Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Brent East Borough constituency |
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| Brent East shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Sarah Teather |
| Party: | Liberal Democrats |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Brent East is a parliamentary constituency in North West London. It returns 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is one of three covering the London Borough of Brent in north-west London. It covers the south-east of the borough, including the areas of Brondesbury, Dollis Hill, Kilburn and Neasden, as well as parts of Willesden and Cricklewood.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 September 18, 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%
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1974 | Reginald Freeson | Labour | |
| 1987 | Ken Livingstone | Labour | |
| 2000 | Independent | ||
| 2001 | Paul Daisley | Labour | |
| 2003 | Sarah Teather | Liberal Democrats | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Brent East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing | +30.7 | |||
| By-election 2003: Brent East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Brent East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Daisley | 18,325 | 63.2 | -4.1 | |
| Conservative | David Gauke | 5,278 | 18.2 | -4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nowsheen 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 | |
| UK Independence | Ashwin Tanna | 188 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,047 | 45.0 | 0 | ||
| Turnout | 28,992 | 51.9 | -14.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 28.5 | |||
| General Election 1997: Brent East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ken Livingstone | 23,748 | 67.33 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Francois | 7,866 | 22.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||||
