Woodberry Down (ward)

Woodberry Down
Electoral ward for the Hackney London Borough Council
Woodberry Down ward boundaries since 2014
Borough	Hackney
County	Greater London
Population	12,113 (2021)
Electorate	7,649 (2022)
Area	0.7527 square kilometres (0.2906 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2014
Number of members	2
Councillors	Caroline Selman   Sarah Young
Created from	Brownswood, New River
GSS code	E05009387

Woodberry Down is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hackney. The ward was first used in the 2014 elections. It returns two councillors to Hackney London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2014–2021	Jon Burke		Labour
2014–present	Caroline Selman		Labour
2021–present	Sarah Young		Labour

Hackney council elections

2022 election

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

2022 Hackney London Borough Council election: Woodberry Down

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Selman	1,441	71.4
	Labour	Sarah Young	1,189	58.9
	Green	Catherine O'Shea	452	22.4
	Green	Anthony Rose	438	21.7
	Conservative	Yisroel Cik	276	13.7
	Conservative	Agnieszka Wypych	238	11.8
Turnout				30.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2021 by-election

The by-election took place on 6 May 2021, following the resignation of Jon Burke. ^[1] It was held on the same day as the 2021 London mayoral election and 2021 London Assembly election.

2021 Woodberry Down by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Young	1,680	57.7	−13.9
	Green	Alice Bennett	535	18.4	+7.2
	Conservative	Ari Feferkorn	530	18.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alton Hassan	167	5.7	−1.6
Majority			1,145	39.3
Turnout			2,912
	Labour hold		Swing	10.6

2018 election

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

2018 Hackney London Borough Council election: Woodberry Down

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Burke	1,668	68.2
	Labour	Caroline Selman	1,508	61.7
	Green	James Pike	260	10.6
	Green	Daniel Alexander	252	10.3
	Conservative	Debbie Seepersad	231	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Chan	170	7.0
	Conservative	Christopher Sills	151	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Myall Hornsby	123	5.0
Majority
Turnout				34.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Hackney London Borough Council election: Woodberry Down

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
2. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2024.