Kensal Green ward probably has the wierdest boundaries in Brent, and it is about time that they were changed.
Starting at Kensal Green Station, the boundary includes the Millenium hostel and the Masons Arms, but goes through the middle of New Hope Court and the new development at Plough Close. It then meanders back and forth, sometimes going down the middle of peoples' houses, and cutting through Willesden Junction station before hitting the boundary with Ealing.
This might not seem to matter very much, but there are all kinds of bureaucratic problems as a result. For example, if the front of your house is in Brent, but the back is in Hammersmith and Fulham, where do you register to vote?
This last problem, I hope, is on the way to being solved, as I have managed to get it referred to the Electoral Commission, who have the power to rectify the boundary.
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