Councillors in Enfield will vote on a motion of no confidence in the Labour administration at a meeting next week.

Conservative leader Cllr Joanne Laban said her group had called the vote because residents are “upset” with the council and feel their views are being ignored by the ruling Labour group.

But council leader Cllr Nesil Caliskan branded the move a “futile stunt” and a “waste of council resources”.

The vote is due to be held at an extraordinary council meeting at 7pm on Friday.

Cllr Laban said: “I think it’s time the vote took place. Many residents do not have confidence in this administration. Lots of people are very upset with the council and feel it has not listened to them on consultations and other issues.”

The Tory leader claimed the council had failed to listen to residents’ views on the move to fortnightly bin collections and low-traffic neighbourhoods.

She added that it had not “opened up” quickly enough after the initial Covid lockdown, with leisure centres remaining closed for some time after they were allowed to reopen by the Government.

The council’s £1 billion debt pile and the recent delays in distributing business grants were among other reasons for the no-confidence vote, the Tory leader added.

The vote comes after a string of defections and resignations by Labour councillors that have cut the group’s majority on the council.

But even if Community First and an independent councillor backed the Tory motion, they would still need to secure nine Labour votes for it to succeed.

The Labour group has also tabled a motion for the extraordinary meeting, calling for a more generous pay settlement for NHS workers.

Cllr Caliskan said: “This futile stunt shows that Conservative councillors have nothing positive to offer Enfield residents. It is a waste of council resource in the middle of a public health crisis when council officers are under immense pressure and money is tight.”

A council spokesperson said: “We can confirm an extraordinary meeting of Enfield Council will take place at 7pm on March 19. Details are available on the Enfield Council website.

“It only requires five councillors to call an extraordinary meeting of Enfield Council. Extraordinary council meetings have been called in the past by opposition groups.”

More details are available here.