Brent North (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent North
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brent North in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	82,648 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Barry Gardiner (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Wembley North Wembley South
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Brent North is a borough 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.

History

The constituency was created in 1974 from the former seats of Wembley North and Wembley South. A safe Conservative 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. In both the 1997 and 2001 general elections, Brent North produced the highest swing of all constituencies with a massive swing in favour of the Labour Party. Labour's percentage majority halved at the 2005 general election, from 30.1% to 15.8%.

Boundaries

Since 2010 the constituency is made up of nine electoral wards from the London Borough of Brent:

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

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

Proposed changes

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which commenced in 2011, the Boundary Commission for England have proposed abolishing Brent North, using its components wards to create three new seats - Harrow, Stanmore, and Wembley and Perivale. Of the wards which constitute Brent North:

• Alperton, Barnhill, Northwick Park, Preston, Sudbury and Wembley Central would be placed in 'Wembley and Perivale'
• Fryent, and Queensbury would be placed in 'Stanmore'
• Kenton would be placed in Harrow.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Rhodes Boyson	Conservative
	1997	Barry Gardiner	Labour

Election results

Elections in 2010s

General Election 2010: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Gardiner	24,514	46.9	-2.5
	Conservative	Harshadbhai Patel	16,486	31.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	James Allie	8,879	17.0	-2.5
	Independent	Atiq Malik	734	1.4	N/A
	Green	Martin Francis	725	1.4	N/A
	UKIP	Sunita Webb	380	0.7	N/A
	Brent North Needs An Independent MP	Jannen Vamadeva	333	0.6	N/A
	English Democrats	Arvind Tailor	247	0.5	N/A
Majority			8,028	15.4
Turnout			52,298	62.3	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.3

Elections in 2000s

General Election 2005: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Gardiner	17,420	48.8	−10.6
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	11,779	33.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Havard Hughes	5,672	15.9	+4.6
	Peace and Progress	Babar Ahmad	685	1.9	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	126	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,641	15.8
Turnout			35,682	59.3	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.1

General Election 2001: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Gardiner	20,149	59.4	+8.7
	Conservative	Philip Allott	9,944	29.3	-10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lorber	3,846	11.3	+3.2
Majority			10,205	30.1
Turnout			33,939	57.7	-12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 1990s

General Election 1997: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Gardiner	19,343	50.7	+20.4
	Conservative	Rhodes Boyson	15,324	40.2	-17.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lorber	3,104	8.1	-2.5
	Natural Law	T Davids	204	0.5	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	G Clark	199	0.5	N/A
Majority			4,019	10.5
Turnout			33,939	57.7	-12.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.9

General Election 1992: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rhodes Boyson	23, 445	56.2	-3.7
	Labour	James G. Moher	13, 314	31.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lorber	4, 149	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Thakore Vipul	356	0.9	+0.9
	Natural Law	Tony F. Davids	318	0.8	+0.8
Majority			10, 131	24.3
Turnout			41, 682	70.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in 1980s

General Election 1987: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rhodes Boyson	26, 823	59.9	+3.6
	Labour	P. Patel	11, 103	24.8	+1.7
	Social Democrat	C. Mularczyk	6, 868	15.3	-5.3
Majority			15, 720	35.1
Turnout			44, 794	71.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.2

General Election 1983: Brent North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rhodes Boyson	24, 842	56.3
	Labour	Mrs. S.M. Jackson	10, 191	23.1
	Social Democrat	Dr. T.J. Mann	9, 082	20.6
Majority			14, 651	33.2
Turnout			44, 115	70.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)