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Election results for Brent East

General Election - Thursday 5 May 2005

Status: Published
General Election - results by party

Brent East constituency

Brent East - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Sarah Teather	Liberal Democrats	14764	47.52%	Elected
Yasmin Qureshi	Labour	12052	38.79%	Not elected
Kwasi Kwarteng	Conservative	3193	10.28%	Not elected
Shahrar Ali	Green Party	905	2.91%	Not elected
Michele Anna Weininger	Independent	115	0.37%	Not elected
George 'Rainbow' Weiss	Vote for Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket	39	0.13%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Seats	1
Total votes	31068
Electorate	56227
Number of proxy votes	78
Number of ballot papers rejected	141
Number of postal votes sent	2744

Share of the votes (%)
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Sarah Teather	47.52%	Elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Yasmin Qureshi	38.79%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Kwasi Kwarteng	10.28%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Shahrar Ali	2.91%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Michele Anna Weininger	0.37%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
George 'Rainbow' Weiss	0.13%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	79
voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled	55
writing or mark by which voter could be identified	7
Total rejected	141