Brownswood is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....

 and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...

 constituency.

The ward returns three councillors to the Borough Council holding an election every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010

Hackney Council election, 2010

Elections for London Borough of Hackney Council were held on Thursday 6 May 2010. The whole council was up for election. Hackney is split up into 19 wards, each electing 3 councillors, so a total of 57 seats were up for election.-Summary results:...

 Brian Bell, Feryat Demirci, and Oli de Botton; all Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

candidates, were returned. The turnout was 60%, with 4,637 votes cast.

Brownswood ward has a total population of 11,315. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.

External links

• Council Elections 2006 results - Brownswood
• London Borough of Hackney list of constituencies and councillors.
• Labour Party profile of Brian Bell.
• Labour Party profile of Feryat Demirci.
• Labour Party profile of Darren Parker.
• Ward map