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 divided into 19 wards, each electing 3 councillors, so a total of 57 seats were up for election.

2010 Hackney Borough Council election

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All 57 seats to Hackney London Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 44 seats, 40.5% 9 seats, 17.1% 3 seats, 16.3% Seats won 50 4 3 Seat change 6 5 Popular vote 45,445 13,950 22,311 Percentage 45.9% 14.1% 22.6% Swing 5.4% 3.0% 6.3%
Map of the results of the 2010 Hackney council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

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	0	6	87.7	45.9	45,445	5.4
	Conservative	4	0	5	5	7.0	14.1	13,950	3.0
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0		5.3	22.6	22,311	6.3
	Green	0	0	1	1	0.0	16.0	15,847	4.6
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	728	0.4
	Christian	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	309	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	205	0.2
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	135	0.0

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]
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes¹	%	Final	%²
	Jules Pipe	Labour	48,363	51.6
	Adrian John Gee Turner	Lib Dem	15,818	16.9
	Andrew Boff	Conservative	12,405	13.2
	Mischa Borris	Green	10,100	10.8
	Monty Goldman	Communist	2,033	2.2
	William Alexander Thompson	Christian	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 Nkafu, 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

Brownswood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Bell	1,617	46.6
	Labour	Oli de Botton	1,448
	Labour	Feryal Demirci	1,225
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Marsh	903	26.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Phillips	825
	Liberal Democrats	Bella Sharer	654
	Green	Peter Lang	534	15.4
	Green	Rebecca Redwood	506
	Green	Stuart Coggins	505
	Conservative	Ian Kleinberg	415	12.0
	Conservative	Yvonne Kleinberg	396
	Conservative	Andrew White	329
Turnout			4,637	60
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cazenove

Cazenove (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dawood Akhoon	2,212	40.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sharer	1,966
	Liberal Democrats	Abraham Jacobson	1,900
	Labour	Daniel Carey-Dawes	1,860	33.9
	Labour	Kofoworola David	1,722
	Labour	Joko Macfoy	1,514
	Green	Danny Bates	996	18.2
	Conservative	Nailah Daley	414	7.6
	Conservative	Christopher Sills	334
	Conservative	Alina Nowobilska	281
Turnout			5,013	61
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chatham

Chatham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Nicholson	2,738	55.0
	Labour	Sally Mulready	2,605
	Labour	Luke Akehurst	2,591
	Liberal Democrats	Mahfuzur Rahman	901	18.1
	Green	Polly Lane	799	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Seydali	789
	Conservative	Ben Mascall	539	10.8
	Green	Cedric Knight	518
	Green	John Devaney	495
	Conservative	Carl McClean	437
	Conservative	Lornette Spencer	357
Turnout			4,771	54
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Clissold

Clissold (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Alcock	2,979	47.7
	Labour	Wendy Mitchell	2,266
	Labour	Linda Smith	2,083
	Green	Pippa Lane	1,469	23.5
	Green	Peter Jones	1,425
	Green	Matthew Sellwood	1,291
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Anderson	1,290	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Morgan	796
	Liberal Democrats	Keren Kohn-Souza	683
	Conservative	Samuel Ibbott	509	8.1
	Conservative	Irene Lewington	369
	Conservative	Ita Steinberger	283
Turnout			5,600	65
	Labour gain from Green		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalston

Dalston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Gregory	2,544	45.5
	Labour	Sophie Linden	2,369
	Labour	Angus Mulready-Jones	2,234
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Billins	1,308	23.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bernardo Elduayen	1,045
	Green	Anna Cogger	1,025	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Molloy	1,012
	Green	Raymond Lyons	639
	Green	Jonathan Theodosiou	627
	Conservative	William Ledger	582	10.4
	Conservative	Clark Vasey	320
	Conservative	Fadile Unek	318
	Independent	Sophie Nathan	131	2.3
Turnout			5,428	57
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

De Beauvoir

De Beauvoir (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Chapman	2,528	42.7
	Labour	Tom Ebbutt	2,456
	Labour	Gulay Icoz	2,307
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Friend	1,513	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Macmillan	1,245
	Conservative	Andrew Brooke	1,073	18.1
	Conservative	David Beddington	1,017
	Conservative	Eleanor Price	993
	Liberal Democrats	Piers Stobbs	856
	Green	Dylan Hodgkiss	800	13.5
Turnout			5,458	57
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney Central

Hackney Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Laing	2,757	51.9
	Labour	Samantha Lloyd	2,619
	Labour	Vincent Stops	2,201
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Raval	1,397	26.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Slay	978
	Liberal Democrats	Reuben Thompson	822
	Green	James Burgess	747	14.1
	Green	Nnamdi Oleforo	591
	Green	Paul Ingram	562
	Conservative	Christopher O'Leary	413	7.8
	Conservative	Jose Santiago	397
Turnout			5,126	59
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hackney Downs

Hackney Downs (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Desmond	2,359	50.4
	Labour	Alex Russell	1,836
	Labour	Rick Muir	1,783
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Horowitz	982	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mozes Eckstein	908
	Green	Stefan Carlberg	906	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gita Jacobson	868
	Green	Kate McKeevor	818
	Green	Elise Pinder	709
	Conservative	Olive Rice	434	9.3
	Conservative	Pamela Sills	359
	Conservative	Mark Westcott	344
Turnout			4,979	58
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Haggerston

Haggerston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan McShane	2,380	45.1
	Labour	Barry Buitekant	2,237
	Labour	Ann Munn	2,198
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Arrowsmith	1,272	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Payne	1,121
	Liberal Democrats	John Sloboda	808
	Conservative	Doreen Bullock	785	14.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey Beattie	764
	Conservative	Samantha Fontaine	756
	Green	Lucy Sommers	706	13.4
	Liberal	Ben Rae	135	2.6
Turnout			5,006	54
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hoxton

Hoxton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Glanville	2,464	45.9
	Labour	Clay McKenzie	2,354
	Labour	Carole Williams	2,152
	Liberal Democrats	Salil Bhalla	1,335	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Koray Dogan	1,320
	Liberal Democrats	James Driver	1,314
	Conservative	Jacqueline Palmer	907	16.9
	Conservative	John Tinley	766
	Conservative	Jessica Wilson	679
	Green	Jenny Lopez Lack	659	12.3
Turnout			5,150	52
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

King's Park

King's Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Patrick	2,824	55.2
	Labour	Julius Nkafu	2,575
	Labour	Saleem Siddiqui	2,504
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Whyte	1,306	25.5
	Green	Christopher Heaton	534	10.4
	Conservative	David Dodkin	450	8.8
	Conservative	Henry de Zoete	381
	Conservative	Emeka Egbuonu	346
Turnout			4,346	58
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Leabridge

Leabridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Kelly	2,878	52.4
	Labour	Ian Rathbone	2,559
	Labour	Deniz Oguzkanli	2,495
	Liberal Democrats	Melissa Harflett	1,206	21.9
	Green	Ruth Jenkins	909	16.5
	Green	Douglas Earl	824
	Green	Fatemeh Beyad	780
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Sanders	758
	Conservative	Andrzej Nowobilski	297	5.4
	Conservative	Mary-Joan Onyejiaku	245
	Conservative	Chaya Odze	239
	Communist	Mick Carty	205	3.7
Turnout			4,999	55
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lordship

Lordship (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Brown	1,827	36.3
	Conservative	Bernard Aussenberg	1,401	27.8
	Labour	Daniel Stevens	1,378
	Labour	Lee Whitehill	1,334
	Conservative	Matthew Coggins	1,261
	Conservative	Alexander Ellis	1,079
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Nichols	912	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harms	849
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Stacy	677
	Independent	Simon Tesler	467	9.3
	Green	Bethan Cobley	426	8.5
	Green	Mark Douglas	352
	Green	Bianca Veloso	187
Turnout			4,803	62
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

New River

New River (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Mulready	1,659	37.5
	Labour	Michael Jones	1,574
	Conservative	Maureen Middleton	1,489	33.6
	Labour	Yusuf Kilinc	1,450
	Conservative	Harvey Odze	1,380
	Conservative	Benzion Papier	1,353
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Sibley	693	15.7
	Green	Aled Fisher	584	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Smullian	456
Turnout			3,956	56
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensbridge

Queensbridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Plouviez	2,688	43.4
	Labour	Tom Price	2,573
	Labour	Patrick Vernon	2,249
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gaskin	1,314	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Allum Bokhari	1,242
	Green	Ralph Smyth	1,121	18.1
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	941	15.2
	Conservative	Hettie Peters	646
	Conservative	Marcel Matthew	634
	Independent	Vernon Williams	130	2.1
Turnout			5,360	58
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Springfield

Springfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Levy	1,687	40.6
	Labour	Margaret Gordon	1,660	40.0
	Conservative	Simche Steinberger	1,567
	Conservative	Patricia Napier	1,553
	Labour	Ben Hayhurst	1,353
	Labour	Ron Reid-Edwards	1,267
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Coffer	470	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Donovan	458
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Coffer	416
	Green	Margherita Martini-Brown	334	8.0
Turnout			3,993	57
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stoke Newington Central

Stoke Newington Central (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Fajana-Thomas	2,471	44.3
	Labour	Louisa Thomson	2,367
	Labour	Rita Krishna	2,362
	Green	Anna Hughes	1,649	29.6
	Green	Matthew Hanley	1,641
	Green	Joe Hulm	1,262
	Liberal Democrats	John Hodgson	1,077	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Nichols	775
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Scott-Daniels	735
	Conservative	Richie Benson	379	6.8
	Conservative	Hannah Devoy	358
	Conservative	Zeynep Karayilan	68
Turnout			5,674	65
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katie Hanson	2,873	51.5
	Labour	Daniel Kemp	2,641
	Labour	Geoff Taylor	2,305
	Liberal Democrats	Heather James	1,288	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Jordan	994
	Liberal Democrats	Geraint Rees	729
	Conservative	Graeme Archer	710	12.7
	Green	Kate Charteris	707	12.7
	Conservative	Tony Burkson	683
	Green	Paul Homer	533
	Conservative	Winifred Saunders	500
	Green	Morgan Phillips	453
Turnout			5,362	57
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wick

Wick (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Kennedy	2,339	46.3
	Labour	Jessica Webb	2,243
	Labour	Anntoinette Bramble	2,186
	Green	Sally Zlotowitz	942	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ben See	932	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mustafa Korel	857
	Conservative	Stephen Selby	525	10.4
	Conservative	Sanjay Sasidharan	455
	Christian	John Williams	309	6.1
	Conservative	Matthew Woods	202
	Christian	Rosemary O'Garrow Noel	169
	Christian	William Thompson	160
Turnout			4,324	54
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• 2010 United Kingdom local elections