Enfield West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Enfield West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | 1950–1965: Middlesex 1965–1974: Greater London |
1950–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Enfield North and South Hertfordshire |
Created from | Enfield |
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Iain Macleod | Conservative | |
1970 by-election | Cecil Parkinson | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iain Norman Macleod | 20,588 | 57.80 | N/A | |
Labour | Hugh Gater Jenkins | 11,395 | 31.99 | N/A | |
Liberal | WP Campbell | 3,638 | 10.21 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,193 | 25.81 | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iain Norman Macleod | 22,351 | 64.83 | ||
Labour | Lady Kythe Caroline Hendy | 12,126 | 35.17 | ||
Majority | 10,225 | 29.66 | |||
Turnout | 82.54 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iain Norman Macleod | 22,021 | 67.71 | ||
Labour | William A Court | 10,503 | 32.29 | ||
Majority | 11,518 | 35.41 | |||
Turnout | 78.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iain Norman Macleod | 24,861 | 69.21 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Hickman | 11,058 | 30.79 | ||
Majority | 13,803 | 38.43 | |||
Turnout | 79.85 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Iain Norman Macleod | 19,612 | 51.63 | ||
Liberal | Robert Glenton | 8,885 | 23.39 | ||
Labour | Alan E Hale | 8,853 | 23.31 | ||
Independent Conservative | Warwick Arthur Claremont Mowbray | 635 | 1.67 | ||
Majority | 10,727 | 28.24 | |||
Turnout | 81.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Iain Norman Macleod | 20,675 | 53.85 | ||
Labour | Thomas Edward Graham | 10,518 | 27.39 | ||
Liberal | Charles T Ross | 7,202 | 18.76 | ||
Majority | 10,157 | 26.45 | |||
Turnout | 80.09 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Iain Norman Macleod | 21,858 | 57.90 | ||
Labour | Herbert C King | 9,896 | 26.22 | ||
Liberal | Julian Francis Burnett | 4,820 | 12.77 | ||
National Front | Kenneth Taylor | 1,175 | 3.11 | ||
Majority | 11,962 | 31.69 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cecil Parkinson | 15,205 | 57.18 | -0.72 | |
Labour | Herbert C King | 6,926 | 26.05 | -0.17 | |
Liberal | Anthony Stowell | 3,283 | 12.35 | -0.42 | |
National Front | Kenneth Taylor | 1,176 | 4.42 | +1.31 | |
Majority | 8,279 | 31.13 | |||
Turnout | 26,590 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950- 1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970 |
Succeeded by Altrincham and Sale |
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1950
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- Politics of Enfield