Edmonton
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 20106 (56.4%)
Conservative: 9774 (27.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 4032 (11.3%)
Other: 1620 (4.5%)
Majority: 10332 (29%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 10381 (29.9%)
Labour: 18456 (53.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 4162 (12%)
Green: 889 (2.6%)
UKIP: 815 (2.3%)
Majority: 8075 (23.3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 10709 (30.8%)
Labour: 20481 (58.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 2438 (7%)
UKIP: 406 (1.2%)
Other: 740 (2.1%)
Majority: 9772 (28.1%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 13557 (30.2%)
Labour: 27029 (60.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 2847 (6.3%)
Referendum: 708 (1.6%)
Other: 697 (1.6%)
Majority: 13472 (30%)
Boundary changes: There are minor changes to bring the constituency into line with ward boundaries, including the gain of small parts of Bowes and Bush Hill Park wards from Enfield Southgate, the main changes though are the loss of part of Grange and Southbury wards to Southgate and the transfer of the whole of Ponders End from Enfield North.
Profile: An outer London seat, but inner city in character. Edmonton is a multicultural and down-at-heel area, Upper Edmonton is a multicultural area, with large afro-carribean and Cypriot communities, an area of tower blocks and social housing. Ponders End, added in the last round of boundary changes, is also monolithically Labour. Apart from the Lee Valley Leisure Complex alongside the William Girling Reservoir, the east of the seat is dominated by industrial parks, incinerators and factories - amongst others Coca-Cola have a manufacturing plant here.
The western part of the seat, Bush Hill Park, is more affluent and tends towards middle-class professionals and commuters, giving the Conservatives a base in the seat. However outside of the high watermark of Conservative support in 1983, when the took and seat and managed to hold it against the tide for another two elections, this is Labour territory.
Current MP: Andy Love (Labour) born 1949, Greenock. Educated at Greenock High School and Strathclyde University. Haringey councillor 1980-1988. Former parliamentary officer for the Co-op party. Contested Edmonton 1992. First elected as MP for Edmonton in 1997. PPS to Jacqui Smith 2001-2005 (more information at They work for you)
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 96493
Male: 47.6%
Female: 52.4%
Under 18: 26.6%
Over 60: 15.9%
Born outside UK: 31.2%
White: 66.1%
Black: 18.6%
Asian: 9.7%
Mixed: 3.7%
Other: 1.9%
Christian: 60.7%
Hindu: 4%
Muslim: 14.4%
Full time students: 6.9%
Graduates 16-74: 17.9%
No Qualifications 16-74: 32.9%
Owner-Occupied: 65.1%
Social Housing: 23.5% (Council: 17.5%, Housing Ass.: 6%)
Privately Rented: 8.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 9.8%
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Beckenham
I think parts of South London are even worse than Edmonton, Andy.
May 12th, 2008 at 11:08 amShipley
Moss Side?
May 12th, 2008 at 11:34 amTwickenham (& Richmond Park,Windsor)
Kensal Rise?
May 12th, 2008 at 12:08 pmIn South London and Manchester the weapon of choice seems to be more skewed towards firearms rather than knife-crime.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:30 pmIt’s been reported that a man has been stabbed to death in Oxford Street in broad daylight. Looks like the London stabbing epidemic is spreading fast.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:25 pmTwickenham (& Richmond Park,Windsor)
I think we need tough penalties for it.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:41 pmBeing released around the age of 30 with the rest of your life in front of you isn’t that much of a deterrent.
London 2008 results - Edmonton (new boundaries):
{Excluding postal votes}
Mayor:
Lab - 10,113 (43.98%), C - 8,621 (37.49%), LD - 1,593 (6.93%), BNP - 726 (3.16%), Green - 468 (2.04%)
Constituency Vote, (Enfield&Haringey):
Lab - 9,309 (40.49%), C - 7,254 (31.55%), LD - 1,519 (6.61%), Green - 987 (4.29%)
List:
Lab - 9,041 (39.21%), C - 6,779 (29.40%), LD - 1,386 (6.01%), BNP - 1,296 (5.62%), Green - 1,018 (4.42%)
POSTAL VOTES for whole of Enfield:
Mayor: C - 6,510 (45.39%), Lab - 4,929 (34.37%), LD - 1,307 (9.11%), Green - 447 (3.12%)
Constituency: C - 6,234 (43.44%), Lab - 4,435 (30.90%), LD - 1,207 (8.41%), Green - 758 (5.28%)
List: C - 5,804 (40.44%), Lab - 4,271 (29.76%), LD - 1,115 (7.77%), Green - 764 (5.32%)
Edmonton represented 30.47% / 30.61% / 30.64% of non-postal Enfield votes for the 3 sections respectively.
May 17th, 2008 at 7:39 pmAndy Love seems to be putting out a lot of press releases of late. I wonder if he is worried after the Crewe and Henley results?
June 27th, 2008 at 12:02 pmBeckenham
Don’t be daft Justin.
As mentioned by many different people in response to your comments upthread, Edmonton is a safe Labour seat and is completely different from Henley and Crewe & Nantwich, with a substantial black vote that will stick with Labour whatever.
Labour were 10% ahead on both the constituency and list GLA votes here, and Livingstone beat Johnson by 5%. There’s no way Labour are going to lose this seat
June 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmPages: « 1 2 3 [4] Show All