Lordship (ward)

Lordship was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and area forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.

Lordship
Electoral ward
Coordinates: 51.567°N 0.081°W / 51.567; -0.081
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionLondon
CountyGreater London
London boroughHackney
CreatedMay 2002
AbolishedMay 2014
Government
 • BodyHackney London Borough Council

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 (Conservative Party), and Labour Party candidates Edward Brown and Daniel Stevens, were returned. Turnout was 62%; with 4,803 votes cast.[1]

On 11 April 2014, Cllr Stevens resigned leaving a vacancy until the council elections are fought on new ward boundaries in May.[2]

In 2001, Lordship ward had a total population of 11,288. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[3]

References
  1. Council Elections 2010 results - Lordship Archived 12 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
  2. Hackney Council - Elections and voting (LB Hackney) accessed 25 April 2014
  3. LB Hackney Borough Profile "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009

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