King's Park (ward)
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Hackney London Borough Council | |
 King's Park ward boundaries since 2014 | |
| Borough | Hackney |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 13,061 (2021) |
| Electorate | 9,322 (2022) |
| Area | 1.924 square kilometres (0.743 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 1965 |
| Number of members | 3 |
| Councillors |
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| ONS code | 00AMGL (2002–2014) |
| GSS code |
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From 2014
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
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[2]
| 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
2018 election
The election took place on 3 May 2018.[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
2002–2014
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
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]