Brent East

Brent East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Brent East in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate75,880 (March 2020) [1]
BoroughLondon Borough of Brent
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentDawn Butler (Labour)
Seats1
Created fromBrent Central, Brent North and Hampstead and Kilburn
1974 (1974)–2010
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created fromWillesden East (similar boundaries)
Willesden West (minor parts)
Replaced byBrent Central (bulk)
Hampstead and Kilburn (part)

Brent East is a parliamentary constituency in north west London. It returns 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.

The seat first existed between 1974 and 2010 and was re-established under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election. In the intervening period, the seat was largely replaced by Brent Central.[2]

The constituency is currently represented for the Labour Party by Dawn Butler, who previously served as MP for Brent Central (2015–2024) and Brent South (2005–2010).

Constituency profile

The Brent East constituency is located within the Borough of Brent in North London. It is almost entirely urban in nature and contains the neighbourhoods of Willesden, Dollis Hill and Kingsbury. 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] Brent East constituency contains BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London, once the largest Hindu temple outside India.[8][9][10]

On average, residents of the constituency have lower household income and lower levels of education, professional employment and home ownership compared to the rest of London.[11] Much of the constituency is in the 10% most deprived areas in the country, although the Brondesbury area is generally wealthier and more suburban in character.[12] White British people make up 17% of the population, 17% are White of other backgrounds, 22% are Asian, 22% are Black and 7% are Arabs. The constituency is ethnically divided; the White population is concentrated in Brondesbury, the Asian population in Kingsbury and the Black population in the west of Willesden.[13]

At the most recent borough council election in 2022, all seats in the constituency were won by the Labour Party. An estimated 60% of voters in Brent East favoured remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, in line with the rest of London and higher than the country as a whole.[11]

History

The constituency was created in 1974 and was first contested at the February general election of that year. 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).

An ethnically diverse area, it was previously one of the Labour Party's safest seats in London. In 1971, 19.3% were non-White.[14] In 1981, 30% of the constiuency were non-White.[15] The constituency had the highest concentration of Irish born people in 1981.[16]

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.[17] 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.

Boundaries

Historic

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

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.

Current

Further to the 2023 boundary review, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Brent:

The re-established seat primarily comprises the majority of the abolished Brent Central constituency, with Brondesbury Park and Kingsbury wards coming from the abolished constituencies of Hampstead and Kilburn, and Brent North respectively.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [19] 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
2024 Dawn Butler Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Brent East[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dawn Butler 19,370 51.2 –12.6
Conservative Jamila Robertson 6,323 16.7 –6.8
Green Nida Al-Fulaij 3,729 9.9 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Jonny Singh 2,635 7.0 –2.0
Reform Zbigniew Kowalczyk 2,024 5.4 +5.0
Independent Aadil Shaikh 1,846 4.9 N/A
Workers Party James Mutimer 1,052 2.8 N/A
Independent Amin Moafi 654 1.7 N/A
Independent Jenner Folwell 169 0.4 N/A
Majority 13,047 34.5 –5.8
Turnout 37,802 48.9 –9.1
Registered electors 77,257
Labour hold Swing 2.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [n 1] [21]
Party Vote %
Labour 28,100 63.8
Conservative 10,344 23.5
Liberal Democrats 3,972 9.0
Green 1,426 3.2
Brexit Party 175 0.4
Majority 17,756 40.3
Turnout 44,017 58.0
Electorate 75,880

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Brent East[22]
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 Weininger 115 0.4 N/A
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
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 Fernandes 3,368 16.2 −2.0
Green Noel Lynch 638 3.1 −1.6
Socialist Alliance Brian Butterworth 361 1.7 N/A
Public Services Not War Fawzi Ibrahim 219 1.1 N/A
Independent Winston McKenzie 197 0.9 N/A
Independent Kelly McBride 189 0.9 N/A
Independent Harold Immanuel 188 0.9 N/A
UKIP Brian Hall 140 0.7 +0.1
Socialist Labour Iris Cremer 111 0.5 −0.8
Independent Neil Walsh 101 0.5 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 59 0.3 N/A
No description Aaron Barschak 37 0.2 N/A
No description Jitendra Bardwaj 35 0.2 N/A
www.xat.org Rainbow George Weiss 11 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,118 5.4 N/A
Turnout 20,752 36.2 −15.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +29.0
General election 2001: Brent East[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Daisley 18,325 63.2 −4.1
Conservative David Gauke 5,278 18.2 −4.1
Liberal Democrats Norsheen Bhatti 3,065 10.6 +2.8
Green Simone Aspis 1,361 4.7 N/A
ProLife Alliance Sarah Macken 392 1.4 +0.8
Socialist Labour Iris Cremer 383 1.3 N/A
UKIP Ashwin Tanna 188 0.6 N/A
Majority 13,047 45.0 0.0
Turnout 28,992 51.9 −14.0
Labour hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Brent East[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Livingstone 23,748 67.3 +14.5
Conservative Mark Francois 7,866 22.3 −14.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Hunter 2,751 7.8 −1.1
Socialist Labour Stan Keable 466 1.3 N/A
ProLife Alliance Andrew Shanks 218 0.6 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Claire Warrilow 120 0.3 N/A
Natural Law Dean Jenkins 103 0.3 N/A
Majority 15,882 45.0 +28.8
Turnout 35,272 65.9 −2.9
Labour hold Swing +14.4
General election 1992: Brent East[25]
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 Deen 548 1.5 N/A
Communist Anne Murphy 96 0.3 N/A
Majority 5,971 16.2 +12.0
Turnout 36,696 68.8 +4.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Brent East[26]
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 N/A
Green Miles Litvnoff 716 1.8 N/A
Majority 1,653 4.2 −8.2
Turnout 39,352 64.5 +0.9
Labour hold Swing −4.1
General election 1983: Brent East[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg Freeson 18,363 47.0 −6.3
Conservative Robert Lacey 13,529 34.6 −2.1
SDP Maurice Rosen[29] 6,598 16.9 N/A
Independent James O'Leary 289 0.7 N/A
Workers Revolutionary Gerald Downing 222 0.6 −0.2
Independent K. Radclyffe 88 0.2 N/A
Majority 4,834 12.4 −4.2
Turnout 39,088 63.6 −3.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Brent East[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg 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[31] 706 1.9 −1.0
Workers Revolutionary Gerald Downing 290 0.8 N/A
Majority 6,343 16.6 −6.9
Turnout 38,155 66.9 +6.9
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Brent East[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg 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 N/A
Irish Civil Rights J. Curran 382 1.0 N/A
Majority 8,927 23.5 +5.6
Turnout 37,929 60.0 −8.0
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Brent East[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg 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)

See also

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place

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