County Greater London Electorate 82,648 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency London Number of members 1 | Population 128,484 (2011 census) Created 1974 (1974) Member of parliament Barry Gardiner | |
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Created from Wembley North
Wembley South Replaced by Wembley North, Wembley South | ||
Brent North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Barry Gardiner of the Labour Party.
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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 period of government beginning in 1979 which gave Boyson larger majorities until Labour won the seat in 1997: in the General Elections of 1997 and 2001, Brent North produced the highest swing to Labour nationally. The winner in 1997 was the incumbent, Barry Gardiner, youngest mayor of Cambridge and former academic. The Liberal Democrats and their two predecessor parties 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.
Boundaries
1974-1983: The London Borough of Brent wards of Fryent, Kenton, Kingsbury, Preston, Queensbury, Roe Green, Sudbury, Sudbury Court, Tokyngton, Town Hall, and Wembley Park.
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-present: 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 are in the Brent Central constituency, with the exception of the wards of Brondesbury Park, Kilburn and Queens Park, which form part of the Hampstead and Kilburn seat.