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2026 Hackney London Borough Council election

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The 2026 Hackney London Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2026, as part of the 2026 United Kingdom local elections. All 57 members of Hackney London Borough Council were elected, with 2026 Hackney mayoral election happening at the same time to determine the council's leader. The election took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs.[1][2]

Quick facts All 57 seats on Hackney London Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
2026 Hackney Council election
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All 57 seats on Hackney London Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Green Labour Conservative
Last election 2 seats, 23.0% 50 seats, 58.9% 5 seats, 10.5%
Seats before 4 44 6
Seats won 42 9 6
Seat change Increase 40 Decrease 41 Increase 1
Popular vote 84,172 69,676 21,748
Percentage 43.1% 35.7% 11.1%
Swing Increase 20.1pp Decrease 23.2pp Increase 0.6pp

Map of the results of the 2026 Hackney London Borough council election. Labour in red, Green in green and Conservatives in blue. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Green

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Prior to the election, the council was under Labour majority control. The election saw Labour lose most of its seats. The Green Party won a majority on the council for the first time, taking 42 of the 57 seats. As well as the Greens winning a majority of the seats, their candidate Zoë Garbett also won the associated mayoral election.[3]

Background

History

Result of the 2022 council election

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.[4]

Since its formation, Hackney has usually been under Labour control except for a period from 1968 to 1971 when it was under Conservative control and from 1998 to 2002 when it was under no overall control. Councillors have mostly been elected from the Labour Party, Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats, and Green Party councillors, but the Liberal Democrats have not had any councillors since 2018. The council is run under a mayoral system, so its leader is the directly elected mayor of Hackney.

Preceding council term

At the 2022 elections, Labour's Philip Glanville had won the mayoralty and the party had also won 50 of the 57 seats on the council. Glanville subsequently resigned as mayor in September 2023 after a photo emerged of him at a social event with an ex-councillor who had been convicted of possessing images of sexual abuse of young children. A by-election for the mayoralty was held in November 2023, which was won by Labour's Caroline Woodley.[5][6] Ian Sharer gained Woodley's council seat for the Conservatives at the subsequent by-election.[7]

In May 2024, three Labour councillors left the party to form the Hackney Independent Socialist Group, or Hackney Independent Socialist Collective.[8][9] Liam Davis (Green) gained Stoke Newington from Labour in a September 2024 by-election.[10] M Can Ozsen became an independent in January 2026.[11]

Electoral process

Hackney, as is the case all other London borough councils, elects all of its councillors at once every four years, with the previous election having taken place in 2022. The election takes place by multi-member first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by two or three councillors. Electors will have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected in their ward, with the top two or three being elected.

Hackney is one of five London councils led by a directly elected mayor; all voters across the borough vote to elect a mayor by first past the post system in addition to voting for their local councillor.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in London aged 18 or over are entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities.[12] Voting in-person at polling stations takes place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters are able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.[12] Hackney is reportedly a top target for the Green Party of England and Wales.[13]

Previous council composition

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After 2022 election Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 50 Labour 43 Green 42
Conservative 5 Conservative 6 Labour 9
Green 2 Green 4 Conservative 6
N/a Hackney Independent Socialist 3
N/a Independent 1
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Results summary

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2026 Hackney London Borough Council election[14]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Green 50 42 40 - Increase 40 73.68 43.09 84,172 Increase 20.09
  Labour 57 9 - 41 Decrease 41 15.79 35.67 69,676 Decrease 23.23
  Conservative 57 5 1 - Increase 1 10.53 11.13 21,746 Increase 0.63
  Liberal Democrats 38 0 - - Steady - 3.73 7,295 Decrease 1.77
  Hackney Independent Socialist 6 0 - - Steady - 2.89 5,649 NEW
  Reform 24 0 - - Steady - 2.57 5,025 NEW
  Independent 8 0 - - Steady - 0.78 1,527 Increase 0.77
  TUSC 5 0 - - Steady - 0.14 272 Decrease 0.36
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Ward results

Brownswood

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Brownswood (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Soraya Adejare 1,554
Green Florence Schechter 1,370
Labour Clare Potter 1152
Labour Mayiata Lahai 896
Liberal Democrats Mark Smulian 170
Conservative Pearce Branigan 160
Reform Michelle Tabone 144
Conservative Weronika Wojciechowska 108
Majority 402
Majority 218
Turnout 6020 45.0 Increase9.7
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Cazenove

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Cazenove (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Charlie Lawrie 1,462 40.2
Conservative Ian David Sharer* 1,409 38.8
Green Emma Neath 1,405 38.6
Conservative Simche Feldman 1,400 38.5
Conservative Hershi Moskovits 1,366 37.5
Labour Rida Oyebade 1,120 30.8
Labour Patrick Pinkerton* 1,036 28.5
Labour Stephen Sartain 817 22.4
Independent Ceren Sagir 389 10.7
Independent Des Barrow 269 7.4
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Shears 148 4.1
Reform Leo Castano 138 3.8
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Muinde 135 3.7
Majority 289
Majority 342
Majority 285
Turnout 41.7 Decrease10.5
Green gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Clissold

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Clissold (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sam Mathys 2,479
Green George Grün 2,185
Labour Rachel Maguire 1,747
Labour Sade Etti* 1,711
Labour Frank Baffour* 1,574
Hackney Independent Socialist Fliss Premru* 1,008
Liberal Democrats Joseph Bell 333
Liberal Democrats Andrew Neadley 264
Conservative Tareke Gregg 245
Conservative Agnieszka Machalewska 207
Reform Shae Cole 181
Conservative Nikodem Mikolajewski 166
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour gain from Hackney Independent Socialist Swing
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Dalston

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Dalston (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Zoë Garbett* 1,862
Green Rachel Nkiessu-Guifo 1,394
Labour Grace Adebayo* 897
Labour John McAreavey 635
Liberal Democrats Brandon Hadwin 140
Conservative Brandon Hullett 102
Reform Uzo Owoh 87
Conservative Jerry Sulaiman 72
Majority 965
Majority 497
Turnout 40.6 Increase2.8
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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De Beauvoir

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De Beauvoir (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gemma Per-Bo 1,198 49.8
Green Paul Anderson 1,157 48.1
Labour Jasmine Martins* 1,055 43.9
Labour Joe Walker* 971 40.4
Reform Emma Hulse 201 8.4
Conservative Million Joseph 201 8.4
Liberal Democrats Shelaine Mitchell 195 8.1
Conservative Shalom Nove 145 6.0
Majority 143
Majority 102
Turnout 42.3 Decrease0.7
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Hackney Central

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Hackney Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Izzy Castello-Cortes 2,061 53.5
Green Pascale Frazer-Carroll 1,818 47.2
Green James Tilden 1,681 43.7
Labour Anna-Joy Rickard 1,295 33.6
Labour Zak Davies-Khan 1,237 32.1
Labour Sheila Suso-Runge* 1,176 30.5
Liberal Democrats Ken Gabbott-Rolph 317 8.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Kellett 294 7.6
Independent Clair Battaglino 242 6.3
Reform Abel Olasunbo 203 5.3
Conservative Ken Brownell 202 5.2
Conservative Eva Feldman 174 4.5
Conservative Joanna Wojciechowska 127 3.3
TUSC Margaret Trotter 73 1.9
TUSC Brian Debus 59 1.5
Majority 766
Majority 581
Majority 444
Turnout 39.5 Increase6.1
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Hackney Downs

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Hackney Downs (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alastair Binnie-Lubbock* 2,668 63.7
Green Laura-Louise Fairley 2,574 61.4
Green Dylan Law 2,499 59.6
Labour Michael Desmond* 1,220 29.1
Labour Michael Gribben 1,016 24.3
Labour Sudenaz Top 995 23.7
Conservative Serhan Bay 200 4.8
Reform Bibi Subratie 176 4.2
Conservative Judith Lisser 173 4.1
Liberal Democrats Les Kelly 168 4.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sadiq 162 3.9
Conservative Keith Smeaton 139 3.3
Majority 1,448
Majority 1,558
Majority 1,504
Turnout 43.7 Increase3.7
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Hackney Wick

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Hackney Wick (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Aaron Briddon 1,750 47.7
Green Tyrone Scott 1,727 47.1
Green Jam Anker 1,636 44.6
Labour Co-op Jessica Webb* 1,406 38.3
Labour Co-op Chris Kennedy* 1,369 37.3
Labour Co-op Joseph Ogundemuren* 1,236 33.7
Reform Syed Muzaffar 228 6.2
Reform Ionica Pop 206 5.6
Liberal Democrats Elechi Mbonye 190 5.2
Conservative Shirin Aiyubi 176 4.8
Conservative Philip Resnick 173 4.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Wenban-Smith 161 4.4
Conservative Paulina Mierzejewska 149 4.1
Majority 344
Majority 358
Majority 230
Turnout 37.6 Increase7.6
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Haggerston

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Haggerston (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Siobhan MacMahon 1,775 46.1
Green Charlene Concepcion 1,772 46.0
Green Nisa Sharif 1,615 41.9
Labour Femi Adekoya 1,467 38.1
Labour Midnight Ross* 1,317 34.2
Labour Jon Narcross* 1,238 32.2
Reform Christine Ball 300 7.8
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Munro 287 7.5
Conservative Monika Mierzejewska 262 6.8
Conservative Nosson Negin 220 5.7
Liberal Democrats Dave Raval 195 5.1
Conservative Bartosz Skonieczny 173 4.5
Majority 308
Majority 455
Majority 377
Turnout 36.6 Increase7.7
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Homerton

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Homerton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Zoe Holman 2,141 59.4
Labour Anna Lynch* 1,592 44.2
Labour Robert Chapman* 1,472 40.9
Labour Guy Nicholson* 1,287 35.7
Hackney Independent Socialist Alana Heaney 893 24.8
Hackney Independent Socialist Heather Mendick 873 24.2
Liberal Democrats Altan Hassan 301 8.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Mance 252 7.0
Conservative Milton Morris 209 5.8
Conservative Obinna Okeke 181 5.0
Reform Anthony Greatorex 143 4.0
Conservative Hristo Todorov 139 3.9
Majority 549
Majority 305
Majority 185
Turnout 40.0 Increase9
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Hoxton East and Shoreditch

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Hoxton East and Shoreditch (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kam Adams* 1,286 45.4
Green Janet Lee 1,176 41.5
Green Mihai Chereji 1,118 39.4
Labour Anya Sizer* 1,103 38.9
Labour Faruk Tinaz 996 35.1
Green Romain Muhammad 969 34.2
Reform Vahid Almasi 225 7.9
Liberal Democrats Cimeon Ellerton-Kay 201 7.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Ivor Friend 178 6.3
Conservative Farhan Jaisin 164 5.8
Conservative Sandy Nkolomoni Mulamba 157 5.5
Conservative Christopher Okocha 154 5.4
TUSC Chris Newby 57 2.0
Majority 110
Majority 122
Majority 149
Turnout 33.6 +9.1
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Hoxton West

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Hoxton West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Nicholas Blincoe 1,207 38.6
Labour Ben Lucas* 1,200 38.4
Green Jas Zavar Crowe 1,187 38.0
Green Dave Carr 1,157 37.0
Labour Carole Williams* 1,169 37.4
Labour Clayeon McKenzie* 1,082 34.6
Reform Paul Kennedy 355 11.4
Conservative Mark Beckett 324 10.4
Conservative Bella Sharer 252 8.1
Liberal Democrats Thierry Levenq 251 8.0
Conservative Miroslawa Dabrowska 242 7.7
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Payne 225 7.2
Majority 7
Majority 18
Majority 5
Turnout 31.8 Increase5.2
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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King's Park

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King's Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Abi Kingston 2,166 53.1
Green Jasmine O'Connor 2,068 50.7
Green Emmanuel Onapa 1,941 47.6
Labour Baran Bayir 1,525 37.4
Labour Sharon Patrick* 1,444 35.4
Labour Lynne Troughton* 1,402 34.4
Reform Paul Clay 217 5.3
Conservative Annette Simpson 203 5.0
Conservative Katarzyna Czyynska 201 4.9
Liberal Democrats Juliette Heather Bigley 151 3.7
Conservative Agnieszka Iwinska 151 3.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Munro 106 2.6
Majority 641
Majority 624
Majority 416
Turnout 42.9 Increase11
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Lea Bridge

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Lea Bridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Antoinette Fernandez 2,684 60.2
Green Bettina Maidment 2,461 55.2
Green Sally Zlotowitz 2,342 52.6
Labour Margaret Gordon* 1,414 31.7
Labour Ian Rathbone* 1,370 30.7
Labour Jennifer Parrillon 1,295 29.0
Conservative Beata Skonieczna 192 4.3
Reform Yehoshua Cymerman 173 3.9
Conservative Bella Weil 174 3.9
Conservative Marcin Skonieczny 154 3.5
Liberal Democrats Lars Wilmar 152 3.4
Liberal Democrats Tony Harms 148 3.3
TUSC James Ivens 83 1.9
Majority 928
Majority 1,091
Majority 928
Turnout 43.5 Increase11.9
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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London Fields

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London Fields (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Brenda Puech 1,872 47.2
Labour Co-op Antoinette Bramble* 1,849 46.6
Green Kwame Otiende 1,756 44.3
Labour Co-op George Gooch 1,362 34.3
Labour Co-op Owen Ramsay 1,287 32.5
Hackney Independent Socialist Sarah Byrne 868 21.9
Independent M Can Ozsen* 422 10.6
Liberal Democrats James Couceiro 256 6.5
Reform Anna Bevan 229 5.8
Conservative Meyer Rapaport 215 5.4
Liberal Democrats Jeff Gabbott-Rolph 183 4.6
Conservative Andrzej Zolnierzak 169 4.3
Conservative Iwona Zolnierzak 137 3.5
Independent Rafie Faruq 130 3.3
Majority 585
Majority 487
Majority 394
Turnout 41.5 Increase8.1
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Shacklewell

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Shacklewell (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ülgen Semerci 1,479 52.5
Green Cathy Troupp 1,361 48.3
Labour Richard Lufkin* 986 35.0
Labour Arzu Demir 936 33.2
Liberal Democrats Mirza Malik 137 4.9
Conservative Christopher Sills 123 4.4
Reform Alex Mak 105 3.7
Conservative Pamela Sills 83 2.9
Majority 493
Majority 375
Turnout 44.0 Increase10
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Springfield

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Springfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simche Steinberger* 1,971 51.8
Conservative Michael Levy* 1,932 50.8
Conservative Shaul Krautwirt 1,858 48.8
Green Anne Whitehead 926 24.3
Green Chaim Babad 908 23.9
Green Boris Knezevic 853 22.4
Labour Bartholomeusz James 569 15.0
Labour Funmi Oni 550 14.5
Labour Russell Foster 541 14.2
Reform Yisroel Leibowitz 249 6.5
Reform Ivon Fleming 183 4.8
Liberal Democrats Jemima Davis 129 3.4
Liberal Democrats Eva Steinhardt 116 3.0
Majority 1,045
Majority 1,024
Majority 932
Turnout 38.0 −2.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Stamford Hill West

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Stamford Hill West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benzion Papier 1,550 52.1
Conservative Hershy Lisser 1,428 48.0
Green Joe Cush 626 21.0
Green Greg Houston 571 19.2
Labour Jonathan England 529 17.8
Labour Adam Tyndall 467 15.7
Reform Aharon Klein 355 11.9
Liberal Democrats John Hodgson 62 2.1
Liberal Democrats Neel Kulkarni 44 1.5
Independent Khuram Hussain 24 0.8
Independent Yousaf Khan Hussain 23 0.8
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Stoke Newington

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Stoke Newington (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jacob Cable 2,644 53.8
Green Ifhat Shaheen 2,351 47.8
Green Reiner Tegtmeyer 2,286 46.5
Labour Susan Fajana-Thomas* 1,859 37.8
Labour Louis Burg 1,823 37.1
Labour Gilbert Smyth* 1,784 36.3
Liberal Democrats Simon De Deney 239 4.9
Conservative Pauline Levy 238 4.8
Conservative Oliver Middleton 202 4.1
Liberal Democrats Thrusie Maurseth-Cahill 188 3.8
Reform Charlton Richard Otto 181 3.7
Conservative Agnieszka Wypych 150 3.1
Majority 785
Majority 528
Majority 427
Turnout 48.1 Increase9.5
Green hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Victoria

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Victoria (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rolf Dekker 2,090 61.0
Labour Joanna Sumner 1,696 49.5
Labour Daniel Rea 1,493 43.6
Labour Andy Farrell 1,446 42.2
Hackney Independent Socialist Penny Wrout* 1,010 29.5
Hackney Independent Socialist Claudia Turbet-Delof* 997 29.1
Liberal Democrats Heather James 290 8.5
Reform Chloe Edwards 287 8.4
Conservative Alison Brownell 279 8.1
Liberal Democrats Frederick Gotts 253 7.4
Conservative Alexander Dawson 247 7.2
Conservative Almog Adir 186 5.4
Majority 594
Majority 203
Majority 47
Turnout 42.3 +9.3
Green gain from Labour Swing
Labour gain from Hackney Independent Socialist Swing
Labour gain from Hackney Independent Socialist Swing
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Woodberry Down

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Woodberry Down (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Young* 1,170 40.2 Decrease18.7
Green Florence Cullen Davies 1,128 38.7 Increase 16.3
Labour Sam Pallis 1,109 38.1 Decrease 33.3
Green Esther Jones Russell 1,062 36.5 Increase14.8
Reform David Grosz 251 8.6 N/A
Reform Moty Moskovitz 208 7.1 N/A
Conservative Harry Thomas 183 6.3 Decrease7.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hubert Chojnicki 154 5.3 N/A
Conservative Katarzyna Wanat 151 5.2 Decrease6.6
Liberal Democrats Georgy Mordokhov 120 4.1 N/A
Independent Senthil Kumar Thangavelu 28 1.0 N/A
Majority 42
Majority 19
Turnout 38.0 Increase8
Labour hold Swing 17.4
Green gain from Labour Swing 17.4
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By-elections

Dalston

Following her election as Mayor of Hackney in the 2026 mayoral election, Zoë Garbett did not take up her seat as councillor for Dalston ward. Under section 71 of the Local Government Act 2000, a person may not simultaneously hold the offices of elected mayor and councillor within the same local authority, resulting in a vacancy in the ward and the triggering of a by-election.[15][16]

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Dalston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Manal Massalha 549 57.7 +21.8
Labour Grace Adebayo 342 36.0 +18.7
Reform Ivon Fleming 26 2.7 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Munro 24 2.5 −0.2
Conservative Jerry Sulaiman 10 1.1 −0.9
Majority 207 21.8 −758
Turnout 951 13.81 −26.79
Green hold Swing
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Hackney Central

James Tilden, elected as a Green councillor for Hackney Central in 2026, did not take up his seat after it emerged that he was employed as a teacher at a Hackney community school, making him legally an employee of Hackney Council and therefore disqualified from serving as a councillor for the same authority under section 80(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.[17][18]

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Hackney Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Noah Birkstead-Breen 676 45.2 +1.0
Labour Sheila Suso-Runge 624 41.8 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Ken Gabbott-Rolph 83 5.6 −2.6
Reform Vahid Almasi 59 3.9 N/A
Conservative Serhan Bay 49 3.3 −1.9
Majority 52 3.5 −762
Turnout 1,496 15.16 −24.34
Green hold Swing
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