Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Brent East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brent East in Greater London for the 2005 general election
County	Greater London
Borough	London Borough of Brent
1974 (1974)–2010
Seats	1
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, 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

 

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

Election		Member ^[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]

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)

General election October 1974: Brent East^[5]

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

General election 1979: Brent East^[6]

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^[7]	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

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Brent East^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	18,363	47.0	−6.3
	Conservative	Robert Lacey	13,529	34.6	−2.1
	SDP	Maurice Rosen^[10]	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

General election 1987: Brent East^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Brent East^[12]

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

General election 1997: Brent East^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Brent East^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Daisley	18,325	63.2	−4.1
	Conservative	David Gauke	5,278	18.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Norsheen M. Bhatti	3,065	10.6	+2.8
	Green	Simone F. Aspis	1,361	4.7	New
	ProLife Alliance	Sarah Macken	392	1.4	+0.8
	Socialist Labour	Iris M.J. 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

By-election 2003: Brent East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Teather	8,158	39.1	+28.5
	Labour	Robert Evans	7,040	33.8	−29.4
	Conservative	Uma M. 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 L. Immanuel	188	0.9	New
	UKIP	Brian J. Hall	140	0.7	+0.1
	Socialist Labour	Iris M.J. Cremer	111	0.5	−0.8
	Independent	Neil F. 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 J.N. 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

General election 2005: Brent East^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 A. 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

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Brent East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Butler^[16]
	Liberal Democrats	Jonny Singh^[17]
	Conservative	Jamila Robertson^[18]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

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.
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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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