Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

Information about Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent East Borough constituency

Brent East shown within Greater London
Created:	1974
MP:	Sarah Teather
Party:	Liberal Democrats
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

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.

Boundaries

The constituency is one of three covering the London Borough of Brent in north-west London. It covers the south-east of the borough, including the areas of Brondesbury, Dollis Hill, Kilburn and Neasden, as well as parts of Willesden and Cricklewood.

Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England has reduced the number of parliamentary seats in Brent, and Brent East is to be abolished. At the next general election it will be replaced by parts of two new constituencies: most will form part of a Brent Central seat, while three wards covering Kilburn area will be part of the new Hampstead and Kilburn seat.

History

The constituency was created in 1974 and first contested in 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 until 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 MP in 2001 to concentrate on his position as Mayor. Labour retained 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 September 18, 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. Teather held the seat at the 2005 general election, with an increased majority of 8.7%

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1974	Reginald Freeson	Labour
1987	Ken Livingstone	Labour
2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
2001	Paul Daisley	Labour
2003	Sarah Teather	Liberal Democrats

Election results

General Election 2005: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Teather	14,764	47.5	+36.9
	Labour Party	Yasmin Qureshi	12,052	38.8	+36.9
	Conservative Party	Kwasi Kwarteng	3,193	10.3	−24.4
		Shahrar Ali	905	2.9	−7.9
	Independent	Michelle Weininger	115	0.4	−1.8
		Rainbow George Weiss	39	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,712	8.7	N/A
Turnout			31,068	55.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+30.7

By-election 2003: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Teather	8,158	39.12	28.5
	Labour Party	Robert Evans	7,040	33.76	28.5
	Conservative Party	Uma Fernandes	3,368	16.15	-29.4
		Noel Lynch	638	3.06	-2
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Butterworth	361	1.73	-1.6
	Public Services Not War	Fawzi Ibrahim	219	1.05	N/A
	Independent	Winston McKenzie	197	0.94	N/A
	Independent	Kelly McBride	189	0.91	N/A
	Independent	Harold Immanuel	188	0.9	N/A
		Brian Hall	140	0.67	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	Iris Cremer	111	0.53	0.1
	Independent	Neil Walsh	101	0.48	-0.8
		Alan Hope	59	0.28	N/A
	Independent	Aaron Barschak	37	0.18	N/A
	Independent	Jitendra Bardwaj	35	0.17	N/A
	www.xat.org	Rainbow George Weiss	11	0.05	N/A
Majority			1,118	5.36	N/A
Turnout			20,752	36.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party		Swing

General Election 2001: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Labour Party	Paul Daisley	18,325	63.2	-4.1
	Conservative Party	David Gauke	5,278	18.2	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nowsheen Bhatti	3,065	10.6	-4.1
		Simone Aspis	1,361	4.7	+2.8
		Sarah Macken	392	1.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	Iris Cremer	383	1.3	+0.7
		Ashwin Tanna	188	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,047	45.0	N/A
Turnout			28,992	51.9	0
	Labour Party hold		Swing	28.5

General Election 1997: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	%
	Labour Party	Ken Livingstone	23,748	67.33
	Conservative Party	Mark Francois	7,866	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hunter	2,751	7.8
	Socialist Labour Party	Stan Keable	466	1.32
		Andrew Shanks	218	0.62
		Claire Warrilow	120	0.34
		Dean Jenkin	103	0.29
Majority			15,882	45
Turnout			35,272	65.87
	Labour Party hold		Swing

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Conservative	Beckenham • Bexleyheath and Crayford • Bromley and Chislehurst • Chingford and Woodford Green • Chipping Barnet • Cities of London and Westminster • Croydon Central • Croydon South • Enfield Southgate • Hammersmith and Fulham • Hornchurch • Ilford North • Kensington and Chelsea • Old Bexley and Sidcup • Orpington • Putney • Romford • Ruislip-Northwood • Upminster • Uxbridge • Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East • Carshalton and Wallington • Hornsey and Wood Green • Kingston and Surbiton • Richmond Park • North Southwark and Bermondsey • Sutton and Cheam • Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (3) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1) • Green (1)

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