THE Boundary Commission is currently examining whether to change the boundaries within Enfield's three constituencies.o

But the make-up of the borough has historically been a matter of debate.

Straight after World War II the Labour Party took control of the Enfield District Council and retained it right up until the formation of the London Borough in 1965.

Enfield had become a municipal borough on May 23, 1955 when a royal charter of incorporation was presented by the the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Seymour Howard.

The borough had mulled over applying for borough status for the previous 20 years but squabbles over ward boundaries and then the outbreak of war scuppered the original scheme.

Both Enfield's neighbours Southgate and Edmonton became boroughs in their own rights in 1933 and 1937 respectively.

In the late 50s the building of a new offices befitting the local authority's new status became necessary.

The council's main offices were still in Little Park, Gentlemen's Row, which had been used since being bought by the Enfield Local Board in 1888.

A clutter of temporary accommodation in Enfield Town was hired for council use but a site in Silver Street, which had been purchased in 1939, was soon pressed into use.

A young architect called Eric Broughton won a competition to design a building which became the first stage of the Civic Centre, incorporating a council chamber, committee rooms and offices and opened in 1961.