Edmonton and Winchmore Hill.
Labour and Co-operative Party MP Kate Osamor holds the seat on 50.0% of the vote.
1 Jun 2026
Osamor has broken with Labour twice on its most contentious welfare legislation. On 1 July 2025 she voted against the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill at Second Reading -- one of a relatively small group of Labour MPs to defy the whip on a bill that restricts disability benefit eligibility. She has also voted against the assisted dying bill at every stage, from Second Reading through to Third Reading, and in May 2025 backed an amendment that would have let religious employers prohibit their staff from participating in assisted dying. Her appointment as trade envoy to East Africa drew attention partly because of past conduct controversies reported in the Evening Standard, including a historical threat against a journalist. Locally, she has pushed back against the proposed closure of Edmonton Police Station's front counter and joined fellow MPs in lobbying for devolved control of the Hertford Loop Line.
At 57% voting participation -- below the Commons average -- she is not among the more active division-lobby MPs, though her 98.3% party-line rate means most of her votes follow Labour when she does appear. Her speeches, spread across 39 contributions in 24 debates, concentrate on social care, health, defence, and culture and community. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, but she sits well below her party average on assisted dying access (0% versus Labour's 49%) and scores notably higher than her party on immigration control (67% versus 45%).
Her 90-day news coverage, averaging a neutral score across 22 articles, clusters heavily around crime issues -- consistent with her public campaigning on the Edmonton police station. She holds no select committee seats, which limits the data available on her detailed scrutiny work. The clearest signal from the available record is that she treats welfare and end-of-life legislation as conscience territory where she will break ranks, while remaining broadly loyal elsewhere.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bush Hill Park(3 seats) | Hockney · Gregory · Fallart | 6,217 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
| Edmonton Green(3 seats) | Abdullahi · Erbil · Akbulut | 5,256 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
| Grange Park(2 seats) | Milne · Dey | 3,396 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
| Haselbury(3 seats) | Savva · Bedekova · Cetinkaya | 6,070 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
| Highfield(2 seats) | Stevens · Leaver | 2,008 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
| Jubilee | Ian Barnes | 853 | Enfield Lab | Nov 2024 |
| Lower Edmonton(3 seats) | Erbil · Dogan · Boztas | 5,667 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
| Upper Edmonton(3 seats) | Jiagge · Greer · Fawns | 5,991 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
| Winchmore Hill(2 seats) | Chamberlain · Alexandrou | 3,624 | Enfield Lab | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Enfield (127,607). Total population across named built-up areas: 127,607.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 127,607 | city |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 54.1% | 57.1% | -5% |
| Owner-occupied | 49.6% | 63.1% | -21% |
| Private rented | 30.4% | 20.0% | +52% |
| Social rented | 19.6% | 16.8% | +17% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £387m |
| Taxpayers | 55,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,810 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £6,980 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate OsamorWON | Lab | 20,520 | 50.0 |
| Zoe Huggins | Con | 7,888 | 19.2 |
| Luke Balnave | Grn | 3,681 | 9.0 |
| Neville Watson | Ref | 3,501 | 8.5 |
| Tim Martin | LD | 2,721 | 6.6 |
| Khalid Sadur | Ind | 1,700 | 4.1 |
| Denise Headley | Ind | 668 | 1.6 |
| Yemi Awolola | Ind | 366 | 0.9 |
Turnout 41,045
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo