Elections to
Hackney London Borough Council
Hackney London Borough Council is the local government authority for the London Borough of Hackney, London, England, one of 32 London borough councils. The council is unusual in the United Kingdom local government system in that its executive fun ...
took place on 3 May 2018.
This was on the same day as other
local elections
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.
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
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, for a net gain of two seats.
The
Green Party of England and Wales
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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
Ward results
Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.
Brownswood
Cazenove
Clissold
Dalston
De Beauvoir
Hackney Central
Hackney Downs
Hackney Wick
Haggerston
Homerton
Hoxton East & Shoreditch
Hoxton West
King's Park
Lea Bridge
London Fields
Shacklewell
Springfield
Stamford Hill West
Stoke Newington
Victoria
Woodberry Down
By-elections
Hoxton East and Shoreditch
King's Park
Stamford Hill West
Woodberry Down
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2018
Hackney
Council elections in the London Borough of Hackney