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Southgate and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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Southgate and Wood Green
borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Southgate and Wood Green in Greater London
CountyGreater London
Electorate76,034 (2023)[1]
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentBambos Charalambous (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromEnfield Southgate, Hornsey and Wood Green & Tottenham

Southgate and Wood Green is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament,[2] created by the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. It was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3]

Boundaries[edit]

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is 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.[4]

It comprises the following areas:[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.[7]

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

General election 2024: Southgate and Wood Green[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bambos Charalambous 23,337 51.1 –6.7
Conservative Eric Sukumaran 8,037 17.6 –11.0
Green Charith Gunawardena 5,607 12.3 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Lauren Fulbright 3,925 8.6 –1.3
Reform UK Lucy O'Sullivan 3,147 6.9 +5.6
Workers Party Geoff Moseley 833 1.8 N/A
TUSC Karl Vidol 785 1.7 N/A
Majority 15,300 33.5 +4.3
Turnout 45,671 58.9 –10.4
Registered electors 77,542
Labour hold Swing Increase2.2

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

2019 notional result[9]
Party Vote %
Labour 30,465 57.8
Conservative 15,051 28.6
Liberal Democrats 5,242 9.9
Green 1,294 2.5
Brexit Party 660 1.3
Turnout 52,712 69.3
Electorate 76,034

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – London". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ Dispatch, Enfield (2023-06-30). "New 'Southgate and Wood Green' and 'Edmonton and Winchmore Hill' seats agreed". Enfield Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  3. ^ "London | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 3 London region.
  5. ^ "London: New Constituency Boundaries 2023". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  6. ^ a b c "New Seat Details - Southgate and Wood Green". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  7. ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Southgate%20and%20Wood%20Green
  8. ^ "Statement of Person Nominated and Notice of Poll: Southgate and Wood Green Constituency" (PDF). Enfield Council. 7 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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