An area undergoing rapid development
Alperton ward had, until Cllr Georgiou's resignation yesterday, two Liberal Democrat councillors and one Labour so a by-election will be highly marginal.
COUNCIL ELECTION RESULT MAY 2022
It was a winter by-election on January 23rd 2020 that gave the Liberal Democrats their breakthrough:Labour was hit when their candidate became embroiled in controversy over his alleged support for Bob Blackman, a right-wing Conservative MP LINK
A major issue in the ward is recent and rapid high-rise developments and an issue that Cllr Georgiou was vocal on in the Council speaking at Planning Committee meetings on the problem of densification and lack of infrastructure.
The new developments have grown the population from 11,009 at the 2011 census to 15,056 in 2021. The population will have grown further since then.
The ward has a high Asian population and the majority religion is Hinduism. Those statistics may change when new comers move into the high rises.
Source: https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/london/wards/brent/E05013496__alperton/
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