| London Borough of Brent | |||
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| Motto: Forward Together | |||
| Brent shown within Greater London | |||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | ||
| Constituent country | England | ||
| Region | London | ||
| Ceremonial county | Greater London | ||
| Status | London borough | ||
| Admin HQ | Forty Lane, Wembley | ||
| Incorporated | 1 April 1965 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | London borough council | ||
| • Body | Brent London Borough Council | ||
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Labour) | ||
| • Mayor | Aslam Choudry[1] | ||
| • MPs | Barry Gardiner Glenda Jackson Sarah Teather |
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| • London Assembly | Navin Shah AM for Brent and Harrow | ||
| • EU Parliament | London | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 16.7 sq mi (43.24 km2) | ||
| Area rank | 284th (of 326) | ||
| Population (2010 est.) | |||
| • Total | 256,600 | ||
| • Rank | 48th (of 326) | ||
| • Density | 15,369.8/sq mi (5,934.3/km2) | ||
| • Ethnicity[2] | 30.9% White British 5.7% White Irish 9.4% Other White 1.0% White & Black Caribbean 0.7% White & Black African 1.1% White & Asian 1.1% Other Mixed 18.1% Indian 4.3% Pakistani 0.6% Bangladeshi 4.8% Other Asian 9.4% Black Caribbean 7.7% Black African 1.4% Other Black 1.3% Chinese 2.6% Other |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||
| Postcodes | HA , NW | ||
| Area code(s) | 020 | ||
| Police force | Metropolitan Police | ||
| Website | www.brent.gov.uk | ||
The London Borough of Brent () is a London borough in North-West London, UK and forms part of Outer London. The major area is Wembley.
It borders Harrow to the north-west, Barnet to the north-east, Camden to the east and Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington and Chelsea to the south, and Westminster to the south-east. Most of the eastern border is formed by the Roman road Watling Street, now the modern A5.
Brent has a mixture of residential, industrial and commercial land. Wembley is the major town of Brent, which is home to Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena.
Brent is in the HA and NW postcode areas. Brent postcodes include: HA0, HA1, HA3, HA9, NW2, NW6, NW9 and NW10.
The Brent Cross shopping centre is not located in Brent, but in the London Borough of Barnet. It takes its name from the River Brent which runs through the site.
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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.
For more on the history of Brent, visit the Brent Archives website.
Brent is divided into 21 Electoral Wards. Some wards share a name with the traditional areas above, others include Barnhill, Dudden Hill, Fryent, Mapesbury and Welsh Harp.[3]
The Brent borough includes three parliamentary constituencies: Brent North, Brent Central, and Hampstead and Kilburn, which also includes part of the London Borough of Camden. Before the 2010 United Kingdom general election it was divided into three constituencies contained wholly within the borough - Brent South, Brent East and Brent North.
Labour regained control of the borough at the Council elections held on Thursday 6 May 2010. The political composition of Brent Council following the 2010 local elections was:
The leader of the Council is Labour Councillor Ann John OBE.
In 2007, the council set an objective for Brent to become a centre of excellence in the use of structured and unstructured information.[4] This has brought strategic focus onto two areas:
The Client Index contains more than 1.2 million records concerning some 230,000 people. It links data from back-office systems that support the council's services (Council Tax, Housing, Benefits, Electoral Registration, Social Care, CRM, Schools, Libraries and Complaints). The single view of customers is maintained using Initiate Identity Hub software with data cleansing provided by dn:Director software from Datanomic.
A study by the Data Connects group (a collaboration between local authorities) estimated that the use of this technology could result in savings of £1.4m per annum. Tony Ellis, Head of IT at Brent, claimed that improvements in the quality of data delivered improvements in customer service, reduced the cost of contacting customers and reduced instances of fraud.[5]
| Population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1801 | 2,022 | — |
| 1811 | 2,690 | +33.0% |
| 1821 | 3,074 | +14.3% |
| 1831 | 3,991 | +29.8% |
| 1841 | 5,416 | +35.7% |
| 1851 | 5,646 | +4.2% |
| 1861 | 14,749 | +161.2% |
| 1871 | 23,852 | +61.7% |
| 1881 | 32,955 | +38.2% |
| 1891 | 67,674 | +105.4% |
| 1901 | 105,613 | +56.1% |
| 1911 | 164,833 | +56.1% |
| 1921 | 202,448 | +22.8% |
| 1931 | 248,656 | +22.8% |
| 1941 | 277,842 | +11.7% |
| 1951 | 310,457 | +11.7% |
| 1961 | 294,804 | −5.0% |
| 1971 | 280,009 | −5.0% |
| 1981 | 251,249 | −10.3% |
| 1991 | 248,569 | −1.1% |
| 2001 | 263,463 | +6.0% |
| Source: A Vision of Britain through time | ||
In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough had a total population of 2,022. This rose slowly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 5,646 in the middle of the century. When the railways arrived the rate of population growth increased. The population peaked in the 1960s, when industry began to relocate from London.
In the 2001 Census, the borough had a population of 263,464 – of whom 127,806 were male, and 135,658 female. Of those stating a choice, 47.71% described themselves as Christian, 17.71% as Hindu, 12.26% as Muslim and 10% as having no religion. Of the population, 39.96% were in full-time employment and 7.86% in part-time employment – compared to a London average of 42.64% and 8.62%, respectively. Residents were predominantly owner-occupiers, with 23.17% owning their house outright, and a further 31.33% owning with a mortgage. 10.59% were in local authority housing, with a further 13.29% renting from a housing association, or other registered social landlord.[6]
Diageo has its head office in Park Royal and in the London Borough of Brent,[7][8] on a former Guinness brewery property.[9] The brewery was closed in 2004; it had produced beer since 1936.[10] Diageo planned to move its head office to Brent from Central London when the lease on the Central London office expired in 2010.[9]
The Air France-KLM European Sales and Service Centre, which is a sales channel for 15 European countries, is located in Wembley in the London Borough of Brent.[11]
There is an IKEA store in Neasden, which is one of four in London and acts as the West London outlet.[12]
Brent is the joint fourth-worst Borough in London for levels of child poverty. Save the Children reported in 2011 that 11,000 children are impoverished.[13]
Brent won the country's Street Dance Award held in the spring of 2009.
Recycling has been compulsory in the borough of Brent since 2008.Through a green box collection scheme the borough aims to improve on the 25 per cent recycled waste it already achieves.
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 the safety of over 90,000 people is the responsibility of the London Fire Brigade. Wembley covers the largest area in the borough, 19.1 kmsq.[14] 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.[14] 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.[14]
The numerous National Rail, London Underground and London Overground stations in the borough are:
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