By Doug Thorpe
Local Elections Report
Haringey Socialist Alliance (HSA) stood 2 candidates in each of 3 wards (6 in all), endorsed by Your Party. We averaged 22.23% across those wards, 29% our top vote. 1 candidate got 880 votes.
These are impressive results for an overtly socialist, local party standing in its first election. However the Green Party took 28 seats from Labour (1 short of an overall majority). They benefited from being a nationally recognised party, outpolling HSA even where they did not campaign.
This shows the value of national branding and name recognition. YP endorsement and a visit from Jeremy Corbyn, whilst welcome, made little impact.
HSA will now turn its efforts to community campaigning and building a local movement to hold to account whoever forms the new Council administration (currently likely to be a minority Green administration), as well as mobilising community support for opposing cuts.
Find out more about Haringey Socialist Alliance
(Previously published in Connections Newsletter issue no. 3)
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