General Election 2024 London seats: Who will be my MP in... Brent West
Millions of voters across London will go to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard is looking at key battleground and other seats in the capital, and has published an interactive map.
Here we turn the spotlight on:
BRENT WEST
Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):
Ian Collier - Reform UK
Bastôn De'Medici-Jaguar - Greens
Barry Gardiner - Labour
Paul Lorber - Liberal Democrats
Sushil Rapatwar - Conservatives
Summary: Encompassing English football’s national stadium in Wembley, Brent West is a new constituency that is highly multicultural, and takes in relatively high levels of deprivation.
It is safe Labour territory and should safely return Barry Gardiner, who was part of Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, to the Commons.
Wards: Alperton; Barnhill; Kenton; Northwick Park; Preston; Sudbury; Tokyngton; Wembley Central; Wembley Hill; Wembley Park.
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.
YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour hold.
Evening Standard view: Mr Gardiner had represented the old seat of Brent North since the Labour landslide of 1997, and is a shoo-in for the new seat.
That’s despite some unwelcome publicity from an ongoing tribunal involving Christine Lee, a lawyer and donor to Mr Gardiner who stands accused by MI5 of working for the Chinese government.
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