Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brent East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
BrentEastConstituency.svg
Boundary of Brent East in Greater Londonfor the 2005 general election
County Greater London
Borough London Borough of Brent
1974 (1974)–2010
Seats1
Created from Willesden East (similar boundaries)
Willesden West (minor parts)
Replaced by Brent Central (bulk)
Hampstead and Kilburn (part)

Brent East was 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.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, a seat with the same name of "Brent East", comprising the majority of the existing Brent Central constituency, has been established and will be contested at the next general election. [1]

Boundaries

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. The boundaries were redrawn in 1997, but the description of the constituency remained unchanged.

The constituency was one of three covering the London Borough of Brent in north-west London. It covered the south-east of the borough, including the areas of Brondesbury, Dollis Hill, Kilburn and Neasden, as well as parts of Willesden and Cricklewood.

Proposed

Brent East in 2023 Brent East 2023 Constituency.svg
Brent East in 2023
Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Brent (as they existed on 5 May 2022):

Brondesbury Park; Cricklewood & Mapesbury; Dollis Hill; Kingsbury; Roundwood; Stonebridge; Welsh Harp; Willesden Green. [2]

The re-established seat will primarily comprise the majority of Brent Central (to be abolished), with Brondesbury Park and Kingsbury wards coming from the, to be abolished, constituencies of Hampstead and Kilburn, and Brent North respectively.

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
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 1970s

General election February 1974: Brent East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Freeson 21,063 49.3
Conservative G. K. Young 13,44131.5
Liberal W. Perry8,20419.2
Majority7,62217.9
Turnout 42,70868.0
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Brent East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Freeson 20,481 54.0 +4.7
Conservative Michael Knowles 11,55430.5−1.0
Liberal P. O'Brien4,41611.6−7.6
National Front N. Lyons1,0962.9New
Irish Civil RightsJ. Curran3821.0New
Majority8,92723.5+5.6
Turnout 37,92960.0−8.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Brent East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Freeson 20,351 53.3 −0.7
Conservative John Howes14,00836.7+6.2
Liberal Chris Wilding2,7997.3−4.3
National Front John Davies [7] 7061.9−1.0
Workers Revolutionary Gerald Downing2900.8New
Majority6,34316.6-6.9
Turnout 38,15566.9+6.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Brent East [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Freeson 18,363 47.0 −6.3
Conservative Robert Lacey13,52934.6−2.1
SDP Maurice Rosen [10] 6,59816.9New
Independent James O'Leary2890.7New
Workers Revolutionary Gerald Downing2220.6−0.2
Independent K. Radclyffe880.2New
Majority4,83412.4-4.2
Turnout 39,08863.6-3.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Brent East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Livingstone 16,772 42.6 −4.4
Conservative Harriet Crawley15,11938.4+3.8
SDP Daniel Finkelstein 5,71014.5−2.4
Independent Labour Riaz Dooley1,0352.6New
Green Miles Litvnoff7161.8New
Majority1,6534.2−8.2
Turnout 39,35264.5+0.9
Labour hold Swing −4.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Brent East [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Livingstone 19,387 52.8 +10.2
Conservative Damian Green 13,41636.6−1.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Cummins3,2498.9−5.6
Green Theresa M. Deen5481.5New
Communist Anne G. Murphy960.3New
Majority5,97116.2+12.0
Turnout 36,69668.8+4.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Brent East [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Livingstone 23,748 67.3 +14.5
Conservative Mark Francois 7,86622.3−14.3
Liberal Democrats Ian M.C. Hunter2,7517.8−1.1
Socialist Labour Stan E. Keable4661.3New
ProLife Alliance Andrew J. Shanks2180.6New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Claire M. Warrilow1200.3New
Natural Law Dean Jenkins1030.3New
Majority15,88245.0+28.8
Turnout 35,27265.9−2.9
Labour hold Swing +14.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Brent East [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Daisley 18,325 63.2 −4.1
Conservative David Gauke 5,27818.2−4.1
Liberal Democrats Norsheen M. Bhatti3,06510.6+2.8
Green Simone F. Aspis1,3614.7New
ProLife Alliance Sarah Macken3921.4+0.8
Socialist Labour Iris M.J. Cremer3831.3New
UKIP Ashwin Tanna1880.6New
Majority13,04745.00.0
Turnout 28,99251.9−14.0
Labour hold Swing 0.0
By-election 2003: Brent East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Teather 8,158 39.1 +28.5
Labour Robert Evans 7,04033.8−29.4
Conservative Uma M. Fernandes3,36816.2−2.0
Green Noel Lynch 6383.1−1.6
Socialist Alliance Brian Butterworth3611.7New
Public Services Not WarFawzi Ibrahim2191.1New
Independent Winston McKenzie 1970.9New
Independent Kelly McBride1890.9New
Independent Harold L. Immanuel1880.9New
UKIP Brian J. Hall1400.7+0.1
Socialist Labour Iris M.J. Cremer1110.5−0.8
Independent Neil F. Walsh1010.5New
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 590.3New
No description Aaron Barschak 370.2New
No descriptionJitendra J.N. Bardwaj350.2N/A
www.xat.org Rainbow George Weiss 110.1New
Majority1,1185.4N/A
Turnout 20,75236.2−15.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +29.0
General election 2005: Brent East [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Teather 14,764 47.5 +36.9
Labour Yasmin Qureshi 12,05238.8−24.4
Conservative Kwasi Kwarteng 3,19310.3–7.9
Green Shahrar Ali 9052.9–1.8
Independent Michelle A. Weininger1150.4New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 390.1N/A
Majority2,7128.7N/A
Turnout 31,06855.3+3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +29.0

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Brent East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dawn Butler [16]
Liberal Democrats Jonny Singh [17]
Conservative Jamila Robertson [18]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  3. ↑ Webster, Philip; Hurst, Greg (19 September 2003). "The Times report on by-election result". London. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  5. 1 2 "UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "UK General Election results: May 1979 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Election Expenses. Parliament of the United Kingdom. 1980. p. 9. ISBN   0102374805.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: London Boroughs". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Dawn Butler [@DawnButlerBrent] (18 August 2022). "I am delighted to have been backed by members to stand as their @UKLabour candidate for Brent Central at the next General Election once again" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ↑ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack . Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Jamila Robertson for Brent East". Jamila Robertson. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

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