Why Enfield has more Labour councillors than it needed to have

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Labour lost control of Enfield Council at the local election but, with more coordination and cooperation, progressives could have easily taken even more seats from Labour. Enfield Independent leader to Greens: ‘If we had formed an alliance, we would have won’ A strong independent campaign hoped to play a key role in taking overall control away from Labour. But while there had previously been talks with local Greens, the Green Party chose to stand across Enfield, including in wards independents were targeting. Conservatives ended up with 31 councillors, Labour with 27, and the Greens with 5. In Upper Edmonton ward, for…

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