Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)

Enfield Southgate
Enfield Southgate
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Enfield Southgate in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	64,932 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	David Burrowes (Conservative)
Seats	One

Enfield Southgate is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by David Burrowes, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

Before the February 1974 general election, this constituency was known as Southgate.^{[n 3]} Its best-known representative was Michael Portillo, now a television documentary and travel presenter who also appears on This Week facing Alan Johnson^{[n 4]} and served the area 1984-1997.

The seat gained national attention in the 1997 general election when Michael Portillo, Secretary of State for Defence was unexpectedly defeated on a massive swing. Portillo had been widely expected to contest the Conservative leadership and his defeat the media took to epitomise the Labour landslide victory. The victorious candidate, Stephen Twigg, increased his majority at the following election.

In the 2005 general election Twigg's majority was the largest overturned, with a swing of 8.7% to the Conservative candidate David Burrowes.

Constituency profile

This is the affluent, leafy western part of the London Borough of Enfield. It is more cosmopolitan than the Conservative suburbs of south-east London - there are sizeable Jewish, Muslim and Cypriot communities.^{[n 5]} The Bowes Park area to the south of the constituency has to date had a solid Labour preference, but overall Southgate has tended to give majorities to Conservatives and elects Conservative local councillors.^[2] To the north the seat becomes semi-rural as it takes in Trent Park and the campus of Middlesex University, the Cockfosters terminus to the Piccadilly line and stretches into the markedly expensive Hadley Wood area.http://www.mouseprice.com/area-guide/en4 Small output areas (smaller than wards) have middle rankings when placed in a complete list of wards (such as the 2000 Index of Multiple Deprivation) found in the southwest of the constituency however all other output areas lack any significant deprivation.^[3]

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Southgate.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Arnos, Bowes, Cockfosters, Grange, Highfield, Oakwood, Palmers Green, Southgate Green, West, and Winchmore Hill.

1983-2010: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Arnos, Bowes, Grange, Grovelands, Highfield, Merryhills, Oakwood, Palmers Green, Southgate Green, Trent, and Winchmore Hill.

2010-present: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Bowes, Cockfosters, Grange, Palmers Green, Southgate, Southgate Green, and Winchmore Hill.

Boundary review

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1950	Sir Beverley Baxter	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1964	Sir Anthony Berry	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1984 by-election	Michael Portillo	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Stephen Twigg	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2005	David Burrowes	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Enfield Southgate^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burrowes	22,624	49.4	0.0
	Labour	Bambos Charalambous	17,871	39.0	+6.8
	UKIP	David Schofield	2,109	4.6	+3.5
	Green	Jean Robertson-Molloy	1,690	3.7	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	1,518	3.3	−10.5
Majority			4,753	10.4
Turnout			45,812	70.5	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.4

General Election 2010: Enfield Southgate^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burrowes	21,928	49.4	+5.7
	Labour	Bambos Charalambous	14,302	32.2	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Johar Khan	6,124	13.8	+2.7
	Green	Peter Krakowiak	632	1.4	−1.4
	UKIP	Bob Brock	505	1.1	−0.1
	Independent	Asit Mukhopadhyay	391	0.9	+0.9
	Respect	Samad Billoo	174	0.4	+0.4
	English Democrat	Ben Weald	173	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Mal the Warrior Malakounides	88	0.2	+0.2
	Better Britain Party	Jeremy Sturgess	35	0.1	+0.1
Majority			7,626	17.2
Turnout			44,352	69.2	+5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Enfield Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Burrowes	18,830	44.6	+6.0
	Labour	Stephen Twigg	17,083	40.5	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ziz Kakoulakis	4,724	11.2	+4.2
	Green	Trevor Doughty	1,083	2.6	+1.0
	UKIP	Brian Hall	490	1.2	+0.5
Majority			1,747	4.1
Turnout			42,210	66.4	+2.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.7

General Election 2001: Enfield Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Twigg	21,727	51.8	+7.6
	Conservative	John Christopher Flack	16,181	38.6	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Hoban	2,935	7.0	−3.7
	Green	Elaine Amanda Graham-Leigh	662	1.6	N/A
	UKIP	Roy Andrew Freshwater	298	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Malakouna	105	0.3	−0.2
Majority			5,546	13.2
Turnout			41,908	63.5	−7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Enfield Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Twigg	20,570	44.2	+18.0
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	19,137	41.1	−16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Browne	4,966	10.7	−3.8
	Referendum	Nicholas Luard	1,342	2.9	N/A
	Christian Democrat	Alan Storkey	289	0.6	N/A
	Mal - Voice of the People	Andrew Malakouna	229	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,433	3.1
Turnout			46,533	70.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.4

General Election 1992: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	28,422	58.0	−0.8
	Labour	Karen Livney	12,859	26.2	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Keane	7,080	11.2	−6.5
	Green	Mrs. Marghanita C.P.H. Hollands	696	1.4	0.0
Majority			15,563	31.8	−6.1
Turnout			49,057	76.3	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	28,445	58.8	+9.2
	Liberal	Nick Harvey	10,100	20.9	−14.7
	Labour	A.W. Course	9,114	18.9	+7
	Green	Stephen Rooney	696	1.4	N/A
Majority			18,345	37.9
Turnout			48,355	72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1984 by-election: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	16,684	49.6	−8.5
	Liberal	Timothy Willatt Slack	11,973	35.6	+12.2
	Labour	Peter Hamid	4,000	11.9	−6
	Turkish Troops Out of Cyprus	Andreas Polydrou	687	2	N/A
	Nationalist Party	James Kershaw	80	0.2	N/A
	English National	Raymond Shenton	78	0.2	N/A
	Abolish Greater London, Restore Middlesex	Iain Burgess	50	0.2	N/A
	Captain Rainbow's Universal Party	George Weiss	48	0.2	N/A
	Death off Roads: Freight on Rail	Helen Mary Anscomb	45	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,711
Turnout			33,645
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.27

General Election 1983: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony George Berry	26,451	58.09	−3.55
	Liberal	D Morgan	10,632	23.35	+9.29
	Labour	Mary Honeyball	8,132	17.86	−4.69
	BNP	M Braithwaite	318	0.7	N/A
Majority			15,819	34.74
Turnout				69.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony George Berry	31,663	61.64	+7.74
	Labour	I S Wilson	11,584	22.55	−0.28
	Liberal	A Baker	7,223	14.06	−6.6
	National Front	R Pert	895	1.74	−0.87
Majority			20,079	39.09
Turnout				76.26
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony George Berry	25,888	53.9	+1.76
	Labour	J P Sheppard	10,966	22.83	+2.64
	Liberal	George J Bridge	9,922	20.66	−4.81
	National Front	B W Pell	1,255	2.61	+0.41
Majority			14,922	31.07
Turnout				67.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony George Berry	28,620	52.14	−
	Liberal	George J Bridge	13,806	25.47	−
	Labour	F Sealey	10,945	20.19	−
	National Front	B W Pell	1,192	2.2	−
Majority			14,454	26.67
Turnout				77.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony George Berry	22,963	60.74
	Labour	R.B. Bastin	9,389	24.84
	Liberal	George J Bridge	5,451	14.42
Majority			13,574	35.91
Turnout				67.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony George Berry	21,171	53.47
	Labour	P.S. Gourgey	9,743	24.61
	Liberal	George J Bridge	8,679	21.92
Majority			11,428	28.86
Turnout				75.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony George Berry	22,251	54.75
	Liberal	George J Bridge	9,600	23.62
	Labour	S.J. Chapman	8,787	21.62
Majority			12,651	31.13
Turnout				76.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter	25,704	60.79
	Liberal	George J Bridge	8,968	21.21
	Labour	S.J. Chapman	7,613	18.00
Majority			16,736	39.58
Turnout				77.07
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter	26,794	62.32
	Labour	G.L. Caunt	8,584	19.97
	Liberal	George J Bridge	7,614	17.71
Majority			18,210	42.36
Turnout				77.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter	30,044	62.16
	Labour	Miss Vera Dart	10,889	22.53
	Liberal	Edwin Thomas Malindine	7,402	15.31
Majority			19,155	39.63
Turnout				84.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Beverley Baxter	30,302	61.1	n/a
	Labour	Miss Vera Dart	11,023	22.2	n/a
	Liberal	Gershon Ellenbogen	8,286	16.7	n/a
Majority			19,279	38.9	n/a
Turnout				86.4	n/a
	Conservative win

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.
^ Strictly a London Borough prefix to the constituency name (in this case Enfield) was introduced in 1974
^ Previously facing Diane Abbott
^ see 2011 census data release: Ethnicity

References

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Enfield — Councillors
^ 2001 Census
^ Election Results for Enfield Southgate
^ General Election Results from the Electoral Commission

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

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[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] 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.

[4] Strictly a London Borough prefix to the constituency name (in this case Enfield) was introduced in 1974

[5] Previously facing Diane Abbott

[6] see 2011 census data release: Ethnicity

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[7] Enfield — Councillors

[8] 2001 Census

[9] Election Results for Enfield Southgate

[10] General Election Results from the Electoral Commission

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