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Enfield
Former constituency for the House of Commons
Enfield 1885–1918
Enfield 1918–45
1885–1950
Seats	one
Created from	Middlesex
Replaced by	Edmonton (south east of seat in 1918) Finchley (as to Friern Barnet in 1918) Wood Green (as to Southgate, south part of Enfield) Enfield East and Enfield West (in 1950)

Enfield was a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1885 until 1950. The area sloping to the River Lea in the east was in the far north of Middlesex centred on the town of Enfield. The area formed part of the London conurbation and was much reduced over the course of its existence, in 1918 and then insignificantly in 1945 due to suburbanisation and urbanisation. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP).

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.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parishes of Edmonton, Enfield, Friern Barnet, Monken Hadley, and South Mimms. These reflected ancient parishes and the smallest in the non-metropolitan county, Monken Hadley was a small rectangle in the south-centre of the seat. Friern Barnet formed a projection in the south-west running north-west reflecting the eccentric shape of this part of the county border. The latter adjoined Barnet in Hertfordshire as much of the rest did and joined the parishes of Hornsey and Finchley to the south.

1918–1950: The Urban District of Enfield, and the Rural District of South Mimms. The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland, and defined them in terms of the new urban and rural districts introduced by the Local Government Act 1894. Of the areas transferred to other constituencies in this redistribution, Edmonton became a separate constituency, while Friern Barnet was transferred to the new Finchley seat. A "Wood Green" seat was devised which took the Southgate southern parts of Enfield and western extreme of Edmonton parish.

^ Note a: Renamed as Potters Bar Urban District in 1934.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Pleydell-Bouverie was elevated to the peerage, becoming Earl of Radnor, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: John Pretyman Newman
• Liberal: John McEwan

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1939–40

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Bartle Bull
• Labour: Ernest Davies

Elections in the 1940s

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)

1. "The public general acts". Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports.
2. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Seventh Schedule—Counties at Large, Part I—England
3. Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 748–750. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
6. "Yesterday's Nominations". London Evening Standard. 2 July 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
9. "Election Intelligence". Grantham Journal. 30 March 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 26 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
11. "London Middlesex Gazette Archives, Dec 17, 1910, p. 6". London Middlesex Gazette: 6. 17 December 1910.
12. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
13. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
14. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
15. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
16. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
17. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
18. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
19. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
20. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
21. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
22. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
23. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
24. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
25. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

• Enfield, London
• Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
• London Borough of Enfield