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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–2024

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::summary Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974–2024 ::

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Field	Value
name	Brent North
parliament	uk
map1	BrentNorth2007
map_entity	Greater London
map_size	200px
year	1974
abolished	2024
type	Borough
towns	Wembley, Kingsbury, Sudbury, Alperton, Kenton
previous	Wembley North, Wembley South
next	Brent West (bulk), Brent East (part), Harrow East (part)
population	128,484 (2011 census)
electorate	82,648 (December 2010){{cite web
url	http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm
title	Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England
date	4 March 2011
work	2011 Electorate Figures
publisher	Boundary Commission for England
access-date	13 March 2011
url-status	usurped
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm
archive-date	6 November 2010
mp	None
region	England
county	Greater London
european	London
elects_howmany	One
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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 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.

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. 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. The Labour Party vote increased in both the 2015 and 2017 general elections and then dramatically decreased to a 15.8% margin in 2019.

In the late 1980s, Brent North was around 25% Asian.

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

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Election	Member	Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Feb 1974
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1997
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Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

|title=General election 2005: Brent North}} |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Barry Gardiner |votes = 17,420 |percentage = 48.8 |change = −10.6 |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Bob Blackman |votes = 11,779 |percentage = 33.0 |change = +3.7 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Havard M. Hughes |votes = 5,672 |percentage = 15.9 |change = +4.6 |party = Peace and Progress Party |candidate = Babar Ahmad |votes = 685 |percentage = 1.9 |change = New |party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket |candidate = Rainbow George Weiss |votes = 126 |percentage = 0.4 |change = New |votes = 5,641 |percentage = 15.8 |change = -14.3 |votes = 35,682 |percentage = 59.3 |change = +1.6 |reg. electors = 60,148 |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = −7.1 |title=General election 2001: Brent North}} |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Barry Gardiner |votes = 20,149 |percentage = 59.4 |change = +8.7 |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Philip Allott |votes = 9,944 |percentage = 29.3 |change = −10.9 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Paul Lorber |votes = 3,846 |percentage = 11.3 |change = +3.2 |votes = 10,205 |percentage = 30.1 |change = +19.6 |votes = 33,939 |percentage = 57.7 |change = −12.8 |reg. electors = 58,789 |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +9.8

Elections in the 1990s

|title=General election 1997: Brent North}} |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Barry Gardiner |votes = 19,343 |percentage = 50.7 |change = +20.4 |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rhodes Boyson |votes = 15,324 |percentage = 40.2 |change = −17.3 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Paul Lorber |votes = 3,104 |percentage = 8.1 |change = −2.5 |party = Natural Law Party |candidate = Tony F. Davids |votes = 204 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -0.3 |party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket |candidate = George F. Clark |votes = 199 |percentage = 0.5 |change = New |votes = 4,019 |percentage = 10.5 |change = N/A |votes = 38,174 |percentage = 70.5 |change = −0.1 |reg. electors = 54,149 |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +18.9 |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rhodes Boyson |votes = 23,445 |percentage = 56.2 |change = −3.7 |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = James Moher |votes = 13,314 |percentage = 31.9 |change = +7.1 |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Paul Lorber |votes = 4,149 |percentage = 10.0 |change = -5.3 |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Thakore Vipul |votes = 356 |percentage = 0.9 |change = New |party = Natural Law Party |candidate = Tony F. Davids |votes = 318 |percentage = 0.8 |change = New |votes = 10,131 |percentage = 24.3 |change = -10.8 |votes = 41,582 |percentage = 70.6 |change = -0.4 |reg. electors = 58,917 |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −5.4

Elections in the 1980s

|title=General election 1987: Brent North}} |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rhodes Boyson |votes = 26,823 |percentage = 59.9 |change = +3.6 |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Praful Patel |votes = 11,103 |percentage = 24.8 |change = +1.7 |party = Social Democratic Party (UK) |candidate = Christopher Mularczyk |votes = 6,868 |percentage = 15.3 |change = −5.3 |votes = 15,720 |percentage = 35.1 |change = +1.9 |votes = 44,794 |percentage = 71.0 |change = +0.6 |reg. electors = 63,081 |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −2.2 |title=General election 1983: Brent North}} |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rhodes Boyson |votes = 24,842 |percentage = 56.3 |change = +0.1 |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Sandra Jackson |votes = 10,191 |percentage = 23.1 |change = −8.2 |party = Social Democratic Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Mann |votes = 9,082 |percentage = 20.6 |change = New |votes = 14,651 |percentage = 33.2 |change = +12.6 |votes = 44,115 |percentage = 70.4 |change = −6.3 |reg. electors = 62,679 |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing =

Elections in the 1970s

|title=General election 1979: Brent North}} |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rhodes Boyson |votes = 29,995 |percentage = 54.2 |change = +6.3 |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = John Lebor |votes = 18,612 |percentage = 33.6 |change = −0.2 |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Andrew T. Ketteringham |votes = 5,872 |percentage = 10.6 |change = −5.1 |party = National Front (UK) |candidate = Graham John |votes = 873 |percentage = 1.6 |change = −0.9 |votes = 11,383 |percentage = 20.6 |change = +6.5 |votes = 55,352 |percentage = 76.7 |change = +4.8 |reg. electors = 72,158 |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = |title=General election October 1974: Brent North}} |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rhodes Boyson |votes = 24,853 |percentage = 47.9 |change = +3.3 |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = T.J.C. Goudie |votes = 17,541 |percentage = 33.8 |change = +2.9 |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = F. Harrison |votes = 8,158 |percentage = 15.7 |change = −6.1 |party = National Front (UK) |candidate = J. Cattanach |votes = 1,297 |percentage = 2.5 |change = −0.2 |votes = 7,312 |percentage = 14.1 |change = +0.4 |votes = 51,849 |percentage = 71.9 |change = −8.6 |reg. electors = 72,122 |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = |title=General election February 1974: Brent North}} |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rhodes Boyson |votes = 25,700 |percentage = 44.6 |change = |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = T.J.C. Goudie |votes = 17,759 |percentage = 30.9 |change = |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = F. Harrison |votes = 12,537 |percentage = 21.8 |change = |party = National Front (UK) |candidate = A. Smith |votes = 1,570 |percentage = 2.7 |change = |votes = 7,941 |percentage = 13.7 |change = |votes = 57,566 |percentage = 80.5 |change = |reg. electors = 71,494 |winner = Conservative Party (UK)

Notes

References

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