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| Enfield North Borough constituency |
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| Enfield North shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Joan Ryan |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Enfield North is a 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.
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Boundaries
After the Tories gained the neighbouring Enfield Southgate seat from Michael Portillo's conqueror, Stephen Twigg, on a large 8.7% swing, this looked as though it would be a banker for them in 2005. But Labour held on unexpectedly, with very little change from the 2001 result.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1974 | Bryan Davies | Labour | |
| 1979 | Tim Eggar | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Joan Ryan | Labour | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Enfield North | |||||
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| 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 | |
| British National | Terence Farr | 1,004 | 2.5 | +0.9 | |
| UK Independence | Gary Robbens | 750 | 1.8 | +0.7 | |
| Independent (politician) | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| British National | Ray Johns | 605 | 1.6 | +0.3 | |
| UK Independence | Brian Hall | 427 | 1.1 | +0.1 | |
| ProLife Alliance | Michael Akerman | 241 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Richard Course | 210 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,291 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 38,323 | 57.0 | -13.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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