Enfield London Borough Council
Local government in London (1965-)
Enfield London Borough Council, known as Enfield Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Enfield in Greater London, England, based at Enfield Civic Centre in Enfield Town. The council is responsible for the provision of a range of services within the borough. The council has been under Conservative minority administration following the 2026 election. Prior to this, it had been under Labour control since 2010.
History
The first elected local authority for Enfield was a local board, established in 1850. Such boards were reconstituted as urban district councils under the Local Government Act 1894. Enfield was then incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1955, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Enfield", generally known as the corporation or borough council.
The much larger London Borough of Enfield and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Enfield, Edmonton and Southgate. The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965, at which point the old boroughs and their councils were abolished.
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