Fortis Green (ward)

Fortis Green is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Haringey. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Haringey London Borough Council.

Fortis Green
Electoral ward for the Haringey London Borough Council
Fortis Green ward boundaries
Borough	Haringey
County	Greater London
Population	12,598 (2021)[a]
Electorate	9,253 (2022)
Major settlements	Fortis Green
Area	1.937 square kilometres (0.748 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Councillors	Dawn Barnes   Joy Wallace   Mark Blake
GSS code	E05013589

Haringey council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Haringey in 2022.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Haringey London Borough Council election: Fortis Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Barnes	1,979	47.1
	Labour	Joy Wallace	1,823	43.4
	Labour	Mark Blake	1,743	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bentham	1,705	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Viv Ross	1,664	39.6
	Labour	Sean O'Donovan	1,652	39.3
	Green	Colin Ettinger	865	20.6
	Conservative	Elliot Hammer	311	7.4
	Conservative	Julian Sherwood	305	7.3
Turnout			4,202	45.41
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Haringey council elections

Fortis Green ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Haringey in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Haringey London Borough Council election: Fortis Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Viv Ross	2,078	47.7	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sakina Chenot	1,989	45.7	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Hinchcliffe	1,939	44.5	+14.4
	Labour	Anna Lawton	1,702	39.1	+6.5
	Labour	Marta Garcia de la Vega	1,566	36.0	+4.6
	Labour	Jessica Tabois	1,486	34.1	+3.7
	Green	Nancy Hocking	441	10.1	−6.2
	Conservative	Helen Egford	340	7.8	−5.4
	Conservative	Kay Curtis	320	7.3	−4.6
	Conservative	Loretta Mahmud	319	7.3	−4.5
	Green	Nadja von Massow	290	6.7	−6.5
	Green	Malcolm Powell	258	5.9	−9.0
Turnout			4,368	48.29	+5.88
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3]

2014 Haringey London Borough Council election: Fortis Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Newton	1,421	36.8	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Viv Ross	1,331	34.5	−16.3
	Labour	Patrick Berryman	1,260	32.6	+10.2
	Labour	Rosemary Boughton	1,212	31.4	+9.8
	Labour	James Bielby	1,173	30.4	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Southern	1,163	30.1	−16.7
	Green	Nancy Hocking	631	16.3	+5.9
	Green	Saul Blumberg	575	14.9	+5.1
	Green	Nadja von Massow	510	13.2	+5.5
	Conservative	Roderick Allen	508	13.2	−6.8
	Conservative	Peter Forrest	460	11.9	−6.9
	Conservative	Ezendu Ariwa	454	11.8	−5.4
	Independent	Matt Davies	293	7.6	−43.2
	UKIP	Rajan Adwani	191	4.9	N/A
Turnout			3,868	42.41	−27.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[4]

2010 Haringey London Borough Council election: Fortis Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Davies	3,141	50.8	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Erskine	2,891	46.8	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Newton	2,768	44.8	−6.5
	Labour	Sue Eedle	1,382	22.4	+7.3
	Labour	Matt Chorley	1,333	21.6	+6.8
	Labour	Robin Dunn	1,304	21.1	+6.7
	Conservative	Roderick Allen	1,233	20.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Evan Price	1,163	18.8	+0.1
	Conservative	Julian Sherwood	1,063	17.2	−0.2
	Green	Claire Lewis	643	10.4	−2.5
	Green	Kathryn Dean	606	9.8	−2.0
	Green	Alex Pickering	476	7.7	−2.2
Turnout			6,212	69.6	+30.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[5]

2006 Haringey London Borough Council election: Fortis Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Benyon	1,855	56.0	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Davies	1,719	51.9	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Newton	1,700	51.3	+12.0
	Conservative	Patrick Cusworth	628	18.9	−11.5
	Conservative	David Douglas	620	18.7	−10.9
	Conservative	Gabriel Rozenberg	577	17.4	−11.9
	Labour	Alexander Hughes	502	15.1	−6.5
	Labour	Iquo Amaegbe	489	14.8	−5.2
	Labour	Dhirendra Halder	476	14.4	−5.6
	Green	Mark Caulfield	426	12.9	+1.5
	Green	Daniel Rosenberg	391	11.8	+4.3
	Green	Nadja von Massow	328	9.9	N/A
Turnout			3,323	38.8	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2004 by-election

The by-election took place on 11 November 2004, following the resignation of Barbara Fabian.^[5]

2004 Fortis Green by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Newton	1,345	57.8	+17.4
	Conservative	Douglas McNeill	550	23.6	−6.8
	Labour	Mark Atkinson	298	12.8	−8.8
	Green	Peter Budge	136	5.8	−5.6
Majority			795	34.2
Turnout			2,329	27.7	−11.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries