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Stoke Newington is an area in the northwest part of the London Borough of Hackney, England.The area is five miles (eight kilometres) northeast of Charing Cross.The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to Stoke Newington, the ancient parish.
Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 1987 by Diane Abbott, a member of the Labour Party who served as Shadow Home Secretary from 6 October 2016 to 5 April 2020.
The by-election took place on 12 September 2024, following the resignation of Mete Coban, who became Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy. [1] The Green Party's gain in Stoke Newington increased their representation on the council to three seats, the highest number they have held since 1992, when they held two seats.
For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's outgoing authorities, being the councils of the three metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. [8] The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965, at which point the old boroughs and their councils were abolished. [9]
Stoke Newington's boundaries with the two neighbouring metropolitan boroughs within the County of London were as follows: [7] Islington to the west and south: the centres of Blackstock Road, Mountgrove Roads, Green Lanes, (diverting to take in Petherton Road and Leconfield Road) Matthias Road and Boleyn Road.
Stoke Newington was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex. It was both a civil parish , used for administrative purposes, and an ecclesiastical parish of the Church of England . Civil parish
The Stoke Newington and Hackney Observer was founded as the North London Observer in 1939 and merged with the Islington Gazette in 1971, which subsequently published as the Islington Gazette and Stoke Newington Observer. The Gazette celebrated its 150th birthday on 21 September 2006.
Gibson Gardens with original cobblestone paving (December 2005) Gibson Gardens is a historic tenement block of flats in Stoke Newington in London, England.. The flats were built by the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes in 1880 and named in honour of Thomas Field Gibson, who was a Director of the Association from its inception.