Brent and Harrow (London Assembly constituency)

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Brent and Harrow
London Assembly constituency
Brent and Harrow shown within London
Created: 2000
Member: Navin Shah
Party: Labour
Region: London
Assembly: London Assembly

Brent and Harrow is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.

It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Harrow. In elections to Westminster the London Borough of Brent has two Labour MP's and one Liberal Democrat MP, area while the London Borough of Harrow is a traditionally Conservative-voting area. In addition Harrow Council is run by a Conservative administration, whilst Brent is Liberal Democrat led.

The equivalent Westminster seats are:

[edit] Assembly Members

Year Member Party
2000 Toby Harris Labour
2004 Bob Blackman Conservative
2008 Navin Shah Labour

[edit] Election results

London Assembly election, 2008: Brent and Harrow[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Navin Shah 57,716 36.45 +6.45
Conservative Bob Blackman 56,067 35.41 +1.41
Liberal Democrat James Allie 19,299 12.19 –5.51
Green Shahrah Ali 10,129 6.40 +0.5
Christian Peoples Alliance/Christian Party Joint ticket Zena Sherman 4,180 2.64 +0.34
UK Independence Sunita Webb 3,021 1.91 –4.19
Left List Pat McManus 2,287 1.44 n/a
English Democrats Arvind Tailor 2,150 1.36 n/a
Majority 1,649 1.04
Turnout 158,330 43.10
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
London Assembly election, 2004: Brent and Harrow[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Blackman 39,900 34.0 +0.8
Labour Toby Harris 35,214 30.0 –7.6
Liberal Democrat Havard Hughes 20,782 17.7 +0.1
UK Independence Daniel Moss 7,199 6.1 N/A
Green Mohammad Ali 6,975 5.9 –3.1
Respect Albert Harriott 4,586 3.9 N/A
Christian Peoples Gladstone Macaulay 2,734 2.3 N/A
Majority 4,686 4.0 –0.5
Turnout 117,390 35.3 +5.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
London Assembly election, 2000: Brent and Harrow[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Toby Harris 36,675 37.6 N/A
Conservative Bob Blackman 32,295 33.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat Chris Noyce 17,161 17.6 N/A
Green Simone Aspis 8,756 9.0 N/A
London Socialist Austin Burnett 2,546 2.6 N/A
Majority 4,380 4.5 N/A
Turnout 97,433 29.4 N/A
Labour hold Swing

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC Election 2008: results
  2. ^ Greater London Authority Election Results
  3. ^ London & Local Elections 2000: Brent and Harrow, BBC News
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