Southgate and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Southgate and Wood Green
Parliament:	uk
Map Entity:	Greater London
Year:	2024
Type:	borough
Previous:	Enfield Southgate, Hornsey and Wood Green & Tottenham
Electorate:	76,034 (2023)^[1]
Mp:	Bambos Charalambous
Party:	Labour
Region:	England
County:	Greater London
Elects Howmany:	One

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

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]

• The majority of the abolished constituency of Enfield Southgate in the Borough of Enfield.^[6]
• Minority part (Wood Green) of the abolished constituency of Hornsey and Wood Green in the Borough of Haringey.
• The White Hart Lane ward from the constituency of Tottenham in the Borough of Haringey.

Constituency profile

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

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result^[8]
Party		Vote	%
		30,465	57.8
		15,051	28.6
		5,242	9.9
		1,294	2.5
		660	1.3
Turnout		52,712	69.3
Electorate		76,034

External links

• Southgate and Wood Green UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

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