2010 Hackney London Borough Council election

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.

Map of the results of the 2010 Hackney council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Summary results

At the 2010 council election, Labour won five seats from the Conservatives. These included two in New River; two in Lordship and one in Springfield. A former Green Party seat (in Clissold) was also lost to Labour. The Conservatives remain the largest opposition party with four seats (down from nine in 2006).

The election attracted national attention when, along with some other constituencies in the country, up to 270 people failed to be issued with ballot papers by the deadline of 10pm. This meant that they could not vote, and residents were angry when turned away from polling stations. The Council apologised unreservedly, blaming the high turnout for the problem.[1]

Hackney Local Election Result 2010[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 50 6 +6
  Conservative 4 5 -5
  Green 0 1 -1
  Liberal Democrats 3

Election for Mayor

The incumbent, Jules Pipe was elected for his third term as elected mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, at the first ballot, with a majority of 32,545.

Results for each candidate
Hackney Mayoral Election Results 2010[3]
NameParty1st Preference Votes%2nd Preference Votes¹%Final%²
Jules Pipe || Labour || 48,363 ||51.6 || || || ||
Adrian John Gee TurnerLib Dem || 15,818 || 16.9 || || || ||
Andrew Boff || Conservative || 12,405 || 13.2 || || || ||
Mischa BorrisGreen || 10,100 || 10.8 || || || ||
Monty Goldman || Communist || 2,033 || 2.2 || || || ||
William Alexander ThompsonChristian || 1,084 || 1.2 || || || ||
  • Votes cast: 93,770
  • Overall Turnout for the Election of Mayor: 58% (34.3% in 2006, 26.34% in 2002)
  • Result: Labour Hold

Under 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.

Wards

Ward results summary:[4]

  • Brownswood - Brian Bell, Oli de Botton, Feryal Demerci (all Labour)
  • Cazenove - Dawood Akhoon, Abraham Jacobson. Ian Sharer (all Liberal Democrats)
  • Chatham - Luke Akehurst, Sally Mulready, Guy Nicholson (all Labour)
  • Clissold -Karen Alcock, Wendy Mitchell, Linda Smith (all Labour)
  • Dalston - Michelle Gregory, Sophie Linden, Angus Mulready-Jones (all Labour)
  • De Beauvoir -Robert Chapman, Tom Ebbutt, Gulay Icoz (all Labour)
  • Hackney Central - Alan Laing, Samantha Lloyd, Vincent Stops (all Labour)
  • Hackney Downs - Michael Desmond, Rick Muir, Alex Russell (all Labour)
  • Haggerston - Barry Buitekant, Jonathon McShane, Ann Munn (all Labour)
  • Hoxton - Philip Glanville, Clay McKenzie, Carole Williams (all Labour)
  • King's Park - Julius Nikafu, Sharon Patrick, Saleem Siddiqui (all Labour)
  • Leabridge - Linda Kelly, Deniz Oguzkanli, Ian Rathbone (all Labour)
  • Lordship - Bernard Aussenberg (Conservative), Edward Brown (Labour), Daniel Stevens (Labour)
  • New River - Michael Jones (Labour), Maureen Middleton (Conservative), Sean Mulready (Labour)
  • Queensbridge - Emma Plouviez, Tom Price, Patrick Vernon (all Labour)
  • Springfield - Margaret Gordon (Labour), Michael Levy (Conservative), Simche Steinberger (Conservative)
  • Stoke Newington Central - Susan Fajan-Thomas, Rita Krishna, Louisa Thomson (all Labour)
  • Victoria - Kate Hanson, Daniel Kemp, Geoff Taylor (all Labour)
  • Wick - Anntoinette Bramble, Chris Kennedy, Jessica Webb (all Labour)

Detailed results
Brownswood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Bell 1,617
Labour Oli De Botton 1,448
Labour Feryal Demirci 1,225
Liberal Democrats Sarah Marsh 903
Liberal Democrats David Phillips 825
Liberal Democrats Bella Sharer 654
Green Peter Lang 534
Green Rebecca Redwood 506
Green Stuart Coggins 505
Conservative Ian Kleinberg 415
Conservative Yvonne Kleinberg 396
Conservative Andrew White 329
Turnout 4,637 60
Labour hold Swing

See also

References
  1. Council apologies to 270 voters denied vote (Hackney Gazette) accessed 9 May 2010
  2. Results for each political party Archived 6 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 8 May 2010
  3. Results for the Mayoral Election on 6 May 2010 Archived 11 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 8 May 2010
  4. Election for Members of the Council - ward summary Archived 6 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 8 May 2010
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