Brent North Borough constituency
Brent North shown within Greater London
Created:	1974
MP:	Barry Gardiner
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Brent North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

Traditionally a safe Tory seat for many years, it was held by Lancastrian former headmaster Rhodes Boyson with ease before Labour's victory in 1997 helped win this seat. Labour had their best swing here in the 2001 general election with a massive swing towards them, possibly as a result of the loss of Boyson's personal following, since he was no longer standing; it was much reduced in the 2005 general election, but still fairly comfortable.

Following the review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has reduced the number of parliamentary seats wholly within Brent to two - Brent North and the new Brent Central, along with a third cross-borough seat, Hampstead and Kilburn, which will include wards from both Brent and Camden. The electoral wards used in the creation of the modified Brent North are:

• Alperton, Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Queensbury, Sudbury, Wembley Central

The other wards in the London Borough of Brent are used to create the Brent Central constituency, with the exception of the wards of Brondesbury Park, Kilburn and Queens Park, which will form part of the new Hampstead and Kilburn seat.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1974	Rhodes Boyson	Conservative
	1997	Barry Gardiner	Labour

Election results

General Election 2005: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Labour Party	Barry Gardiner	17,420	48.8	−10.6
	Conservative Party	Bob Blackman	11,779	33.0	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Havard Hughes	5,672	15.9	+3.7
		Babar Ahmad	685	1.9	+4.6
		Rainbow George Weiss	126	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,641	15.8	N/A
Turnout			35,682	59.3
	Labour Party hold		Swing	−7.1

General Election 2001: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Labour Party	Barry Gardiner	20,149	59.4	+8.7
	Conservative Party	Philip Allott	9,944	29.3	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lorber	3,846	11.3	-10.8
Majority			10,205	30.1	+3.2
Turnout			33,939	57.7
	Labour Party hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

•  • [ e] Constituencies in Greater London
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Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (3) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1) • Green (1)