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2018 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hoxton East and Shoreditch (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour: Kam Adams : 1,530 : 67.5 : Labour: Feryal Demirci: 1,411 : 62.2 : Labour: Steve Race: 1,230 : 54.2 : Green: Scott Elliott 355 15.7 Green: Florence Wedmore 298 13.1 Green: Samir Jeraj 233 10.3 Liberal Democrats: Peter Friend 194 8.6 ...
Hackney London Borough Council, also known as Hackney Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Hackney, in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2002. Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor.
Hoxton West is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hackney. The ward was first used in the 2014 elections. It returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council. The ward was created from most of the previous ward of Hoxton, except for the section east of Pitfield Street.
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.
Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name.It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Charing Cross and includes part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
In 2002, a structural assessment concluded that 54% (31 out of 57 existing buildings) were beyond economic repair. To progress the redevelopment, Hackney Council struck a deal with Genesis Housing Association and Berkeley Homes for the estate's demolition and redevelopment.
The local authority is Hackney Council, which meets at Hackney Town Hall and has its main offices in the adjoining Hackney Service Centre. Since 2002 the council has been led by the directly elected Mayor of Hackney. A speaker fulfils the civic and ceremonial duties previously undertaken by the (non-political) mayor prior to 2002. [40]
The place name was first recorded in 1490, when Thomas Cornish, a London saddler, had a tenant there. [3]The hamlet was one of four small settlements within the Parish of Hackney, (Dalston, Newington, Shacklewell, and Kingsland), which were all grouped for assessment purposes, together having only as many houses as the village of Hackney.