Brent Central

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UK Parliament constituency (2010–2024)

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::summary UK Parliament constituency (2010–2024) ::

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Field	Value
name	Brent Central
parliament	uk
map1	BrentCentral2007
map_entity	Greater London
map_size	200px
year	2010
abolished	2024
type	Borough
towns	Willesden, Harlesden, Dollis Hill, Neasden, Kingsbury Green (part), Park Royal, Tokyngton
previous	Brent East, Brent South, Brent North
next	Brent East, Brent West, Queen's Park and Maida Vale
population	137,438 (2011 census)
electorate	80,499 (June 2017){{cite web
url	http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=106&RPID=17330629
title	Election results for Brent Central, 8 June 2017
date	8 June 2017
work	Electorate figures as of 22 May 2017, registration cut-off date for the June 2017 general election
publisher	London Borough of Brent
access-date	3 July 2017
archive-date	25 February 2018
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20180225144908/http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=106&RPID=17330629
url-status	live
region	England
county	Greater London
european	London
elects_howmany	One
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Brent Central was a constituency in Greater London, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Dawn Butler of the Labour Party from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the re-established seat of Brent East, with some areas being included in the new constituencies of Brent West and Queen's Park and Maida Vale.

History

The seat was created in the London review of seats of the Boundary Commission before the 2010 general election from parts of predecessors Brent East, Brent South and Brent North – the first two of which no longer exist.

Sarah Teather was the constituency's first MP until 2015, when she stood down; she had previously represented the old Brent East constituency since a 2003 by-election. Dawn Butler, previously Labour MP for Brent South lost to Teather in 2010 and gained the seat in 2015 with a majority of over 40% over the Conservative candidate, whilst the Liberal Democrat share of the vote fell by 35.8%, the sharpest fall in the party's vote share in that election.

Constituency profile

The Brent Central constituency formed the central portion of the London Borough of Brent. Since the early 1990s the Conservative party has had a small minority of councillors but been without wards in the constituency; a plurality of the voters in each ward have been in favour of the Labour Party and/or the Liberal Democrats. It is mostly in the postal district of NW10, but also partly falls under NW2, NW9 and HA9.

Districts and ethnicity

Kensal Green lay at the southeast of the constituency, neighbouring Stonebridge and Harlesden, which have a high concentration of black residents and severe deprivation. The southwest corner is dominated by the Park Royal industrial estate, the largest in Europe. To the west is the 21st century-built Wembley Stadium; the north takes in Dollis Hill including part of the Welsh Harp Reservoir. Other than Harlesden and Stonebridge, pockets prominent in the Index of Multiple Deprivation are in smallest areas (Output Areas of censuses) within Willesden Green and Neasden, which has Britain's largest Hindu temple. Although there is a mixed income established Asian minority, the proportion of the borough's residents who describe themselves as being of Asian ethnicity is the fourth-highest in London, the highest proportion of Asian backgrounds being the London Borough of Newham. The proportion of social housing and rented housing is close to the average of Greater London; this increased by 66% in the ten years to 2011 to 30%.

Boundaries

Brent Central was made up of nine electoral wards from the London Borough of Brent:

Dollis Hill, Dudden Hill, Harlesden, Kensal Green, Mapesbury, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, Welsh Harp, Willesden Green.

Boundary review

Under its 2007 review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England reduced Brent and Camden's constituencies from five to four. To create the new Brent Central constituency, Dollis Hill ward, Dudden Hill ward, Mapesbury ward, and parts of Welsh Harp ward, Willesden Green ward, Kensal Green ward, and Stonebridge ward were taken from the former Brent East constituency; Harlesden ward. Parts of Stonebridge ward, Willesden Green ward, Kensal Green ward, Tokyngton ward, and Welsh Harp ward were taken from the former Brent South constituency; and part of Welsh Harp ward was taken from the reconstituted Brent North constituency.

Members of Parliament

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Election	Member	Party
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"		2010
Labour Party (UK)}}"		2015
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Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

"Brent Central: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Office for National Statistics.
"The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – London {{!}} Boundary Commission for England".
"2011 Census - ONS". ons.gov.uk.
"Census". shelter.org.uk.
"Statement of Persons Nominated".
(8 June 2017). "Election results for Brent Central, 8 June 2017".
(29 January 2019). "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis". [[House of Commons Library]].
"Election Data 2015". [[Electoral Calculus]].
(7 May 2015). "Election results for Brent Central, 7 May 2015".
"BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Brent Central". bbc.co.uk.

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