Brent West (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] Created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, Barry Gardiner of the Labour Party has been its MP since the 2024 general election. Gardiner represented the predecessor seat of Brent North from 1997 to 2024.

Map of boundaries from 2024

Brent West
County constituency for the House 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

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of the London Borough of Brent (as they existed on 4 May 2022):^[3][4]

• Alperton, Barnhill, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton, Wembley Central, Wembley Hill and Wembley Park.

The seat comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Brent North, together with a small part (Tokyngton and Wembley Park) of Brent Central (also abolished).

Constituency profile

Brent West covers the ethnically diverse and mostly Labour-leaning area of Wembley. This is one of the poorer seats in Greater London.^[5]

Elections

Election results 2019-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Brent West^[6]

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 UK	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
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [n 1] [7]
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

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in London

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place