Brent West (UK Parliament constituency)
Brent West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 76,463 (2023)[1] |
Borough | Brent |
Major settlements | Wembley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Barry Gardiner (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Brent Central & Brent North |
Brent West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Barry Gardiner of the Labour Party has been its MP since the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Brent (as they existed on 4 May 2022):[3][4]
- Alperton, Barnhill, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Sudbury and Wembley Central from the abolished Brent North constituency
- Tokyngton, Wembley Hill and Wembley Park from the abolished Brent Central constituency
Constituency profile
[edit]Brent West covers the ethnically diverse and mostly Labour-leaning area of Wembley. This is one of the poorer seats in Greater London.[5]
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Gardiner | 17,258 | 41.7 | –11.6 | |
Conservative | Sushil Rapatwar | 13,465 | 32.5 | –1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Lorber | 3,013 | 7.3 | –1.8 | |
Green | Bastôn De'Medici-Jaguar | 2,805 | 6.8 | +5.1 | |
Workers Party | Nadia Klok | 2,774 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Ian Collier | 2,061 | 5.0 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 3,793 | 9.2 | –10.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,376 | 51.8 | –11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 79,937 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.2 |
2019 notional result[7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 25,792 | 53.3 | |
Conservative | 16,361 | 33.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4,408 | 9.1 | |
Green | 826 | 1.7 | |
Brexit Party | 750 | 1.5 | |
Others | 270 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 48,407 | 63.3 | |
Electorate | 76,463 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Brent West". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Brent%20West
- ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Brent West Constituency" (PDF). Brent Council. 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Brent West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK