General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in... Brent West?

Jitendra Joshi
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Barry Gardiner, an MP since 1997, is standing for Labour in the new seat of Brent West (PA Media)
Barry Gardiner, an MP since 1997, is standing for Labour in the new seat of Brent West (PA Media)

Millions of voters across London went to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looked at key battleground seats in the capital, and published an interactive map of the results. Here we turn the spotlight on:

BRENT WEST

WINNER: BARRY GARDINER

Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):

Bastôn De'Medici-Jaguar - Green Party (2,805 votes)

Barry Gardiner - Labour (17,258 votes)

Nadia Klok - Workers Party (2,774 votes)

Paul Lorber - Liberal Democrats (3,013 votes)

Sushil Rapatwar - Conservatives (13,465 votes)

Wards: Alperton; Barnhill; Kenton; Northwick Park; Preston; Sudbury; Tokyngton; Wembley Central; Wembley Hill; Wembley Park.

Constituency map of Brent West (Google Maps)
Constituency map of Brent West (Google Maps)

I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check

Boundary changes impact: The new constituency absorbed parts of two abolished ones: Brent North and Brent Central. Of its 10 wards, only Kenton voted Conservative in 2019 - and even that is tipped to join the Labour wave this time.

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