| Brent Central | |
|---|---|
| Formerborough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Brent Central in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 137,438 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 80,499 (June 2017)[2] |
| Major settlements | Willesden,Harlesden,Dollis Hill,Neasden,Kingsbury Green (part),Park Royal,Tokyngton |
| 2010–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Brent East,Brent South,Brent North |
| Replaced by | Brent East,Brent West,Queen's Park and Maida Vale |
Brent Central was aconstituency[n 1] inGreater London, represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament from 2010 until its abolition for the2024 general election byDawn Butler of theLabour Party.[n 2]
Under the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the constituency was incorporated into the re-established seat ofBrent East, with some areas being included in the new constituencies ofBrent West andQueen's Park and Maida Vale.[3]
The seat was created in the London review of seats of the Boundary Commission before the2010 general election from parts of predecessorsBrent East,Brent South andBrent 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 oldBrent East constituency sincea 2003 by-election.Dawn Butler, previously Labour MP forBrent 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.
The Brent Central constituency formed the central portion of theLondon Borough of Brent. Since the early 1990s theConservative party has had a small minority of councillors but been without wards in the constituency; aplurality of the voters in each ward have been in favour of theLabour Party and/or theLiberal Democrats. It is mostly in the postal district of NW10, but also partly falls under NW2, NW9 and HA9.
Kensal Green lay at the southeast of the constituency, neighbouringStonebridge andHarlesden, which have a high concentration of black residents and severe deprivation. The southwest corner is dominated by thePark Royal industrial estate, the largest in Europe.[citation needed] To the west is the 21st century-builtWembley Stadium; the north takes inDollis Hill including part of theWelsh Harp Reservoir. Other than Harlesden and Stonebridge, pockets prominent in the Index of Multiple Deprivation are in smallest areas (Output Areas of censuses) withinWillesden Green andNeasden, 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 theLondon Borough of Newham.[4] The proportion ofsocial housing and rented housing is close to the average ofGreater London; this increased by 66% in the ten years to 2011 to 30%.[5]
Brent Central was made up of nine electoral wards from theLondon Borough of Brent:
Under its 2007 review of parliamentary representation inNorth London, theBoundary 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 formerBrent East constituency; Harlesden ward. Parts of Stonebridge ward, Willesden Green ward, Kensal Green ward, Tokyngton ward, and Welsh Harp ward were taken from the formerBrent South constituency; and part of Welsh Harp ward was taken from the reconstitutedBrent North constituency.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sarah Teather | Liberal Democrat | |
| 2015 | Dawn Butler | Labour | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dawn Butler | 31,779 | 64.7 | −8.4 | |
| Conservative | David Brescia | 10,909 | 22.2 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Deborah Unger | 4,844 | 9.9 | +5.0 | |
| Green | William Relton | 1,600 | 3.3 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 20,870 | 42.5 | −11.1 | ||
| Turnout | 49,132 | 58.3 | −6.6 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | –5.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dawn Butler | 38,208 | 73.1 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Rahoul Bhansali | 10,211 | 19.5 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anton Georgiou | 2,519 | 4.8 | −3.6 | |
| Green | Shaka Lish | 802 | 1.5 | −2.6 | |
| UKIP | Janice North | 556 | 1.1 | −2.9 | |
| Majority | 27,997 | 53.5 | +11.8 | ||
| Turnout | 52,296 | 65.0 | +3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 80,499 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | +5.85 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dawn Butler | 29,216 | 62.1 | +20.9 | |
| Conservative | Alan Mendoza | 9,567 | 20.3 | +9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lauren Keith | 3,937 | 8.4 | −35.8 | |
| Green | Shahrar Ali | 1,912 | 4.1 | +2.6 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Priestley | 1,850 | 3.9 | N/A | |
| TUSC | John Boyle | 235 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Communities United | Kamran Malik | 170 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Noel Coonan | 145 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 19,649 | 41.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,032 | 61.1 | −0.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 77,038 | ||||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | -28.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Teather* | 20,026 | 44.2 | +13.1 | |
| Labour | Dawn Butler** | 18,681 | 41.2 | −8.9 | |
| Conservative | Sachin Rajput | 5,068 | 11.2 | −1.9 | |
| Green | Shahrar Ali | 668 | 1.5 | −2.2 | |
| Christian | Errol Williams | 488 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Respect | Abdi Duale | 230 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dean McCastree | 163 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,345 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 45,324 | 61.2 | +5.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,046 | ||||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
