increased majority in 2001, it returned to the Conservative Party in 2005 with a swing of 8.7%. 'Portillo moment' The 1997 loss, symbolising the loss of the election by the Conservative Party, has been referred to as "the Portillo moment", and in the cliché "Were you up for Portillo?" (i.e., "Were you awake/did you see Portillo's result announced on television?") Portillo himself commented, thirteen years later, that as a consequence "My name is now synonymous with eating a bucketload of shit in public." Result References External links Video of Conservative Michael Portillo losing his seat to Labour's Stephen Twigg Elections in the London Borough of Enfield 1997 in London United Kingdom general election results in London 1997 United Kingdom general election Constituency contests in UK General Elections