Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)
Brent South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Brent South in Greater London. | |
County | Greater London |
1974–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Brent North Brent Central Hampstead & Kilburn |
Created from | Willesden West |
Brent South was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; it was replaced by Brent Central for the 2010 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Since its creation in 1974, the constituency consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities. At the 2010 general election, Brent South was abolished and split between neighbouring Brent North and two newly created constituencies: Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn.
Boundaries
1974-1983: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barham, Chamberlayne, Harlesden, Kensal Rise, Manor, Roundwood, St Raphael's, Stonebridge, and Wembley Central.
1983-1997: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barham, Harlesden, Kensal Rise, Manor, Roundwood, St Raphael's, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, and Wembley Central.
1997-2010: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barham, Harlesden, Kensal Rise, Manor, Roundwood, St Andrew's, St Raphael's, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, and Wembley Central.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Laurie Pavitt | Labour Co-operative | |
1987 | Paul Boateng | Labour | |
2005 | Dawn Butler | Labour | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Brent North, Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn |
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Dawn Butler | 17,501 | 58.8 | −14.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | James B. Allie | 6,175 | 20.7 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Rishi S. Saha | 4,485 | 15.1 | +2.5 | |
Green | Rowan N.C. Langley | 957 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Shaun Wallace | 297 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Rocky R. 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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Boateng | 20,984 | 73.3 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Carupiah Selvarajah | 3,604 | 12.6 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Havard M. 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 | −13.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Boateng | 25,180 | 73.0 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | Stewart Jackson | 5,489 | 15.9 | −14.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Julian C.M. Brazil | 2,670 | 7.7 | −2.5 | |
Referendum Party | Miss Janet S. Phythian | 497 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Green | David P.P. Edler | 389 | 1.1 | −0.2 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Christopher P. Howard | 175 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Miss Anjali S.K. Mahaldar | 98 | 0.3 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 16,691 | 57.1 | |||
Turnout | 34,498 | 64.5 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +15.1 | |||
General Election 1992: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Boateng | 20,662 | 57.5 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Robert J. Blackman | 10,957 | 30.5 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Terence Harskin | 3,658 | 10.2 | +0.0 | |
Green | Darren Johnson | 479 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Jani Chandrakant | 166 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,705 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 35,992 | 64.1 | −0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Boateng | 21,140 | 51.9 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Anthony John Paterson | 13,209 | 30.5 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Michael Terence Harskin | 3,658 | 10.2 | −8.7 | |
Majority | 7,931 | 19.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,007 | 64.9 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
General Election 1983: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Laurence Pavitt | 21,259 | 53.3 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | C.W.O. Smedley | 10,740 | 26.9 | −4.0 | |
Liberal | R.G. Billins | 7,557 | 18.9 | +11.9 | |
Independent | R. Sawh | 356 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,519 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 39,912 | 63.6 | −4.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | − | |||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Laurence Pavitt | 24,178 | 59.4 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | David Heathcoat-Amory | 12,572 | 30.9 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Paul Hannon | 2,859 | 7.0 | −3.5 | |
National Front | A. Downes | 811 | 2.0 | −1.7 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Raymond O'Neill | 277 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,606 | 28.5 | |||
Turnout | 40,697 | 68.3 | +7.1 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
General Election October 1974: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Laurence Pavitt | 21,611 | 57.7 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Mark Lennox-Boyd | 10,558 | 28.2 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Quentin Rappoport | 3,929 | 10.5 | −2.9 | |
National Front | John Harrison-Broadley | 1,388 | 3.7 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 11,053 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,486 | 61.2 | −10.2 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
General Election February 1974: Brent South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour Co-op | Laurence Pavitt | 22,975 | 53.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Richard Holt | 12,351 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | H. Waschauer | 5,804 | 13.4 | N/A | |
National Front | John Harrison-Broadley | 1,852 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Communist | Leslie Burt | 380 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,624 | 24.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,362 | 71.4 | N/A | ||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||