‘North London Elite’, the reality: Tottenham
Below is the 12th December Election result for Tottenham:
BENCE, Andrew Charles Social Democratic Party 91
CHAN, Emma Green Party 1,873
LAMMY, David Labour Party 35,621
NEWHALL, James Ainsley Conservative Party 5,446
PALMER, Tammy Catherine Liberal Democrats – to Stop Brexit 3,168
SILBERMAN, Jonathan Communist League 42
SWEENEY, Frank Workers’ Revolutionary Party 88
TURAY, Abdul Hamid Brexit Party 527
Labour won with 76% of the vote.
Did these votes come from what some in the media term a ‘North London Elite’?
Below is a link to the most recent statistics covering the Tottenham Constituency. Let’s take a couple of them to give some indication of a likely answer
Gross Weekly Pay 2019
Tottenham £598.6
London £736.5
Unemployment November 2019
Tottenham 4.4%
London 3.0%
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929380313/report.aspx?pc=n179hg#tabempunemp
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