UK Explained

Brent East

Represented in Parliament by Dawn Butler (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Dawn Butler, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Brent East compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 210 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £791£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 639 areas and lower than 9.

UK 3.9%This area 8.9%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Brent East£7918.9%
Tottenham£8168.8%
Croydon West£8077.8%
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill£8548.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Brent East

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people134,51259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over11%19%7 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher39%34%5 points higher
Households that own their home36%62%26 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association28%17%11 points higher
Households renting privately36%20%15 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Dawn Butler

Labour

MAJORITY
13,047

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
49%

of people who could vote did

Dawn Butler won with 51% of the votes, and Jamila Robertson (Conservative) came second with 17%.

Votes for each party

Labour51% · 19,370
Conservative17% · 6,323
Green Party10% · 3,729
Independent7% · 2,669
Liberal Democrat7% · 2,635
Reform UK5% · 2,024
Everyone else3% · 1,052
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dawn ButlerLabour19,37051.2%
Jamila RobertsonConservative6,32316.7%
Nida AlfulaijGreen Party3,7299.9%
Jonny SinghLiberal Democrat2,6357.0%
Zbigniew KowalczykReform UK2,0245.4%
Aadil ShaikhIndependent1,8464.9%
James MutimerWorkers Party of Britain1,0522.8%
Amin MoafiIndependent6541.7%
Jenner FolwellIndependent1690.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£791 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
8.9%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026