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Brent South was a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament; the areas of the constituency chiefly fell into the new Brent Central for the 2010 general election which was the date of its abolition. It elected one member (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

From 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: As above less Chamberlayne ward, plus Tokyngton ward

1997–2010: As above plus St Andrews ward

Constituency profile

Brent South was a constituency covering various suburban and inner city areas of Brent, namely Kensal Green, Harlesden (including Park Royal and Stonebridge), Neasden (southern part), Wembley (town centre, including Alperton, Tokyngton (from 1983) and southern Sudbury), and (from 1997) southern Kingsbury.

It is one of the most multicultural areas in the United Kingdom. The 1991 census revealed that 55.4% of the constituency was from an ethnic minority background, the second-highest figure in England at the time behind Birmingham Ladywood.

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Brent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laurence Pavitt 22,975 53.0
Conservative Richard Holt 12,351 28.5
Liberal Heinz Otto Warschauer 5,804 13.4
National Front John Harrison-Broadley 1,852 4.3
Communist Leslie George Burt 380 0.9
Majority 10,624 24.5
Turnout 43,362 71.4
Labour Co-operative win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Brent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laurence Pavitt 21,611 57.7 +4.7
Conservative Mark Lennox-Boyd 10,558 28.2 −0.3
Liberal John Quentin Gerald Hugh Rappoport 3,929 10.5 −2.9
National Front John Harrison-Broadley 1,388 3.7 −0.6
Majority 11,053 29.5 +5.0
Turnout 37,486 61.2 −10.2
Labour Co-operative hold Swing +2.5
General election 1979: Brent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laurence Pavitt 24,178 59.4 +1.7
Conservative David Heathcoat-Amory 12,572 30.9 +2.7
Liberal Paul Russell Hannon 2,859 7.0 −3.5
National Front Avril Georgina Frances Downes 811 2.0 −1.7
Workers Revolutionary Raymond Thomas O'Neill 277 0.7 New
Majority 11,606 28.5 -1.0
Turnout 40,697 68.3 +7.1
Labour Co-operative hold Swing −1.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Brent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laurence Pavitt 21,259 53.3 −6.1
Conservative Charles Smedley 10,740 26.9 −4.0
Liberal Roger Billins 7,557 18.9 +11.9
Independent Roy Sawh 356 0.9 New
Majority 10,519 26.4 -2.1
Turnout 39,912 63.6 −4.7
Labour Co-operative hold Swing −1.0
General election 1987: Brent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Boateng 21,140 51.9 −1.4
Conservative Anthony Paterson 13,209 30.5 +3.6
Liberal Michael Harskin 6,375 15.7 −3.2
Majority 7,931 19.4 -7.0
Turnout 38,007 64.9 +1.3
Labour hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Brent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Boateng 20,662 57.5 +5.6
Conservative Bob Blackman 10,957 30.5 0.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Harskin 3,658 10.2 -5.5
Green Darren Johnson 479 1.3 New
Natural Law Chandrakant Jani 166 0.5 New
Majority 9,705 27.0 +7.6
Turnout 35,992 64.1 −0.8
Labour hold Swing
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 Democrats Julian Brazil 2,670 7.7 −2.5
Referendum Janet Phythian 497 1.4 New
Green David Edler 389 1.1 −0.2
Rainbow Dream Ticket Christopher Howard 175 0.5 New
Natural Law Anjali Kaul Mahaldar 98 0.3 −0.2
Majority 19,691 57.1 +30.1
Turnout 34,498 64.5 +0.4
Labour hold Swing +15.1

Elections in the 2000s

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 Democrats Havard Hughes 3,098 10.8 +3.1
Socialist Alliance Michael McDonnell 491 1.7 New
Residents and Motorists of Great Britain Tomas Stiofain 460 1.6 New
Majority 17,380 60.7 +3.6
Turnout 28,637 51.2 −13.3
Labour hold Swing +1.8
General election 2005: Brent South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dawn Butler 17,501 58.8 −14.5
Liberal Democrats James Allie 6,175 20.7 +9.9
Conservative Rishi Saha 4,485 15.1 +2.5
Green Rowan Langley 957 3.2 New
Independent Shaun Wallace 297 1.0 New
Independent Rocky Fernandez 288 1.0 New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Rainbow George Weiss 61 0.2 New
Majority 11,326 38.1 -22.6
Turnout 29,764 52.7 +1.5
Labour hold Swing
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