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2022 Brent London Borough Council election

The 2022 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 57 members of Brent London Borough Council were to be elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

2022 Brent Council election
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All 57 council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 60 seats, 57.6% 3 seats, 22.5% 0 seats, 12.6%
Seats won 49 5 3
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 2 Increase 3
Results of the 2022 Brent London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning 60 out of the 63 seats with the Conservative Party forming the council opposition with the remaining three seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which reduced the number of councillors to 57.

Background

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History

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Result of the 2018 borough election

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.[1]

Since its formation, Brent has been variously under Labour control, no overall control and Conservative control. Only Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors have been elected to the council. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2010 election, in which Labour won 40 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 17 and the Conservatives won six. The Liberal Democrats lost all but one of their seats in the 2014 election before losing their final seat in the most recent election in 2018. The 2018 result saw Labour win 60 seats with 57.6% of the overall vote, and the Conservatives win three with 22.5% of the overall vote. The Liberal Democrats received 12.6% of votes across the borough and the Green Party received 5.6% of the vote, but neither won any seats. The incumbent leader of the council is Muhammed Butt, who has held that position since 2014.

Council term

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Michael Pavey, a Labour councillor for Barnhill ward, resigned in November 2019, citing family reasons.[2] In May 2016, while serving as deputy leader of the council, he had unsuccessfully challenged Butt for the leadership of the council.[2] Later in 2016 he resigned from the council's cabinet because he disagreed with Butt about how to implement cuts.[3] Another Labour councillor for the same ward, Sarah Marquis, resigned days later, citing family and personal reasons.[4] A Labour councillor for Wembley Central ward, Luke Patterson, resigned in the same month citing personal reasons.[5][6] By-elections to replace all three, in addition to James Allie, a Labour councillor for Alperton who resigned, were held on 23 January 2020.[7] Allie was reportedly suspended from the party.[7] The Labour candidate to replace Allie, Chetan Harpale, was suspended from his party during the campaign to investigate alleged Islamophobia.[7] Harpale lost the election, with the Liberal Democrat candidate Anton Georgiou being elected.[8] The other three by-elections were all held by Labour on reduced majorities.[8][9]

In 2021, a Labour councillor for Brondesbury Park, Kieron Gill, resigned, declining to explain his reasons.[10] Earlier in 2021 he had been the only Labour councillor to abstain on the council budget.[11] The by-election was held on 6 May 2021, on the same date as the 2021 London mayoral and London Assembly elections.[11] The Labour candidate, Gwen Grahl, was elected.[12] Earlier that week, the Labour candidate Abdirazak Abdi resigned from the Labour group to sit as an independent councillor.[10]

Along with most other London boroughs, Brent was subject to a boundary review ahead of the 2022 election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England concluded that the council should have 57 seats, a reduction of six, and produced new election boundaries following a period of consultation.[13] The new boundaries comprise thirteen three-councillor wards and nine two-councillor wards.[13]

Electoral process

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Brent, like other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years. The previous election took place in 2018. The election took place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors had as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[14] Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 7:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[14]

Previous council composition

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    Council composition ahead of the 2022 election
After 2018 election Before 2022 election After 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 60 Labour 59 Labour 49
Conservative 3 Conservative 3 Conservative 5
Liberal Democrats 1 Liberal Democrats 3

Results summary

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2022 Brent London Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 49 0 5   10 86.0 57.9 103,176 +0.3
  Conservative 5 2 0   2 8.8 24.3 43,390 +1.8
  Liberal Democrats 3 3 0   3 5.3 13.6 24,213 +1.0
  Green 0 0 0   0 0.0 3.7 6,591 -1.9
  Independent 0 0 0   0 0.0 0.5 925 ±0.0

Ward results

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Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April.[15] Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*) although as ward boundaries have changed significantly, they cannot strictly be called "incumbent" as existing council wards would cease to exist upon the election of the new Council.

Alperton

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Alperton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anton Georgiou* 2,108 50.3 +39.8
Labour Co-op Bhagwanji Chohan* 1,871 43.0 −14.3
Liberal Democrats Hannah Matin 1,703 39.1 +30.1
Labour Co-op Trupti Sangani* 1,688 38.8 −14.5
Liberal Democrats Sandria Terrelonge 1,631 37.5 +31.0
Labour Co-op Mustapha Ishola-Jimoh 1,566 36.0 −21.2
Conservative Yash Patel 553 12.7 −11.4
Conservative Ravindrashinh Dashandi 532 12.2 −8.7
Conservative Urmil Soni 450 10.3 −8.2
Turnout 4,352 43.4 −3.4
Registered electors 9,988
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +27.15
Labour hold Swing -22.65
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +25.6

Barnhill

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Barnhill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathleen Fraser 1,410 60.0 −1.3
Labour Robert Johnson* 1,270 54.0 −7.2
Conservative Pranav Patel 732 31.1 +7.0
Conservative Sai Madabhushi 705 30.0 +5.9
Green Richard Porter 282 3.8 New
Turnout 2,350 29.2 −5.0
Registered electors 7,993
Labour hold Swing -4.15
Labour hold Swing -6.55

Brondesbury Park

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Brondesbury Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Erica Gbajumo* 1,658 55.1 +9.7
Labour Ryan Hack 1,464 48.7 +4.0
Conservative Sapna Chadha 790 26.3 −16.5
Conservative Bertha Joseph 713 23.7 −12.5
Green Natasha Woodward 481 16.0 New
Liberal Democrats Mark Cummins 305 7.6 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Singh 238 7.9 −3.6
Turnout 3,008 31.2 −9.7
Registered electors 9,556
Labour hold Swing +13.1
Labour hold Swing +8.25

Cricklewood and Mapesbury

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Cricklewood and Mapesbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tariq Dar* 1,669 59.0
Labour Gwen Grahl* 1,470 51.9
Green John Kohut 437 15.4
Conservative Freddie Fulton 431 15.2
Conservative Richard Geldart 405 14.3
Liberal Democrats Alyssa Gilbert 377 13.3
Liberal Democrats Anthony Dunn 337 11.9
Independent Scott Bartle 188 6.6
Turnout 2,831 30.3 N/A
Registered electors 9,269
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Dollis Hill

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Dollis Hill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Parvez Ahmed* 2,310 58.9
Labour Liz Dixon* 2,307 58.9
Labour Arshad Mahmood* 2,183 55.7
Liberal Democrats Alison Hopkins 842 21.5
Conservative Richard Lacey 614 15.7
Conservative Anisha Patel 599 15.3
Conservative Anand Roy 541 13.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel Brown 471 12.0
Green Peter Murry 437 11.1
Liberal Democrats Vivienna Williamson 410 10.5
Turnout 3,920 27.8 −15.3
Registered electors 14,034
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Harlesden and Kensal Green

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Harlesden and Kensal Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jumbo Chan* 2,356 67.4
Labour Matt Kelcher* 2,174 62.2
Labour Mili Patel* 2,115 60.4
Green Eugenia Barnett 707 20.2
Conservative Bhavna Patel 396 11.3
Conservative Kieron Walker 374 10.7
Conservative Aloka Roy 350 10.0
Liberal Democrats Alex Guest 339 9.7
Liberal Democrats Tilly McAuliffe 336 9.6
Liberal Democrats Deborah Sutherland 332 9.5
Independent Wasim Badru 294 8.4
Turnout 3,496 25.4 N/A
Registered electors 13,663
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Kenton

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Kenton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sunita Hirani 2,287 50.5 −0.5
Conservative Suresh Kansagra* 2,165 47.8 −0.8
Conservative Michael Maurice* 2,047 45.2 −0.8
Labour Mansoor Akram* 1,718 38.0 −1.4
Labour Fiona Mulaisho 1,662 36.7 +0.3
Labour Jahan Mahmoodi 1,565 34.6 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Clinton 397 8.8 −0.6
Green Baston De'Medici-Jaguar 384 8.5 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Yulian Dimitrov 250 5.5 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Ulla Thiessen 250 5.5 +1.4
Turnout 4,525 35.3 −4.5
Registered electors 12,774
Conservative hold Swing +0.95
Conservative hold Swing -0.55
Conservative hold Swing -0.85

Kilburn

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Kilburn (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rita Begum 2,115 68.1 +7.0
Labour Rita Conneely* 2,108 67.9 +2.2
Labour Anthony Molloy 1,861 60.0 0.00
Green Nathaniel Williams 679 21.9 New
Liberal Democrats Anne Sharp 395 12.7 −3.2
Conservative Katie Doyle 364 11.7 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Brand 345 11.1 −4.3
Conservative Mark Roberts 328 10.6 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Derick Rethans 321 10.3 −1.2
Conservative Retno Widuri 305 9.8 −2.8
Independent Sabrina Bell 123 4.0 New
Turnout 3,105 25.2 −8.3
Registered electors 12,248
Labour hold Swing +5.1
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Labour hold Swing +2.1

Kingsbury

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Kingsbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Saqib Butt* 1,328 53.3
Labour Shama Tatler* 1,312 52.7
Conservative Sanjana Karnani 782 31.4
Conservative Salman Khan 649 26.1
Green Maurice Gold 241 9.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Brooke 235 9.4
Liberal Democrats Larry Ngan 136 5.5
Turnout 2,491 31.3 N/A
Registered electors 7,921
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Northwick Park

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Northwick Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Narinder Singh Bajwa 1,638 55.8
Labour Diana Collymore 1,543 52.6
Conservative Harmit Vyas 984 33.5
Conservative Mabel Balogun 963 32.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Corcoran 254 8.7
Liberal Democrats Alessandra Grasso 250 8.5
Turnout 2,934 33.4 −3.1
Registered electors 8,763
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Preston

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Preston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Kennelly* 1,532 55.2
Labour Orleen Hylton* 1,417 51.1
Conservative Hema Mistry 941 33.9
Conservative Sushil Rapatwar 808 29.1
Green David Pearson 191 6.9
Liberal Democrats Dominic O'Sullivan 143 5.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Goodsell 128 4.6
Independent Cristian Stincanu 111 4.0
Turnout 2,775 34.9 −3.0
Registered electors 7,929
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Queens Park

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Queens Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Stephen Crabb 2,382 59.9 +20.6
Labour Co-op Neil Nerva* 2,380 59.8 +19.9
Labour Co-op Eleanor Southwood* 2,347 59.0 +21.2
Green Sheila Simpson 832 20.9 +10.00
Liberal Democrats Virginia Brand 737 18.5 −2.00
Liberal Democrats Deborah Unger 647 16.3 0.00
Liberal Democrats Robin Sharp 545 13.7 −2.70
Conservative Monica Roberts 511 12.8 −2.20
Conservative Salman Anwar 504 12.7 0.00
Conservative Harry Gillow 487 12.2 +1.10
Turnout 3,979 31.4 −7.9
Registered electors 12,620
Labour hold Swing +15.75
Labour hold Swing +15.40
Labour hold Swing +16.05

Queensbury

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Queensbury (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kanta Mistry 1,972 47.6 +0.7
Conservative Jayanti Patel 1,886 45.5 +0.4
Labour Sandra Kabir* 1,797 43.3 −9.6
Conservative Manoj Mishra 1,782 43.0 +5.3
Labour Anita Thakkar* 1,761 42.5 −12.0
Labour Kana Naheerathan* 1,662 40.1 −11.7
Liberal Democrats Valerie Brown 330 8.0 0.0
Liberal Democrats Jeanie Cruickshank 255 6.2 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Ieva Tomsone 212 5.1 −2.0
Independent Brian Yauner 117 2.8 New
Turnout 4,146 34.2 −5.6
Registered electors 12,069
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.35
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.05
Labour hold Swing -7.45

Roundwood

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Roundwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elliot Chappell* 2,060 75.6
Labour Fleur Donnelly-Jackson* 2,034 74.6
Labour Jake Rubin 1,873 68.7
Green Marion Dunmore 466 17.1
Conservative Elizabeth Inglis 400 14.7
Conservative George Appiah-Fordjour 396 14.5
Conservative Gerald Soames 319 11.7
Turnout 2,726 25.1 N/A
Registered electors 10,791
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Stonebridge

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Stonebridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdi Aden* 2,266 74.4
Labour Promise Knight* 2,060 67.6
Labour Tony Ethapemi* 2,028 66.6
Green Simon Erskine 469 15.4
Conservative Said Deria 463 15.2
Conservative Harry Quainoo 421 13.8
Conservative Ajoy Roy 406 13.3
Turnout 3,046 22.3 −8.7
Registered electors 13,593
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sudbury

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Sudbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Lorber 1,514 44.2 +5.7
Labour Teo Benea 1,492 43.5 −5.9
Labour Thomas Stephens* 1,424 41.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Kalpana Rawal 1,320 38.5 +5.8
Conservative Pinakin Raval 409 11.9 −0.8
Conservative Chintan Zaveri 318 9.3 −1.4
Turnout 3,426 36.8 −7.3
Registered electors 9,240
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +3.65
Labour hold Swing -5.85

Tokyngton

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Tokyngton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muhammed Butt* 1,447 58.2 −5.3
Labour Krupa Sheth* 1,408 56.7 −5.7
Conservative Krunal Patel 649 26.1 +3.8
Conservative Shamim Chowdhury 537 21.6 +0.2
Green Martin Francis 306 12.3 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Ian McAullife 160 6.4 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Khalid 138 5.6 −1.8
Turnout 2,485 34.0 +4.1
Registered electors 7,270
Labour hold Swing -4.55
Labour hold Swing -2.95

Welsh Harp

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Welsh Harp (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Mitchell 1,849 54.8 −5.3
Labour Amer Agha* 1,774 52.6 −8.6
Labour Harbi Farah* 1,700 50.4 −7.4
Conservative Kieran McCartney-Patel 933 27.7 +4.8
Conservative Andy Sharma 870 25.8 +3.5
Conservative Ibrahim Bahadur 782 23.2 +3.0
Green David Stevens 405 12.0 New
Liberal Democrats Diana Ayres 383 11.4 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Freda Raingold 350 10.4 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Sisson 261 7.7 +2.0
Independent Elcena Jeffers 92 2.7 New
Turnout 3,373 27.0 −6.7
Registered electors 12,417
Labour hold Swing -5.05
Labour hold Swing -6.05
Labour hold Swing -5.20

Wembley Central

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Wembley Central (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sonia Shah* 2,658 57.4 −7.5
Labour Rajan Seelan 2,560 55.3 −9.1
Labour Ketan Sheth* 2,388 51.6 −9.0
Conservative Mahendra Singh Negi 1,079 23.3 7.8
Conservative Wilhelmina Mitchell Murray* 1,040 22.5 7.2
Liberal Democrats David Johnson 896 19.4 8.5
Conservative Riyaz Shaik 753 16.3 1.5
Liberal Democrats Afifa Majid 658 14.2 5.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Wharton 585 12.6 6.8
Turnout 4,627 36.8 −5.7
Registered electors 12,486
Labour hold Swing -7.8
Labour hold Swing -8.15
Labour hold Swing -8.75

Wembley Hill

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Wembley Hill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ihtesham Afzal* 1,526 46.2
Labour Akram Ajmal 1,510 45.7
Labour Ishma Moeen 1,390 42.1
Conservative Floyd Dias Do Rosario 1,299 39.3
Conservative Reena De Cruz 1,289 39.0
Conservative Sushil Dokwal 1,116 33.8
Liberal Democrats Eileen Barker 288 8.7
Green Jordan Harris 274 8.3
Liberal Democrats Douglas Lee 250 7.6
Liberal Democrats Gylnis Lee 206 6.2
Turnout 3,302 30.1 N/A
Registered electors 10,909
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wembley Park

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Wembley Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tazi Smith 607 60.6
Labour Iman Ahmadi Moghaddam 592 59.1
Conservative Christopher Phillips 189 18.9
Conservative Sellathurai Jeyakumar 185 18.5
Liberal Democrats Tim Jarman 174 17.4
Liberal Democrats Edan Powell 150 15.0
Turnout 1,002 21.0 N/A
Registered electors 4,753
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Willesden Green

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Willesden Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Long* 2,455 61.8 −5.8
Labour Saqlain Choudry 2,322 58.5 −8.9
Labour Tom Miller* 2,114 53.2 −11.8
Green William Relton 838 21.1 9.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Alexander 607 15.3 5.1
Conservative Raffles Fulton 554 14.0 2.8
Conservative Hannah Phillips 546 13.7 4.2
Liberal Democrats Isabella Thomas 534 13.4 5.8
Conservative Barkha Sharma 487 12.3 3.5
Liberal Democrats Max Fuller 480 12.1 4.7
Turnout 3,971 30.9 +5.4
Registered electors 12,784
Labour hold Swing -7.65
Labour hold Swing -7.00
Labour hold Swing -7.30

References

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  3. ^ "Councillor resigns after seven years of service". Harrow Times. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  4. ^ Raffray, Nathalie (4 December 2019). "Sarah Marquis stands down from Barnhill ward within days of fellow councillor Michael Pavey". Kilburn Times. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Third councillor resigns within a week". Harrow Times. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. ^ Raffray, Nathalie (10 December 2019). "Brent Council resignation: Wembley Central councillor is third Labour representative to stand down". Kilburn Times. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Raffray, Nathalie (8 January 2020). "Labour suspends by-election candidate amid investigation into tweets". Kilburn Times. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Lib Dems return to council following by-election win as Labour holds three seats". Harrow Times. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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