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Brent East
Brent East
Former electoral division; for the Greater London Council
	Brent East electoral division boundaries
District	Brent
Electorate	64,225 (1973); 57,041 (1977); 54,845 (1981);
Area	1,034 hectares (10.34 km2)
Former electoral division
Created	1973
Abolished	1986
Member(s)	1
Created from	Brent

Brent East was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected one councillor for a four-year term in 1973, 1977 and 1981, with the final term extended for an extra year ahead of the abolition of the Greater London Council.

History

It was planned to use the same boundaries as the Westminster Parliament constituencies for election of councillors to the Greater London Council (GLC), as had been the practice for elections to the predecessor London County Council, but those that existed in 1965 crossed the Greater London boundary. Until new constituencies could be settled, the 32 London boroughs were used as electoral areas. The London Borough of Brent formed the Brent electoral division. This was used for the Greater London Council elections in 1964, 1967 and 1970.

The new constituencies were settled following the Second Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and the new electoral division matched the boundaries of the Brent East parliamentary constituency.^[1]

It covered an area of 1,034 hectares (10.34 km²).

Elections

The Brent East constituency was used for the Greater London Council elections in 1973,^[2] 1977^[3] and 1981.^[4] One councillor was elected at each election using first-past-the-post voting.^[5]

1973 election

The fourth election to the GLC (and first using revised boundaries) was held on 12 April 1973. The electorate was 64,225 and one Labour Party councillor was elected. The turnout was 35.7%. The councillor was elected for a three-year term. This was extended for an extra year in 1976 when the electoral cycle was switched to four-yearly.^[6]

1973 Greater London Council election: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Norman Howard	14,123
	Conservative	A. A. Berney	7,232
	Liberal	M. H. Habib	1,115
	Action Party for Britain First	R. J. Noble	467
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)

1977 election

The fifth election to the GLC (and second using revised boundaries) was held on 5 May 1977. The electorate was 57,041 and one Labour Party councillor was elected. The turnout was 41.0%. The councillor was elected for a four-year term.

1977 Greater London Council election: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Norman Howard	11,005
	Conservative	Arthur R. Steel	9,377
	National Front	J. R. Davies	1,097
	Ind. Conservative	Gerard Pierre-Michel	1,025
	Liberal	William Henry Pitt	868
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

1981 election

The sixth and final election to the GLC (and third using revised boundaries) was held on 7 May 1981. The electorate was 54,845 and one Labour Party councillor was elected. The turnout was 41.4%. The councillor was elected for a four-year term, extended by an extra year by the Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984, ahead of the abolition of the council.

1981 Greater London Council election: Brent East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Norman Howard	14,399
	Conservative	Arthur R. Steel	7,181
	Workers Revolutionary	Gerald J. Downing	434
	Ind. Conservative	Gerard Pierre-Michel	362
	Constitutional Movement	Raymond J. Marsh	328
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "The Greater London (Electoral Areas) Order 1972" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 20 June 1972. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 12 April 1973. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 5 May 1977. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "Greater London Council Election" (PDF). 7 May 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ Boothroyd, David. "Greater London Council Election results: Brent". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ "The London Councillors Order 1976" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 17 February 1976. Retrieved 25 July 2023.