Elections for 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....

 Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. 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.

Election results

• Votes:
• Overall Turnout: 34.41% (31.88% in 2002)
• Result: Labour Hold

Election for Mayor

In a system with second preference being also decided by the Electorate, the Mayor was comfortably re-elected with a majority of over 15,000.

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Hackney Mayoral Election Results 2006
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes¹	%	Final	%²
Jules Pipe Jules Pipe Julian Benjamin Pipe CBE is the first directly elected Mayor of the London Borough of Hackney since his election in October 2002.He worked as a journalist until taking on the full-time position as Mayor....	Labour 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...	20,830	46.9	3,403	?	24,233	73.4
Andrew Boff Andrew Boff Andrew Boff is a British politician and a Conservative member of the London Assembly, elected in the 2008 election. He is a Londonwide member, representing all thirty-two boroughs and the City of London....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	7,454	16.8	1,331	?	8,785	26.6
Matthew Penhaligon	Lib Dem Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...	4,882	11.0	?	?	N/A
Mima Bone	Green Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	4,683	10.5	?	?	N/A
Hettie Peters	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2,907	6.5	?	?	N/A
Dean Ryan	RESPECT	2,800	6.3	?	?	N/A
Monty Goldman Monty Goldman Monty Goldman is an activist in the Communist Party of Britain and former Communist Party of Great Britain member who was expelled in the 1980s during that party's factional conflicts...	Communist Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	896	2.0	?	?	N/A

¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.

²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.

Turnout for the Election of Mayor: 34.3% (26.34% in the previous election in 2002)

Mayor Jules Pipe's response to re-election

Ward results

Election for Members of the Council - summary

• Brownswood
  Brownswood (ward)
  Brownswood is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.The ward returns three councillors to the Borough Council holding an election every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Brian Bell, Feryat Demirci, and Oli de...
  
   - Brian Bell (Labour) • Feryat Demirci (Labour) • Robert Parker (Labour)
• Cazenove
  Cazenove (ward)
  Cazenove is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and the area forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Its named derives from the Cazenove Road which runs through the ward....
  
   - Dawood Akhoon (Liberal Democrats) • Ian Sharer (Liberal Democrats) • Joseph Stauber (Liberal Democrats)
• Chatham
  Chatham (ward)
  Chatham is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the last local election on 6 May 2010, Luke Akehurst, Sally Mulready, and Guy Nicholson,...
  
   - Luke Akehurst (Labour) • Sally Mulready (Labour) • Guy Nicholson (Labour)
• Clissold
  Clissold (ward)
  Clissold is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney. The name is derived from Clissold Crescent and the ward also borders Clissold Park in the neighbouring Lordship ward both of which form part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency....
  
   - Karen Alcock (Labour) • Mischa Borris (Green) • Linda Smith (Labour)
• Dalston - Nargis Khan (Labour) • Sophie Linden (Labour) • Angus Mulready-Jones (Labour)
• De Beauvoir
  De Beauvoir (ward)
  De Beauvoir is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the last election on 6 May 2010, Rob Chapman, Gulay Icoz, and Tom Ebbutt, all Labour...
  
   - Robert Chapman (Labour) • Gulay Icoz (Labour) • Christopher McShane (Labour)
• Hackney Central
  Hackney Central (ward)
  Hackney Central is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Alan Laing, Samantha Lloyd, and Vincent Stops...
  
   - Samantha Lloyd (Labour) • Alan Laing (Labour) • Vincent Stops (Labour)
• Hackney Downs
  Hackney Downs (ward)
  Hackney Downs is a 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....
  
   - Michael Desmond (Labour) • Faizullah Khan (Labour) • Semakaleng Moema (Labour)
• Haggerston
  Haggerston (ward)
  Hagerston is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Ann Munn, Jonathan McShane, and Barry Buitekant all...
  
   - Afolasade Bright (Labour) • Jonathan McShane (Labour) • Barry Buitekant (Labour)
• Hoxton
  Hoxton (ward)
  Hoxton is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward stretches from Hoxton Street and Hoxton Square in the East to Old Street and City Road in the South and West and Shoreditch Park and the Regents Canal in the North.The ward...
  
   - Clayeon McKenzie (Labour) • Philip Glanville (Labour) • Carole Williams (Labour)
• Kings Park
  Kings Park (ward)
  Kings Park is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Julius Asabgwiy Nkafu, Sharon Patrick, and Saleem...
  
   - Julius Nkafu (Labour) • Sharon Patrick (Labour) • Saleem Siddiqui (Labour)
• Leabridge Park - Linda Kelly (Labour) • Deniz Oguzkanli (Labour) • Ian Rathbone (Labour)
• Lordship
  Lordship (ward)
  Lordship is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and area forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Bernard Aussenberg , and Labour...
  
   - Bernard Aussenberg (Conservative) • Matthew Coggins (Conservative) • Simon Tessler (Conservative)
• New River
  New River (ward)
  New River is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Consisting of an area of Stamford Hill the ward also incorporates the large council estate Woodberry Down currently under redevelopment....
  
   - Maureen Middleton (Conservative) • Harvey Odze (Conservative) • Simche Steinberger (Conservative)
• Queensbridge
  Queensbridge (ward)
  Queensbridge is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the last election on 6 May 2010, Emma Plouviez, Tom Price, and Patrick Vernon, all...
  
   - Emma Plouviez (Labour) • Thomas Price (Labour) • Patrick Vernon (Labour)
• Springfield - Jacon Landau (Conservative) • Eric Ollerenshaw
  Eric Ollerenshaw
  Eric Ollerenshaw OBE is a British Conservative politician and the Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Fleetwood....
  
   (Conservative) • Shuja Shaikh (Conservative)
• Stoke Newington Central
  Stoke Newington Central (ward)
  Stoke Newington Central is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney. It corresponds roughly to Stoke Newington in London, UK and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency of Diane Abbott MP....
  
   - James Carswell (Labour) • Rita Krishna (Labour) • Muttalip Unluer (Labour)
• Victoria - Catherine Hanson (Labour) • Daniel Kemp (Labour) • Geoffrey Taylor (Labour)
• Wick
  Wick (ward)
  Wick is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney that forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. It fully covers the area of Hackney Wick and includes the part of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics being built in the Borough....
  
   - Christine Boyd (Labour) • Christopher Kennedy (Labour) • Jessica Webb (Labour)

External links

• Hackney local council results