Six parliamentary candidates are battling it out for your vote in this year's General Election.

The budding politicians are striving to become MP for Brent North when voters go to the polls on May 7.

Candidates

  • Luke Parker - Conservative
  • Scott Bartle - Green
  • Elcena Jeffers - Independent
  • Barry Gardiner - Labour
  • Paul Lorber - Liberal Democrats
  • Alexander Alan Craig - UKIP

Polling

Polling day is May 7. Residents can vote at their local polling station between 7am and 10pm.

The count

Votes will be counted throughout the night at Brent Civic Centre.

What happened last time?

  • Barry Gardiner – Labour - 24,514 (46.9%)
  • Harshadbai Patel – Conservative - 16,486 (31.5%)
  • James Allie – Liberal Democrat – 8,879 (17%)
  • Atiq Malik – Independent – 734 (1.4%)
  • Martin Francis – Green – 725 (1.4%)
  • Sunita Webb – UKIP – 380 (0.7%)
  • Jannen Vamadeva – Brent North Needs An Independent MP – 333 (0.6%)
  • Arvind Tailor – English Democrats – 247 (0.5%)

Constituency history

The Brent North constituency was created in 1974 from the former seats of Wembley North and Wembley South.

Brent North was a Conservative seat up until 1997 and has since been a Labour constituency.

To find which constituency you are, use our 'Find My Seat' gadget, and if you're still not sure who to vote for, why not try our 'Which party are you?' quiz.