Brent Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent Central
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brent Central in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	73,385 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Sarah Teather (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members	One
Created from	Brent East, Brent South, Brent North
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Brent Central is a borough 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. The constituency was first contested at the 2010 general election.

Brent Central constituency is entirely within the London Borough of Brent and is a mix of Liberal Democrat and Labour territory. The Conservative party do not hold a single ward in the constituency. It is mostly in the postal district of NW10, but also partly falls under NW2, NW9 and HA9.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Constituency profile 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 Notes and references

Boundaries

Brent Central is made up of nine electoral wards from the London Borough of Brent:

• Dollis Hill, Dudden Hill, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Mapesbury, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, Welsh Harp, Willesden Green

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England reduced Brent and Camden's constituencies from five to four. To create the new Brent Central constituency, Dollis Hill ward, Dudden Hill ward, Mapesbury ward, and parts of Welsh Harp ward, Willesden Green ward, Kensal Green ward, and Stonebridge ward were taken from the former Brent East constituency; Harlesden ward, and parts of Stonebridge ward, Willesden Green ward, Kensal Green ward, Tokyngton ward, and Welsh Harp ward were taken from the former Brent South constituency; and part of Welsh Harp ward was taken from the reconstituted Brent North constituency.

Constituency profile

Kensal Green lies at the southeast of the seat, neighbouring Stonebridge and Harlesden, which have a high concentration of black residents and severe deprivation. The southwest corner is dominated by the Park Royal industrial estate, the largest in Europe. To the west is the new Wembley Stadium, while the north reaches to Dollis Hill, through more areas of deprivation in Willesden Green and Neasden, which has Britain's largest Hindu temple.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	2010	Sarah Teather	Liberal Democrat

Election results

General Election 2010: Brent Central[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Teather*	20,026	44.2	+13.1
	Labour	Dawn Butler**	18,681	41.2	−8.9
	Conservative	Sachin Rajput	5,068	11.2	−1.9
	Green	Shahrar Ali	668	1.5	−2.2
	Christian	Errol Williams	488	1.1	N/A
	Respect	Abdi Duale	230	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Dean McCastree	163	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,345	3.0	+22.0
Turnout			45,324	61.2	+5.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+11.0

* Served as MP for Brent East in the 2005–2010 Parliament

** Served as MP for Brent South in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Notes and references

Constituencies in London (73) Labour (37) Barking Bethnal Green and Bow Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North Conservative (28) Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Ealing Central and Acton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Ilford North Kensington Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon Liberal Democrats (7) Bermondsey and Old Southwark Brent Central Carshalton and Wallington Hornsey and Wood Green Kingston and Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Twickenham London European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (2) Liberal Democrats (1) Green (1) UKIP (1)