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, and the London Borough of Harrow has 2 Labour MPs. In addition Harrow Council is run by a Conservative administration, whilst Brent is Liberal Democrat led.

Brent and Harrow is the most marginal constituency seat in the Assembly, and the only one to have changed hands since the Assembly's formation, with Labour losing the seat to the Conservatives at the 2004 election, but regaining it at the next election in 2008. However, Enfield and Harringey has been held by Labour with a slimmer majority at all three elections.

The equivalent Westminster seats are:

• Brent North (Labour)
• Brent East (Liberal Democrat)
• Brent South (Labour)
• Harrow East (Labour)
• Harrow West (Labour)

[edit] Assembly Members

Election		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	Zena Sherman	4,180	2.64	+0.34
	UKIP	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
	UKIP	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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