Constituency profile
The Brent West constituency is located in the Borough of Brent in North London. It is entirely urban and is roughly coterminous with the area of Wembley, which includes the neighbourhoods of Alperton, Sudbury and Preston. The area experienced deprivation and overcrowding in the late 20th century but has recently seen increasing gentrification. [3] [4] Brent is extremely ethnically diverse. People born outside the United Kingdom make up 56% of residents, the highest rate of any local authority in the country. [5] Brent has the highest proportion of Irish people in Great Britain and the country's largest Brazilian community. [6] [7]
Residents of Brent West generally have similar levels of wealth and education to London as a whole, but high levels of unskilled employment and deprivation, [8] particularly in the south of the constituency around Alperton. [9] Like the rest of Brent, the constituency is ethnically diverse. Around half of residents are of Asian ethnicity, primarily Indian. Hindus make up 28% of the population and Muslims are 18%. [10] White people make up 26% of residents and most are not of British origin. Black people are 12% and other ethnic groups are 9%. [11]
At the local borough council, most areas in the constituency are represented by Labour Party councillors, although Conservatives were elected in the wealthier area around Preston and Liberal Democrats were elected in parts of Sudbury and Alperton. An estimated 57% of voters in Brent West favoured remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, higher than the country as a whole but slightly lower than the rest of London. [8]
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