Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brent North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Brent North in Greater London
County Greater London
Population128,484 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 82,648 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements Wembley, Kingsbury, Sudbury, Alperton, Kenton
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament Barry Gardiner (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Wembley North
Wembley South

Brent North is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Barry Gardiner of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the new seat of Brent West . [3]

History

Created in 1974 from the former seats of Wembley North and Wembley South, Brent North was a Conservative seat until 1997, held by Lancastrian former headmaster Rhodes Boyson with initially two fairly small 14% margins [n 3] before the Conservative-dominated period beginning in 1979 which gave Boyson larger majorities until Labour won the seat in 1997. At the general elections of 1997 and 2001, Brent North produced the highest swing to Labour nationally. [4] The winning candidate in 1997 was Glasgow-born Barry Gardiner, the youngest mayor of Cambridge in its history and former academic, who has held the seat ever since. The Liberal Democrats and their two predecessor parties (Liberal and SDP) amassed their largest share of the vote in 1974. Labour's percentage majority almost halved at the 2005 general election from 30.1% to 15.8% and fell slightly to 15.4% in 2010, faced with a new Conservative challenger, Harshadbhai Patel. [5] The Labour Party vote increased in both the 2015 and 2017 general elections and then dramatically decreased to a 15.8% margin in 2019.

Boundaries

Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1974–1983: The London Borough of Brent wards of Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Kingsbury, Preston, Queensbury, Roe Green, St Andrew's, Sudbury, Sudbury Court, and Tokyngton.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Brent wards of Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Kingsbury, Preston, Queensbury, Roe Green, St Andrew's, Sudbury, and Sudbury Court.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Brent wards of Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Kingsbury, Preston, Queensbury, Roe Green, Sudbury, and Sudbury Court.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Queensbury, Sudbury, and Wembley Central.

Most of the remaining wards in the London Borough of Brent were in the Brent Central constituency, with the exception of the wards of Brondesbury Park, Kilburn and Queens Park, which formed part of the Hampstead and Kilburn seat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
Feb 1974 Sir Rhodes Boyson Conservative
1997 Barry Gardiner Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Brent West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sushil Rapatwar
Green Baston De'Medici-Jaguar
Labour Barry Gardiner
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber
Reform UK Ian Collier
Workers Party Nadia Klock

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Brent North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 26,911 51.9 -11.0
Conservative Anjana Patel18,83236.3+3.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber4,0657.8+4.9
Brexit Party Suzie O'Brien9511.8New
Green Simon Rebbitt8501.6+0.4
Independent Noel Coonan1690.3New
Independent Elcena Jeffers1010.2-0.2
Majority8,07915.6-14.6
Turnout 51,87961.9-6.5
Labour hold Swing -7.3
General election 2017: Brent North [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 35,496 62.9 +8.6
Conservative Ameet Jogia18,43532.7-0.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber1,6142.9-2.1
Green Michaela Lichten6601.2-1.7
Independent Elcena Jeffers2390.40.0
Majority17,06130.2+9.4
Turnout 56,44468.4+4.9
Registered electors 82,567
Labour hold Swing +4.7
General election 2015: Brent North [10] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 28,351 54.3 +7.4
Conservative Luke Parker17,51733.5+2.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber2,6075.0−12.0
UKIP Alan Craig 2,0243.9+3.2
Green Scott Bartle1,5392.9+1.5
Independent Elcena Jeffers1970.4New
Majority10,83420.8+5.4
Turnout 52,23563.5+1.2
Registered electors 82,196
Labour hold Swing +2.7
General election 2010: Brent North [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 24,514 46.9 −2.5
Conservative Harshadbhai Patel16,48631.5+2.2
Liberal Democrats James Allie8,87917.0+2.1
Independent Atiq Malik7341.4New
Green Martin Francis7251.4New
UKIP Sunita Webb3800.7New
Brent North Needs An Independent MPJannen Vamadeva3330.6New
English Democrat Arvind Tailor2470.5New
Majority8,02815.4−0.4
Turnout 52,29862.3+3.9
Registered electors 83,896
Labour hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 17,420 48.8 −10.6
Conservative Bob Blackman 11,77933.0+3.7
Liberal Democrats Havard M. Hughes5,67215.9+4.6
Peace and Progress Babar Ahmad 6851.9New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 1260.4New
Majority5,64115.8-14.3
Turnout 35,68259.3+1.6
Registered electors 60,148
Labour hold Swing −7.1
General election 2001: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 20,149 59.4 +8.7
Conservative Philip Allott 9,94429.3−10.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber3,84611.3+3.2
Majority10,20530.1+19.6
Turnout 33,93957.7−12.8
Registered electors 58,789
Labour hold Swing +9.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Gardiner 19,343 50.7 +20.4
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 15,32440.2−17.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber3,1048.1−2.5
Natural Law Tony F. Davids2040.5-0.3
Rainbow Dream Ticket George F. Clark1990.5New
Majority4,01910.5N/A
Turnout 38,17470.5−0.1
Registered electors 54,149
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.9
General election 1992: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 23,445 56.2 −3.7
Labour James Moher 13,31431.9+7.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber4,14910.0-5.3
Independent Thakore Vipul3560.9New
Natural Law Tony F. Davids3180.8New
Majority10,13124.3-10.8
Turnout 41,58270.6-0.4
Registered electors 58,917
Conservative hold Swing −5.4

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 26,823 59.9 +3.6
Labour Praful Patel11,10324.8+1.7
SDP Christopher Mularczyk6,86815.3−5.3
Majority15,72035.1+1.9
Turnout 44,79471.0+0.6
Registered electors 63,081
Conservative hold Swing −2.2
General election 1983: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 24,842 56.3 +0.1
Labour Sandra Jackson10,19123.1−8.2
SDP Thomas Mann9,08220.6New
Majority14,65133.2+12.6
Turnout 44,11570.4−6.3
Registered electors 62,679
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 29,995 54.2 +6.3
Labour John Lebor [14] 18,61233.6−0.2
Liberal Andrew T. Ketteringham5,87210.6−5.1
National Front Graham John [14] 8731.6−0.9
Majority11,38320.6+6.5
Turnout 55,35276.7+4.8
Registered electors 72,158
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 24,853 47.9 +3.3
Labour T.J.C. Goudie17,54133.8+2.9
Liberal F. Harrison8,15815.7−6.1
National Front J. Cattanach1,2972.5−0.2
Majority7,31214.1+0.4
Turnout 51,84971.9−8.6
Registered electors 72,122
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Brent North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 25,700 44.6
Labour T.J.C. Goudie17,75930.9
Liberal F. Harrison12,53721.8
National Front A. Smith1,5702.7
Majority7,94113.7
Turnout 57,56680.5
Registered electors 71,494
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
  3. ↑ (rounded to nearest integer)

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