King's Park (from May 1978 to May 2002 Kings Park) is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. The ward is subject to minor boundary changes taking place in May 2014. It returns three councillors.

King's Park
Coordinates: 51°33′22″N 0°02′10″W / 51.556°N 0.036°W / 51.556; -0.036
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionLondon
CountyGreater London
London boroughHackney
CreatedMay 1978
Government
 • BodyHackney London Borough Council

From 2014 edit

Hackney wards are redrawn from May 2014.[1] The new King's Park ward is mostly unchanged, expanding to the southwest to take in part of the abolished Chatham ward. It has an allocation of three councillors.

2022 election edit

The election took place on 5 May 2022.[2]

2022 Hackney London Borough Council election: King's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Patrick 1,948
Labour Lynne Troughton 1,739
Labour Ali Sadek 1,726
Green Josephine Wilby 931
Green Peter Jones 682
Green Donell Walter 604
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2021 by-election edit

2018 election edit

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

2018 Hackney London Borough Council election: King's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Patrick 2,325
Labour Tom Rahilly 2,213
Labour Rebecca Rennison 2,017
Green Zoe Oates 486
Green James Morgan 472
Green Alex Oates 373
Conservative Yusuf Lunat 203
Liberal Democrats Joe Bell 194
Conservative Lumumba Morgan 171
Liberal Democrats Sebastian Bayer 144
Conservative Winifred Saunders 124
Liberal Democrats John Hodgson 116
Independent Vernon Williams 91
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election edit

2002–2014 edit

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2002 and a new King's Park ward was created.[4]

The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with an election every four years. King's Park ward has a total population of 10,923, increasing to 11,098 at the 2011 Census.[5] This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[6]

2010 election edit

At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Julius Asabgwiy Nkafu, Sharon Patrick, and Saleem Siddiqui all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 58%; with 4,346 votes cast.[7]

2006 election edit

2002 election edit

1978–2002 edit

Kings Park ward was created for the 1978 local elections,[8] with an electorate of 4,373.[9]

1998 election edit

1994 election edit

1990 election edit

1986 election edit

1982 election edit

1978 election edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 (2013 No. 2795)" (PDF). 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  3. ^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2000
  5. ^ "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ^ LB Hackney Borough Profile[permanent dead link] "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009
  7. ^ 2006 Council Elections results for Kings Park Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
  8. ^ London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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