Brent and Harrow (London Assembly constituency)

Brent and Harrow

London Assembly constituency
Brent and Harrow shown within London
Created:	2000
Member:	Navin Shah
Party:	Labour
Region:	London
Assembly:	London Assembly

Brent and Harrow is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Harrow. In the 2010 General Election to Westminster the London Borough of Brent had two Labour MPs, one Conservative and one Liberal Democrat MP, and the London Borough of Harrow had 2 Labour MPs. At the time of the last GLA election for this constituency Harrow Council was run by a Conservative administration, whilst Brent was Liberal Democrat led.

Brent and Harrow is the most marginal constituency seat in the Assembly, and the only one to have changed hands since the Assembly's formation, with Labour losing the seat to the Conservatives at the 2004 election, but regaining it at the next election in 2008. However, Enfield and Harringey has been held by Labour with a slimmer majority at all three elections.

The constituency contains the whole of the following UK Parliament constituencies after the May 6th 2010 General Election:

• Brent North - Barry Gardiner (Labour)
• Brent Central - Sarah Teather (Liberal Democrat)
• Harrow East - Bob Blackman (Conservative)
• Harrow West - Gareth Thomas (Labour)

Additionally, it also contains parts of the following two constituencies:

• Hampstead & Kilburn - Glenda Jackson (Labour)
• Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner - Nick Hurd (Conservative)

Assembly Members

Election		Member	Party
	2000	Toby Harris	Labour
	2004	Bob Blackman	Conservative
	2008	Navin Shah	Labour

Election results

London Assembly election, 2012: Brent and Harrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shahrah Ali
	Liberal Democrat	Charlotte Henry
	UKIP	Mick McGough
	Conservative	Sachin Rajput
	Labour	Navin Shah
Majority
Turnout

London Assembly election, 2008: Brent and Harrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Navin Shah	57,716	36.45	+6.45
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	56,067	35.41	+1.41
	Liberal Democrat	James Allie	19,299	12.19	–5.51
	Green	Shahrah Ali	10,129	6.40	+0.5
	Christian (Christian Peoples)	Zena Sherman	4,180	2.64	+0.34
	UKIP	Sunita Webb	3,021	1.91	–4.19
	Left List	Pat McManus	2,287	1.44	n/a
	English Democrats	Arvind Tailor	2,150	1.36	n/a
Majority			1,649	1.04
Turnout			158,330	43.10
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

London Assembly election, 2004: Brent and Harrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	39,900	34.0	+0.8
	Labour	Toby Harris	35,214	30.0	–7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Havard Hughes	20,782	17.7	+0.1
	UKIP	Daniel Moss	7,199	6.1	N/A
	Green	Mohammad Ali	6,975	5.9	–3.1
	Respect	Albert Harriott	4,586	3.9	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Gladstone Macaulay	2,734	2.3	N/A
Majority			4,686	4.0	–0.5
Turnout			117,390	35.3	+5.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

London Assembly election, 2000: Brent and Harrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toby Harris	36,675	37.6	N/A
	Conservative	Bob Blackman	32,295	33.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Noyce	17,161	17.6	N/A
	Green	Simone Aspis	8,756	9.0	N/A
	London Socialist	Austin Burnett	2,546	2.6	N/A
Majority			4,380	4.5	N/A
Turnout			97,433	29.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing