Hackney Central (ward)

Hackney Central is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hackney. It returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with an election every four years.

Hackney Central
Electoral ward for the Hackney London Borough Council
Hackney Central boundaries since 2014
Borough	Hackney
County	Greater London
Population	12,719 (2021)
Electorate	9,492 (2022)
Area	0.7600 square kilometres (0.2934 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	3
Councillors	Sophie Conway   Sheila Suso-Runge   Ben Hayhurst
ONS code	00AMGG (2002–2014)
GSS code	E05000237 (2002–2014) E05009372 (2014–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2002–2014	Samantha Lloyd		Labour
2002–2012	Alan Laing		Labour
2002–2022	Vincent Stops		Labour
2012–present	Ben Hayhurst		Labour
2014–2016	Sophie Linden		Labour
2016–present	Sophie Conway		Labour
2022–present	Sheila Suso-Runge		Labour

Hackney council elections since 2014

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2014.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Conway	2,214	73.9
	Labour	Sheila Suso-Runge	1,994	66.6
	Labour	Ben Hayhurst	1,877	62.7
	Green	Florence Wedmore	651	21.7
	Green	Nicholas Costley-White	561	18.7
	Green	Stefan Liberadzki	519	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Holloway	268	8.9
	Ind. Network	Clair Battaglino	214	7.1
	Ind. Network	Imogen O'Rorke	189	6.3
	Ind. Network	Desmond Kirby	173	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Raval	170	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kellett	158	5.3
Turnout				33.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Conway	2,475	74.3
	Labour	Ben 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

2016 by-election

The by-election took place on 21 July 2016, following the resignation of Sophie Linden.^[2]

2016 Hackney Central by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Conway	1,354	75.2	+11.2
	Green	Siobhan MacMahon	178	9.9	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Russell French	113	6.3	−1.1
	Conservative	Christopher Sills	101	5.6	−0.2
	Independent	Mustafa Korel	55	3.1	N/A
Majority			1,176	65.3	+24.2
Turnout			1,801	18.6	−18.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3]

2014 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Linden	2,094
	Labour	Ben Hayhurst	2,082
	Labour	Vincent Stops	1,916
	Green	Christopher Venables	751
	Green	George Graham	738
	Green	Alec Rossiter	717
	Liberal Democrats	Reuben Thompson-Wood	240
	Liberal Democrats	James Lyons	202
	Conservative	Heather Whitelaw	190
	Conservative	Fadile Unek	184
	Conservative	Elzbieta Wancowicz	167
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2014 Hackney council elections

Hackney Central ward boundaries from 2002 to 2014

2012 by-election

The by-election took place on 3 May 2012, following the resignation of Alan Laing.^[3]

2012 Hackney Central by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Hayhurst	2,438
	Green	Mustafa Korel	545
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Pearce	394
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	296
Turnout				41.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[4]

2010 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Central

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

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[5]

2006 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samantha Lloyd	1,259	43.3
	Labour	Alan Laing	1,233
	Labour	Vincent Stops	1,061
	Green	Terence Gallagher	598	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Fawkes	543	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Sanders	343
	Liberal Democrats	Reuven Thompson-Wood	320
	Socialist Unity	Janine Booth	260	8.9
	Conservative	Jeanette Frost	246	8.5
	Conservative	Robert Kelsey	229
	Conservative	William Ledger	205
	Socialist Unity	Charles McDonald	161
Turnout				32.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[6]

2002 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samantha Lloyd	1,327
	Labour	Alan Laing	1,149
	Labour	Vincent Stops	1,042
	Green	Simon Grover	415
	Liberal Democrats	John Bird	386
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Smith	379
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Friend	341
	Socialist Alliance	Janine Booth	271
	Conservative	Yosef Potash	127
	CPA	Zola Hargreaves	118
	Conservative	Chaim Vogel	106
	Conservative	Menachem Schtroks	103
Turnout
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)