<page_title> Enfield Southgate in the 1997 general election </page_title> <section_title> Result </section_title> <table> <cell> Michael Portillo <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> Swing <col_header> Votes </col_header> </cell> <cell> +17.4 <col_header> % </col_header> <row_header> Swing </row_header> </cell> </table>
Portillo's defeat represented a 17.4% swing to Labour.