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.

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[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