,158 | 39.1 | +28.5 | |
Labour | Robert Evans | 7,040 | 33.8 | −29.4 | |
Conservative | Uma Fernandes | 3,368 | 16.2 | −2.0 | |
Green | Noel Lynch | 638 | 3.1 | −1.6 | |
Socialist Alliance | Brian Butterworth | 361 | 1.7 | New | |
Public Services Not War | Fawzi Ibrahim | 219 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | Winston McKenzie | 197 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Kelly McBride | 189 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Harold Immanuel | 188 | 0.9 | New | |
UKIP | Brian Hall | 140 | 0.7 | +0.1 | |
Socialist Labour | Iris Cremer | 111 | 0.5 | −0.8 | |
Independent | Neil Walsh | 101 | 0.5 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Alan Hope | 59 | 0.3 | New | |
No description | Aaron Barschak | 37 | 0.2 | New | |
No description | Jitendra Bardwaj | 35 | 0.2 | N/A | |
www.xat.org | Rainbow George Weiss | 11 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,118 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,752 | 36.2 | −15.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +29.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Daisley | 18,325 | 63.2 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | David Gauke | 5,278 | 18.2 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Norsheen Bhatti | 3,065 | 10.6 | +2.8 | |
Green | Simone Aspis | 1,361 | 4.7 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Sarah Macken | 392 | 1.4 | +0.8 | |
Socialist Labour | Iris Cremer | 383 | 1.3 | New | |
UKIP | Ashwin Tanna | 188 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 13,047 | 45.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,992 | 51.9 | −14.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Livingstone | 23,748 | 67.3 | +14.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Francois | 7,866 | 22.3 | −14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian M.C. Hunter | 2,751 | 7.8 | −1.1 | |
Socialist Labour | Stan E. Keable | 466 | 1.3 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Andrew J. Shanks | 218 | 0.6 | New | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Claire M. Warrilow | 120 | 0.3 | New | |
Natural Law | Dean Jenkins | 103 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 15,882 | 45.0 | +28.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,272 | 65.9 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +14.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Livingstone | 19,387 | 52.8 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Damian Green | 13,416 | 36.6 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Cummins | 3,249 | 8.9 | −5.6 | |
Green | Theresa M. Deen | 548 | 1.5 | New | |
Communist | Anne G. Murphy | 96 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,971 | 16.2 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,696 | 68.8 | +4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Livingstone | 16,772 | 42.6 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Harriet Crawley | 15,119 | 38.4 | +3.8 | |
SDP | Daniel Finkelstein | 5,710 | 14.5 | −2.4 | |
Independent Labour | Riaz Dooley | 1,035 | 2.6 | New | |
Green | Miles Litvnoff | 716 | 1.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,653 | 4.2 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,352 | 64.5 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Freeson | 18,363 | 47.0 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Lacey | 13,529 | 34.6 | −2.1 | |
SDP | Maurice Rosen[14] | 6,598 | 16.9 | New | |
Independent | James O'Leary | 289 | 0.7 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Gerald Downing | 222 | 0.6 | −0.2 | |
Independent | K. Radclyffe | 88 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,834 | 12.4 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,088 | 63.6 | -3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Freeson | 20,351 | 53.3 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | John Howes | 14,008 | 36.7 | +6.2 | |
Liberal | Chris Wilding | 2,799 | 7.3 | −4.3 | |
National Front | John Davies[16] | 706 | 1.9 | −1.0 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Gerald Downing | 290 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 6,343 | 16.6 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,155 | 66.9 | +6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Freeson | 20,481 | 54.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Knowles | 11,554 | 30.5 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | P. O'Brien | 4,416 | 11.6 | −7.6 | |
National Front | N. Lyons | 1,096 | 2.9 | New | |
Irish Civil Rights | J. Curran | 382 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 8,927 | 23.5 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 37,929 | 60.0 | −8.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Freeson | 21,063 | 49.3 | ||
Conservative | G. K. Young | 13,441 | 31.5 | ||
Liberal | W. Perry | 8,204 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 7,622 | 17.9 | |||
Turnout | 42,708 | 68.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
External links
- Brent East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK