Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)

Enfield North
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Enfield North in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	66,761 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Joan Ryan (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Enfield East and Enfield West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Enfield North is a peripheral Greater London constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Joan Ryan, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The 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

The 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.

Boundaries

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-present: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Chase, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Highlands, Southbury, Town, and Turkey Street.

The 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.

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England made boundary changes to Enfield North for the 2010 general election. 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.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]	Party
Feb 1974	Bryan Davies	Labour
1979	Tim Eggar	Conservative
1997	Joan Ryan	Labour
2010	Nick de Bois	Conservative
2015	Joan Ryan	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Enfield North^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ryan^[7]	20,172	43.7	+5.2
	Conservative	Nick de Bois	19,086	41.4	-0.9
	UKIP	Deborah Cairns	4,133	9.0	+6.8
	Green	David Flint ^[8]	1,303	2.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Cara Jenkinson	1,059	2.3	-9.9
	Christian Peoples	Yemi Awolola^[9]	207	0.4	N/A
	TUSC	Joe Simpson^[10]	177	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,086	2.4
Turnout			46,137	67.7	+0.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.0

General Election 2010: Enfield North^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick de Bois	18,804	42.3	-0.8
	Labour	Joan Ryan	17,112	38.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	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	+1.1
	Christian	Anthony Williams	161	0.4	+0.4
	English Democrats	Raquel Weald	131	0.3	+0.3
	Workers Revolutionary	Anna Athow	96	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Gonul Daniels	91	0.2	+0.2
Majority			1,692	3.8
Turnout			44,453	67.1	+6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Note: Boundary changes before the 2010 election meant that this seat was notionally Conservative, and hence de Bois's win was a Conservative hold rather than a gain.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Enfield North^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ryan	18,055	44.3	−2.4
	Conservative	Nick de Bois	16,135	39.6	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			40,749	61.3	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.6

General Election 2001: Enfield North^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ryan	17,888	46.7	-4.0
	Conservative	Nick de Bois	15,597	40.7	+4.4
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Leighter	3,355	8.8	-0.2
	BNP	Ray Johns	605	1.6	+0.3
	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
Turnout			38,323	57.0	-13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Enfield North^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ryan	24,138	50.7
	Conservative	Mark Field	17,326	36.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Hopkins	4,264	9.0
	Referendum	Robert Ellingham	857	1.8
	BNP	Jean Griffin	590	1.24
	UKIP	Jose O'Ware	484	1.02
Majority			6,812	14.29
Turnout			47,659	70.35
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	16.10

General Election 1992: Enfield North^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Eggar	27,789	52.9
	Labour	Martin Upham	18,359	34.95
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Tustin	5,817	11.07
	Natural Law	John Markham	565	1.08
Majority			9,430	17.95
Turnout			52,530	77.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Enfield North^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Eggar	28,758	55.54
	Labour	Martin Upham	14,743	28.47
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	H Leighter	7,633	14.74
	Green	M Chantler	644	1.24
Majority			14,015	27.07
Turnout				74.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Enfield North^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Eggar	25,456	51.7
	Labour	BG Grayson	13,740	27.91
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J Daly	9,452	19.2
	Ecology	T Persighetti	320	0.65
	BNP	J Billingham	268	0.54
Majority			11,716	23.80
Turnout				72.43
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Enfield North^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Eggar	24,927	48.06
	Labour	Bryan Davies	21,444	41.34
	Liberal	K Crawford	4,681	9.02
	National Front	Jeremy Wotherspoon	816	1.57
Majority			3,483	6.72
Turnout			51,866	78.08
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election October 1974: Enfield North^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Davies	20,880	43.66
	Conservative	C de H Parkinson	16,087	33.64
	Liberal	S Curtis	9,526	19.92
	National Front	R Burton	1,330	2.78
Majority			4,793	10.0
Turnout			47,825	70.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Enfield North^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Davies	20,690	39.0	N/A
	Conservative	C de H Parkinson	17,274	32.6	N/A
	Liberal	S. Curtis	13,682	25.8	N/A
	National Front	K.T. Robinson	1,372	2.6	N/A
Majority			3,416	6.4	N/A
Turnout			53,015	78.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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Constituencies in London (73)

Labour (45)	Barking Bermondsey and Old Southwark Bethnal Green and Bow Brent Central Brentford and Isleworth Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative (27)	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Kensington Kingston and Surbiton Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Sutton and Cheam Twickenham Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats (1)	Carshalton and Wallington

London European constituency: Labour (4) Conservative (2) Green (1) UKIP (1)

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°40′01″N 0°04′30″W / 51.667°N 0.075°W / 51.667; -0.075

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