The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 75,792 · 2023 boundaries

Edmonton and Winchmore Hill.

Labour and Co-operative Party MP Kate Osamor holds the seat on 50.0% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentKate Osamor · Labour and Co-operative Party
CouncilEnfield
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001221
Electorate · 2024
75.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
50.0%
Labour Party · +30.8pp over Con
Settlements
1
Largest: Enfield
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
28.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
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.

50.0%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
9
Wards · 22 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.9 wards · 22 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bush Hill Park(3 seats)Hockney · Gregory · Fallart6,217Enfield LabMay 2022
Edmonton Green(3 seats)Abdullahi · Erbil · Akbulut5,256Enfield LabMay 2022
Grange Park(2 seats)Milne · Dey3,396Enfield LabMay 2022
Haselbury(3 seats)Savva · Bedekova · Cetinkaya6,070Enfield LabMay 2022
Highfield(2 seats)Stevens · Leaver2,008Enfield LabMay 2022
Jubilee Ian Barnes853Enfield LabNov 2024
Lower Edmonton(3 seats)Erbil · Dogan · Boztas5,667Enfield LabMay 2022
Upper Edmonton(3 seats)Jiagge · Greer · Fawns5,991Enfield LabMay 2022
Winchmore Hill(2 seats)Chamberlain · Alexandrou3,624Enfield LabMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.1 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Enfield (127,607). Total population across named built-up areas: 127,607.

city 127,607

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Enfield127,607city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate54.1%57.1%-5%
Owner-occupied49.6%63.1%-21%
Private rented30.4%20.0%+52%
Social rented19.6%16.8%+17%

Ethnicity.

White45.9%
Asian12.0%
Black23.1%
Mixed5.5%
Other13.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 47.8% Female 52.2% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£28,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£40,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
5,015
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
31
21 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
67.1%
Attainment 8: 48.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£387m
Taxpayers55,000
Median per taxpayer£2,810
Mean per taxpayer£6,980

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Enfield. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
28.1
+36% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
9.4
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
27% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.6
Anti-social behaviour4.8
Vehicle crime2.8
Drugs2.2
Other theft2.1
Burglary1.8
Criminal damage & arson1.4

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Kate OsamorWONLab20,52050.0
Zoe HugginsCon7,88819.2
Luke BalnaveGrn3,6819.0
Neville WatsonRef3,5018.5
Tim MartinLD2,7216.6
Khalid SadurInd1,7004.1
Denise HeadleyInd6681.6
Yemi AwololaInd3660.9

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
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission