2018 Enfield Borough Council election
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All 63 seats to Enfield London Borough Council
35 seats needed for a majority
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Party Labour Conservative
Last election 41 seats, 52.0% 22 seats, 32.5%
Seats won 46 17
Seat change Increase5 Decrease5
Popular vote 126,230 80,919
Percentage 54.9% 35.2%
Swing Increase2.9% Increase2.7%
Map of the results of the 2018 Enfield council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 2018 Enfield Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Enfield London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.[1]

Background

The last election in 2014 saw Labour winning a majority with 41 seats, compared with 22 for the Conservatives. No other parties held seats.[2] This was the first time that Labour were re-elected for a third term.

Results summary

Enfield Council election result 2018[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 46 7 2 +5 73.0 54.8 126,230 +2.9
  Conservative 17 2 7 -5 27.0 35.1 80,919 +2.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.5 10,400 -1.7
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.2 9,295 +2.8
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 1,142 -0.4
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 1,035 -4.7
  Women's Equality 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 648 New
  Democrats and Veterans 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 213 New
  Duma Polska 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 84 New

[4]

Ward results

Bowes

Bowes (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yasemin Brett* 2,386 65.0
Labour Achilleas Georgiou* 2,253 61.4
Labour Elisabeth Katherine Chibah* 2,242 61.1
Green Liz Wright 697 19.0
Conservative David Conway 620 16.9
Conservative Alex Hancock 564 15.4
Green Daniel Szymon Stachow 552 15.0
Green Trevor Ulrich Clive Doughty 542 14.8
Conservative Ertan Hurer 535 14.6
Turnout 3,668 37.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chibah was a councillor for Turkey Street ward prior to the election.

Bush Hill Park

Bush Hill Park (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jon Daniels 1,976 45.2
Conservative Will Coleshill 1,959 44.8
Conservative Clare De Silva 1,926 44.1
Labour Bevin B. Betton 1,862 42.6
Labour Josh Abey 1,831 41.9
Labour Catherine Ejumotan 1,681 38.5
Green Benji Maydon 539 12.3
Liberal Democrats George Achillea 484 11.1
UKIP Gwyneth Wesley Rolph 144 3.3
Turnout 4,370 41.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chase

Dino Lemonides resigned from the Labour Party and joined Community First.[7]

Chase (3)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hass Yusuf 1,931 44.9
Labour Vicki Pite* 1,852 43.0
Labour Dino Lemonides* 1,729 40.2
Conservative Rishi Fernando 1,670 38.8
Conservative Peter David Fallart* 1,643 38.2
Conservative Denise Headley 1,582 36.7
Liberal Democrats Guy Russo 690 16.0
Green Kate McGeevor 473 11.0
Liberal Democrats Helen Marie Wallace 291 6.8
Liberal Democrats Gianni Roberto Sarra 275 6.4
UKIP Rachael Allsop 207 4.8
Turnout 4,305 43.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cockfosters

Cockfosters (3)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine Frances Hayward* 2,406 58.7
Conservative Alessandro Ionas Georgiou* 2,363 57.6
Conservative Edward Michael Ian Smith* 2,279 55.6
Labour Chris Cole 1,223 29.8
Labour Roz Jones 1,213 29.6
Labour Ryan Hebbs 1,117 27.2
Green Laura Davenport 510 12.4
Liberal Democrats David Russell Simon Peters 459 11.2
Turnout 4,100 39.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hayward was a councillor for Winchmore Hill ward prior to the election.

Georgiou was a councillor for Southgate Green ward prior to the election.

Smith was a councillor for Southgate ward prior to the election.

Edmonton Green

Edmonton Green (3)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ergin Erbil 2,699 75.1
Labour Tolga Aramaz 2,629 73.2
Labour Mahym Bedekova 2,533 70.5
Conservative Daniel Christian Alan Pearce* 474 13.2
Conservative Christine Frances Williams 444 12.4
Conservative Cabdiraxmaan Aakhiro 440 12.2
Green Jean Robertson-Molloy 291 8.1
Liberal Democrats Joan Loughery Bushill 211 5.9
Duma Polska Danuta Ksiazkiewicz-Tylka 84 2.3
Turnout 3,593 32.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Pearce was a councillor for Southgate ward prior to the election.

Enfield Highway

Enfield Highway (3)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ergun Eren* 2,148 65.4
Labour Christine Hamilton* 2,003 61.0
Labour Ahmet Hasan* 1,889 57.6
Conservative Andrew James Thorp 760 23.2
Conservative Nicholas Graham Dines* 754 23.0
Conservative Leonard Munasinghe 718 21.9
Independent Erol Ovayolu 379 11.5
Green Fatosh Sarica 271 8.3
Liberal Democrats John Macrory 152 4.6
Turnout 3,282 31.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eren was first elected as a councillor in a by election in December 2017.

Dines was a councillor for Chase ward prior to the election.

Enfield Lock

Enfield Lock (3)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Birsen Demirel 2,308 64.8
Labour Guner Aydin 2,288 64.2
Labour Elif Erbil 2,217 62.2
Conservative Christine Ann Bellas 847 23.8
Conservative Karen Everson Frazer 792 22.2
Conservative Patrick Hewytt Drysdale 766 21.5
Green David Christopher Flint 339 9.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Eric Mapleston 194 5.4
UKIP Gary Alan Robbens 181 5.1
Turnout 3,564 32.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grange

Grange (3)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Milne* 2,627 58.9
Conservative Chris Dey 2,538 56.9
Conservative Terry Neville* 2,527 56.7
Labour Hazel May Kinsler 1,352 30.3
Labour Vanessa Skarpari 1,185 26.6
Labour Rasheed Sadegh-Zadeh 1,159 26.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Laycock 512 11.5
Liberal Democrats Neil Alexander Anderton 511 11.5
Liberal Democrats Robert John Wilson 458 10.3
Turnout 4,460 44.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Haselbury

Haselbury (3)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Saray Karakus 2,311 68.4
Labour Mustafa Cetinkaya 2,268 67.1
Labour George Anastasi Savva* 2,268 67.1
Conservative Matthew Harwood 619 18.3
Conservative Michael David Lavender* 589 17.4
Conservative Jane Clare Spring 532 15.7
Green Nicola Rose Scott 324 9.6
Liberal Democrats Huw Poston Kentish Dawson 208 6.2
Turnout 3,379 33.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lavender was a councillor for Cockfosters ward prior to the election.

Highlands

Highlands (3)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glynis Loveday Vince* 2,579 57.6
Conservative Lee David-Sanders* 2,569 57.4
Conservative Joanne Louise Laban* 2,529 56.5
Labour Patricia Ekechi* 1,261 28.2
Labour David Ashley South 1,243 27.8
Labour Mohammad Islam 1,060 23.7
Green Phil Cooper 694 15.5
Liberal Democrats Laura Faith Lois Woodland 436 9.7
UKIP Jeff Evans 156 3.5
Turnout 4,478 44.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Laban was a councillor for Town ward prior to the election.

Ekechi was a councillor for Upper Edmonton ward prior to the election.

Jubilee

Jubilee (3)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nesil Caliskan* 2,132 64.5
Labour Alev Cazimoglu* 2,132 64.5
Labour Bernie Lappage* 2,110 63.8
Conservative Glenn James Breslin 772 23.4
Conservative Ratip Al Sulaimen 746 22.6
Conservative Eric Charles Jukes* 712 21.5
Green Benjamin James Gill 248 7.5
UKIP Constantine Manuel Baritz 164 5.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Morgan-Ash 160 4.8
Turnout 3,305 35.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Caliskan was first elected as a councillor in a by election in May 2015.

Jukes was a councillor for Grange ward prior to the election.

Lower Edmonton

Lower Edmonton (3)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sinan Boztas 2,379 71.0
Labour Guney Dogan* 2,321 69.3
Labour Margaret Alfreda Greer 2,305 68.8
Conservative Margaret Helen Beard 669 20.0
Conservative Anne Bagulay 540 16.1
Conservative Ian James Revis 479 14.3
Democrats and Veterans David Leonard Schofield 213 6.4
Liberal Democrats Norman Frank Whitby 186 5.6
Green Peter John Krakowiak 77 2.3
Turnout 3,349 32.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Palmers Green

Palmers Green (3)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Timothy Leaver 2,440 60.9
Labour Mary Maguire* 2,431 60.7
Labour Ahmet Oykener* 2,144 53.5
Conservative Tolga Suleyman 1,073 26.8
Conservative Shyam Lennon 1,071 26.7
Conservative Baykal Suruk 908 22.7
Green Basil Thomas Clarke 651 16.2
Liberal Democrats Brendan John Malone 430 10.7
Turnout 4,007 37.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ponders End

Ayfer Orhan resigned from the Labour Party, sits in the Community First group and has joined the Liberal Democrats .[19]

Ponders End (3)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Erbil 2,302 72.4
Labour Ayfer Orhan* 2,196 69.1
Labour Doug Taylor* 2,152 67.7
Conservative Chris Heathwood 542 17.0
Conservative Adele Jane Panayi 475 14.9
Conservative Phivos Joannides 436 13.7
Green Seton Aubrey Rossano Olo During 259 8.1
Independent Mahamed Awale 214 6.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Mary Pridham 152 4.8
Turnout 3,180 33.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Southbury

Southbury (3)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher J Bond* 2,296 64.6
Labour Mahmut Aksanoglu 2,081 58.6
Labour Nneka Chinelo Keazor* 2,030 57.1
Conservative Clive William Parker 955 26.9
Conservative Garry Kousoulou 927 26.1
Conservative Salem Amin Al-Damluji 757 21.3
Green Luke Ashley Balnave 456 12.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Ivor Stainer 283 8.0
Turnout 3,554 35.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Keazor was a councillor for Enfield Lock ward prior to the election.

Southgate

Stephanos Ioannou was suspended from the Conservative Party in 2018, he has since been readmitted.[22]

Charith Gunawardena and Derek Levy both resigned from the Labour Party, with Levy joining Community First and Gunawardena joining the Green Party.[23]

Southgate (3)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charith A Gunawardena 1,896 44.8
Conservative Stephanos Ioannou 1,809 42.7
Labour Derek Laurence Levy* 1,809 42.7
Labour Angie McEvoy 1,803 42.6
Conservative Jasmine Storry 1,727 40.8
Conservative Keith Ly 1,666 39.4
Green Geri Calogero Saccomanno 511 12.1
Liberal Democrats Leslie Dubow 434 10.3
Liberal Democrats Regine Lemberger 313 7.4
Turnout 4,232 47.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Southgate Green

Daniel Anderson and Anne Brown both resigned from the Labour Party and joined Community First.[25] Anne Brown then joined the Green Party.[26]

Southgate Green (3)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Henry Anderson* 2,118 48.0
Labour Claire Louise Stewart* 2,018 45.8
Labour Anne Margaret Brown 1,977 44.8
Conservative Marina Savva 1,596 36.2
Conservative Helen Kacouris 1,573 35.7
Conservative Emma Bishop-Laggett 1,557 35.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Bushill 521 11.8
Green David Lionel Hughes 478 10.8
Liberal Democrats Diana Grace Medlicott 446 10.1
Liberal Democrats David Mitchell 439 10.0
Turnout 4,410 43.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Town

Town (3)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsay Christine Rawlings 2,606 49.5
Conservative Mike Rye* 2,580 49.0
Conservative Jim Steven* 2,384 45.3
Labour Ed Poole 1,947 37.0
Labour Doris A Jiagge* 1,834 34.8
Labour Tahsin Ibrahim 1,801 34.2
Green Kay Natalie Heather 696 13.2
Women's Equality Tulip Hambleton 648 12.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Joan Steel 423 8.0
UKIP Deborah Cairns 183 3.5
Turnout 5,265 46.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Jiagge was a councillor for Upper Edmonton ward prior to the election.

Turkey Street

Turkey Street (3)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rick Jewell 2,159 64.8
Labour Gina Needs 2,060 61.8
Labour Sabri Ozaydin 1,964 58.9
Conservative David Thomas Boston 920 27.6
Conservative Kyri Efthymiou 860 25.8
Conservative Raphael Ilemobola Lepe 792 23.8
Green Bill Linton 247 7.4
Liberal Democrats Tony Kidman 148 4.4
Turnout 3,334 34.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Upper Edmonton

Upper Edmonton (3)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huseyin Isik Akpinar 2,672 74.4
Labour Kate Anolue 2,669 74.3
Labour Mahtab Uddin 2,270 63.2
Conservative Chris Joannides 541 15.1
Conservative Andi Smith 495 13.8
Conservative Abdi Nageye 404 11.3
Green Caroline Jean Macaulay 342 9.5
Green Alex McRae 248 6.9
Liberal Democrats Karen Alexis Trotman 191 5.3
Turnout 3,592 32.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Winchmore Hill

Dinah Barry resigned from the Labour Party and joined Community First. She is the leader of the Community First group on Enfield Council.[31]

Winchmore Hill (3)[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dinah Suzanne Barry* 2,054 43.8
Labour Ian Barnes 1,963 41.8
Conservative Maria Alexandrou 1,956 41.7
Conservative Gonul Daniels 1,891 40.3
Conservative Paul Mandel 1,873 39.9
Labour Calvin Tucker 1,624 34.6
Independent Harry Redmond 549 11.7
Green Alison Claire Phillips 498 10.6
Green Lynne Davies 457 9.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew James McLaren 431 9.2
Liberal Democrats Lorice Stainer 293 6.2
Turnout 4,691 46.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

By-elections

Chase

Chase: 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew James Thorp 2,138 44.0 +10.4
Labour Chris James 1,775 36.5 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Guy Russo 517 10.6 -3.3
Green Lynne Davies 374 7.7 -1.8
TUSC Mira Glavardanov 58 1.2 N/A
Majority 363 7.5
Turnout 4,862
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase6.4

Jubilee

Jubilee: 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chinelo Anyanwu 2,170 55.7 -5.6
Conservative Benny Neza 1,070 27.5 +5.3
Green Bill Linton 321 8.2 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Iman Saadoune 171 4.4 -0.2
Taking the Initiative Clive Morrison 100 2.6 N/A
TUSC Lewis Peacock 63 1.6 N/A
Majority 1,100 28.2
Turnout 3,895
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.5

Southbury

Southbury: 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ayten Guzel 1,961 46.6 -10.9
Conservative Patrick Drysdale 1,380 32.8 +8.9
Green Luke Balnave 470 11.2 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Luke Cummings 246 5.8 -1.3
TUSC John Dolan 82 1.9 N/A
We Matter Party Hughie Rose 37 0.9 N/A
Taking the Initiative Jheni Morrison 36 0.9 N/A
Majority 581 13.8
Turnout 4,212
Labour hold Swing Decrease9.9

Bush Hill Park

Bush Hill Park: 1 July 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Fallart 1,694 55.2
Labour Nia Stevens 875 28.5
Green Benjamin Maydon 233 7.6
Liberal Democrats Ade Adetula 225 7.3
TUSC John Dolan 27 0.9
Taking the Initiative Clive Morrison 15 0.5
Majority 819 26.7
Turnout 3,069 29.0
Conservative hold Swing

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