Comments on: Brent Central

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:19 +0000

Which seats has the Dollis Hill area been in since 1885?

By: Dalek

Dalek — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:36:21 +0000

I think the social make up of this new constituency is more like Brent South, with a far greater loyalty to Labour than Brent East (which almost went Tory in 1987).

Labour could win here by 4000 with ease.

Surely the Lib Dems are more likely to be targeting Hampstead & Kilburn than here (not just to defeat Glenda but also to insure the Conservatives do not come through the middle).

By: sparky33

sparky33 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:09:54 +0000

I think that Sarah Teather will win here by a couple of thousand votes. She has a high local, london wide and national profile and is an ardent campaigner. I think that Dawn Butlers expences naughtyness will cause her a lot of difficulties. my prediction

LD 42%
Lab 39%
Con 11%
Green 8%

By: Grinchy

Grinchy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:55:54 +0000

Sarah Teather won Brent East in 2003 on a 29% swing and retained the seat with a 30.7% swing in 2005 (both on the 2001 result). Pretty extraordinary.

With Dawn Butler’s expenses blowing up, this “should be” Labour seat could well be very close. Teather has to find another 10% swing on top of the current national swing to make it s Lib Dem seat and she has previous form.

By: Atiq Malik

Atiq Malik — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:46:23 +0000

BREAKING NEWS:

Councillor Bertha Joseph suspended

Councillor Bertha Joseph has been suspended from her duties as a councillor with immediate effect. This follows a decision by the First-tier Tribunal, which has replaced the Adjudication Panel, to reject her appeal against the suspension as a councillor for six months by the Standards Committee.

The decision means she will not be able to perform council duties until the end of the suspension period, including constituency work and any formal business of the council. However, she can still stand as a candidate for election.

The suspension period comes into effect from today, Tuesday 9 February 2010 and will run until her current term of office ends on 10 May 2010.

Brent Council Standards Committee made its decision last October after considering allegations of breaches of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

The Adjudication Panel for England was an independent body set up to rule on alleged breaches of local authorities’ codes of conduct for members. Its functions were transferred to the First-tier Tribunal (Local Government Standards in England) which superseded it from 10 January 2010.

By: Barnaby JL Marder

Barnaby JL Marder — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:03:48 +0000

The name Kensal Town isn’t used much these days. Most of the areas north of Notting Hill Gate in the Royal Borough tend to be generically known as Notting Hill.

It could be argued that part of the Kensal Green neighbourhood is in Brent East but that depends where you draw the neighbourhood boundary. Certainly at least the majority is in Brent South.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:57:43 +0000

I used to think Kensal Green and Kensal Town were basically the same area but in fact I think the latter is in Regents Park and Kensington North / Westminster North.

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:44:37 +0000

It was in Brent South from the creation of that seat in 1974 and had previously been in Willesden West since 1950 but before that (from 1918) it was in Willesden East.

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:23:26 +0000

I believe that Kensal Green (the neighbourhood, not the ward) has been in Brent South since 1983, but don’t know about before then

By: David Nettleton

David Nettleton — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:38:12 +0000

Fortune favours the brave. I have no axe to grind against Dawn Butler but Sarah Teather is so magnificently bolshie that she must be an MP.