Enfield North

New parliamentary constituency

This constituency is new at the July general election, and replaces the previous three constituencies:

Edmonton

Covered approximately 14% of this new constituency’s population, and 19% of this new constituency’s area.

Enfield North

Covered approximately 97% of this new constituency’s population, and 98% of this new constituency’s area.

Enfield, Southgate

Covered approximately 3% of this new constituency’s population, and 2% of this new constituency’s area.

MP profiles

Date elected

12th Dec 2019

Public opinion

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

69.4%

69.1% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

53.6%

52.0% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

86.8%

84.3% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

27.8%

24.3% national average

Second placed party at most recent election

Conservative Party

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

37.1%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

27.4%

23.6% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

41.3%

37.5% national average

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 70.0% 72.6%
Net disagree 8.8% 8.7%
Strongly agree 32.8% 33.8%
Partly agree 37.2% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 21.1% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6.0% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 3.0% 2.7%

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

42.0%

41.5% national average

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

27%

26.2% national average

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 59.1% 58.9%
Net disagree 15.9% 17.6%
Strongly agree 26.6% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 32.5% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 25.1% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 9.0% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 7.0% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 57.1% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 42.9% 42.5%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

32.8%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

48.3%

40.0% national average

Place

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 23.7% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 11.3% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 13.2% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 21.5% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 18.0% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 12.3% 19.1%

Constituency Population

127,000

102,977.2 national average

Country of the UK

England

Estimated child poverty

33.3%

29.3% national average

Housing Tenure

This area National average
Owned with a mortgage 27.1% 28.9%
Other tenure 1.6% 1.2%
Owned outright 23.9% 33.3%
Private rented 27.7% 19.9%
Social rented 19.8% 16.8%

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Travel to work method

This area National average
Bicycle 0.6% 0.9%
Bus, minibus or coach 4.2% 1.8%
Driving a car or van 15.6% 21.3%
On foot 2.7% 3.5%
Work mainly at or from home 12.4% 14.5%
Underground, metro, light rail, tram 2.5% 0.7%
Motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.2% 0.2%
Not in employment or aged 15 years and under 57.5% 53.4%
Other method of travel to work 0.6% 0.5%
Passenger in a car or van 1.0% 1.8%
Taxi 0.3% 0.3%
Train 2.5% 0.8%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

0

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Number of Women’s Institute groups