Brent South (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent South
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brent South in Greater London.
County	Greater London
1974 (1974)–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Brent North Brent Central Hampstead & Kilburn
Created from	Willesden West

Brent South was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; it was replaced by Brent Central for the 2010 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Since its creation in 1974, the constituency consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities. At the 2010 general election, Brent South was abolished and split between neighbouring Brent North and two newly created constituencies: Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barham, Chamberlayne, Harlesden, Kensal Rise, Manor, Roundwood, St Raphael's, Stonebridge, and Wembley Central.

1983-1997: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barham, Harlesden, Kensal Rise, Manor, Roundwood, St Raphael's, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, and Wembley Central.

1997-2010: The London Borough of Brent wards of Alperton, Barham, Harlesden, Kensal Rise, Manor, Roundwood, St Andrew's, St Raphael's, Stonebridge, Tokyngton, and Wembley Central.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Laurie Pavitt	Labour
	1987	Paul Boateng	Labour
	2005	Dawn Butler	Labour
2010		constituency abolished: see Brent Central, Brent North & Hampstead and Kilburn

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawn Butler	17,501	58.8	−14.5
	Liberal Democrat	James B. Allie	6,175	20.7	+9.9
	Conservative	Rishi S. Saha	4,485	15.1	+2.5
	Green	Rowan N.C. Langley	957	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Shaun Wallace	297	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Rocky R. Fernandez	288	1.0	+1.0
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	61	0.2	+0.2
Majority			11,326	38.1
Turnout			29,764	52.7	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Boateng	20,984	73.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Carupiah Selvarajah	3,604	12.6	−3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Havard M. Hughes	3,098	10.8	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	Mick McDonnell	491	1.7	N/A
	Residents and Motorists of Great Britain	Tomas Mac Stiofain	460	1.6	N/A
Majority			17,380	60.7
Turnout			28,637	51.2	−13.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Boateng	25,180	73.0	+15.5
	Conservative	Stewart Jackson	5,489	15.9	−14.6
	Liberal Democrat	Julian C.M. Brazil	2,670	7.7	−2.5
	Referendum	Miss Janet S. Phythian	497	1.4	N/A
	Green	David P.P. Edler	389	1.1	−0.2
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Christopher P. Howard	175	0.5	N/A
	Natural Law	Miss Anjali S.K. Mahaldar	98	0.3	−0.2
Majority			16,691	57.1
Turnout			34,498	64.5	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.1

General Election 1992: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Boateng	20,662	57.5	+5.6
	Conservative	Robert John Blackman	10,957	30.5	+0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Terence Harskin	3,658	10.2	+0.0
	Green	Darren Johnson	479	1.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Jani Chandrakant	166	0.5	N/A
Majority			9,705	27.0
Turnout			35,992	64.1	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Boateng	21,140	51.9	−1.4
	Conservative	Anthony John Paterson	13,209	30.5	+3.6
	Liberal	Michael Terence Harskin	3,658	10.2	−8.7
Majority			7,931	19.5
Turnout			38,007	64.9	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1

General Election 1983: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Laurence Pavitt	21,259	53.3	−6.1
	Conservative	C.W.O. Smedley	10,740	26.9	−4.0
	Liberal	R.G. Billins	7,557	18.9	+11.9
	Independent	R. Sawh	356	0.9	N/A
Majority			10,519	26.4
Turnout			39,912	63.6	−4.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Laurence Pavitt	24,178	59.4	−0.7
	Conservative	David Heathcoat-Amory	12,572	30.9	+2.7
	Liberal	Paul Hannon	2,859	7.0	−3.5
	National Front	A. Downes	811	2.0	−1.7
	Workers Revolutionary	Raymond O'Neill	277	0.7	N/A
Majority			11,606	28.5
Turnout			40,697	68.3	+7.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−1.7

General Election October 1974: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Laurence Pavitt	21,611	57.7	+4.7
	Conservative	Mark Lennox-Boyd	10,558	28.2	−0.3
	Liberal	Quentin Rappoport	3,929	10.5	−2.9
	National Front	John Harrison-Broadley	1,388	3.7	−0.6
Majority			11,053	29.5
Turnout			37,486	61.2	−10.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+2.5

General Election February 1974: Brent South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Laurence Pavitt	22,975	53.0	N/A
	Conservative	James Richard Holt	12,351	28.5	N/A
	Liberal	H. Waschauer	5,804	13.4	N/A
	National Front	John Harrison-Broadley	1,852	4.3	N/A
	Communist	Leslie Burt	380	0.9	N/A
Majority			10,624	24.5	N/A
Turnout			43,362	71.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)