Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency was created in 1974 and was first contested at 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 to 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 an MP in 2001 to concentrate on his position as Mayor. Labour regained 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.{{cite news|title = The Times report on by-election result|url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1160814.ece|access-date = 2008-04-23 | location=London | date=19 September 2003 | first1=Philip | last1=Webster | first2=Greg | last2=Hurst}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Teather retained the seat at the 2005 general election, with a majority of 2,712 votes and a swing of 30.7% from Labour to the Liberal Democrats compared to the previous general election.

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

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.{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-width=240|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}

Further to the 2023 boundary review, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the London Borough of Brent:

• Brondesbury Park; Cricklewood & Mapesbury; Dollis Hill; Kingsbury; Roundwood; Stonebridge; Welsh Harp; Willesden Green.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 3 London region}}

The re-established seat primarily comprises the majority of the abolished Brent Central constituency, with Brondesbury Park and Kingsbury wards coming from the abolished constituencies of Hampstead and Kilburn, and Brent North respectively.

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{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Brent East{{cite web|url=https://legacy.brent.gov.uk/media/16421185/statement-of-persons-nominated-ukge24-brent-east.pdf?_ga=2.169182498.200697484.1717842018-1548717503.1717842018 |title=Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Brent East Constituency |publisher=Brent Council|date=7 June 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Dawn Butler|votes=19,370|percentage=51.2|change=–12.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jamila Robertson|votes=6,323|percentage=16.7|change=–6.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Nida Al-Fulaij|votes=3,729|percentage=9.9|change=+6.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jonny Singh|votes=2,635|percentage=7.0|change=–2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Zbigniew Kowalczyk|votes=2,024|percentage=5.4|change=+5.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Aadil Shaikh|votes=1,846|percentage=4.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=James Mutimer|votes=1,052|percentage=2.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate= Amin Moafi |votes=654|percentage=1.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent |candidate=Jenner Folwell |votes=169|percentage=0.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 13,047

|percentage = 34.5

|change = –5.8

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 37,802

|percentage = 48.9

|change = –9.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 77,257

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = {{decrease}}2.9

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Brent East{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sarah Teather

|votes = 14,764

|percentage = 47.5

|change = +36.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yasmin Qureshi|votes=12,052|percentage=38.8|change=−24.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kwasi Kwarteng|votes=3,193|percentage=10.3|change=–7.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Shahrar Ali|votes=905|percentage=2.9|change=–1.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Michelle Weininger|votes=115|percentage=0.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket|candidate=Rainbow George Weiss|votes=39|percentage=0.1|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,712|percentage=8.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=31,068|percentage=55.3|change=+3.4}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +29.0

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election 2003: Brent East

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Sarah Teather

|votes = 8,158

|percentage = 39.1

|change = +28.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Robert Evans|votes=7,040|percentage=33.8|change=−29.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Uma Fernandes|votes=3,368|percentage=16.2|change=−2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Noel Lynch|votes=638|percentage=3.1|change=−1.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Alliance (England)|candidate=Brian Butterworth|votes=361|percentage=1.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Public Services Not War

|candidate = Fawzi Ibrahim

|votes = 219

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Winston McKenzie|votes=197|percentage=0.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Kelly McBride|votes=189|percentage=0.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Harold Immanuel|votes=188|percentage=0.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Brian Hall|votes=140|percentage=0.7|change=+0.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Iris Cremer|votes=111|percentage=0.5|change=−0.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Neil Walsh|votes=101|percentage=0.5|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=Alan Hope|votes=59|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = No description

|candidate = Aaron Barschak

|votes = 37

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = No description

|candidate = Jitendra Bardwaj

|votes = 35

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = www.xat.org

|candidate = Rainbow George Weiss

|votes = 11

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,118|percentage=5.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=20,752|percentage=36.2|change=−15.7}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +29.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Brent East{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Daisley

|votes = 18,325

|percentage = 63.2

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Gauke

|votes = 5,278

|percentage = 18.2

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Norsheen Bhatti

|votes = 3,065

|percentage = 10.6

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Simone Aspis

|votes = 1,361

|percentage = 4.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = ProLife Alliance

|candidate = Sarah Macken

|votes = 392

|percentage = 1.4

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Iris Cremer

|votes = 383

|percentage = 1.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Ashwin Tanna

|votes = 188

|percentage = 0.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,047

|percentage = 45.0

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,992

|percentage = 51.9

|change = −14.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = 0.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Brent East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Livingstone

|votes = 23,748

|percentage = 67.3

|change = +14.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mark Francois|votes=7,866|percentage=22.3|change=−14.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ian Hunter|votes=2,751|percentage=7.8|change=−1.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Stan Keable|votes=466|percentage=1.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=ProLife Alliance|candidate=Andrew Shanks|votes=218|percentage=0.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket|candidate=Claire Warrilow|votes=120|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Natural Law Party|candidate=Dean Jenkins|votes=103|percentage=0.3|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=15,882|percentage=45.0|change=+28.8}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=35,272|percentage=65.9|change=−2.9}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +14.4

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Brent East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Livingstone

|votes = 19,387

|percentage = 52.8

|change = +10.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Damian Green

|votes = 13,416

|percentage = 36.6

|change = −1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mark Cummins

|votes = 3,249

|percentage = 8.9

|change = −5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Theresa Deen

|votes = 548

|percentage = 1.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of Great Britain

|candidate = Anne Murphy

|votes = 96

|percentage = 0.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,971

|percentage = 16.2

|change = +12.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 36,696

|percentage = 68.8

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1987: Brent East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Livingstone

|votes = 16,772

|percentage = 42.6

|change = −4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Harriet Crawley|votes=15,119|percentage=38.4|change=+3.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party (UK)|candidate=Daniel Finkelstein|votes=5,710|percentage=14.5|change=−2.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent Labour|candidate=Riaz Dooley|votes=1,035|percentage=2.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party (UK)|candidate=Miles Litvnoff|votes=716|percentage=1.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,653|percentage=4.2|change=−8.2}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=39,352|percentage=64.5|change=+0.9}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = −4.1

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1983: Brent East{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i03.htm|title=UK General Election results: June 1983 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628130622/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i03.htm|archive-date=28 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Freeson

|votes = 18,363

|percentage = 47.0

|change = −6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert Lacey

|votes = 13,529

|percentage = 34.6

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = Maurice Rosen{{cite web|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983LB.html|title=United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983–97: London Boroughs|website=election.demon.co.uk|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805135618/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1983LB.html|url-status=dead}}

|votes = 6,598

|percentage = 16.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = James O'Leary

|votes = 289

|percentage = 0.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)

|candidate = Gerald Downing

|votes = 222

|percentage = 0.6

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = K. Radclyffe

|votes = 88

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,834

|percentage = 12.4

|change = -4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,088

|percentage = 63.6

|change = -3.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1979: Brent East{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i04.htm|title=UK General Election results: May 1979 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811162703/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i04.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Freeson

|votes = 20,351

|percentage = 53.3

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=John Howes|votes=14,008|percentage=36.7|change=+6.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=Chris Wilding|votes=2,799|percentage=7.3|change=−4.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (UK)|candidate=John Davies{{cite book|title=Election Expenses|date=1980|isbn=0102374805|page=9|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom}}|votes=706|percentage=1.9|change=−1.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)|candidate=Gerald Downing|votes=290|percentage=0.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=6,343|percentage=16.6|change=-6.9}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=38,155|percentage=66.9|change=+6.9}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |

|title=General election October 1974: Brent East{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i04.htm|title=UK General Election results: October 1974 [Archive]|website=politicsresources.net|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508153624/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i04.htm|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Freeson

|votes = 20,481

|percentage = 54.0

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael Knowles|votes=11,554|percentage=30.5|change=−1.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=P. O'Brien|votes=4,416|percentage=11.6|change=−7.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=National Front (UK)|candidate=N. Lyons|votes=1,096|percentage=2.9|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Irish Civil Rights

|candidate = J. Curran

|votes = 382

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority||votes=8,927|percentage=23.5|change=+5.6}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=37,929|percentage=60.0|change=−8.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election February 1974: Brent East}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Reginald Freeson

|votes = 21,063

|percentage = 49.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = G. K. Young

|votes = 13,441

|percentage = 31.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = W. Perry

|votes = 8,204

|percentage = 19.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,622

|percentage = 17.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,708

|percentage = 68.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168551.html Brent East UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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