Brent and Harrow (London Assembly constituency)

Brent and Harrow

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
Brent and Harrow shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Krupesh Hirani
Party	Labour
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

Brent and Harrow is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Harrow. After the 2010 general election, the London Borough of Brent had two Labour MPs and one Liberal Democrat MP, and the London Borough of Harrow had two Conservative MPs and one Labour MP. Both councils are currently (April 2012) Labour controlled.^{[ needs update ]}

Until the 2012 election, Brent and Harrow was the only GLA constituency to have changed hands since the Assembly's formation, with Labour losing the seat to the Conservatives at the 2004 election, but regaining it at the next election in 2008.

At the 2012 election, Navin Shah became the first incumbent to successfully defend Brent and Harrow, and greatly increased his majority. At the same time two other constituencies changed hands elsewhere in London.

Overlapping constituencies

The constituency covers the whole of the following UK Parliament constituencies:

• Brent North - Barry Gardiner (Labour)
• Brent Central - Dawn Butler (Labour)
• Harrow East - Bob Blackman (Conservative)
• Harrow West - Gareth Thomas (Labour)

Additionally, it also covers parts of the following two constituencies:

• Hampstead & Kilburn - Tulip Siddiq (Labour)
• Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner - David Simmonds (Conservative)

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	2000	Toby Harris	Labour
	2004	Bob Blackman	Conservative
	2008	Navin Shah	Labour
	2021	Krupesh Hirani	Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
	2004	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2008	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2012	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2016	Sadiq Khan	Labour
	2021	Shaun Bailey	Conservative
	2024	Susan Hall	Conservative

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Brent and Harrow

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Krupesh Hirani	63,867	40.6	5.0	56,844	36.1
	Conservative	Stefan Bucovineanul-Voloseniuc	55,039	35.0	1.8	58,139	36.9
	Green	Nida Al-Fulaij	15,167	9.6	0.6	13,302	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonny Singh	12,068	7.7	1.0	9,570	6.1
	Reform UK	Ian Price	11,243	7.1	4.8	6,254	4.0
	Rejoin EU					3,767	2.4
	Animal Welfare					2,657	1.7
	CPA					2,049	1.3
	Britain First					1,599	1.0
	SDP					1,220	0.8
	Independent	Farah London				747	0.5
	Communist					641	0.4
	Independent	Laurence Fox				444	0.3
	Heritage					297	0.2
	Independent	Gabe Romualdo				85	0.1
Majority			8,828	5.6	6.8
Valid Votes			157,384			157,615
Invalid Votes			1,531			1,322
Turnout			158,915	37.06		158,937	37.07
	Labour hold		Swing

2021 London Assembly election: Brent and Harrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Krupesh Hirani	77,782	45.6	0.1
	Conservative	Molly Samuel-Leport	56,560	33.2	0.7
	Green	Emma Wallace	17,472	10.2	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anton Georgiou	14,783	8.7	2.1
	Reform UK	Ian Price	3,916	2.3	New
Majority			21,222	12.4	0.6
Total formal votes			170,513
Informal votes			3,943
Turnout			170,784
	Labour hold		Swing

2016 London Assembly election: Brent and Harrow ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Navin Shah	79,902	45.7	2.8
	Conservative	Joel Davidson	59,147	33.9	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anton Georgiou	11,534	6.6	4.2
	Green	Jafar Hassan	9,874	5.7	1.6
	UKIP	Rathy Alagaratnam	9,074	5.2	0.2
	Respect	Akib Mahmood	5,170	3.0	New
Majority			20,755	11.8	8.7
Total formal votes			174,701	98.6	0.8
Informal votes			2,506	1.4	0.8
Turnout			177207	46.0	8.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2012 London Assembly election: Brent and Harrow ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Navin Shah	70,400	48.5	+11.3
	Conservative	Sachin Rajput	40,604	28.0	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Henry	15,690	10.8	−1.6
	Green	Shahrar Ali	10,546	7.3	+0.7
	UKIP	Mick McGough	7,830	5.4	+3.4
Majority			29,796	20.54	+19.5
Total formal votes			145,070	97.8
Informal votes			3,195	2.2
Turnout			148,265	38.0	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.75

2008 London Assembly election: Brent and Harrow ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Navin Shah	57,716	36.45	+6.45
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	56,067	35.41	+1.41
	Liberal Democrats	James Allie	19,299	12.19	–5.51
	Green	Shahrar Ali	10,129	6.40	+0.5
	Christian (CPA)	Zena Sherman	4,180	2.64	+0.34
	UKIP	Sunita Webb	3,021	1.91	–4.19
	Left List	Pat McManus	2,287	1.44	New
	English Democrat	Arvind Tailor	2,150	1.36	New
Majority			1,649	1.04	N/A
Turnout			158,330	43.1	+7.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-2.52

2004 London Assembly election: Brent and Harrow ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	39,900	34.0	+0.8
	Labour	Toby Harris	35,214	30.0	–7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Havard Hughes	20,782	17.7	+0.1
	UKIP	Daniel Moss	7,199	6.1	New
	Green	Mohammad Ali	6,975	5.9	–3.1
	Respect	Albert Harriott	4,586	3.9	New
	CPA	Gladstone Macaulay	2,734	2.3	New
Majority			4,686	4.0	–0.4
Turnout			117,390	35.3	+5.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-4.25

2000 London Assembly election: Brent and Harrow ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toby Harris	36,675	37.6	N/A
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	32,295	33.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Noyce	17,161	17.6	N/A
	Green	Simone Aspis	8,756	9.0	N/A
	London Socialist	Austin Burnett	2,546	2.6	N/A
Majority			4,380	4.4	N/A
Turnout			97,433	29.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. http://www.londonelects.org.uk/download/file/fid/477 ^{[ dead link ]}
2. http://www.londonelects.org.uk/download/file/fid/506 ^{[ dead link ]}
3. BBC Election 2008: results
4. Greater London Authority Election Results
5. London & Local Elections 2000: Brent and Harrow, BBC News