Up until Thursday and the sad news of Jo Cox MP, the Lib Dem IN campaign in Haringey was full steam ahead.

Our London election campaign canvassing included the EU question and some EU activity to motivate those not entirely engaged in the London elections. As soon as the May election were over, we got on with a schedule of street stalls, doorknocking, delivery, fundraising and social events to stay in the EU.

It’s been great fun and helped get more people out to join us regularly. The first street stall after the May elections, I was convinced that everyone would be shattered and we’d have a low turnout. How wrong I was, we had about 15 people ‘do a shift’ on the stall on one of our high streets and got through all the canvass packs for the day so had to produce more.

Even better, seasoned canvassers, who’d experienced the coalition and a lesser welcome on the doorstep as a consequence, returned to the street stall all smiley as they’d had such a great reception, even from Labour voters. Others, who had never canvassed before, found speaking to strangers on their doorsteps easier than they had imagined – we’re all hoping they’ll be back for more after the referendum.

The referendum has given us the opportunity to further embed the routines of regular evening campaign sessions – whether to canvass, phonebank, enter data and more. People on the street have approached us to volunteer to help and we’ve gathered more email addresses and made sure that people have seen a regular sea of yellow around local centres on the weekends.

We’ve also had the chance to improve our skills. We have a new agent, it’s an easier one for us to do than usual but a great one for a relatively new person to cut their teeth on. We’ve taken new people on the doorsteps and with polling week approaching we’ll be able to build our experience further: running committee rooms; continuing to engage with those who enjoy telling by giving them a role; getting our vote out and much more will all put us in better shape for the ‘all out’ local elections in London in 2018.

We’ve even be joined by Lord Bill Rodgers, one of the gang of four who left Labour to set up the SDP, which has been a real treat for all concerned.

If you’re passing through London or live nearby, you’re welcome to get in touch and join us for a campaign session!

All in all, it’s been a great campaign for team spirit. Here’s hoping we deliver a remain result.

* Dawn Barnes is a Haringey activist, member of Federal Executive and has stood for parliament and council.