Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Enfield North Borough constituency

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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1974	Bryan Davies	Labour
1979	Tim Eggar	Conservative
1997	Joan Ryan	Labour

[edit] Election results

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 Democrats	Simon Radford	4,642	11.4	+2.6
	British National	Terence Farr	1,004	2.5	+0.9
	UKIP	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Ryan	17,888	46.7	-4.0
	Conservative	Nick de Bois	15,597	40.7	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Leighter	3,355	8.8	-0.2
	British National	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 (politician)	Richard Course	210	0.5	N/A
Majority			2,291	6.0
Turnout			38,323	57.0	-13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Constituencies in Greater London
Labour	Barking \| Battersea \| Brent North \| Brent South \| Brentford and Isleworth \| Camberwell and Peckham \| Croydon North \| Dagenham \| Dulwich and West Norwood \| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush \| Ealing North \| Ealing Southall \| East Ham \| Edmonton \| Eltham \| Enfield North \| Erith and Thamesmead \| Feltham and Heston \| Finchley and Golders Green \| Greenwich and Woolwich \| Hackney North and Stoke Newington \| Hackney South and Shoreditch \| Hampstead and Highgate \| Harrow East \| Harrow West \| Hayes and Harlington \| Hendon \| Holborn and St. Pancras \| Ilford South \| Islington North \| Islington South and Finsbury \| Lewisham Deptford \| Lewisham East \| Lewisham West \| Leyton and Wanstead \| Mitcham and Morden \| Poplar and Canning Town \| Regent's Park and Kensington North \| Streatham \| Tooting \| Tottenham \| Vauxhall \| Walthamstow \| West Ham
Conservative	Beckenham \| Bexleyheath and Crayford \| Bromley and Chislehurst \| Chingford and Woodford Green \| Chipping Barnet \| Cities of London and Westminster \| Croydon Central \| Croydon South \| Enfield Southgate \| Hammersmith and Fulham \| Hornchurch \| Ilford North \| Kensington and Chelsea \| Old Bexley and Sidcup \| Orpington \| Putney \| Romford \| Ruislip-Northwood \| Upminster \| Uxbridge \| Wimbledon
Liberal Democrat	Brent East \| Carshalton and Wallington \| Hornsey and Wood Green \| Kingston and Surbiton \| Richmond Park \| North Southwark and Bermondsey \| Sutton and Cheam \| Twickenham
Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow
London European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1) \| Green (1)