Politics and democracy

The leader of Enfield Council's Labour Group, Doug Taylor, has been replaced by Nesil Caliskan, who therefore becomes the new leader of Enfield Council

Council election results for wards in and around Palmers Green

There are three councillors for each ward in Enfield.  You can therefore vote for three candidates, who don't have to all belong to the same party.  Provided they're on the electoral register, non-UK citizens can vote.  There's no need to take your voting card or any ID with you. Just a reminder that you can see candidates being quizzed in these online hustings. Online hustings No 1 - first-time candidates Online hustings No 2 - major issues Online hustings No 3 - party.......

You don't need to be an expert pollster to forecast that the next administration running Enfield Council will be formed either by Labour or by the Conservatives.  But they won't necessarily win all the council seats between them.  Both of the two next biggest local parties - Enfield Green Party and Enfield Liberal Democrats - say they are determined to make a dent in the Labour/Conservative domination by winning some seats in this week's elections.  Both parties are entering.......

In the third of four online hustings being organised by Francis Sealey of Enfield Voices and Emma Rigby of Love Your Doorstep, the interviewees are the leaders of the four biggest parties in Enfield: Dave Mitchell, Liberal Democrats Kate McGeevor, Green Party Doug Taylor, Labour Joanne Laban, Conservatives {youtube}M2XndO4Mq98{/youtube} <?php $ogImage = 'images/2018/online_hustings_party_leaders.JPG';include.......

In the second of four online hustings being organised by Francis Sealey of Enfield Voices and Emma Rigby of Love Your Doorstep, candidates from four parties discuss the most important issues: Lee David-Sanders, Conservatives (Highlands) David Flint, Green Party (Enfield Lock) Robert Wilson, Liberal Democrats (Grange) Ayfer Orfan, Labour (Ponders End) {youtube}w1iiAWSBUCY{/youtube} <?php $ogImage = 'images/2018/hustings_-_major_issues.PNG';include.......

In the first of four online hustings being organised by Francis Sealey of Enfield Voices and Emma Rigby of Love Your Doorstep, all the candidates are standing for the council for the first time: Chris Dey, Conservative (Grange) Alex McRae, Green (Upper Edmonton) Margaret Greer, Labour (Lower Edmonton) Guy Russo, Liberal Democrats (Chase) {youtube}4FqlFKrj7S0{/youtube} <?php $ogImage = 'images/2018/election_2018.png';include.......

Members of Enfield for Europe were campaigning at Southgate station this weekend and have sent the following press release. Pro-European campaigners were out in force in Southgate on Saturday taking part in the national launch of the People’s Vote (#PeoplesVote ; @peoplesvote_uk), a national campaign for another public vote on EU membership, crucially with an option to stay in if any UK-EU deal is worse than our membership terms, which is almost certain to be the case. Supporters.......

Map created by Enfield Southgate Conservatives showing how Enfield Southgate would be divided up between neighbouring constituenciesThere doesn't seem to be much that the two parties on Enfield Council agree on these days, but the Parliamentary Boundary Commission's proposals for changes to Enfield constituencies have proved equally unpopular with both the ruling Labour Group and opposition Conservative Group.  Though whether or not they both favour the same alternative is another question........