Enfield London Borough Council elections

A map showing the wards of Enfield since 2002

Enfield London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards. ^[1]

Political control

Since 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: ^[2]

Election	Overall Control		Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	S.C.F.
1964		Labour	31	29	-	-
1968		Conservative	9	51	-	-
1971		Conservative	28	32	-	-
1974		Conservative	29	30	1	-
1978		Conservative	19	41	-	-
1982		Conservative	19	47	-	-
1986		Conservative	28	38	-	-
1990		Conservative	32	34	-	-
1994		Labour	41	25	-	-
1998		Labour	43	23	-	-
2002		Conservative	24	39	-	-
2006		Conservative	27	34	-	2
2010		Labour	36	27	-	-
2014		Labour	41	22	-	-
2018		Labour	46	17	-	-
2022		Labour	38	25	-	-

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been: ^{[3] [4]}

Councillor	Party		From	To
Ted Graham		Labour	1965	1966
Eric Smythe		Labour	1966	1968
Alan Young		Conservative	1968	1987
John Lindsay		Conservative	1987	1988
Graham Eustance		Conservative	1988	1994
Jeff Rodin		Labour	1994	1999
Doug Taylor		Labour	1999	2002
Mike Rye		Conservative	2002	26 May 2010
Doug Taylor		Labour	26 May 2010	23 May 2018
Nesil Caliskan		Labour	23 May 2018

Council elections

• 1964 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 1968 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 1971 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 1974 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 1978 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 1982 Enfield London Borough Council election (boundary changes increased the number of seats by six) ^[5]
• 1986 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 1990 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 1994 Enfield London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^{[n 1] [n 2] [n 3]}
• 1998 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 2002 Enfield London Borough Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by three) ^{[6] [7]}
• 2006 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 2010 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 2014 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 2018 Enfield London Borough Council election
• 2022 Enfield London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[8]

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2022 results map

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections. ^[9]

1968-1971

Chase by-election, 4 July 1968 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Alcock	1,120
	Labour	M. W. Langford	332
	Liberal	R. A. J. Eames	209
Turnout				27.4%

Church Street by-election, 4 July 1968 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. W. Fenn	1,296
	Labour	J. E. Lightfoot	405
	Liberal	J. E. Cross	119
Turnout				25.5%

Grange by-election, 4 July 1968 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. G. G. Joel	1,350
	Liberal	J. P. J. Ellis	186
	Labour	H. Hayward	70
Turnout				25.1%

Palmers Green by-election, 4 July 1968 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. G. S. Groves	1,410
	Conservative	W. Robinson	1,403
	Liberal	Mrs A. M. Lloyd	266
	Liberal	E. D. Staunton	235
	Labour	Mrs A. M. Herbert	82
	Labour	B. M. Barbuk	79
Turnout				23.9%

Winchmore Hill by-election, 1 May 1969 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Solomons	1,357
	Liberal	J. G. Bathe	386
	Labour	R. Harley	80
Turnout				28.3%

Church Street by-election, 25 September 1969 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs E. C. Cousins	1,259
	Labour	R. Daultry	548
	Liberal	Mrs L. C. I. Barrows	144
Turnout				27.8%

1971-1974

Arnos by-election, 24 June 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. D. Veitch	1,241
	Conservative	H. A. Farbey	1,164
	Liberal	D. C. Jaggers	79
Turnout				37.7%

Bush Hill South by-election, 24 June 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Wyatt	991
	Labour	A. E. Kerr	469
	Liberal	Mrs L. C. I. Barrows	127
Turnout				25.7%

Church Street by-election, 24 June 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. C. Goldwater	1,409
	Labour	M. R. Tarling	1,290
	Liberal	E. King	82
Turnout				37.3%

West by-election, 24 June 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. J. Stiles	1,236
	Labour	H. Hayward	247
	Liberal	Mrs S. M. Macleod	151
Turnout				20.2%

Willow by-election, 30 September 1971 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. E. L. Moulder	1,168
	Labour	F. J. Brown	1,149
	Liberal	J. O. Howson	671
Turnout				40.7%

1974-1978

Winchmore Hill by-election, 30 October 1975 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy R. Stainton	1,363
	Liberal	David A. Dearing	536
	Labour	Edith P. B. Sinclair	173
	National Front	Richard Prince	92
Turnout				33.2

Enfield Wash by-election, 27 November 1975 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Walter J. Sheffield	778
	Liberal	Beryl J. Hamilton	654
	Conservative	Robert H. Millward	433
	National Front	Royston C. Pert	117
Turnout				33.5

Craig Park by-election, 8 April 1976 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy M. Simmons	1,124
	Conservative	Winifred A. Reardon	326
	National Front	Mark W. Lavine	196
	Liberal	Steven L. Watts	100
Turnout				30.5

Enfield Wash by-election, 8 April 1976 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilfred E. Davies	1,196
	Liberal	Beryl J. Hamilton	932
	Conservative	Robert H. Millward	572
	National Front	Royston C. Pert	157
Turnout				46.6

Bush Hill by-election, 17 June 1976 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert J. G. Hamer	981
	Labour	Leonard V. Nicolls	903
	Liberal	John R. G. Dibble	460
	National Front	Steven W. Hook	361
	Independent Ratepayers Association	Dennis J. E. Keighley	141
Turnout				45.9

New Park by-election, 17 June 1976 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winifred A. Reardon	1,317
	Labour	Peter Perryman	853
	National Front	John C. Welford	328
	Liberal	Laurna C. I. Barrows	127
Turnout				44.1

1990-1994

Hoe Lane by-election, 10 January 1991 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul A. Watts	887	48.2
	Labour	Vera A. B. Horridge	852	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila M. Macleod	58	3.2
	Green	Marghanita C. P. H. Hollands	43	2.3
Turnout				27.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Vladimir C. Goddard.

Town by-election, 10 January 1991 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Audrey D. Thacker	1,377	58.3
	Labour	Nigel S. Twose	685	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	Boris Whycer	247	10.5
	Green	Frederick W. Clark	54	2.3
Turnout				39.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Roger D. Brooke.

Worcesters by-election, 17 September 1992 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David M. Evans	1,230	48.8
	Labour	Paul Forrest	1,130	44.8
	Liberal Democrats	John K. Hall	162	6.4
Turnout				40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. James E. Porter.

1994-1998

Enfield Lock by-election, 27 April 1995 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John W. Gorton	1,348
	Conservative	Richard C. Stacy	645
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy E. R. Hoof	729
Turnout
	Labour gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Patrick R. Horridge.

St Aphege by-election, 12 December 1996 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek StL. Goddard	1,218	67.1
	Conservative	Roger D. Vince	530	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen A. Savva	66	3.6
Majority			688	37.9
Turnout			1,814	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leonard V. Nicholls.

St Marks by-election, 17 July 1997 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Allen	641	48.6	-5.8
	Conservative	Celia P. McNeice	529	40.1	+3.5
	UKIP	Gwyneth W. Rolph	85	6.5	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah E. Lea	63	4.8	-5.8
Majority			112	8.5
Turnout			1,318	25.3
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David J. Mason.

Worcesters by-election, 21 August 1997 (2) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Dey	967
	Conservative	Austin F. Spreadbury	936
	Labour	Edward W. Parsons	792
	Labour	George R. Reeve	790
	UKIP	Jose H. O'Ware	185
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona J. Macleod	98
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth J. Keen	83
Turnout			3,851	29.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllrs. William C. Chapman and Mark Evans.

1998-2002

Arnos by-election, 3 December 1998 ^{[7] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivien M. Giladi	608	44.0	-19.3
	Conservative	Martin C. Robertson	499	36.1	+20.0
	Independent Labour	Richard Course	190	13.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	David R. S. Peters	85	6.2	-2.1
Majority			109	7.9
Turnout			1,382	24.7
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ian H. Borkett.

Chase by-election, 23 August 2001 ^{[7] [16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Laban	937	53.5	+8.4
	Labour	Terence McManus	461	26.3	-15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher J. A. Jephcott	318	18.2	+5.3
	Green	Laura E. Davenport	35	2.0	+2.0
Majority			476	27.2
Turnout			1,751	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Peggy Ford.

2002-2006

Chase by-election, 15 April 2004 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annette Dreblow	1,365	65.3	+4.8
	Labour	Barry Schwartz	409	19.6	-5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Oswald	319	15.2	+0.2
Majority			956	45.7
Turnout			2,093	23.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alasdair C. M. Macphail.

Lower Edmonton by-election, 10 June 2004 ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ahmet Oykener	1,325	41.5	+1.3
	Conservative	Kamuran M. Kadir	901	28.3	-2.3
	UKIP	Frederick J. Rolph	491	15.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Dankyi	472	14.8
Majority			424	13.2
Turnout			3,189	36.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Gerard M. McAllister.

2006-2010

Turkey Street by-election, 10 August 2006 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew W. Laban	877	40.1	-0.2
	Labour	Derek Levy	874	40.0	+11.3
	UKIP	Madeline Jones	174	8.0	+8.0
	Save Chase Farm	Sujal Zaveri	133	6.1	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	David R. S. Peters	77	3.5	+3.5
	Green	William A. Linton	51	2.3	+2.3
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			2,186	24.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Margaret R. Holt.

Bush Hill Park by-election, 8 January 2009 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian W. Croshaw	1,320	63.4	+25.4
	Labour	Ivor Wiggett	413	19.8	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul D. Smith	129	6.2	-3.0
	UKIP	Frederick J. Rolph	123	5.9	+0.9
	Green	Jack Johnson	97	4.7	-5.5
Majority			907	43.6
Turnout			2,082	20.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John W. E. Jackson.

Jubilee by-election, 12 February 2009 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rohini Simbodyal	1,346	51.3	+7.8
	Conservative	Ricky G. G. Deller	1,049	40.0	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn C. Barnes	69	2.6	+2.6
	Green	Douglas Coker	60	2.3	-10.9
	UKIP	Madge Jones	59	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Sarah McDonald	41	1.6	+1.6
Majority			297	11.3
Turnout			2,624	29.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Christopher Andrew.

2010-2014

Bush Hill Park by-election, 28 July 2011 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Chamberlain	1,108	44.5	+6.1
	Labour	Ivor Wiggett	668	26.8	+2.0
	Independent	Tony Kingsworth	230	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	177	7.1	-12.3
	Green	Douglas Coker	100	4.0	-6.5
	UKIP	Gwyneth Rolph	70	2.8	-4.1
	BNP	Stephen Squire	61	2.5	+2.5
	Christian	Clive Morrison	45	1.8	+1.8
	English Democrat	Ben Weald	29	1.2	+1.2
Majority			440	17.7
Turnout			2,488	23.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Eleftherios Savva.

2014-2018

Jubilee by-election, 7 May 2015 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nesil Cazimoglu	3,313	59.2%
	Conservative	Nazim Celebi	1,339	23.9%
	UKIP	Sharon Downer	602	10.8%
	Green	Benjamin Maydon	229	4.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt McLaren	108	1.9%
Majority			1,974	11.3
Turnout			5,591	59.4
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Rohini Simbodyal of Labour. It was held on 7 May 2015, concurrent with the UK general election.

Enfield Highway by-election, 18 May 2017 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elif Erbil	2,155	63.8%
	Conservative	Christine Bellas	973	28.8%
	Green	Kate McGeevor	104	3.1%
	UKIP	Sharon Downer	91	2.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt McLaren	54	1.6%
Majority			1,182	35%
Turnout			3,377	32.21%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Ozzie Uzoanya of Labour. ^[27]

Enfield Highway by-election, 7 December 2017 ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ergun Eren	1,619	69.8%
	Conservative	Andrew James Thorp	620	26.7%
	Green	Andreea Malin	79	3.4%
Majority			999	43.1%
Turnout			2,318	22.00%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Turgut Esendagli of Labour. ^[29]

2018-2022

Bush Hill Park by-election, 1 July 2021 ^[30]

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	29.1%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2022-2026

Bullsmoor Park by-election, 20 April 2023 ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Destiny Karakus	1,056	55.8
	Conservative	Christine Bellas	686	36.2
	Green	Isobel Whittaker	81	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Martin	50	2.6
	TUSC	John Dolan	20	1.1
Majority			370	19.5
Turnout			1,893
	Labour hold		Swing

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2. The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
3. The North London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

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