UK Explained

Brent West

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

Your MP at a glance

Barry Gardiner, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Brent West 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 251 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £772£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 545 areas and lower than 103.

UK 3.9%This area 5.3%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 West£7725.3%
Coventry North West£7665.4%
Glasgow North£7815.4%
Coventry South£7595.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Brent West

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 people133,67159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over12%19%6 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher39%34%5 points higher
Households that own their home47%62%15 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately37%20%17 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
Barry Gardiner

Labour

MAJORITY
3,793

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
52%

of people who could vote did

Barry Gardiner won with 42% of the votes, and Sushil Rapatwar (Conservative) came second with 33%.

Votes for each party

Labour42% · 17,258
Conservative33% · 13,465
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,013
Green Party7% · 2,805
Workers Party of Britain7% · 2,774
Reform UK5% · 2,061
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Barry GardinerLabour17,25841.7%
Sushil RapatwarConservative13,46532.5%
Paul LorberLiberal Democrat3,0137.3%
Baston De'Medici-JaguarGreen Party2,8056.8%
Nadia KlokWorkers Party of Britain2,7746.7%
Ian CollierReform UK2,0615.0%

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
£772 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
5.3%
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