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Tories in front in race for Enfield and Haringey London Assembly seat
THE Conservative Party lead the race to win the Enfield and Haringey seat on the London Assembly.
Tory candidate Matthew Laban holds a 10 per cent lead with 30 per cent of the vote still left to be counted.
If he wins, he will oust Labour Assembly Member Joanne McCartney, elected in 2004.
Mr Laban, 30, said the results had been "very positive" so far but he wasn't going to make any predictions. "I have won before and I have lost before," he said.
But in previous interviews he had said the task would be an "easy sell", given anger among Labour voters about Post Office closures and hospital cutbacks.
However nothing has been set in stone, as only 70 per cent of the Enfield and Haringey vote had been counted at 5.30pm today.
Enfield Labour councillor Bambos Charalambos said that doorstep canvassing had shown voters were "quite angry" about the abolition of the 10p tax rate.
He said: "People were quite angry that, although they were low paid, they were still being taxed, and the Labour Party wasn't looking after them, and I understand that."
Meanwhile Ken Livingstone has crept into first place among Enfield voters after being close behind Boris Johnson for most of the day.
But the Mr Livingstone trails in the overall London race to become the next mayor.
Early results show that Boris Johnson could win the race to claim City Hall, with London-wide results showing Mr Johnson is in front in of eight out of the 14 constituencies.
The Conservatives are also ahead in the London-wide member vote but with a narrow lead.
6:06pm Friday 2nd May 2008
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