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| Enfield, Southgate Borough constituency |
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| Enfield, Southgate shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | David Burrowes |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Enfield, Southgate 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. The current MP is David Burrowes (Conservative), and its best-known representative was Michael Portillo (1984-1997).
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Boundaries
The seat covers seven of the 21 council wards in the Borough of Enfield.
Bowes ward is marginally Labour and Palmers Green is split between Labour and Conservative (in general the regions to the South-East of the constituency). The wards of Grange, Winchmore Hill, Cockfosters, Southgate Green and Southgate have very healthy Conservative majorities. There are minor boundary changes and Enfield Southgate is predicted to have a notional 1,300 Conservative Majority after the next General Election.
History
Prior to the February 1974 general election, this constituency was known as Southgate. Strictly a London Borough prefix to the constituency name (in this case Enfield) was introduced in 1974. It is not incorrect to use the prefix for the 1974-1983 period, but it is not customary to do so. The seat is normally referred to as Enfield Southgate from 1983. This is the explanation why the infobox in this article dates the current comstituency from 1983, although the area has essentially been one seat since 1950.
Enfield Southgate had always been regarded as a safe Conservative seat, up until 1997.
It gained especial attention in the 1997 general election when the Secretary of State for Defence Michael Portillo was unexpectedly defeated on a massive swing. Portillo had been widely expected to contest the Conservative leadership and his defeat was taken by many to epitomise the Labour party landslide victory. The victorious candidate, Stephen Twigg, increased his majority at the following election and began to rise through the ministerial ranks.
However in the 2005 general election Twigg's majority was the largest overturned, with a swing of 8.7% to the Conservatives. David Burrowes the current MP was born in the constituency, both his and his wife's extended families reside in the area and his 6 children all attend local schools. David is a founder of the Conservative Christian Fellowship.
Members of Parliament (Southgate 1950-74, Enfield Southgate since 1974)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Sir Beverley Baxter | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Sir Anthony Berry | Conservative | |
| 1984 | Michael Portillo | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Stephen Twigg | Labour | |
| 2005 | David Burrowes | Conservative | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election 1 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Burrowes | ||||
| Labour | Bambos Charalambous | ||||
| General Election 2005: Enfield, Southgate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Burrowes | 18,830 | 44.6 | +6.0 | |
| Labour | Stephen Twigg | 17,083 | 40.5 | −11.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ziz Kakoulakis | 4,724 | 11.2 | +4.2 | |
| Green | Trevor Doughty | 1,083 | 2.6 | +1.0 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Twigg | 21,727 | 51.8 | +7.6 | |
| Conservative | John Flack | 16,181 | 38.6 | -2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Wayne Hoban | 2,935 | 7.0 | -3.7 | |
| Green | Elaine Graham-Leigh | 662 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Roy Freshwater | 298 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Andrew Malakouna | 105 | 0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Majority | 5,546 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 41,908 | 63.5 | -7.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Note: Malakouna described himself as 'Mal - Voice of the People'.
| General Election 1997: Enfield, Southgate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stephen Twigg | 20,570 | 44.2 | +18.0 | |
| Conservative | Michael Portillo | 19,137 | 41.1 | -16.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Browne | 4,966 | 10.7 | -3.8 | |
| Referendum Party | N.L. Luard | 1,342 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Independent Democrat | A.J. Storkey | 289 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Andrew Malakouna | 229 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,433 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 70.6 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.4 | |||
Note: Malakouna described himself as 'Mal - Voice of the People'.
| General Election 1992: Enfield, Southgate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Portillo | 28,422 | 58.0 | -0.8 | |
| Labour | Karen Livney | 12.859 | 26.2 | +7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Kevin Keane | 7,080 | 11.2 | -6.5 | |
| Green | Mrs. M.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 | |||
| General Election 1987: Enfield, Southgate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Portillo | 28,445 | 58.8 | +9.2 | |
| Liberal | Nick Harvey | 10,100 | 20.9 | -14.7 | |
| Labour | R. Course | 9,114 | 18.9 | +7 | |
| Green | S. Rooney | 696 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 18,345 | 37.9 | |||
| Turnout | 48,355 | 72.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| 1984 by-election: Enfield, Southgate | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Portillo | 16,684 | 49.6 | -8.5 | |
| Liberal | Timothy 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 Party | Raymond Shenton | 78 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Abolish Gt. 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 Anscomb | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,711 | ||||
| Turnout | 33,645 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.27 | |||
See also
References
- ^ Enfield Southgate, UKPollingReport
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