Enfield North

Constituency profile

The Enfield North constituency is located on the outskirts of Greater London, forming the northern part of the Borough of Enfield. Neighbourhoods covered by the constituency include Ponders End, Bullsmoor, Gordon Hill, Brimsdown and Enfield town centre. Enfield is a historic market town and the central parts of the town are generally affluent. The residential area to the east in the Lea Valley has an industrial heritage and was the site of the Royal Small Arms Factory. This part of the constituency has high levels of deprivation. House prices in Enfield North are generally higher than the national average but lower than the rest of London.

In general, residents of the constituency are young and have low levels of education. Compared to the rest of London, they are less likely to work in professional occupations and household income is low. The constituency is ethnically diverse; White people made up 52% of residents at the 2021 census with 36% being White British. Black people were the largest ethnic minority group at 20% and Asians were 10%. The Borough of Enfield has the highest proportion of Turkish and Albanian speakers in the country. At the local council, the western, more suburban parts of the constituency are represented by Conservatives whilst the eastern areas elected Labour Party councillors. An estimated 52% of voters in Enfield North supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, a higher rate than the rest of the country but lower than the rest of London.

History

The seat was created for the February 1974 election from the former seats of Enfield West and Enfield East. The former was a safe Conservative seat, at one point represented by Iain Macleod, whereas the latter was a secure Labour seat.

From its creation up until 2015, Enfield North was somewhat a bellwether of the national result; it elected Labour MPs at both the 1974 elections, was taken by the Conservatives and held by comfortable margins in every election from 1979 to 1992, before being won back by Labour in 1997 (albeit with relatively narrow majorities throughout the party's time in government) and narrowly going to the Conservatives in 2010 in an election which nationally saw a hung Parliament. In 2015, however, the Conservatives lost the seat to Labour in an election which nationally saw them win an overall majority.

Boundary alterations based on an increased population within the existing area made the seat notionally Conservative before the 6 May 2010 election, and Nick de Bois won the seat. However, the former Labour MP Joan Ryan, who sat for the constituency from 1997 to 2010, regained it in 2015. The 2015 result gave the seat the 13th most marginal majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. De Bois and Ryan stood against each other in this seat over five general elections, between 2001 and 2017, with Ryan winning four of those five.

Boundaries

The 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.{{cite web | access-date = 13 March 2011 | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm | archive-date = 6 November 2010

1974–1983: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Bullsmoor, Bush Hill, Cambridge Road, Chase, Enfield Wash, Green Street, Ordnance, Ponders End, Town, and Willow.

1983–2010: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Bullsmoor, Chase, Enfield Lock, Enfield Wash, Green Street, Hoe Lane, Ponders End, Southbury, Town, Willow, and Worcesters.

2010–2024: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Chase, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Highlands, Southbury, Town, and Turkey Street. :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.

2024–present: The London Borough of Enfield wards of Brimsdown, Bullsmoor, Carterhatch, Enfield Lock, Ponders End, Ridgeway, Southbury, Town, and Whitewebbs. :The contents reflect the local government boundary review for Enfield which came into effect in May 2022. In order to bring the electorate within the permitted electoral range, the Ponders End ward was transferred back from Edmonton.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

| reg. electors = 78,770

Elections in the 2010s

| reg. electors = 68,066 |reg. electors = 68,076 |reg. electors = 68,118 |reg. electors = 66,261

Elections in the 2000s

|reg. electors = 63,720 |reg. electors = 67,204

Elections in the 1990s

| reg. electors = 67,748 |reg. electors = 67,421

Elections in the 1980s

|reg. electors = 69,488

|reg. electors = 67,980

Elections in the 1970s

|reg. electors = 66,427 |reg. electors = 67,818 |reg. electors = 67,304

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