King's Park (ward)

King's Park
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
ONS code	00AMGL (2002–2014)
GSS code	E05000241 (2002–2014); E05009379 (2014–present);

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.

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]

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

2018 election

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

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]

2006 election

2002 election

1978–2002

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

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

References

^ "The Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 (2013 No. 2795)" (PDF). 30 October 2013.
^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2000
^ "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ 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
^ 2006 Council Elections results for Kings Park Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
^ London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
^ "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)

External links

[1] "The Hackney (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 (2013 No. 2795)" (PDF). 30 October 2013.

[2022_results-2] Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

[2018_results-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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