Chatham (ward)

Population13,232 (2011)

Electorate8,781 (2010)

Chatham
Former electoral ward for the Hackney London Borough Council
Chatham ward boundaries from 2002 to 2014
Borough	Hackney
County	Greater London
Population	13,232 (2011)
Electorate	8,781 (2010)
Area	0.9075 square kilometres (0.3504 sq mi)
Former electoral ward
Created	1965
Abolished	2014
Replaced by	Homerton, King's Park, Lea Bridge
ONS code	00AMGC (2002–2014)
GSS code	E05000233 (2002–2014)

Chatham was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney from 1965 to 2014. It formed part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 13,232.^[1] For the May 2014 election, the ward was replaced by a new Homerton ward, with some sections going to Lea Bridge ward and Hackney Wick ward.

2010 election

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2002. The ward returned three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with an election every four years. In 2001, Chatham ward had a total population of 10,722. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.^[2]

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[3]

2010 Hackney London Borough Council election: Chatham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Guy Nicholson	2,738	55.0
	Labour	Sally Mulready	2,605
	Labour	Luke Akehurst	2,591
	Liberal Democrats	Mahfuzur Rahman	901	18.1
	Green	Polly Lane	799	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Seydali	789
	Conservative	Ben Mascall	539	10.8
	Green	Cedric Knight	518
	Green	John Devaney	495
	Conservative	Carl McClean	437
	Conservative	Lornette Spencer	357
Turnout			4,771	54
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Hackney London Borough Council election: Chatham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Nicholson	1,108	45.8
	Labour	Sally Mulready	1,108
	Labour	Luke Akehurst	1,005
	Green	Mark Douglas	512	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Green	402	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McCairn	323
	Conservative	Yann Leclercq	215	8.9
	Conservative	Harold Symons	213
	Conservative	Bixby Palmer	187
	Christian	Olumide Awobowale	184	7.6
	Christian	Coral Thompson	125
	Christian	William Thompson	98
Turnout				29.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. G. H. Millen	Uncontested
	Labour	R. E. Owen	Uncontested
	Labour	P. G. Sylvester	Uncontested
Turnout			n/a	n/a
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Hackney
1965	Brownswood Chatham Clissold Dalston De Beauvoir Defoe Downs Haggerston Kingsmead Leabridge Moorfields New River Northfield Northwold Queensbridge Rectory Springfield Victoria Wenlock Wick
1978	Brownswood Chatham Clissold Dalston De Beauvoir Eastdown Haggerston Homerton Kings Park Leabridge Moorfields New River North Defoe Northfield Northwold Queensbridge Rectory South Defoe Springfield Victoria Wenlock Westdown Wick
2002	Brownswood Cazenove Chatham Clissold Dalston De Beauvoir Hackney Central Hackney Downs Haggerston Hoxton King's Park Leabridge Lordship New River Queensbridge Springfield Stoke Newington Central Victoria Wick
2014	Brownswood Cazenove Clissold Dalston De Beauvoir Hackney Central Hackney Downs Hackney Wick Haggerston Homerton Hoxton East and Shoreditch Hoxton West King's Park Lea Bridge London Fields Shacklewell Springfield Stamford Hill West Stoke Newington Victoria Woodberry Down

2010 election

2006 election

2002 election

1978–2002

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1965–1978

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

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