London Borough of Brent
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| London Borough of Brent | |
 Shown within Greater London |
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| Geography | |
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| Status | London borough |
| Area — Total |
Ranked 312th 43.24 km² (16.7 sq mi) |
| ONS code | 00AE |
| Admin HQ | Forty Lane, Wembley |
| Demographics | |
| Population — Total (2006 est.) — Density |
Ranked 29th (of 354) 271,400 6,277 /km² (16,257 /sq mi) |
| Ethnicity White British White Irish Other White White & Black Caribbean White & Black African White & Asian Other Mixed Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Black Caribbean Black African Other Black Chinese Other |
(2005 estimates)[1] 30.9% 5.7% 9.4% 1.0% 0.7% 1.1% 1.1% 18.1% 4.3% 0.6% 4.8% 9.4% 7.7% 1.4% 1.3% 2.6% |
| Politics | |
| Brent London Borough Council | |
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| Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
| Mayor | Harshadbhai Patel |
| Executive | Liberal Democrat / Conservative |
| MPs | Dawn Butler Barry Gardiner Sarah Teather |
| London Assembly — Member |
Brent and Harrow Navin Shah |
| Coat of Arms | |
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| Official website | http://www.brent.gov.uk/ |
The London Borough of Brent (pronunciation ) is a London borough in north west London, England and forms part of Outer London.
It borders Harrow to the northwest, Barnet to the northeast, Camden to the east and Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster to the south.
According to the 2001 census, the Borough of Brent has the country's highest percentage of people born outside of the UK (46.53%).
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[edit] History
Brent was formed in 1965 from the area of the former Municipal Borough of Wembley and Municipal Borough of Willesden of Middlesex. Its name derives from the River Brent which runs through the Borough.
[edit] Motto
Brent's motto is Forward Together.
[edit] Areas
- Alperton
- Brondesbury
- Brondesbury Park
- Church End
- Dollis Hill
- Harlesden
- Kensal Green
- Kenton (note: part of Kenton is in Harrow)
- Kilburn (note: part of Kilburn is in Camden)
- Kingsbury
- Neasden
- Park Royal (note: part of Park Royal is in Ealing)
- Preston
- Queensbury
- Stonebridge
- Sudbury
- Tokyngton
- Wembley
- Wembley Park
- Willesden
- Willesden Green
Brent is divided into 21 Electoral Wards, some which share a name with the traditional areas above: Alperton, Barnhill, Brondesbury Park, Dollis Hill, Dudden Hill, Fryent, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Kenton, Kilburn, Mapesbury, Northwick Park, Preston, Queen's Park , Queensbury, Stonebridge, Sudbury, Welsh Harp, Wembley Central, Willesden Green [1].
Brent is currently divided into three constituencies, Brent North, Brent East and Brent South. Following a boundary review, it will be divided into two constituencies contained wholly within the borough - Brent Central and Brent North - plus a third, Hampstead and Kilburn, which will be split between Brent and the neighbouring borough of Camden. These new seats are to be fought at the 2009 or 2010 United Kingdom general election.
[edit] Political composition
The political composition of Brent Council (with gains or losses following the 2006 local elections in brackets) is:
Lib Dem: 27 (+18 Councillors)
Labour: 21 (-14)
Conservative: 15 (-4)
Council elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. Labour lost control of the borough with 14 of their seats falling to Liberal Democrats. You can get some graphics and in-depth ward information from the Brent Council Website [2]
The leader of the Council is now Liberal Democrat Paul Lorber.
Brent East Campaigning is a weblog run by a Brent citizen which chronicles the political activism in Brent.
[edit] Education
[edit] London Fire Brigade
The London Borough of Brent has three fire stations within the borough; Park Royal, Wembley and Willesden. Brent has a mixture of residential, industrial and commercial land. Most notably, Wembley National Stadium is within the area - on match days over 90,000 peoples' safety are the responsibility of the LFB. Wembley covers the largest area in the borough, 19.1 kmsq[2]. Two pumping appliances, a fire rescue unit and an aerial ladder platform are based there. Willesden, for its relatively small, in comparison to Wembley, station ground (10.5 kmsq), responded to over a thousand incidents in 2006/2007 [3]. Two pumping appliances reside there. Park Royal, with its one pumping appliance and an incident response unit, has one of the smallest station grounds; just 8.1 kmsq.
Within the borough, 4,105 incidents occurred in 2006/2007 [4].
London Fire Brigade - Bexley Profile
[edit] Landmarks
The Brent Cross shopping centre is located in the London Borough of Barnet, not Brent. It takes its name from the River Brent which runs through the site.
see also Brent parks and open spaces
[edit] References
- ^ Data Management and Analysis Group, Greater London Authority, Demography Update October 2007, (2007)
- ^ http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Brent.pdf London Fire Brigade - Brent Profile
- ^ http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Brent.pdf London Fire Brigade - Brent Profile
- ^ http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Brent.pdf London Fire Brigade - Brent Profile
[edit] External links
- BRAIN community website
- Brent Council's website
- Brent Business Venture website: Inspiring Business Success
- Brent Business website
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