Brent North (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Brent North
Parliament:uk
Map1:BrentNorth2007
Map Entity:Greater London
Map Size:200px
Year:1974
Abolished:2024
Type:Borough
Next:Brent West (bulk), Brent East (part), Harrow East (part)
Population:128,484 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate:82,648 (December 2010)[2]
Mp:None
Region:England
European:London
Elects Howmany:One

Brent North was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1997 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Barry Gardiner of the Labour Party.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the new seat of Brent West, with some parts going to the new seat of Brent East and the existing seat of Harrow East.[3]

History

Created in 1974 from the former seats of Wembley North and Wembley South, Brent North was a Conservative seat until 1997, held by Lancastrian former headmaster Rhodes Boyson with initially two fairly small 14% margins before the Conservative-dominated period beginning in 1979 which gave Boyson larger majorities until Labour won the seat in 1997. At the general elections of 1997 and 2001, Brent North produced the highest swing to Labour nationally.[4] The winning candidate in 1997 was Glasgow-born Barry Gardiner, the youngest mayor of Cambridge in its history and former academic, who has held the seat ever since. The Liberal Democrats and their two predecessor parties (Liberal and SDP) amassed their largest share of the vote in 1974. Labour's percentage majority almost halved at the 2005 general election from 30.1% to 15.8% and fell slightly to 15.4% in 2010, faced with a new Conservative challenger, Harshadbhai Patel.[5] The Labour Party vote increased in both the 2015 and 2017 general elections and then dramatically decreased to a 15.8% margin in 2019.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The London Borough of Brent wards of Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Kingsbury, Preston, Queensbury, Roe Green, St Andrew's, Sudbury, Sudbury Court, and Tokyngton.

1983–1997: The London Borough of Brent wards of Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Kingsbury, Preston, Queensbury, Roe Green, St Andrew's, Sudbury, and Sudbury Court.

1997–2010: The London Borough of Brent wards of Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Kingsbury, Preston, Queensbury, Roe Green, Sudbury, and Sudbury Court.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barnhill, Fryent, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Queensbury, Sudbury, and Wembley Central.

Most of the remaining wards in the London Borough of Brent were in the Brent Central constituency, with the exception of the wards of Brondesbury Park, Kilburn and Queens Park, which formed part of the Hampstead and Kilburn seat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[6] Party
Sir Rhodes BoysonConservative
1997Barry GardinerLabour

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brent North: Usual Resident Population, 2011 . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . 2 February 2015 . 2 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150202195254/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6507767&c=&d=27&e=62&g=6430187&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1422104706393&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473 . live .
  2. Web site: Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England . 4 March 2011 . 2011 Electorate Figures . Boundary Commission for England . 13 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm . 6 November 2010 .
  3. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-26 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
  4. Web site: Highest constituency swings in each general election since 1951. election.demon.co.uk. 26 July 2009. 27 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227073152/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/recordswing.html. dead.
  5. Web site: United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1997-: London Boroughs. election.demon.co.uk. 26 July 2009. 7 December 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20001207045200/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/1997LB.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Brent North 1974–. Hansard 1803–2005 (online). UK Parliament. 2 February 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000741/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/constituencies/brent-north. live.