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Brent East

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Created in the 2023 boundary review, replacing Brent Central.

Dispatch
Apr 2026

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Centred on Brent. Population 135,059, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally), a majority-minority constituency. Recorded crime is 54% above the national average.

One of Labour's more active rebels this parliament, Dawn Butler voted against her own party on the welfare cuts bill in July 2025 -- opposing the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at Third Reading and backing an amendment that would have protected disabled people with fluctuating conditions during the government's ongoing PIP review. She also broke with the party majority on several assisted dying amendments, supporting tighter safeguards around the Terminally Ill Adults Bill. Outside the chamber, she has run a sustained campaign against gambling shop proliferation in Brent East -- surveying 7,000 households, filing formal objections, and tabling parliamentary motions -- and in April 2026 secured £20m in investment for a local estate through the Pride in Place scheme.

At 73% voting participation, Butler sits somewhat below the Commons average, but votes with Labour 96.1% of the time, making her a broadly loyal MP whose rebellions are targeted rather than routine. Her voting profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, while she is consistently sceptical of business-friendly measures and tough-on-crime positions. She deviates most sharply from her party on welfare reform -- 54 percentage points below the Labour average on that measure -- and shows a higher-than-average inclination toward parliamentary scrutiny. Her speeches span economy and jobs, social care, health, and local government, with crime and defence also featuring heavily.

356
Commons votes
This parliament
£29k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
77.5k
Electorate
2024 GE

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review.

Current Member of Parliament

Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler

Labour Party

Dawn Butler is the Labour MP for Brent East, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Notable Votes

MPs voted on whether to pass the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill makes changes to welfare benefits, including a gradual increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance, and had been debated at length including proposed amendments to speed up or expand those increases.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on Amendment 38 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would have provided greater certainty and protections for disabled people with fluctuating conditions while the government's review of PIP assessments (the Timms review) is ongoing. Critics argued the Bill was putting cuts before the review, leaving vulnerable people uncertain about their entitlements.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on whether to approve new rules implementing the Windsor Framework's Northern Ireland pet travel scheme, which requires pet owners travelling between Great Britain and Northern Ireland to use pet passports instead of the informal grace period arrangements currently in place. Opponents, including the TUV's Jim Allister, argued this imposes new bureaucratic requirements on travel within the UK that did not previously exist.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

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Voting at a Glance

Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Centred on Brent. Population 135,059, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally), a majority-minority constituency. Recorded crime is 54% above the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Butler’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.372 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Butler has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
81
Economy
75
Employment
38
Education
36
Crime & Policing
34
Business
21
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading09 Jul 2025
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 3809 Jul 2025
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 202413 Nov 2024
No
§ 08The local picture.8 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Brondesbury ParkErica Gbajumo1,658Labour P
Brondesbury ParkRyan Hack1,464Labour P
Cricklewood MapesburyGwen Grahl1,470Labour P
Cricklewood MapesburyTariq Dar1,669Labour P
Dollis HillArshad Mahmood2,183Labour P
Dollis HillLiz Dixon2,307Labour P
Dollis HillParvez Ahmed2,310Labour P
KingsburySaqib Ilyas Butt1,328Labour P
KingsburyShama Tatler1,312Labour P
RoundwoodElliot George Chappell2,060Labour P
RoundwoodFleur Donnelly-Jackson2,034Labour P
RoundwoodJake Naden Rubin1,873Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
135,059
Electorate 77,547 · 2024 register
Median income
£29,000
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
35.6%
England average 20.0%
Schools
46
29 primary · 5 secondary
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