Enfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Enfield constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1950
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Enfield was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Enfield district of what was then the Municipal Borough of Enfield. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 References

[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. It was then replaced by the new Enfield East and Enfield West constituencies.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William Pleydell-Bouverie
	1889	Henry Ferryman Bowles
	1906	James Branch
	1910	John Robert Pretyman Newman
	1918	Henry Ferryman Bowles	Conservative
	1922	Thomas Fermor-Hesketh	Conservative
	1923	William Watson Henderson	Labour
	1924	Reginald Vincent Kempenfelt Applin	Conservative
	1929	William Watson Henderson	Labour
	1931	Reginald Vincent Kempenfelt Applin	Conservative
	1935	Bartle Brennan Bull	Conservative
	1945	Ernest Albert John Davies	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Enfield East and Enfield West

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.