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.
Hackney Downs | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 51.556°N 0.063°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | London |
| County | Greater London |
| London borough | Hackney |
| Created | May 2002 |
| Named for | Hackney Downs |
| Government | |
| • Body | Hackney London Borough Council |
| ONS code | 00AMGH |
| GSS code | E05000238 |
It was created for the May 2002 local election. There was previously a Downs ward from 1965 to 1978.
Elections
The ward returns three councillors every four years to Hackney Borough Council. At the last election, held on 3 May 2018, Michael Desmond, Anna-Joy Rickard and Sem Moema, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 39.7%.[1]
Demography
In 2001, Hackney Downs ward had a total population of 10,294. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[2]
At the 2011 Census, the population of the ward had increased to 12,921.[3]
References
- "Borough councillors election 2018 | Hackney Council". hackney.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- 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
- "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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