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
Electoral ward for the Hackney London Borough Council
Hackney Downs boundaries since 2014
Borough	Hackney
County	Greater London
Population	12,998 (2021)
Electorate	9,469 (2022)
Area	1.019 square kilometres (0.393 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Councillors	3
ONS code	00AMGH (2002–2014)
GSS code	E05000238 (2002–2014) E05009373 (2014–present)

It was created for the May, 2002 local election. There was previously a Downs ward from 1965 to 1978.

Hackney council elections since 2014

The ward returns three councillors every four years to Hackney Borough Council.

2022 election

2022 Hackney London Borough Council election: Hackney Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Desmond	1,823	51.3
	Labour	Sem Moema	1,748	49.2
	Green	Alastair Binnie-Lubbock	1,667	46.9
	Labour	Anna-Joy Rickard*	1,636	46.1
	Green	Bettina Maidment	1,573	44.3
	Green	Charlie Norman	1,316	37.0
	Conservative	Agnieszka Cuellar-Bridy	194	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Erika Merguigi	184	5.2
	Conservative	Joanna Wojciechowska	161	4.5
	Conservative	Nikodem Mikolajewski	155	4.4
	Ind. Network	Ruth Parkinson	101	2.8
	TUSC	Clare Doyle	99	2.8
Turnout				40.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

2018 election

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]

2014 election

2002–2014 Hackney council elections

2010 election

2006 election

2002 election

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]