Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
The south-central wards swung it for the Greens, but why did people vote as they did?
Above is Haringey's own election 2026 results map with info added from yours truly on the 'hung' wards.
I know in the broad sweep of things why the vote went the way it did nationally, but why did people in Harringay and more widely in Haringey vote the way they did?
Yesterday's results matter. The day may come to be seen as a watershed day for the nation. So, I ask in a genuine sense of enquiry and I'd be particularly interested to hear first hand how people made their choices this year.
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Permalink Reply by Angela
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Dick, unfortunately lots of young adults (and older people, and families) can barely afford to rent, let alone buy, a property in London, and further afield. Plus Landlords often require a guarantor who must be a UK homeowner with an income of 30 times the monthly rental, confirmation from employers, evidence of savings etc
Two of our newly elected Green party members referred to their personal experience of such challenges in their statements
And as for YA applying for jobs locally - don't get me started!
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris
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Angela, I have no doubt that current house prices (both to buy and to rent) present dispiriting obstacles to many people who need somewhere to live – and this is a big enough topic to change voting patterns all by itself. Nevertheless, the changing character of the local population over three decades or so has brought with it improvements which I find pleasing. As to the housing market, I wish a structural change could be found which would eliminate the regrettable position that buying property is a safer way to protect and grow wealth than by devoting it to productive economic activity. Something is clearly wrong when the cost of building a 100sqm house might be, say, £600K but its market value would be over £1M.
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I know you know!
I have friends who went to Creighton school (as was) when Muswell Hill was considered a somewhat rough area
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Housing and wealth inequality is the major societal challenge of our time, in my opinion.
Gary Stevenson explains:
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan
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My guess is that the Greens did a great job on the doorstep and didn’t offer hypnotherapy breast enhancement. Oh… wait…
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I suspect Mr Palibanski will have a little bit more scrutiny into his personal life in coming weeks.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton
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When's the last time, Eric Easter, that you volunteered and took part in a public election campaign?
Whether Greens, LibDems or Labour supporters, I've seen candidates and Party volunteers walking up and down in our streets helping to keep our democracy alive.
Credit as well to Zack Polanski for bringing new challenging ideas, and livening up the election process.
Credit now, to Catherine West for having the courage to try to wake up the Labour Leadership issue. Is there anyone who doubts that Starmer's total lack of apparent sparkle is a significant factor in Labour's loss of thousands of Council seats?
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A few years ago my eldest child, who was 16 or 17, wanted to become an active member of the Labour party and attended one or two meetings, one of which was to discuss Haringey's/Harringay's Labour's manifesto
Her presence as a first time attendee, especially as a young adult , was ignored by almost everyone else, and she was taken aback by the proposed manifesto statements
Eg, the first 2 items on the declaration were - Haringey Labour is a nuclear free zone and anti racist. One of of which is outdated and one of which is, or should be, a given
Tbf, a couple of other attendees tried to encourage her to come to other events/meetings but disillusionment had already set in
Greens vs the Has Beens
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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I WELCOME the supplanting of Labour as the largest Party on the council. (And I hope the other Parties will work constructively with the Green Members).
However I regret that Labour's lack of support locally, was IMO much less about their chronic shortcomings and much more due to the reputation and failings of their Party in national Government.
And especially, their accident-prone PM, who has too often shown poor judgement.
One wag recently suggested that the PM has such passion, that he could read Churchill's speech about fight on the beaches and make it sound like a mortgage application.
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If only he would fight them on the beaches or direct the Navy, RNLI and Border Force to do so!
If he did, he would reclaim the half of Reform's supporters with a Labour voting history.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson
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My home town of Sunderland now has a Reform council. Until my sister died she was a supporter. She believed all the stuff she read online - asylum seekers put up in five star hotels, having paid return flights home to see family, children in schools being subject to gender reassignment, compulsory prayers to Allah in the classroom. She took it all in, and so did her friends and their friends. If I argued against stuff like this she’d show me a made up post that confirmed what she believed.
By all means debate and challenge but many voters like her were sucked in by deliberate lies. Sunderland now has a councillor, representing the ward I grew up in, who thinks that his idea of meting down Nigerians to fill in potholes is hilarious.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/05/09/reform-candidate-said-nigerians-melt...
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John bringing his traditional erudite commentary to a thread which up until this point had been straightforward, sensible and respectful. *yawn*
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