2018 Hackney London Borough Council election

2018 Hackney Borough Council election

3 May 2018
All 57 seats to Hackney London Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 50 seats, 58.1% 4 seats, 12.0% Seats won 52 5 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 105,690 18,565 Percentage 63.0% 11.1% Swing 4.9% 0.9%
Map of the results of the 2018 Hackney London Borough council election. Labour in red and Conservative in blue.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to Hackney London Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, winning 52 out of 57 seats. The party gained three seats from the Liberal Democrats and lost one to the Conservative Party, for a net gain of two seats. The Green Party of England and Wales once again came second in the overall popular vote, but won no seats, falling short of a seat in Dalston ward by a margin of 21 votes.

Results summary

Hackney Council election result 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	52	3	1	+2	91.2	63.0	105,690	+4.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	16.9	28,435	-3.6
	Conservative	5	1	0	+1	8.8	11.1	18,565	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	3	-3	0.0	8.6	14,513	+0.4
	Women's Equality	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	314	New
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	176	-0.7
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	80	-0.2
	Duma Polska	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	24	New

Ward results

Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.

Brownswood

Brownswood (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Bell*	1,465	57.3
	Labour	Clare Potter*	1,399	54.8
	Green	Anne Byrne	423	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Pearce	409	16.0
	Green	Duncan Appleby	375	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Les Kelly	303	11.9
	Conservative	Robert Kaye	199	7.8
	Conservative	Bella Weil	134	5.2
Majority			976	38.2
Turnout				39.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cazenove

Cazenove (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Pallis	2,148	47.8
	Labour	Anthony McMahon	2,078	46.2
	Labour	Caroline Woodley	1,973	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	Javed Isrolia	1,733	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sharer*	1,694	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Issac Kornbluh	1,620	36.0
	Green	Carrie Davies	441	9.8
	Green	Georgina Machray	356	7.9
	Green	David Mercer	228	5.1
	Conservative	Amy Gray	204	4.5
	Conservative	Duncan Gray	164	3.6
	Conservative	Joanna Wojciechowska	125	2.8
	Independent	Bruce Spenser	80	1.8
Majority
Turnout				48.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Clissold

Clissold (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Cameron*	2,548	69.3
	Labour	Sade Etti*	2,157	58.6
	Labour	Ned Hercock*	2,055	55.9
	Green	Marie Remy	889	24.2
	Green	Jim Cresswell	839	22.8
	Green	Adam Lawson	541	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Anderson	427	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon De Deney	301	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marcia Roberts	264	7.2
	Conservative	Pamela Sills	186	5.1
	Conservative	Chaya Odze	184	5.0
	Conservative	Andrew White	170	4.6
Majority
Turnout				39.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalston

Dalston (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Soraya Adejare Adesanu*	1,237	50.6
	Labour	Peter Snell*	978	40.0
	Green	Alex Armitage	957	39.1
	Green	Dan Thompson	545	22.3
	Women's Equality	Harini Iyengar	314	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hayley Dove	154	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Becket McGrath	99	4.0
	Conservative	Anna Chomicz	98	4.0
	Conservative	Jack Sutcliffe	93	3.8
Majority
Turnout				36.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

De Beauvoir

De Beauvoir (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Polly Billington	1,448	62.6
	Labour	James Peters*	1,153	49.8
	Green	Heather Finlay	451	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Martin	336	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pippa Morgan	316	13.7
	Green	Nicholas Thorp	210	9.1
	Conservative	Amina Lunat	168	7.3
	Conservative	Mohamednasar Lunat	138	6.0
	Duma Polska	Marlena Wendel	24	1.0
Majority
Turnout				34.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney Central

Hackney Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Conway	2,475	74.3
	Labour	Benjamin Hayhurst*	2,142	64.3
	Labour	Vincent Stops*	1,917	57.5
	Green	Charlene Concepcion	629	18.9
	Green	Siobhan MacMahon	576	17.3
	Green	Alec Rossiter	438	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Raval	256	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Chamberlain	215	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Richards	190	5.7
	Conservative	Stephanie Schwarz	186	5.6
	Conservative	Sampson Ewurum	177	5.3
	Conservative	Heather Whitelaw	139	4.2
Majority
Turnout				35.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney Downs

Hackney Downs (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Desmond*	2,076	56.7
	Labour	Anna-Joy Rickard*	1,852	50.6
	Labour	Sem Moema	1,687	46.1
	Green	Alastair Binnie-Lubbock	1,597	43.6
	Green	Sheila Menon	1,134	31.0
	Green	Sally Zlotowitz	1,074	29.3
	Conservative	Mohammed Lunat	229	6.3
	Conservative	Yasmin Lunat	214	5.8
	Conservative	Agnieszka Rolkiewicz	122	3.3
Majority
Turnout				39.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney Wick

Hackney Wick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Kennedy*	1,941	71.7
	Labour	Jessica Webb*	1,756	64.9
	Labour	Nick Sharman*	1,612	59.6
	Green	Joe Garbett	390	14.4
	Green	Laura Salisbury	390	14.4
	Green	Ruth Sharpe	343	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andreea Deac	176	6.5
	Conservative	Thomas Stancliffe	153	5.7
	Conservative	Marzena Kwasnik	148	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Lyons	148	5.5
	Conservative	Yehoshua Heschel Bernstein	137	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Rolph	124	4.6
Majority
Turnout				31.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Haggerston

Haggerston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ajay Chauhan	2,128	66.4
	Labour	Patrick Spence	2,117	66.1
	Labour	Humaira Garasia	2,033	63.5
	Green	Gideon Corby	545	17.0
	Green	Deepa Shah	398	12.4
	Green	Paul Urwin	368	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Neville	261	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bella Sharer	184	5.7
	Conservative	Miroslawa Dabrowska	183	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Payne	182	5.7
	Conservative	Sean Sullivan	182	5.7
	Conservative	Monika Hoppe-Krajewska	164	5.1
Majority
Turnout				33.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Homerton

Homerton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Chapman*	2,243	73.2
	Labour	Anna Lynch	2,147	70.0
	Labour	Guy Nicholson*	1,982	64.6
	Green	Rachel Baker	587	19.1
	Green	Tamlyn Rhodes	361	11.8
	Green	John Devaney	326	10.6
	Conservative	Milton Morris	163	5.3
	Conservative	Samson Adeyemo	159	5.2
	Conservative	Edilia Emordi	144	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Jacobson	144	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffery Shenker	119	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Smulian	78	2.5
Majority
Turnout				34.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoxton East & Shoreditch

Hoxton East & 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
	Liberal Democrats	John Clinch	193	8.5
	Conservative	Philip Kenyon	193	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Shears	191	8.4
	Conservative	John Tinley	174	7.7
	Conservative	Louis Mosley	153	6.7
	TUSC	Chris Newby	88	3.9
Majority
Turnout				28.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoxton West

Hoxton West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Maxwell	1,771	65.7
	Labour	Clayeon McKenzie*	1,714	63.6
	Labour	Carole Williams*	1,527	56.6
	Green	Fatemeh Beyad	447	16.6
	Green	Elisabeth Whitebread	421	15.6
	Conservative	Mark Beckett	372	13.8
	Green	Chris Venables	366	13.6
	Conservative	James Kane	354	13.1
	Conservative	Alex Van Terheyden	298	11.1
Majority
Turnout				29.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Park

King's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Patrick*	2,325	72.9
	Labour	Tom Rahilly*	2,213	69.4
	Labour	Rebecca Rennison*	2,017	63.2
	Green	Zoe Oates	486	15.2
	Green	James Morgan	472	14.8
	Green	Alex Oates	373	11.7
	Conservative	Yusuf Lunat	203	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Bell	194	6.1
	Conservative	Lumumba Morgan	171	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Bayer	144	4.5
	Conservative	Winifred Saunders	124	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Hodgson	116	3.6
	Independent	Vernon Williams	91
Majority
Turnout				35.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lea Bridge

Lea Bridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Gordon*	2,596	70.3
	Labour	Ian Rathbone*	2,144	58.1
	Labour	Deniz Oguzkanli*	2,096	56.8
	Green	Ruth Jenkins	737	20.0
	Green	Heather Hampson	700	19.0
	Green	Douglas Earl	574	15.6
	Conservative	Imtiyaz Lunat	321	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Mathis	253	6.9
	Conservative	Linda Kelly	248	6.7
	Conservative	Rumi Begum	242	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Willits	220	6.0
Majority
Turnout				36.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

London Fields

London Fields (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anntoinette Bramble*	2,378	71.1
	Labour	Emma Plouviez*	1,972	59.0
	Labour	M Can Ozsen*	1,933	57.8
	Green	Kim Cutler	587	17.5
	Green	Nicholas Lee	527	15.8
	Green	Catherine O'Shea	475	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Silvia Mendonca	303	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Osborn	280	8.4
	Conservative	Tahmid Chowdhury	257	7.7
	Conservative	Marcel Matthew	231	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Upex	208	6.2
	Conservative	Alistair Richardson	202	6.0
Majority
Turnout				37.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Shacklewell

Shacklewell (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Gregory*	1,363	59.9
	Labour	Richard Lufkin*	1,304	57.3
	Green	Stefan Liberadzki	339	14.9
	Green	James McDonald	313	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Clark	165	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Victor De Almeida Alberto	119	5.2
	Conservative	Andrzej Krajewski	96	4.2
	Conservative	Agnieszka Wypych	65	2.9
Majority
Turnout				36.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Springfield

Springfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simche Steinberger	2,040	47.5
		Michael Levy		46.3
		Harvey Odze		44.5
		Ali Dogan	1,724	40.1
		Shabaz Khan	1,632	38.0
		Joseph Walker	1,584	36.9
		Ellie Keggin	376	8.7
		Robert Rayner	260	6.0
		Thomas Stern	230	5.4
Majority
Turnout				46.4
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Stamford Hill West

Stamford Hill West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Benzion Papier*		49.2
		Aron Klein		49.2
		Simon Dixon	1,133	38.0
		Rosemary Sales*	1,013	34.0
		Bronwen Jones	160	5.4
		Charles Dreyer	155	5.2
		Anthony Harms	78	2.6
		Andrew Neadley	50	1.7
Majority
Turnout				49.5
	gain from		Swing
	hold		Swing

Stoke Newington

Stoke Newington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Susan Fajana-Thomas*		64.1
		Mete Coban*		63.5
		Gilbert Smyth		51.9
		Fiona Dowson	991	24.4
		Elinor Lewis	748	18.4
		Henry Greenwood	627	15.4
		Juliette Bigley	446	11.0
		Alton Hassan	305	7.5
		John O'Brien	299	7.4
		Pauline Levy	232	5.7
		Diana Mikolajewska	184	4.5
		Francis Nwokedi	167	4.1
		Mick Cotter	88	2.2
Majority
Turnout				39.8
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Katie Hanson*		74.1
		Clare Joseph		61.3
		Alex Kuye		55.7
		Sandra McLeod	575	18.8
		Wendy Robinson	385	12.6
		Liam Palmer	302	9.8
		Heather James	299	9.8
		Jeffry Gabbott-Rolph	270	8.8
		Salma Lunat	229	7.5
		John Moir	212	6.9
		Susan Moir	210	6.8
		David Sommer	160	5.2
Majority
Turnout				34.6
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

Woodberry Down

Woodberry Down (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jon Burke*		68.2
		Caroline Selman*		61.7
		James Pike	260	10.6
		Daniel Alexander	252	10.3
		Debbie Seepersad	231	9.5
		Carol Chan	170	7.0
		Christopher Sills	151	6.2
		Myall Hornsby	123	5.0
Majority
Turnout				34.8
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

By-elections

Hoxton East and Shoreditch

Hoxton East and Shoreditch: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Anya Sizer		54.0
		Charlotte Owusu-Allen	454	16.3
		Jasmine Cannon-Ikurusi	307	11.0
		Helen Baxter	253	9.1
		Niall Crowley	222	8.0
		Chris Newby	47	1.7
Majority			1,050	37.7
Turnout			2,787
	hold		Swing	7.0

King's Park

King's Park: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lynne Troughton		64.1
		Peter Jones	636	16.4
		Sandy Ngongo-Nkolomoni	279	7.2
		Clair Battaglino	151	3.9
		Elizabeth Prochaska	136	3.5
		Ben Mathis	120	3.1
		Naomi Byron	72	1.9
Majority			1,848	47.7
Turnout			3,878
	hold		Swing	4.1

Stamford Hill West

Stamford Hill West: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harshy Lisser		50.3
		Rosemary Sales	1,192	41.2
		Johnny Dixon	189	6.5
		Anthony Harms	59	2.0
Majority			264	9.1
Turnout			2,896
	hold		Swing	1.4

Woodberry Down

Woodberry Down: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sarah Young		57.7
		Alice Bennett	535	18.4
		Ari Feferkorn	530	18.2
		Alton Hassan	167	5.7
Majority			1,145	39.3
Turnout			2,912
	hold		Swing	10.6