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The 1984 Enfield Southgate by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 December 1984 for the House of Commons constituency of Enfield Southgate.
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The 1984 Enfield Southgate by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 December 1984 for the House of Commons constituency of Enfield Southgate.
The seat had become vacant on 12 October 1984, when the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) was killed by the Irish Republican Army in the Brighton hotel bombing.
Sir Anthony George Berry (12 February 1925 – 12 October 1984) was a Conservative MP for Enfield Southgate, and a Whip in Margaret Thatcher's government.
Sir Anthony Berry had been Southgate's MP since the 1964 general election. The constituency had been renamed Enfield Southgate in 1983.
Given the reason for the by-election, there was some discussion about the Labour Party and the Alliance not contesting the poll. However, in the end both opposition forces were represented in the list of candidates.
Nine candidates were nominated. The list below is set out in descending order of the number of votes received at the by-election.
| 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 | −6.0 | |
| Turkish Troops Out of Cyprus | Andreas Polydrou | 687 | 2.0 | New | |
| Nationalist Party | James Kershaw | 80 | 0.2 | New | |
| English National | Raymond Shenton | 78 | 0.2 | New | |
| Abolish Greater London, Restore Middlesex | Iain Burgess | 50 | 0.2 | New | |
| Captain Rainbow's Universal Party | George Weiss | 48 | 0.2 | New | |
| Death off Roads: Freight on Rail | Helen Anscomb | 45 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 4,711 | 14.0 | -20.7 | ||
| Turnout | 33,645 | 50.6 | -19.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,473 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −10.3 | |||
Previous general election result:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Berry | 26,451 | 58.1 | −3.5 | |
| Liberal | D Morgan | 10,632 | 23.3 | +9.3 | |
| Labour | Mary Honeyball | 8,132 | 17.9 | −4.7 | |
| BNP | M Braithwaite | 318 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 15,819 | 34.8 | -4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 51,365 | 69.6 | -6.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 65,438 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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