Leabridge (Hackney ward)

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Leabridge
Former electoral ward
for the Hackney London Borough Council
Leabridge (Hackney ward)
Leabridge (Hackney) ward boundaries from 2002 to 2014
Borough Hackney
County Greater London
Population14,039 (2011)
Electorate9,032 (2010)
Area1.0636 square kilometres (0.4107 sq mi)
Former electoral ward
Created1965
Abolished2014
ONS code 00AMGM (2002–2014)
GSS code E05000242 (2002–2014)

Leabridge was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney from 1965 to 2014.

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It roughly corresponded to the Lea Bridge district of London, and is distinct from the Lea Bridge ward in the neighbouring London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is part of Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections.

1965–1978

Leabridge ward has existed since the creation of the London Borough of Hackney on 1 April 1965. It was first used in the 1964 elections, with an electorate of 8,725, returning three councillors. [1]

1978–2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 1978. [2]

2002–2014

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2002. The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the last elections on 6 May 2010, Linda Kelly, Deniz Oguzkanli, and Ian Rathbone, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 55%; with 4,999 votes cast. [3] Rathbone is a former speaker of the borough. Kelly left Labour and joined the Tories on 18 May 2011. [4]

In 2001, Leabridge ward had a total population of 9,863 and was the ward with the fewest residents in Hackney. At the 2011 Census the population had increased to 14,039. [5] This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674. [6]

Hackney wards are redrawn and the ward is abolished from the May 2014 election. [7] Most of the Leabridge ward becomes part of a new ward of Lea Bridge with part in the north going to Springfield. The new ward of Lea Bridge also includes part of the abolished Chatham ward.

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  3. ↑ Council Elections 2010 results - Leabridge Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
  4. ↑ Hackney councillor Linda Kelly: Why I left Labour for the Tories (Hackney Citizen, 4 June 2011) accessed 12 October 2011
  5. ↑ "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ "The Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 (2013 No. 2795)" (PDF). 30 October 2013.
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