Enfield West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Enfield West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
EnfieldWest1955Constituency.svg
Enfield West in Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1950-1974
County 1950–1965: Middlesex
1965–1974: Greater London and Hertfordshire
Major settlements Potters Bar
1950–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from Enfield
Replaced by Enfield North and South Hertfordshire

Enfield West was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Contents

Boundaries

The Urban District of Potters Bar, and the Urban District of Enfield wards of South West and West.

Potters Bar Urban District (comprising that town, South Mimms and North Mimms, namely the western half of the seat) became part of Hertfordshire in 1965 however no change was made then to Westminster representation. The other district's wards having also been Middlesex became parts of Greater London, under the same Act passed in 1963 following a Royal Commission. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950 Iain Macleod Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970. Died July 1970
1970 by-election Cecil Parkinson Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Enfield West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Macleod 20,58857.80
Labour Hugh Jenkins 11,39531.99
Liberal William Primrose Campbell3,63810.21
Majority9,19325.81
Turnout 35,621
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Enfield West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Macleod 22,35164.83
Labour Kythe Caroline Hendy12,12635.17
Majority10,22529.66
Turnout 34,47782.54
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Enfield West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Macleod 22,02167.71
Labour William A Court10,50332.29
Majority11,51835.42
Turnout 32,52478.19
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Enfield West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Macleod 24,86169.21
Labour Geoffrey Hickman11,05830.79
Majority13,80338.42
Turnout 35,91979.85
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Enfield West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Macleod 19,61251.63
Liberal Robert Glenton 8,88523.39New
Labour Alan E Hale8,85323.31
Ind. Conservative Warwick Arthur Claremont Mowbray6351.67New
Majority10,72728.24
Turnout 37,98581.02
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Enfield West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Macleod 20,67553.85
Labour Co-op Ted Graham 10,51827.39
Liberal Charles T Ross7,20218.76
Majority10,15726.46
Turnout 38,39580.09
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Enfield West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Macleod 21,85857.90
Labour Herbert C King9,89626.22
Liberal Julian Francis Burnett4,82012.77
National Front Kenneth Taylor1,1753.11New
Majority11,96231.68
Turnout 37,749
Conservative hold Swing
1970 Enfield West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cecil Parkinson 15,20557.18-0.72
Labour Herbert C King6,92626.05-0.17
Liberal Anthony Stowell3,28312.35-0.42
National Front Kenneth Taylor1,1764.42+1.31
Majority8,27931.13
Turnout 26,590
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ London Government Act 1963
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950- 1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  6. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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