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)
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Nick de Bois (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Enfield East and Enfield West
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Enfield North 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.

Constituency Profile

The northernmost seat in Greater London, Enfield North is deeply suburban, almost village-like in parts where green belt legislation has kept housing development at bay, and has much in common with the adjoining county of Hertfordshire.

Deprivation levels are generally high, such as Ponders End, an area subject to significant social housing overspill developments in the 1960s which subsequently suffered considerable neglect. Two miles beyond, the tree-lined avenues of Enfield Chase are quiet and affluent.

History

Boundary alterations in 2010 made the seat notionally Conservative, and victory for Nick de Bois on 6 May saw the seat go down as a Tory hold rather than a gain.

Boundaries

The current Enfield North 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.

The constituency is made up of seven electoral wards from the London Borough of Enfield:

• Chase, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Highlands, Southbury, Town, Turkey Street

Boundary review

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

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Bryan Davies	Labour
	1979	Tim Eggar	Conservative
	1997	Joan Ryan	Labour
	2010	Nick de Bois	Conservative

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Enfield North
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

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Enfield North
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
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ryan	24,138	50.65
	Conservative	Mark Field	17,326	36.35
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Hopkins	4,264	8.95
	Referendum Party	R Ellingham	857	1.8
	BNP	Jean Griffin	590	1.24
	UKIP	J O'Ware	484	1.02
Majority
Turnout

General Election 1992: Enfield North
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	J Markham	565	1.08
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Enfield North
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
Turnout

General Election 1983: Enfield North
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
Turnout

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Enfield North
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

General Election October 1974: Enfield North
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	10.02
Turnout			47,825	70.52

General Election February 1974: Enfield North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Davies	20,690	39.02	N/A
	Conservative	C de H Parkinson	17,274	32.58	N/A
	Liberal	S Curtis	13,682	25.81	N/A
	National Front	KT Robinson	1,372	2.59	N/A
Majority			3,416	6.44	N/A
Turnout			53,015	78.77	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London