| Brent West | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Brent West in Greater London | |
| County | Greater London |
| Electorate | 76,463 (March 2020)[1] |
| Borough | Brent |
| Major settlements | Wembley |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Barry Gardiner (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Brent Central &Brent North |
Brent West is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament.[2] Created as a result of the2023 review of Westminster constituencies,Barry Gardiner of theLabour Party has been its MP since the2024 general election. Gardiner represented the predecessor seat ofBrent North from 1997 to 2024.
The Brent West constituency is located in theBorough of Brent inNorth London. It is entirelyurban and is roughly coterminous with the area ofWembley, which includes the neighbourhoods ofAlperton,Sudbury andPreston. The area experienced deprivation and overcrowding in the late 20th century but has recently seen increasinggentrification.[3][4] Brent is extremely ethnically diverse. People born outside the United Kingdom make up 56% of residents, the highest rate of any local authority in the country.[5] Brent has the highest proportion ofIrish people in Great Britain and the country's largestBrazilian community.[6][7]
Residents of Brent West generally have similar levels of wealth and education to London as a whole, but high levels of unskilled employment and deprivation,[8] particularly in the south of the constituency around Alperton.[9] Like the rest of Brent, the constituency is ethnically diverse. Around half of residents are ofAsian ethnicity, primarilyIndian.Hindus make up 28% of the population andMuslims are 18%.[10]White people make up 26% of residents and most are not of British origin.Black people are 12% and other ethnic groups are 9%.[11]
Atthe local borough council, most areas in the constituency are represented byLabour Party councillors, althoughConservatives were elected in the wealthier area around Preston andLiberal Democrats were elected in parts of Sudbury and Alperton. An estimated 57% of voters in Brent West favoured remaining in theEuropean Union in the2016 referendum, higher than the country as a whole but slightly lower than the rest of London.[8]
The constituency comprises the following wards of theLondon Borough of Brent (as they existed on 4 May 2022):[12][13]
The seat comprises the majority of the abolished constituency ofBrent North, together with a small part (Tokyngton and Wembley Park) ofBrent Central (also abolished).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barry Gardiner | 17,258 | 41.7 | –11.6 | |
| Conservative | Sushil Rapatwar | 13,465 | 32.5 | –1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Lorber | 3,013 | 7.3 | –1.8 | |
| Green | Bastôn De'Medici-Jaguar | 2,805 | 6.8 | +5.1 | |
| Workers Party | Nadia Klok | 2,774 | 6.7 | N/A | |
| Reform | Ian Collier | 2,061 | 5.0 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 3,793 | 9.2 | –10.3 | ||
| Turnout | 41,376 | 51.8 | –11.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,937 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing |  5.2 | |||
| 2019 notional result[n 1][15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 25,792 | 53.3 | |
| Conservative | 16,361 | 33.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4,408 | 9.1 | |
| Green | 826 | 1.7 | |
| Brexit Party | 750 | 1.5 | |
| Others | 270 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | 9,431 | 19.5 | |
| Turnout | 48,407 | 63.3 | |
| Electorate | 76,463 | ||