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Labour rejoices as it holds GLA seat
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| The count took most of the day at Alexandra Palace |
Conservatives fail to claim Enfield and Haringey as Labour clings on.p>
The area that has been touted as the most marginal in the capital has remained under Labour control much to the delight of the party.
Returning officer, Rob Leak, announced Joanne McCartney as the winner at 9.40pm, meaning she will serve a second term on the Greater London Assembly.
Her closest rival, Conservative candidate Matthew Laban, led the race in the first half of the day but started to lose ground after the halfway mark.
The Palmers Green resident won with 52,665 of votes. Mr Laban secured 51,263 votes.
She said: "I am delighted and relieved.
"The Conservatives made this area their number one priority and said this would be an easy sell. We have fought back and it was not."
She won the seat by just 1,402 votes.
In the last election, Ms McCartney beat Conservative Peter Forrest by a margin of just one per cent.
Mr Laban said: "Obviously the residents of Haringey were not ready for change. I'm sure the Enfield voters were.
"I've closed the gap and would not do anything different. I've enjoyed going around Enfield and Haringey meeting old friends."
Ms McCartney dismissed the idea all her support came from Labour stronghold Haringey and said she had received a good repsonse in both boroughs.
The Liberal Democrats came third, after their candidate, Monica Whyte, received 23,550 votes.
Ken Livingstone won the mayoral contest in the north London constituency after securing 42 per cent of first preference votes.
Whether this victory will be echoed in other constituencies remains to be seen.
Results for the hotly contested race may not be announced until tomorrow after count centres Excel and Olympia reported problems counting their ballots via the electronic system.
Labour also scored the most votes in the London-wide assembly contest.
To find out how all the candidates fared, see our
table of results.9:59pm Friday 2nd May 2008
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