Last week's council elections have strengthened the Labour Group's grip on Enfield Council. An absolute majority (55 per cent) of votes went to Labour, but owing to the flaws in the First Past the Post voting system a disproportionate number of Labour councillors were elected. Labour's 46 councillors represents 70 per cent of the total. The Conservatives gathered 35 per cent of votes but won only 17 seats - 26 per cent of the total.
As usual, First Past the Post proved particularly unfair to the Green Party and Liberal Democrats, who won no seats. A proportional system would have elected three councillors for each party.
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Election results by party |
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Party name |
Seats won |
% of votes |
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Labour Party |
46 |
54.9% |
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Conservative Party |
17 |
35.2% |
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Green Party |
0 |
4.5% |
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Liberal Democrats |
0 |
4.0% |
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Independent Member |
0 |
< 1% |
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UK Independence Party (UKIP) |
0 |
< 1% |
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Women's Equality Party |
0 |
< 1% |
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Democrats and Veterans Party |
0 |
< 1% |
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Duma Polska = Polish Pride |
0 |
< 1% |
Results for the four "Palmers Green" wards are shown below. They are now dominated by Labour councillors - 11 out of 12. Maria Alexandrou in Winchmore Hill will be the sole Conservative councillor.
There are several new councillors: Elisabeth Chibah in Bowes, Timothy Leaver in Palmers Green, Anne Brown in Southgate Green, Ian Barnes in Winchmore Hill and Maria Alexandrou (also Winchmore Hill).
Bowes
Bowes |
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Yasemin Brett |
Labour |
2386 |
23.0% |
Elected |
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Achilleas Georgiou |
Labour |
2253 |
21.7% |
Elected |
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Elisabeth Katherine Chibah |
Labour |
2242 |
21.6% |
Elected |
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Liz Wright |
Green Party |
697 |
6.7% |
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David Conway |
Conservative |
620 |
6.0% |
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Alex Hancock |
Conservative |
564 |
5.4% |
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Daniel Szymon Stachow |
Green Party |
552 |
5.3% |
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Trevor Ulrich Clive Doughty |
Green Party |
542 |
5.2% |
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Ertan Hurer |
Conservative |
535 |
5.1% |
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Palmers Green
Palmers Green |
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Timothy Leaver |
Labour |
2440 |
21.9% |
Elected |
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Mary Maguire |
Labour |
2431 |
21.8% |
Elected |
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Ahmet Oykener |
Labour |
2144 |
19.2% |
Elected |
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Tolga Suleyman |
Conservative |
1073 |
9.6% |
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Shyam Lennon |
Conservative |
1071 |
9.6% |
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Baykal Suruk |
Conservative |
908 |
8.1% |
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Basil Thomas Clarke |
Green Party |
651 |
5.8% |
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Brendan John Malone |
Liberal Democrats |
430 |
3.9% |
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Southgate Green
Southgate Green |
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Daniel Anderson |
Labour |
2118 |
16.6% |
Elected |
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Claire Louise Stewart |
Labour |
2018 |
15.9% |
Elected |
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Anne Margaret Brown |
Labour |
1977 |
15.5% |
Elected |
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Marina Savva |
Conservative |
1596 |
12.5% |
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Helen Kacouris |
Conservative |
1573 |
12.4% |
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Emma Bishop-Laggett |
Conservative |
1557 |
12.2% |
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Chris Bushill |
Liberal Democrats |
521 |
4.1% |
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David Lionel Hughes |
Green Party |
478 |
3.8% |
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Diana Grace Medlicott |
Liberal Democrats |
446 |
3.5% |
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David Mitchell |
Liberal Democrats |
439 |
3.5% |
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Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill |
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Dinah Suzanne Barry |
Labour |
2054 |
15.1% |
Elected |
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Ian Barnes |
Labour |
1963 |
14.4% |
Elected |
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Maria Alexandrou |
Conservative |
1956 |
14.4% |
Elected |
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Gonul Daniels |
Conservative |
1891 |
13.9% |
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Paul Mandel |
Conservative |
1873 |
13.8% |
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Calvin Tucker |
Labour |
1624 |
12.0% |
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Harry Redmond |
Independent |
549 |
4.0% |
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Alison Claire Phillips |
Green Party |
498 |
3.7% |
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Lynne Davies |
Green Party |
457 |
3.4% |
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Matthew James Mclaren |
Liberal Democrats |
431 |
3.2% |
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Lorice Stainer |
Liberal Democrats |
293 |
2.2% |
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