Three candidates have been chosen from more than 100 Labour hopefuls vying to become the next MP of Edmonton.
Enfield Borough Councillor Ayfer Orhan. cabinet member for education and former Mayor of Enfield Cllr Kate Analoue and GP practice manager in Edmonton Kate Osamor have been named on the three-woman shortlist to replace Andy Love as the Labour candidate following interviews with candidates yesterday.
The decision is not due to be made until February 21.
Ayfer Orhan
Enfield Council Ward Councillor for Ponders End & a Cabinet Member for Schools & Children’s Services. She believes in working hard in the interest of all residents in Enfield. Ayfer is Turkish Cypriot from Limassol and has been living in Enfield for over 30 years and has been a Enfield Councillor since 1998. She was working with the Depart of Education until recently and has also worked with the Training and Enterprise Council in Enfield. She believes that Edmonton needs a local person with a track record of delivering.
Kate Osamor
Kate has been a committed member of the Labour Party for many years. She currently serves as a chair of governors at a local primary school. She is a NHS employee working as a Practice Manager for a GP Practice with her local community, representing families. Kate also actively serves on Unite the Union London and Eastern Regional BAME, and Community Workers and Not For Profit committees.
Kate is an active campaigner, for example, she campaigned against the closure of a local accident and emergency unit. She has campaigned for Save our NHS, Anti-academies, and Hands off Public Sector Workers Pensions.
She is the daughter of community activist Martha Osamor, who for more than 40 years was an active grassroots leader. Her mother campaigned against police abuse and supported community organisations on the Broadwater Farm estate, where police and local youth clashed violently in october 1985.
A Nigerian born Enfield Councillor Kate Anolue was the Mayor of the London Borough of Enfield 2012/13. Councillor Anolue, who served as Deputy Mayor took over from Councillor Christiana During. Councillor Anolue represented Upper Edmonton Ward and was first elected to the Council in 2002. She followed her father’s desire for her to become a nurse and moved to Edmonton more than 25 years ago, starting her training in May 1972, eventually qualifying as a midwife. She says she has delivered thousands of babies since becoming a midwifery sister at North Middlesex Hospital in 1984, and wants to be a role model for women .