Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brent East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Brent East in Greater London for the 2005 general election
CountyGreater London
1974 (1974)–2010
Number of membersOne
Replaced byBrent Central (bulk)
Hampstead and Kilburn (part)
Created fromWillesden East (similar boundaries)
Willesden West (minor parts)

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.

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.

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.[1] 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 [2] 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[3]
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[3]
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[4]
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 J. Davies 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[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Freeson 18,363 47.0 −6.3
Conservative R.M. Lacey 13,529 34.6 −2.1
SDP MH Rosen[7] 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[8]
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 (UK) 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[9]
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[10]
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[11]
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[12]
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

See also[]

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Webster, Philip; Hurst, Greg (19 September 2003). "The Times report on by-election result". London. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  3. ^ a b "UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. ^ "UK General Election results: May 1979 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]". politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  7. ^ "United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: London Boroughs". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 51°33′N 0°14′W / 51.55°N 0.23°W / 51.55; -0.23

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