Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)

Edmonton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Edmonton in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	64,356 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Andy Love (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Edmonton is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Proposed name for 2015 elections

According to the Boundary Commission for England, the Edmonton constituency will merge with Chingford giving it the new name Chingford and Edmonton. Bush Hill and Hazelbury wards will accede to Enfield Southgate and the Upper Edmonton ward to the Tottenham constituency.

History

Generally a safe Labour seat since World War II, it was gained narrowly, and surprisingly, by the Conservatives in 1983. They had a much increased majority in 1987 before holding it narrowly in 1992. It has had safe Labour majorities since 1997; this is probably their best area in the London Borough of Enfield.

Boundaries

Edmonton constituency within the county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1918-50.

The constituency occupies the south eastern part of the London Borough of Enfield. It is made up of seven electoral wards from the borough:

• Bush Hill Park, Edmonton Green, Haselbury, Jubilee, Lower Edmonton, Ponders End, Upper Edmonton

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England made some changes to Edmonton. Ponders End ward was transferred from the constituency of Enfield North to Edmonton. Part of Southbury ward was transferred to Enfield North. Parts of Grange ward, Palmers Green ward, and Bowes ward were transferred from Edmonton to Enfield, Southgate. Part of Bush Hill Park ward and a tiny part of Upper Edmonton ward were transferred from Enfield, Southgate to Edmonton.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Alfred Warren	Conservative
	1922	Frank Broad	Labour Co-op
	1931	John Rutherford	Conservative
	1935	Frank Broad	Labour Co-op
	1945	Evan Durbin drowned , 1948	Labour
	1948 by-election	Austen Albu	Labour
	Feb 1974	Ted Graham	Labour Co-op
	1983	Ian Twinn	Conservative
	1997	Andy Love	Labour Co-op

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	21,665	53.7	-2.3
	Conservative	Andrew Charalambous	12,052	29.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Iarla Kilbane-Dawe	4,252	10.5	-1.5
	UKIP	Roy Freshwater	1,036	2.6	+0.3
	Green	Jack Johnson	516	1.3	-1.0
	Reform 2000	Erol Basarik	379	0.9	+0.9
	Christian	Clive Morrison	350	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	David McLean	127	0.3	+0.3
Majority			9,613	23.8
Turnout			40,377	63.2	+5.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	18,456	53.2	−5.7
	Conservative	Lionel Zetter	10,381	29.9	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Iarla Kilbane-Dawe	4,162	12.0	+5.0
	Green	Nina Armstrong	889	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Gwyneth Rolph	815	2.3	+1.1
Majority			8,075	23.3
Turnout			34,703	59.1	+2.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−2.4

General Election 2001: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	20,481	58.9	-1.4
	Conservative	David Burrowes	10,709	30.8	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Taylor	2,438	7.0	+0.7
	UKIP	Gwyneth Rolph	406	1.2	+0.6
	Reform 2000	Erol Basarik	344	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Howard Medwell	296	0.9	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Ram Saxena	100	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,772	28.1
Turnout			34,774	56.3	-14.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

References

• Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
• The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945. 
• The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950. 
• The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955. 
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)