Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brent South Borough constituency
Brent South shown within Greater London
Created:	1974
MP:	Dawn Butler
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Brent South is a 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. At the next general election, Brent South will be dissolved and split between nearby Brent North and two newly created constituencies: Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn. The seat has consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Wembley Stadium is contained in Brent South.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1974 – 1987: Laurence Pavitt, Labour Co-operative
• 1987 – 2005: Paul Boateng, Labour
• 2005 – present: Dawn Butler, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Brent South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Butler	17,501	58.8	-14.5
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking | Battersea | Brent North | Brent South | Brentford and Isleworth | Camberwell and Peckham | Croydon North | Dagenham | Dulwich and West Norwood | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Ealing North | Ealing Southall | East Ham | Edmonton | Eltham | Enfield North | Erith and Thamesmead | Feltham and Heston | Finchley and Golders Green | Greenwich and Woolwich | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Hampstead and Highgate | Harrow East | Harrow West | Hayes and Harlington | Hendon | Holborn and St. Pancras | Ilford South | Islington North | Islington South and Finsbury | Lewisham Deptford | Lewisham East | Lewisham West | Leyton and Wanstead | Mitcham and Morden | Poplar and Canning Town | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Streatham | Tooting | Tottenham | Vauxhall | Walthamstow | West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Bromley and Chislehurst | Chingford and Woodford Green | Chipping Barnet | Cities of London and Westminster | Croydon Central | Croydon South | Enfield Southgate | Hammersmith and Fulham | Hornchurch | Ilford North | Kensington and Chelsea | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Orpington | Putney | Romford | Ruislip-Northwood | Upminster | Uxbridge | Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East | Carshalton and Wallington | Hornsey and Wood Green | Kingston and Surbiton | Richmond Park | North Southwark and Bermondsey | Sutton and Cheam | Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1) | Green (1)