During the Referendum Campaign members of the Focus Team received an enthusiastic response on the doorstep with the majority of you saying that you would be voting ‘YES’.

On the day of the election the turnout of voters was good and much better than had been predicted.

To those of you that voted ‘YES’, we say a big thank you.

Across the whole of Waltham Forest 23,140 voted ‘YES’ and 31,118 voted ‘NO’.

Although the ‘NO’ vote won this result was much better than most areas across the U.K.