Brent East
Labour hold

After becoming the first directly-elected Mayor of London on 4 May 2000 on an independent ticket, it took Ken Livingstone just two months to decide to announce that he was standing down as Labour MP for Brent East after 13 years, clearly disillusioned with the lack of influence that a (very controversial) backbencher could wield therein. His successor is likely to cause the party less grief in every way, but may not replicate the colourful nature and career of "Red Ken", whose rather unhappy sojourn in Parliament now seems more and more like a temporary blind alley between two periods of what he has enjoyed most and found most fulfilling: running the nation's capital and his home city.

With the departure of London's Mayor to star in if not 'Dick Whittington and his Cat', at least in 'Ken Livingstone and his Newt', Labour, are fielding Brent Council Leader, Paul Daisley. Born 1957 and educated at Littlemore School, Oxfordshire and Abingdon College, he joined Labour in 1982, was elected to Brent Council in 1990, became Leader of the Council in 1996 and describes himself as being "responsible for transforming Brent into a model Labour authority". It previously could not have been much worse.

Greater London Labour Party

London Liberal Democrats

Brent Council

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 0.34% 14.99% 2.23 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.00% 2.13% 0.00 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.82% 2.49% 32.93 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 0.00% 4.43% 0.00 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 0.00% 7.27% 0.00 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 12.12% 2.56% 472.50 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 10.67% 2.04% 522.83 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 27.85% 3.94% 706.07 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 0.00% 13.04% 0.00 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 0.00% 12.70% 0.00 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 0.00% 8.14% 0.00 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 29.35% 4.02% 729.72 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 0.00% 3.19% 0.00 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 0.74% 11.31% 6.52 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 7.24% 3.06% 236.37 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 0.00% 2.52% 0.00 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 10.89% 2.10% 518.59 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 0.00

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 5.19% 9.41% 55.08 £5-10K 11.58% 16.63% 69.60 £10-15K 13.83% 16.58% 83.44 £15-20K 13.04% 13.58% 95.98 £20-25K 11.11% 10.39% 106.93 £25-30K 9.05% 7.77% 116.39 £30-35K 7.21% 5.79% 124.51 £35-40K 5.70% 4.33% 131.50 £40-45K 4.49% 3.27% 137.54 £45-50K 3.54% 2.48% 142.78 £50-55K 2.81% 1.90% 147.37 £55-60K 2.23% 1.47% 151.40 £60-65K 1.78% 1.15% 154.97 £65-70K 1.43% 0.91% 158.15 £70-75K 1.16% 0.72% 160.99 £75-80K 0.94% 0.57% 163.55 £80-85K 0.77% 0.46% 165.87 £85-90K 0.63% 0.37% 167.97 £90-95K 0.52% 0.31% 169.88 £95-100K 0.43% 0.25% 171.63 £100K + 2.41% 1.34% 179.13