Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent South
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brent South in Greater London.
County	Greater London
1974 (1974)–2010 (2010)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Brent North Brent Central Hampstead & Kilburn
Created from	Willesden West

Brent South was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; it was replaced by Brent Central for the 2010 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Since its creation in 1974, the constituency has consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities. At the next general election, Brent South will be abolished and split between neighbouring Brent North and two newly-created constituencies: Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn.

Boundaries

The constituency included Harlesden, Stonebridge, and part of Alperton, as well as Wembley Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Laurie Pavitt	Labour Co-operative
	1987	Paul Boateng	Labour
	2005	Dawn Butler	Labour
2010		constituency abolished: see Brent North, Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn

Election results

General Election 2005: Brent South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Butler	17,501	58.8	-14.5
	Liberal Democrat	James Allie	6,175	20.7	+9.9
	Conservative	Rishi Saha	4,485	15.1	+2.5
	Green	Rowan Langley	957	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Shaun Wallace	297	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Rocky Fernandez	288	1.0	+1.0
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	61	0.2	+0.2
Majority			11,326	38.1
Turnout			29,764	52.7	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Brent South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Boateng	20,984	73.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Carupiah Selvarajah	3,604	12.6	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Havard Hughes	3,098	10.8	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	Mick McDonnell	491	1.7	N/A
	Residents and Motorists of Great Britain	Tomas Mac Stiofain	460	1.6	N/A
Majority			17,380	60.7
Turnout			28,637	51.2	-13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London