Enfield Southgate in the 1997 general election

1997 United Kingdom general election in Enfield Southgate
1 May 1997
Enfield Southgate parliamentary seat
Turnout70.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Stephen Twigg Michael Portillo Jeremy Browne
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 12,859 28,422 7,080
Popular vote 20,570 19,137 4,966
Percentage 44.2% 41.1% 10.7%
Swing 18.0 pp 16.8 pp 3.8 pp
MP before election

Michael Portillo
Conservative

 Elected MP

Stephen Twigg
Labour

The constituency of Enfield Southgate returned a memorable result in the 1997 United Kingdom general election, when the seat's incumbent Member of Parliament, the Conservatives' Michael Portillo, lost to Labour's Stephen Twigg.

The result came as a shock to many politicians and commentators, and came to symbolise the extent of the Labour landslide victory under the leadership of Tony Blair.

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