Election 97

Enfield Southgate


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Michael Portillo
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 19,137 (41.1%)
Labour 97 20,570 (44.2%)
LibDem 97 4,966 (10.7%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,860 ( 4.0%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 65,796
Turnout 97 46,533 (70.7%)



1992 MP Michael Portillo
Old constituency name Enfield Southgate
Majority 92 15,545 (31.7%)
Conservative 92 28,390 (57.9%)
Labour 92 12,845 (26.2%)
LibDem 92 7,072 (14.4%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 695 ( 1.4%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 65,109
Turnout 92 49,002 (75.3%)
Enfield Southgate



Tory change -16.8%
Labour change +18.0%
Lib Dem change -3.8%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +2.6%
Electorate change +1.1%
Turnout Change -4.5%
Robert Waller wrote

Prominent Conservative front-bencher, Michael Portillo, is the comfortable incumbent in this middle-class suburban constituency. The south of the constituency does contain areas of immigrant settlement where Labour has some success, but overall Enfield Southgate is the safest Tory seat in the north London borough, and should return Portillo again in 1997.


Super Profiles

2,867 8.48 9.03 94
5,638 16.68 11.17 149
6,283 18.59 11.25 165
491 1.45 14.70 10
13,067 38.66 10.45 370
146 0.43 2.81 15
2,231 6.60 8.01 82
903 2.67 15.25 18
1,294 3.83 7.13 54
817 2.42 10.17 24