Elections for London Borough of Hackney Council were held on Thursday 6 May 2010. The whole council was up for election. Hackney is divided into 19 wards, each electing 3 councillors, so a total of 57 seats were up for election.

Summary results At the 2010 council election, Labour won five seats from the Conservatives. These included two in New River; two in Lordship and one in Springfield. A former Green Party seat (in Clissold) was also lost to Labour. The Conservatives remain the largest opposition party with four seats (down from nine in 2006).

The election attracted national attention when, along with some other constituencies in the country, up to 270 people failed to be issued with ballot papers by the deadline of 10pm. This meant that they could not vote, and residents were angry when turned away from polling stations. The Council apologised unreservedly, blaming the high turnout for the problem.Council apologies to 270 voters denied vote (Hackney Gazette) accessed 9 May 2010

Election for Mayor The incumbent, Jules Pipe was elected for his third term as elected mayor of the London Borough of Hackney, at the first ballot, with a majority of 32,545. Results for each candidate Hackney Mayoral Election Results 2010Results for the Mayoral Election on 6 May 2010 (LB Hackney) accessed 8 May 2010 Name Party 1st Preference Votes % 2nd Preference Votes¹ % Final %² Jules Pipe Labour 48,363 51.6 Adrian Turner Lib Dem 15,818 16.9 Andrew Boff Conservative 12,405 13.2 Mischa Borris Green 10,100 10.8 Monty Goldman Communist 2,033 2.2 William Thompson Christian 1,084 1.2

Votes cast: 93,770 Overall Turnout for the Election of Mayor: 58% (34.3% in 2006, 26.34% in 2002) Result: Labour Hold

Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.

Ward results

The ward resultsElection for Members of the Council - ward summary (LB Hackney) accessed 8 May 2010 were as follows: 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

See also 2010 United Kingdom local elections

References

External links Hackney council 2010 results