Enfield North is a peripheral Greater London constituency[n 1] created in 1974 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Feryal Clark of the Labour Party.
Enfield North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London 51°40′01″N 0°04′30″W / 51.667°N 0.075°W |
Electorate | 76,824 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Feryal Clark (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Enfield East and Enfield West |
Constituency profile
editThe northernmost seat in Greater London, Enfield North is deeply suburban, almost village-like in parts, particularly its rolling terrain, including Gordon Hill and Carterhatch. Green belt legislation has kept housing development at bay, and the area has much in common with the adjoining county of Hertfordshire. The tree-lined avenues of Enfield Chase are also quiet and affluent.[2] However, much of the eastern part of the constituency is in the Lea Valley industrial area, and includes some small areas with significant levels of multiple deprivation.[3]
History
editThe seat was created for the February 1974 election from the former seats of Enfield West and Enfield East. The former was a safe Conservative seat, at one point represented by Iain Macleod, whereas the latter was a secure Labour seat.
From its creation up until 2015, Enfield North was somewhat a bellwether of the national result; it elected Labour MPs at both the 1974 elections, was taken by the Conservatives and held by comfortable margins in every election from 1979 to 1992, before being won back by Labour in 1997 (albeit with relatively narrow majorities throughout the party's time in government) and narrowly going to the Conservatives in 2010 in an election which nationally saw a hung Parliament. In 2015, however, the Conservatives lost the seat to Labour in an election which nationally saw them win an overall majority.
Boundary alterations based on an increased population within the existing area made the seat notionally Conservative before the 6 May 2010 election, and Nick de Bois won the seat. However, the former Labour MP Joan Ryan, who sat for the constituency from 1997 to 2010, regained it in 2015. The 2015 result gave the seat the 13th most marginal majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.[4] De Bois and Ryan stood against each other in this seat over five general elections, between 2001 and 2017, with Ryan winning four of those five.
Boundaries
editThe constituency is set in the northern third of the London Borough of Enfield, stretching from Enfield Chase in the west, and the King George V Reservoir in the east, incorporating Brimsdown, Enfield Lock, and the M25 motorway interchange at the boundary with the borough of Broxbourne to the north.
1974–1983: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Bullsmoor, Bush Hill, Cambridge Road, Chase, Enfield Wash, Green Street, Ordnance, Ponders End, Town, and Willow.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Bullsmoor, Chase, Enfield Lock, Enfield Wash, Green Street, Hoe Lane, Ponders End, Southbury, Town, Willow, and Worcesters.
2010–2024: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Chase, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Highlands, Southbury, Town, and Turkey Street.
- Part of Highlands ward was transferred to Enfield North from the constituency of Enfield, Southgate. Part of Grange ward was transferred to Enfield, Southgate. Ponders End ward was transferred to Edmonton, and part of Southbury ward was transferred from Edmonton to Enfield North.
2024–present: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Brimsdown, Bullsmoor, Carterhatch, Enfield Lock, Ponders End, Ridgeway, Southbury, Town, and Whitewebbs.[5]
- The contents reflect the local government boundary review for Enfield which came into effect in May 2022. In order to bring the electorate within the permitted electoral range, the Ponders End ward was transferred back from Edmonton.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member[6] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Bryan Davies | Labour | |
1979 | Tim Eggar | Conservative | |
1997 | Joan Ryan | Labour | |
2010 | Nick de Bois | Conservative | |
2015 | Joan Ryan | Labour | |
February 2019 | The Independent Group for Change | ||
2019 | Feryal Clark | Labour |
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Feryal Clark | 21,368 | 49.1 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Dey | 8,632 | 19.8 | −16.1 | |
Reform UK | Stephen Bird | 5,146 | 11.8 | +10.0 | |
Green | Isobel Whittaker | 3,713 | 8.5 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Russo | 2,517 | 5.8 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Ertan Karpazli | 1,448 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Workers Party | Aishat Anifowoshe | 668 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,736 | 29.3 | +14.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,492 | 55.2 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 78,770 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.0 |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019 notional result[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 27,103 | 53.3 | |
Conservative | 18,250 | 35.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,319 | 6.5 | |
Green | 1,228 | 2.4 | |
Brexit Party | 908 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 50,808 | 66.1 | |
Electorate | 76,824 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Feryal Clark | 23,340 | 51.8 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Joanne Laban | 16,848 | 37.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Russo | 2,950 | 6.5 | +4.4 | |
Green | Isobel Whittaker | 1,115 | 2.5 | +1.3 | |
Brexit Party | Ike Ijeh | 797 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,492 | 14.4 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,050 | 66.2 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 68,066 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Ryan | 28,177 | 58.0 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Nick de Bois | 17,930 | 36.9 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas da Costa | 1,036 | 2.1 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Deborah Cairns | 848 | 1.7 | −7.3 | |
Green | Bill Linton | 574 | 1.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 10,247 | 21.1 | +18.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,565 | 71.3 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 68,076 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Ryan[16] | 20,172 | 43.7 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Nick de Bois | 19,086 | 41.4 | −0.9 | |
UKIP | Deborah Cairns | 4,133 | 9.0 | +6.9 | |
Green | David Flint[17] | 1,303 | 2.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cara Jenkinson | 1,059 | 2.3 | −9.9 | |
CPA | Yemi Awolola[18] | 207 | 0.4 | N/A | |
TUSC | Joe Simpson[19] | 177 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,086 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,137 | 67.7 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 68,118 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick de Bois | 18,804 | 42.3 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Joan Ryan | 17,112 | 38.5 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Smith | 5,403 | 12.2 | +0.7 | |
BNP | Tony Avery | 1,228 | 2.8 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Madge Jones | 938 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
Green | Bill Linton | 489 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Christian | Anthony Williams | 161 | 0.4 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Raquel Weald | 131 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Anna Athow | 96 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Gonul Daniels | 91 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,692 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,453 | 67.1 | +6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 66,261 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7[a] |
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Ryan | 18,055 | 44.3 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Nick de Bois | 16,135 | 39.6 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Radford | 4,642 | 11.4 | +2.6 | |
BNP | Terence Farr | 1,004 | 2.5 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Gary Robbens | 750 | 1.8 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Patrick Burns | 163 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,920 | 4.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,749 | 61.3 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 63,720 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Ryan | 17,888 | 46.7 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Nick de Bois | 15,597 | 40.7 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Leighter | 3,355 | 8.8 | −0.2 | |
BNP | Ray Johns | 605 | 1.6 | +0.4 | |
UKIP | Brian Hall | 427 | 1.1 | +0.1 | |
ProLife Alliance | Michael Akerman | 241 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Richard Course | 210 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,291 | 6.0 | −8.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,323 | 57.0 | −13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 67,204 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Ryan | 24,138 | 50.7 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Mark Field | 17,326 | 36.4 | −16.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hopkins | 4,264 | 9.0 | −2.1 | |
Referendum | Robert Ellingham | 857 | 1.8 | N/A | |
BNP | Jean Griffin | 590 | 1.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Jose O'Ware | 484 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,812 | 14.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,659 | 70.4 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 67,748 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -16.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Eggar | 27,789 | 52.9 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Martin Upham | 18,359 | 35.0 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Tustin | 5,817 | 11.1 | −3.7 | |
Natural Law | John Markham | 565 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,430 | 17.9 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 52,530 | 77.9 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 67,421 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Eggar | 28,758 | 55.5 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Martin Upham | 14,743 | 28.5 | +0.6 | |
Alliance | Hilary Leighter | 7,633 | 14.7 | −4.4 | |
Green | Eric Chantler | 644 | 1.2 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 14,015 | 27.1 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 51,778 | 74.5 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 69,488 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Eggar | 25,456 | 51.7 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Brian Grayson | 13,740 | 27.9 | −13.4 | |
Alliance | James Daly | 9,452 | 19.2 | +10.2 | |
Ecology | T Persighetti | 320 | 0.7 | N/A | |
BNP | J Billingham | 268 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,716 | 23.8 | +17.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,236 | 72.4 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 67,980 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Eggar | 24,927 | 48.06 | +14.42 | |
Labour | Bryan Davies | 21,444 | 41.34 | −2.32 | |
Liberal | Keith Crawford[33] | 4,681 | 9.02 | −10.9 | |
National Front | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 816 | 1.57 | −1.21 | |
Majority | 3,483 | 6.72 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,866 | 78.08 | +7.58 | ||
Registered electors | 66,427 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.37 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Davies | 20,880 | 43.66 | +4.66 | |
Conservative | Christopher de H Parkinson | 16,087 | 33.64 | +1.04 | |
Liberal | Sarah Curtis | 9,526 | 19.92 | −15.88 | |
National Front | R Burton | 1,330 | 2.78 | +0.18 | |
Majority | 4,793 | 10.02 | +3.62 | ||
Turnout | 47,825 | 70.50 | −8.30 | ||
Registered electors | 67,818 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bryan Davies | 20,690 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | Christopher de H Parkinson | 17,274 | 32.6 | ||
Liberal | Sarah Curtis | 13,682 | 25.8 | ||
National Front | K.T. Robinson | 1,372 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 3,416 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 53,015 | 78.8 | |||
Registered electors | 67,304 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
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External links
edit- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- Enfield North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Enfield North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Enfield North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK