Hackney Downs (ward)

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Hackney Downs
Electoral ward
for the Hackney London Borough Council
Hackney Downs (ward)
Hackney Downs boundaries since 2014
Borough Hackney
County Greater London
Population12,998 (2021)
Electorate9,469 (2022)
Area1.019 square kilometres (0.393 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Councillors3
ONS code 00AMGH (2002–2014)
GSS code
  • E05000238 (2002–2014)
  • E05009373 (2014–present)

Hackney Downs is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hackney, corresponding roughly to the Hackney Downs area of London, UK and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. It was created for the May, 2002 local election. There was previously a Downs ward from 1965 to 1978. The ward returns three councillors every four years to Hackney Borough Council.

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Hackney council elections since 2014

The was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2014.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. [1]

2022 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Desmond 1,823 51.3
Labour Sem Moema 1,748 49.2
Green Alastair Binnie-Lubbock 1,667 46.9
Labour Anna-Joy Rickard1,63646.1
Green Bettina Maidment1,57344.3
Green Charlie Norman1,31637.0
Conservative Agnieszka Cuellar-Bridy1945.5
Liberal Democrats Erika Merguigi1845.2
Conservative Joanna Wojciechowska1614.5
Conservative Nikodem Mikolajewski1554.4
Ind. Network Ruth Parkinson1012.8
TUSC Clare Doyle992.8
Turnout 40.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. [2]

2018 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Desmond 2,076 56.7 −0.6
Labour Anna-Joy Rickard 1,852 50.6 −6.3
Labour Sem Moema 1,687 46.1 −8.6
Green Alastair Binnie-Lubbock1,59743.6+20.8
Green Sheila Menon1,13431.0+8.4
Green Sally Zlotowitz1,07429.3+9.8
Conservative Mohammed Lunat2296.3+0.5
Conservative Yasmin Lunat2145.8±0.0
Conservative Agnieszka Rolkiewicz1223.3−0.7
Majority
Turnout 39.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2016 by-election

The by-election took place on 5 May 2016.

2016 Hackney Downs by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sem Moema 2,614 59.8 −0.4
Green Alastair Binnie-Lubbock1,06724.4+0.4
Conservative Nicola Benjamin3508.0+1.9
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sadiq3387.7−2.0
Majority 1,547
Turnout 4,36958%
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [3]

2014 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Desmond 2,115 57.3
Labour Anna-Joy Rickard 2,100 56.9
Labour Rick Muir 2,020 54.7
Green Alexander Brown84322.8
Green Stuart Coggins83422.6
Green Andrew Guise71919.5
Liberal Democrats Teena Lashmore3429.3
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sadiq2937.9
Liberal Democrats Garry Malcolm2496.7
Conservative Amy Gray2145.8
Conservative Duncan Gray2145.8
Conservative Izabel Leosz1494.0
Majority
Turnout 3,69139.8
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2014 Hackney council elections

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [4]

2010 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Desmond 2,359 50.4
Labour Alex Russell 1,836
Labour Rick Muir 1,783
Liberal Democrats Susan Horowitz98221.0
Liberal Democrats Mozes Eckstein908
Green Stefan Carlberg90619.4
Liberal Democrats Gita Jacobson868
Green Kate McKeevor818
Green Elise Pinder709
Conservative Olive Rice4349.3
Conservative Pamela Sills359
Conservative Mark Westcott344
Turnout 4,97958
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [5]

2006 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Desmond 1,054 46.3
Labour Faizullah Khan 1,048
Labour Semakaleng Moema 830
Green Michael Jefford66829.3
Green Joy MacKeith661
Liberal Democrats Chaim Hochhauser32114.1
Liberal Democrats Nota Kreiman290
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Shenker279
Conservative Peter Fazzani23410.3
Conservative Yvonne Kleinberg185
Conservative Vera Landau178
Turnout 30.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [6]

2002 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessica Crowe 1,152
Labour Michael Desmond 1,011
Labour Faizullah Khan 972
Green Christopher Dixon685
Socialist Alliance Helen Matcham356
Conservative Lilian Lonsdale207
Conservative Peter Lonsdale201
Conservative Halide Mehmet201
CPA Glorya Sealy98
Majority
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Demography

In 2001, Hackney Downs ward had a total population of 10,294. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674. [7] At the 2011 Census, the population of the ward had increased to 12,921. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ↑ LB Hackney Borough Profile "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009
  8. ↑ "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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