Enfield West was a

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which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the

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of the

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. It was created for the 1950 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Potters Bar, and the Urban District of Enfield wards of South West and West. Potters Bar Urban District (comprising that town, South Mimms and North Mimms, namely the western half of the seat) became part of

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in 1965 however no change was made then to Westminster representation. The other district's wards having also been

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became parts of

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, under the same Act passed in 1963 following a Royal Commission.

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Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

On 20 July 1970, one month after his appointment as

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, Ian McCloud died of a heart attack in

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. Consequently a by-election was called.

References

* {{Historic constituencies in London , 1832 = n , 1868 = n , 1885 = n , 1918 = n , 1950 = n , 1955 = n , 1965 = y , 1974 = n , 1983 = n , 1997 = n Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974 Politics of the London Borough of Enfield