Southgate and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Southgate and Wood Green | |
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borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Enfield Southgate, Hornsey and Wood Green & Tottenham |
Southgate and Wood Green is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
Boundaries[edit]
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the boundaries of the constituency from the 2024 general election will be composed of the following wards:
- The London Borough of Enfield wards of: Arnos Grove; Bowes; Cockfosters; New Southgate; Oakwood; Palmers Green; Southgate.
- The London Borough of Haringey wards of: Bounds Green; Noel Park; White Hart Lane; Woodside.[3]
The constituency will comprise the following areas:[4]
- The majority of the (to be abolished) constituency of Enfield Southgate in the Borough of Enfield.[5]
- Minority part (Wood Green) of the (to be abolished) constituency of Hornsey and Wood Green in the Borough of Haringey.[5]
- The White Hart Lane ward from the constituency of Tottenham in the Borough of Haringey.[5]
Constituency profile[edit]
This is an ethnically diverse seat which showed strong support for Remain in the 2016 EU referendum. Incomes and house prices are around average for Greater London.[6]
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bambos Charalambous[7] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Lauren Fulbright[8] | ||||
Green | Charith Gunawardena[9] | ||||
Workers Party | Christopher Menon[10] | ||||
Conservative | Eric Sukumaran[11] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
win (new seat) |
References[edit]
- ^ Dispatch, Enfield (2023-06-30). "New 'Southgate and Wood Green' and 'Edmonton and Winchmore Hill' seats agreed". Enfield Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "London | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
- ^ "London: New Constituency Boundaries 2023". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ a b c "New Seat Details - Southgate and Wood Green". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Southgate%20and%20Wood%20Green
- ^ "X Announcement from Bambos Charalambous". x.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "General Election 2024 Parliamentary Candidates". Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "General Election 2024 Parliamentary Candidates". Haringey Green Party. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ https://skwawkbox.org/2024/04/30/galloway-announces-wpgb-will-contest-every-seat-in-next-general-election/
- ^ Southgate and Wood Green Conservative Association [@SWGCAX] (May 29, 2024). "We are delighted to announce that SWGCA have selected Eric Sukumaran, a renewable energy entrepreneur and specialist in international development, as our candidate for Parliament…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.