Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox alt
Name = Brent East


Type = Borough
Entity = Greater London
DivisionType = County
Division = Greater London
Year = 1974
MP = Sarah Teather
Party = Liberal Democrats
EP = 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 [cite web|title = The Times report on by-election result|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1160814.ece|accessdate = 2008-04-23] . Teather held the seat at the 2005 general election, with an increased majority of 8.7%

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Brent EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sarah Teather
votes = 14,764
percentage = 47.5
change = +36.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Yasmin Qureshi
votes = 12,052
percentage = 38.8
change = –24.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kwasi Kwarteng
votes = 3,193
percentage = 10.3
change = –7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Shahrar Ali
votes = 905
percentage = 2.9
change = –1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michelle Weininger
votes = 115
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = Rainbow George Weiss
votes = 39
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,712
percentage = 8.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 31,068
percentage = 55.3
change = +3.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = +30.7

Election box begin
title=By-election 2003: Brent EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sarah Teather
votes = 8,158
percentage = 39.12
change = +28.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Evans
votes = 7,040
percentage = 33.76
change = –29.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Uma Fernandes
votes = 3,368
percentage = 16.15
change = –2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Noel Lynch
votes = 638
percentage = 3.06
change = –1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Brian Butterworth
votes = 361
percentage = 1.73
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Public Services Not War
candidate = Fawzi Ibrahim
votes = 219
percentage = 1.05
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Winston McKenzie
votes = 197
percentage = 0.94
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kelly McBride
votes = 189
percentage = 0.91
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Harold Immanuel
votes = 188
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Brian Hall
votes = 140
percentage = 0.67
change = 0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Iris Cremer
votes = 111
percentage = 0.53
change = –0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Neil Walsh
votes = 101
percentage = 0.48
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Alan Hope
votes = 59
percentage = 0.28
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Aaron Barschak
votes = 37
percentage = 0.18
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jitendra Bardwaj
votes = 35
percentage = 0.17
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = [http://www.xat.org/ www.xat.org]
candidate = Rainbow George Weiss
votes = 11
percentage = 0.05
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,118
percentage = 5.36
change = Election box turnout
votes = 20,752
percentage = 36.2
change = –15.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = +29.0

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Brent EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Daisley
votes = 18,325
percentage = 63.2
change = –4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Gauke
votes = 5,278
percentage = 18.2
change = –4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nowsheen Bhatti
votes = 3,065
percentage = 10.6
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Simone Aspis
votes = 1,361
percentage = 4.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Sarah Macken
votes = 392
percentage = 1.4
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Iris Cremer
votes = 383
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ashwin Tanna
votes = 188
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 13,047
percentage = 45.0
change = 0Election box turnout
votes = 28,992
percentage = 51.9
change = –14.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 0

Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: Brent EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ken Livingstone
votes = 23,748
percentage = 67.33
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Francois
votes = 7,866
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Hunter
votes = 2,751
percentage = 7.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stan Keable
votes = 466
percentage = 1.32
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Andrew Shanks
votes = 218
percentage = 0.62
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket
candidate = Claire Warrilow
votes = 120
percentage = 0.34
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Dean Jenkin
votes = 103
percentage = 0.29
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,882
percentage = 45
change = Election box turnout
votes = 35,272
percentage = 65.87
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London