Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brent East in Greater London for the 2005 general election.
County	Greater London
1974 (1974)–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Brent Central, Hampstead and Kilburn
Created from	Willesden West

Brent East was a parliamentary constituency in northwest London; it was replaced by Brent Central for the 2010 general election. It returned 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.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Brent wards of Brentwater, Brondesbury Park, Carlton, Church End, Cricklewood, Gladstone, Kilburn, Mapesbury, Queen's Park, and Willesden Green.

1983-2010: The London Borough of Brent wards of Brentwater, Brondesbury Park, Carlton, Chamberlayne, Church End, Cricklewood, Gladstone, Kilburn, Mapesbury, Queen's Park, and Willesden Green.

The constituency was one of three covering the London Borough of Brent in north-west London. It covered the south-east of the borough, including the areas of Brondesbury, Dollis Hill, Kilburn and Neasden, as well as parts of Willesden and Cricklewood.

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 18 September 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.^[1] Teather held the seat at the 2005 general election, with an increased majority of 8.7%

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[2]	Party
Feb 1974	Reg Freeson	Labour
1987	Ken Livingstone	Labour
2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
2001	Paul Daisley	Labour
2003 by-election	Sarah Teather	Liberal Democrat
2010	constituency abolished: see Brent Central & Hampstead and Kilburn

Elections in the 1970s

General Election February 1974: Brent East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	21,063	49.3	N/A
	Conservative	G.K. Young	13,441	31.5	N/A
	Liberal	W. Perry	8,204	19.2	N/A
Majority			7,622	17.9	N/A
Turnout			42,708	68.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election October 1974: Brent East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	20,481	54.0	+4.7
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	11,554	30.5	−1.0
	Liberal	P. O'Brien	4,416	11.6	−7.6
	National Front	N. Lyons	1,096	2.9	N/A
	Irish Civil Rights	J. Curran	382	1.0	N/A
Majority			8,927	23.5
Turnout			37,929	60.0	−8.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Brent East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	20,351	53.3	−0.7
	Conservative	John Howes	14,008	36.7	+6.2
	Liberal	Chris Wilding	2,799	7.3	−4.3
	National Front	J. Davies	706	1.9	−1.0
	Workers Revolutionary	Gerald Downing	290	0.8	N/A
Majority			6,343	16.6
Turnout			38,155	66.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Brent East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	18,363	47.0	−6.3
	Conservative	R.M. Lacey	13,529	34.6	−2.1
	Social Democratic	Dr MH Rosen^[6]	6,598	16.9	N/A
	Independent	James O'Leary	289	0.7	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Gerald Downing	222	0.6	−0.2
	Independent	K. Radclyffe	88	0.2	N/A
Majority			4,834	12.4
Turnout			39,088	63.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−

General Election 1987: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	16,772	42.6	−4.4
	Conservative	Miss Harriet Spencer Crawley	15,119	38.4	+3.8
	Social Democratic	Daniel Finkelstein	5,710	14.5	−2.4
	Independent Labour	Riaz Querishi Dooley	1,035	2.6	N/A
	Green	Miles Litvnoff	716	1.8	N/A
Majority			1,653	4.2	−8.2
Turnout			39,352	64.5	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	19,387	52.8	+10.2
	Conservative	Damian Green	13,416	36.6	−1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Cummins	3,249	8.9	−5.6
	Green	Miss Theresa M. Deen	548	1.5	N/A
	Communist	Mrs. Anne G. Murphy	96	0.3	N/A
Majority			5,971	16.3
Turnout			36,696	68.8	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	23,748	67.3	+14.5
	Conservative	Mark Francois	7,866	22.3	−14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ian M.C. Hunter	2,751	7.8	−1.1
	Socialist Labour	Stan E. Keable	466	1.3	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Andrew J. Shanks	218	0.6	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Miss Claire M. Warrilow	120	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Dean Jenkins	103	0.3	N/A
Majority			15,882	45.0
Turnout			35,272	65.9	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+14.4

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Daisley	18,325	63.2	−4.1
	Conservative	David Gauke	5,278	18.2	−4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Miss Norsheen M. Bhatti	3,065	10.6	+2.8
	Green	Miss Simone F. Aspis	1,361	4.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Miss Sarah Macken	392	1.4	+0.7
	Socialist Labour	Mrs Iris M.J. Cremer	383	1.3	N/A
	UKIP	Ashwin Tanna	188	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,047	45.0	0
Turnout			28,992	51.9	−14.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0

By-election 2003: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Teather	8,158	39.1	+28.5
	Labour	Robert John Emlyn Evans	7,040	33.8	−29.4
	Conservative	Mrs. Uma M. Fernandes	3,368	16.2	−2.0
	Green	Noel Lynch	638	3.1	−1.6
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Butterworth	361	1.7	N/A
	Public Services Not War	Fawzi Ibrahim	219	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Winston McKenzie	197	0.9	N/A
	Independent	Miss Kelly McBride	189	0.9	N/A
	Independent	Harold L. Immanuel	188	0.9	N/A
	UKIP	Brian J. Hall	140	0.7	+0.1
	Socialist Labour	Mrs Iris M.J. Cremer	111	0.5	−0.8
	Independent	Neil F. Walsh	101	0.5	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Hope	59	0.3	N/A
	No label	Aaron Barschak	37	0.2	N/A
	No label	Jitendra J.N. Bardwaj	35	0.2	N/A
	www.xat.org	Rainbow George Weiss	11	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,118	5.4
Turnout			20,752	36.2	−15.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+29.0

General Election 2005: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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	Mrs. Michelle A. 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 Democrat hold		Swing	+29.0

Notes and references

↑ Webster, Philip; Hurst, Greg (19 September 2003). "The Times report on by-election result". London. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
1 2 PoliticsResources.net
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↑ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983LB.html

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°33′N 0°14′W / 51.55°N 0.23°W / 51.55; -0.23

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