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Enfield West was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created or the 1950 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election. In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ... The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ...
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