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Election results for Brent North

General Election - Thursday 5 May 2005

Status: Published
General Election - results by party

Brent North constituency

Brent North - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Barry Gardiner	Labour	17420	48.82%	Elected
Bob Blackman	Conservative	11779	33.01%	Not elected
Harvard Maengwyn Hughes	Liberal Democrats	5672	15.90%	Not elected
Babar Ahmad	Peace and Progress	685	1.92%	Not elected
George 'Rainbow' Weiss	Vote for Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket	126	0.35%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Seats	1
Total votes	35682
Electorate	60148
Number of proxy votes	82
Number of ballot papers rejected	112
Number of postal votes sent	3540

Share of the votes (%)
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Barry Gardiner	48.82%	Elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Bob Blackman	33.01%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Harvard Maengwyn Hughes	15.90%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
Babar Ahmad	1.92%	Not elected
Candidate name	Vote percentage	Elected
George 'Rainbow' Weiss	0.35%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	56
voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled	52
writing or mark by which voter could be identified	4
Total rejected	112