Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brent East in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County	Greater London
1974 (1974)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Brent Central, Hampstead and Kilburn

Brent East was a parliamentary constituency in northwest 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

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.

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 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. Teather held the seat at the 2005 general election, with an increased majority of 8.7%

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	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

General Election 2005: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			31,068	55.3	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+30.7

By-election 2003: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Teather	8,158	39.12	+28.5
	Labour	Robert Evans	7,040	33.76	–29.4
	Conservative	Uma Fernandes	3,368	16.15	–2.0
	Green	Noel Lynch	638	3.06	–1.6
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Butterworth	361	1.73	N/A
	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
	UKIP	Brian Hall	140	0.67	0.1
	Socialist Labour	Iris Cremer	111	0.53	–0.8
	Independent	Neil Walsh	101	0.48	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	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
Turnout			20,752	36.2	–15.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+29.0

General Election 2001: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Daisley	18,325	63.2	–4.1
	Conservative	David Gauke	5,278	18.2	–4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Norsheen Bhatti	3,065	10.6	+2.8
	Green	Simone Aspis	1,361	4.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Sarah Macken	392	1.4	+0.7
	Socialist Labour	Iris Cremer	383	1.3	N/A
	UKIP	Ashwin Tanna	188	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,047	45.0	0
Turnout			28,992	51.9	–14.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0

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

General Election 1992: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	19,387	52.82
	Conservative	Damian Green	13,416	36.56
	Liberal Democrat	M. Cummins	3,249	8.85
	Green	T. Deen	548	1.49	N/A
	Communist	A. Murphy	96	0.26
Majority			5,971	16.27
Turnout			36,696	68.82
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	16,772	42.6	-4.4
	Conservative	Harriet Crawley	15,119	38.4	+3.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Daniel Finkelstein	5,710	14.5	-2.4
	Independent Labour	R Q Dooley	1,035	2.6
	Green	Miles Litvnoff	716	1.8
Majority			1,653	4.2	-8.2
Turnout			39,352	64.5	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	18,363	46.98
	Conservative	R Lacey	13,529	34.61
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Michael Rosen	6,598	16.88
	Independent	J O' Leary	289	0.74
	Workers Revolutionary	G Downing	222	0.57
	Independent	K Radclyffe	88	0.23
Majority			4,834	12.37
Turnout			39,088	63.57

General Election 1979: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	20,351	53.34
	Conservative	J Howes	14,008	36.71
	Liberal	C Wilding	2,799	7.34
	National Front	J Davies	706	1.85
	Workers Revolutionary	G Downing	290	0.76
Majority			6,343	16.62
Turnout			38,155	66.9

General Election October 1974: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	20,481	54.00
	Conservative	M. Knowles	11,554	30.46
	Liberal	P. O'Brien	4,416	11.64
	National Front	N Lyons	1,096	2.89
	Irish Civil Rights	J Curran	382	1.01
Majority			8,927	23.54
Turnout			37,929	60.04

General Election February 1974: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	21,063	49.32
	Conservative	G.K. Young	13,441	31.47
	Liberal	W. Perry	8,204	19.21
Majority			7,622	17.85
Turnout			42,708	68.03

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London