Enfield West was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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 Hertfordshire in 1965 however no change was made then to Westminster representation. The other district's wards having also been Middlesex became parts of Greater London, under the same Act passed in 1963 following a Royal Commission.London Government Act 1963
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1950 Iain Macleod Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970. Died July 1970 1970 by-election Cecil Parkinson ConservativeFeb 1974 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
On 20 July 1970, one month after his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ian Macleod died of a heart attack in No 11 Downing Street. Consequently a by-election was called.
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