Queensbridge (ward)

Queensbridge
Electoral ward
Coordinates: 51°32′20″N 0°03′50″W / 51.539°N 0.064°W / 51.539; -0.064Coordinates: 51°32′20″N 0°03′50″W / 51.539°N 0.064°W / 51.539; -0.064
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 00AMGQ
GSS code E05000245

Queensbridge was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney, forming part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

The ward, renamed London Fields as of the 2014 local elections, returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the election on 6 May 2010, Emma Plouviez, Tom Price, and Patrick Vernon, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 58%; with 5,360 votes cast.[1]

In 2001, Queensbridge ward had a total population of 10,165. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[2]

The ward is part of the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, and includes London Fields and Broadway Market.[3]

References

  1. 2010 election results - Queensbridge (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
  2. 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
  3. A Profile of Queensbridge Ward, Hackney Council. Retrieved 2011-10-12.

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