Chatham (ward)

Chatham
Electoral ward
Coordinates: 51°32′49″N 0°02′53″W / 51.547°N 0.048°W / 51.547; -0.048Coordinates: 51°32′49″N 0°02′53″W / 51.547°N 0.048°W / 51.547; -0.048
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Hackney
Created	1 April 1965
Abolished	May 2014
Government
• Body	Hackney London Borough Council
ONS code	00AMGC
GSS code	E05000233

Chatham is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

1965–1978

Chatham ward has existed since the creation of the London Borough of Hackney on 1 April 1965. It was first used in the 1964 elections, with an electorate of 8,952, returning three councillors.^[1]

1978–2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 1978.^[2]

2002–2014

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2002.

The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the last local election on 6 May 2010, Luke Akehurst, Sally Mulready, and Guy Nicholson, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 54%; with 4,771 votes cast.^[3]

In 2001, Chatham ward had a total population of 10,722. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.^[4]

From the May 2014 election the ward is replaced by a new Homerton ward with some sections going to Lea Bridge ward and Hackney Wick ward.

References

↑ http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/LBCE_1964-5-7.pdf
↑ London Borough of Hackney (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ Council Elections 2010 results - Chatham (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
↑ LB Hackney Borough Profile "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009

External links

Wards of Hackney

April 1965 – May 1978	Brownswood Chatham Clissold Dalston De Beauvoir Defoe Downs Haggerston Kingsmead Leabridge Moorfields New River Northfield Northwold Queensbridge Rectory Springfield Victoria Wenlock Wick

May 1978 – May 2002	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

May 2002 – May 2014	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

From May 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

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