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Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950-2024 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Enfield Southgate was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was created in 1950 as Southgate.
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Enfield Southgate | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Enfield Southgate in Greater London | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 64,932 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Bambos Charalambous (Labour) |
Created from | Enfield (western minority; on abolition) and Wood Green (bulk of; on abolition) |
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In the 1997 United Kingdom general election, it returned a memorable result when prominent Conservative Michael Portillo lost the previously safe seat to Stephen Twigg of the Labour Party.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the majority of the seat was incorporated into the new constituency of Southgate and Wood Green.[2]