Editing Southgate, London (section)

===Governance===
[[File:Prytaneum Court, former Southgate Town Hall, 251 Green Lanes, London.JPG|thumb|The former [[Southgate Town Hall]], now a housing development]]
In 1894 an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] of [[Middlesex]], called Southgate, was created by the [[Local Government Act 1894]]. In 1933 the [[Municipal Borough of Southgate]] was created. The borough, which had its headquarters at [[Southgate Town Hall]], was abolished in 1965 by the [[London Government Act 1963]]. Its area then came within the newly created [[London Borough of Enfield]], which also included the areas that had been within the [[Municipal Borough of Enfield]] and the [[Municipal Borough of Edmonton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp175-179|title=Edmonton: Local government &#124; British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref>

The [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] covering the part of Southgate in the London Borough of Enfield is [[Southgate and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Southgate and Wood Green]]. Until his death in the [[Brighton bomb]]ing in 1984, the constituency was represented by [[Sir Anthony Berry]]. In [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]], [[Michael Portillo]], who succeeded Sir Anthony, [[Michael Portillo#1997 election defeat|lost the seat]] to [[Stephen Twigg]], who after two terms lost in his turn to [[David Burrowes]] in May 2005. In the 2017 general election, [[Bambos Charalambous]] defeated Burrowes and became the new representative of the constituency.