Recent Elections
Local election 2 May 2002
We hope to stand candidates for the borough elections in both Brent and Harrow. For more information or to help with the campaign, please contact Tim Turner
Simone Aspis was our Parliamentary
Candidate for Brent East.
Check out the Election Leaflet.
Results for Brent East
Labour - Paul Daisley - 18,325
Conservative - David Gauke - 5,278
Lib Dem - Nowsheen Bhatti - 3,065
GREEN - SIMONE ASPIS - 1,361 (4.7%)
Pro Life - Sarah Macken - 392
SLP - Iris Cremer - 383
UKIP - Ashwin Tanner - 188
Turnout 50.11%
Swing to Conservative 0.01%
Less than 100 extra votes would have been needed to keep our deposit!
Within London boroughs/constituencies, we have significantly improved our position over the last 3 years compared to other local parties. In 1999, the Brent and Harrow Green vote was well below the London average and the Brent East vote was only slightly above average. In 2000, the Brent and Harrow vote was close to average. In 2001, the Brent East vote was well above average and Simone came 7th out of 34 candidates.
See also: GLA Election Campaign
Below is a summary of GLA election results for the Brent and Harrow constituency. Each voter had four votes, first and second preference for the Mayor and two votes for the London Assembly.
The Green Party candidate
for London Mayor was Darren Johnson
The Green Party candidate for the Brent and Harrow constituency was Simone
Aspis
There were 11 candidates for the Green Party top-up list, the top three
being Darren Johnson, Victor Anderson and Jenny Jones.
| Brent and Harrow | Greater London |
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| Turnout | Total Votes | Green Votes | Share | Share | ||
| London Mayor |
First Preference | 32.5% | 107,742 | 1,809 | 1.7% | 2.2% |
| Second Pref | 26.3% | 87,307 | 9,959 | 11.4% | 13.6% | |
| London Assembly |
Constituency | 29.4% | 97,433 | 8,756 | 9.0% | 10.2% |
| Top-up Party List | 31.3% | 103,697 | 9,763 | 9.4% | 11.1% | |
Although none of the 14 Green Party constituency candidates were elected, the 11.1% gained across London in the top-up party list vote was sufficient to elect Darren, Victor and Jenny to the new 25 seat London Assembly.
See also full Results for the Brent and Harrow Constituency, including votes for other parties.
For results from the other constituencies and further details of the election campaign, visit the GLA Election Site
Comparison of the GLA elections with the European elections 1999
| Brent and Harrow | Greater London | |||
| Green Votes | Share | Green Votes | Share | |
| European Elections - June 1999 | 4,473 | 5.75% | 87,545 | 7.67% |
| GLA Elections Top-up Vote - May 2000 | 9,763 | 9.41% | 183,910 | 11.11% |
| Increase in Green Party Votes/Share | 5,290 | 3.66% | 96,365 | 3.44% |
The European elections were held under proportional representation for the first time in the UK last year. Despite having fewer votes nationwide than in the 1989 election, two greens were elected to the European Parliament: Jean Lambert form the London Region and Caroline Lucas form the South East region. In London, the relatively modest vote of 7.67 % gained us the last of the 10 seats allocated, partly because smaller parties split the vote.
As can be seen from the table below, only in Brent East was the Green vote higher than the London average. This may reflect the fact that there was relatively more Green Party activity in the area.
This suggests that there are 'easy' gains to be made across the Brent and Harrow constituencies and that the Green vote could be a lot higher.
| Turnout | Total Votes Counted | Green Party Votes | Percentage | |
| Brent East | 22.3 % | 12,790 | 1,126 | 8.80 % |
| Brent North | 25.0 % | 13,778 | 659 | 4.78 % |
| Brent South | 22.3 % | 12,057 | 654 | 5.42 % |
| Harrow East | 24.0 % | 19,491 | 931 | 4.78 % |
| Harrow West | 27.0 % | 19,716 | 1,103 | 5.59 % |
| All Brent and Harrow | 24.3 % | 77,832 | 4,473 | 5.75 % |
| All Greater London | 23.1% | 1,141,225 | 87,545 | 7.67 % |
Candidate Rob Whitley polled 7.6 % of votes cast, putting us in third place, behind Labour and Conservatives. Large parts of the ward were leafleted and canvassed - the response was generally very good.
Unfortunately Labour supporters were also out in force and they achieved a large majority.
Votes: Labour 778, Conservative 292, Green 92, Liberal Democrat 47