Election Results
| General Election 2010: Brent Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sarah Teather* | 20,026 | 44.2 | +13.1 | |
| Labour | Dawn Butler** | 18,681 | 41.2 | −8.9 | |
| Conservative | Sachin Rajput | 5,068 | 11.2 | −1.9 | |
| Green | Shahrar Ali | 668 | 1.5 | −2.2 | |
| Christian | Errol Williams | 488 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Respect | Abdi Duale | 230 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dean McCastree | 163 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,345 | 3.0 | +22.0 | ||
| Turnout | 45,324 | 61.2 | +5.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +11.0 | |||
- * Served as MP for Brent East in the 2005–2010 Parliament
- ** Served as MP for Brent South in the 2005–2010 Parliament
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