Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)

Edmonton
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Edmonton in Greater London.
County	Greater London
Electorate	64,356 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Bush Hill Park, Edmonton and Ponders End
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Andy Love (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Enfield
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Edmonton is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Andy Love of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

The seat dates back to 1918. Generally a Labour safe seat since World War II, it was gained narrowly by a Conservative in their major win in the 1983 General Election who gained a much increased majority in 1987 before holding the seat narrowly in 1992. It has had safe Labour majorities since 1997, and with the exception of the Conservative ward of Bush Hill Park, all other wards are usually safely Labour at local level.

Boundaries

Edmonton constituency within the county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used from 1918-50.

The constituency occupies the south eastern part of the London Borough of Enfield. It is made up of seven electoral wards from the borough:

Bush Hill Park, Edmonton Green, Haselbury, Jubilee, Lower Edmonton, Ponders End, Upper Edmonton

Boundary review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in North London, the Boundary Commission for England made some changes to Edmonton. Ponders End ward was transferred from the constituency of Enfield North to Edmonton. Part of Southbury ward was transferred to Enfield North. Parts of Grange ward, Palmers Green ward, and Bowes ward were transferred from Edmonton to Enfield, Southgate. Part of Bush Hill Park ward and a tiny part of Upper Edmonton ward were transferred from Enfield, Southgate to Edmonton.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Alfred Warren	Conservative
1922	Frank Broad	Labour Co-op
1931	John Rutherford	Conservative
1935	Frank Broad	Labour Co-op
1945	Evan Durbin drowned , 1948	Labour
1948 by-election	Austen Albu	Labour
Feb 1974	Ted Graham	Labour Co-op
1983	Ian Twinn	Conservative
1997	Andy Love	Labour Co-op

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Edmonton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Douglas Coker
	Conservative	Gonul Daniels
	Labour Co-op	Kate Osamor
	TUSC	Lewis Peacock
	Liberal Democrat	David Schmitz
	UKIP	Neville Watson

General Election 2010: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	21,665	53.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Andrew Charalambous	12,052	29.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Iarla Kilbane-Dawe	4,252	10.5	−1.5
	UKIP	Roy Freshwater	1,036	2.6	+0.3
	Green	Jack Johnson	516	1.3	−1.0
	Reform 2000	Erol Basarik	379	0.9	+0.9
	Christian	Clive Morrison	350	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	David McLean	127	0.3	+0.3
Majority			9,613	23.8
Turnout			40,377	63.2	+5.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	18,456	53.2	−5.7
	Conservative	Lionel Zetter	10,381	29.9	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Iarla Kilbane-Dawe	4,162	12.0	+5.0
	Green	Nina Armstrong	889	2.6	N/A
	UKIP	Gwyneth Rolph	815	2.3	+1.1
Majority			8,075	23.3
Turnout			34,703	59.1	+2.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−2.4

General Election 2001: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	20,481	58.9	−1.4
	Conservative	David Burrowes	10,709	30.8	+0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Taylor	2,438	7.0	+0.7
	UKIP	Gwyneth Rolph	406	1.2	+0.6
	Reform 2000	Erol Basarik	344	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Howard Medwell	296	0.9	N/A
	Independent	Ram Saxena	100	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,772	28.1
Turnout			34,774	56.3	−14.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	27,029	60.28
	Conservative	Ian Twinn	13,557	30.24
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Wiseman	2,847	6.35
	Referendum Party	James Wright	708	1.58
	BNP	Bruce Cowd	437	0.98
	UKIP	Penelope Weald	260	0.58
Majority			13,472	30.05
Turnout			44,838	70.3
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Twinn	22,076	46.28
	Labour Co-op	Andy Love	21,483	45.03
	Liberal Democrat	Elwyn V. Jones	3,940	8.26
	Natural Law	Ms. Elizabeth Solley	207	0.43
Majority			593	1.24
Turnout				75.66
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Twinn	24,556	51.22
	Labour	Brian George Grayston	17,270	36.02
	Social Democratic	Michael Keith Lawson	6,115	12.76
Majority			7,286	15.20
Turnout				72.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Twinn	18,968	42.49
	Labour Co-op	Ted Graham	17,775	39.82
	Liberal	Laurence Bass	7,523	16.85
	BNP	David J. Bruce	372	0.83
Majority			1,193	2.67
Turnout				68.88
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ted Graham	20,713	47.14
	Conservative	J. Attwood	18,733	42.64
	Liberal	W. Wintle	3,726	7.46
	National Front	David J. Bruce	1,213	2.76
Majority			1,980	4.51
Turnout				74.64
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ted Graham	20,229	49.07
	Conservative	J. Attwood	13,401	32.51
	Liberal	J. Dawnay	5,699	13.82
	National Front	D.J. Bruce	1,895	4.60
Majority			6,828	16.56
Turnout				67.06
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ted Graham	20,837	45.30
	Conservative	J. Gordon	15,114	32.86
	Liberal	P. Greenwood	8,186	17.80
	National Front	David J. Bruce	1,765	3.84
	Independent	L.R. Pittard	98	0.21
Majority			5,723	12.44
Turnout				75.43
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	20,626	49.06
	Conservative	E.P. Hubbard	18,481	43.96
	Liberal	G. Longley	2,937	6.99
Majority			2,145	5.10
Turnout				66.44
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	26,422	58.56
	Conservative	E.P. Hubbard	18,697	41.44
Majority			7,725	17.12
Turnout				72.17
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	24,373	49.20
	Conservative	Ross McWhirter	19,245	38.85
	Liberal	D. Coberman	5,917	11.95
Majority			5,128	10.35
Turnout				76.98
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	25,598
	Conservative	W.H. Bishop	25,497	49.55
Majority			461	0.90
Turnout				75.85
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	30,232	56.59
	Conservative	E.S. Olsen	23,194	43.41
Majority			7,038	13.17
Turnout				74.47
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	36,023	58.43
	Conservative	E.S. Olsen	25,631	41.57
Majority			10,392	16.86
Turnout				82.53
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	34,897	55.07
	Conservative	E.P. Hubbard	23,325	36.81
	Liberal	George A. Thornton	5,143	8.12
Majority			11,572	18.26
Turnout				84.50
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

By-election 1948: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen Albu	26,164	53.4
	Conservative	E P Hubbard	22,837	46.6
Majority			3,327	6.8
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1945: Edmonton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Durbin	33,163	68.2
	Conservative	G Sparrow	14,094	39.0
	Independent	JA Ward	1,382	2.8
Majority			19,069	39.2
Turnout				69.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Frank Broad	21,940	55.19
	Conservative	John Rutherford	17,813	44.81
Majority			4,127	10.38
Turnout				64.49
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Edmonton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Rutherford	18,774	56.85
	Labour Co-op	Frank Broad	14,250	43.15
Majority			4,524	13.70
Turnout				70.20
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/edmonton/
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1945. Politics Resources. 5 July 1945. Retrieved 2011-11-08.

Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
The Times House of Commons 1945. 1945.
The Times House of Commons 1950. 1950.
The Times House of Commons 1955. 1955.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)

Constituencies in London

Labour	Barking Bethnal Green and Bow Brent North Camberwell and Peckham Croydon North Dagenham and Rainham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hampstead and Kilburn Holborn and St. Pancras Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West and Penge Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden Poplar and Limehouse Streatham Tooting Tottenham Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Westminster North

Conservative	Battersea Beckenham Bexleyheath and Crayford Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Chelsea and Fulham Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon South Ealing Central and Acton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Finchley and Golders Green Harrow East Hendon Hornchurch and Upminster Ilford North Kensington Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Putney Richmond Park Romford Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Uxbridge and South Ruislip Wimbledon

Liberal Democrats	Bermondsey and Old Southwark Brent Central Carshalton and Wallington Hornsey and Wood Green Kingston and Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Twickenham

Historic constituencies in London

1974	Acton Barking Battersea North Battersea South Beckenham Bermondsey Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing North Edmonton Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney Central Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith North Hampstead Harrow Central Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras South Hornchurch Hornsey Ilford North Ilford South Islington Central Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lambeth Central Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Orpington Paddington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond Romford Ruislip-Northwood St Marylebone St Pancras North Sidcup Southall Stepney and Poplar Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Wimbledon Wood Green Woolwich East Woolwich West

1983	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Stepney Bexleyheath Bow and Poplar Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Carshalton and Wallington Chelsea Chingford Chipping Barnet Chislehurst City of London and Westminster South Croydon Central Croydon North East Croydon North West Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich Ealing Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Crayford Feltham and Heston Finchley Fulham Greenwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon North Hendon South Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington Kingston-upon-Thames Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton Mitcham and Morden Newham North East Newham North West Newham South Norwood Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Peckham Putney Ravensbourne Richmond and Barnes Romford Ruislip-Northwood Southwark and Bermondsey Streatham Surbiton Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow Wanstead and Woodford Westminster North Wimbledon Woolwich

1997	Barking Battersea Beckenham Bethnal Green and Bow Bexleyheath and Crayford Brent East Brent North Brent South Brentford and Isleworth Bromley and Chislehurst Camberwell and Peckham Carshalton and Wallington Chingford and Woodford Green Chipping Barnet Cities of London and Westminster Croydon Central Croydon North Croydon South Dagenham Dulwich and West Norwood Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush Ealing North Ealing Southall East Ham Edmonton Eltham Enfield North Enfield Southgate Erith and Thamesmead Feltham and Heston Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich and Woolwich Hackney North and Stoke Newington Hackney South and Shoreditch Hammersmith and Fulham Hampstead and Highgate Harrow East Harrow West Hayes and Harlington Hendon Holborn and St Pancras Hornchurch Hornsey and Wood Green Ilford North Ilford South Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Kensington and Chelsea Kingston and Surbiton Lewisham Deptford Lewisham East Lewisham West Leyton and Wanstead Mitcham and Morden North Southwark and Bermondsey Old Bexley and Sidcup Orpington Poplar and Canning Town Putney Regent's Park and Kensington North Richmond Park Romford Ruislip-Northwood Streatham Sutton and Cheam Tooting Tottenham Twickenham Upminster Uxbridge Vauxhall Walthamstow West Ham Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°37′41″N 0°03′18″W / 51.628°N 0.055°W / 51.628; -0.055