Hackney Downs (ward)
| Hackney Downs | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Hackney London Borough Council | |
Hackney Downs boundaries since 2014 | |
| Borough | Hackney |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 12,998 (2021) |
| Electorate | 9,469 (2022) |
| Area | 1.019 square kilometres (0.393 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 2002 |
| Number of members | 3 |
| Councillors |
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| ONS code | 00AMGH (2002–2014) |
| GSS code |
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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.
Hackney council elections since 2014
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2014.
2022 election
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Rickard | 1,636 | 46.1 | ||
| Green | Bettina Maidment | 1,573 | 44.3 | ||
| Green | Charlie Norman | 1,316 | 37.0 | ||
| Conservative | Agnieszka Cuellar-Bridy | 194 | 5.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Erika Merguigi | 184 | 5.2 | ||
| Conservative | Joanna Wojciechowska | 161 | 4.5 | ||
| Conservative | Nikodem Mikolajewski | 155 | 4.4 | ||
| Ind. Network | Ruth Parkinson | 101 | 2.8 | ||
| TUSC | Clare Doyle | 99 | 2.8 | ||
| 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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-Lubbock | 1,597 | 43.6 | +20.8 | |
| Green | Sheila Menon | 1,134 | 31.0 | +8.4 | |
| Green | Sally Zlotowitz | 1,074 | 29.3 | +9.8 | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Lunat | 229 | 6.3 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Yasmin Lunat | 214 | 5.8 | ±0.0 | |
| Conservative | Agnieszka Rolkiewicz | 122 | 3.3 | −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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sem Moema | 2,614 | 59.8 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Alastair Binnie-Lubbock | 1,067 | 24.4 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Nicola Benjamin | 350 | 8.0 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sadiq | 338 | 7.7 | −2.0 | |
| Majority | 1,547 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,369 | 58% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2014 election
The election took place on 22 May 2014.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Desmond | 2,115 | 57.3 | ||
| Labour | Anna-Joy Rickard | 2,100 | 56.9 | ||
| Labour | Rick Muir | 2,020 | 54.7 | ||
| Green | Alexander Brown | 843 | 22.8 | ||
| Green | Stuart Coggins | 834 | 22.6 | ||
| Green | Andrew Guise | 719 | 19.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Teena Lashmore | 342 | 9.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sadiq | 293 | 7.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Garry Malcolm | 249 | 6.7 | ||
| Conservative | Amy Gray | 214 | 5.8 | ||
| Conservative | Duncan Gray | 214 | 5.8 | ||
| Conservative | Izabel Leosz | 149 | 4.0 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,691 | 39.8 | |||
| 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Desmond | 2,359 | 50.4 | ||
| Labour | Alex Russell | 1,836 | |||
| Labour | Rick Muir | 1,783 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Horowitz | 982 | 21.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mozes Eckstein | 908 | |||
| Green | Stefan Carlberg | 906 | 19.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gita Jacobson | 868 | |||
| Green | Kate McKeevor | 818 | |||
| Green | Elise Pinder | 709 | |||
| Conservative | Olive Rice | 434 | 9.3 | ||
| Conservative | Pamela Sills | 359 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Westcott | 344 | |||
| Turnout | 4,979 | 58 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2006 election
The election took place on 4 May 2006.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Desmond | 1,054 | 46.3 | ||
| Labour | Faizullah Khan | 1,048 | |||
| Labour | Sem Moema | 830 | |||
| Green | Michael Jefford | 668 | 29.3 | ||
| Green | Joy MacKeith | 661 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Chaim Hochhauser | 321 | 14.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nota Kreiman | 290 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Shenker | 279 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Fazzani | 234 | 10.3 | ||
| Conservative | Yvonne Kleinberg | 185 | |||
| Conservative | Vera Landau | 178 | |||
| Turnout | 30.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2002 election
The election took place on 2 May 2002.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jessica Crowe | 1,152 | |||
| Labour | Michael Desmond | 1,011 | |||
| Labour | Faizullah Khan | 972 | |||
| Green | Christopher Dixon | 685 | |||
| Socialist Alliance | Helen Matcham | 356 | |||
| Conservative | Lilian Lonsdale | 207 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Lonsdale | 201 | |||
| Conservative | Halide Mehmet | 201 | |||
| CPA | Glorya Sealy | 98 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.