Stoke Newington Central (ward)

Stoke Newington Central
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
County	Greater London
London borough	Hackney
Created	May 2002
Abolished	May 2014
Named for	Stoke Newington
Government
• Body	Hackney London Borough Council
ONS code	00AMGS
GSS code	E05000247

Stoke Newington Central is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney. It corresponds roughly to Stoke Newington in London, UK and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency of Diane Abbott MP.

The ward returns three councillors to the borough council, with elections every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Rita Krishna, Susan Fajana-Thomas and Louisa Thompson all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 65%; and 5,674 votes were cast.^[1]

In 2001, Stoke Newington Central ward had a total population of 10,143. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.^[2]

Ward results

Stoke Newington Central ward election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Fajana-Thomas	2,471	43.5
	Labour	Louisa Thomson	2,367	41.7
	Labour	Rita Krishna	2,362	41.6
	Green	Anna Hughes	1,649	29.1
	Green	Matthew Hanley	1,641	28.9
	Green	Joe Hulm	1,262	22.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Hodgson	1,077	19.0
	Liberal Democrat	Carl Nicholas	775	13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Scott-Daniels	735	13.0
	Conservative	Richie Benson	379	6.7
	Conservative	Hannah Devoy	358	6.3
	Conservative	Zeynep Karayilan	68	1.2
Majority			713	12.6
Turnout			5,674	65
	Labour hold		Swing

Stoke Newington Central ward by-election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louisa Thomson	1162	47.8
	Green	Matthew Hanley	783	32.2
	Liberal Democrat	Karelia Scott	297	12.2
	Conservative	Patricia Napier	169	7.0
	Direct Democracy	Nusret Sen	20	0.8
Majority			379	15.6
Turnout			2,431	30
	Labour hold		Swing

Stoke Newington Central ward election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Carswell	1,207	45.8
	Labour	Rita Krishna	1,183	44.9
	Labour	Muttalip Unluer	913	34.6
	Green	Jenny Lopez	769	29.2
	Green	Robert Lindsay	708	26.9
	Green	Gordon Hodgson	676	25.6
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Lubbock	448	17.0
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Allen	411	15.6
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Nichols	371	14.1
	Conservative	Joyce Palmer	239	9.1
	Conservative	Lillian Fazzani	223	8.5
	Conservative	Comfort Tawiah	176	6.7
Majority			144	5.5
Turnout			2,636	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Stoke Newington Central ward election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rita Krishna	1,140	47.1
	Labour	James Carswell	1,067	44.1
	Labour	Muttalip Unluer	968	40.0
	Green	Mark Douglas	579	23.9
	Green	Daniel Bates	492	19.1
	Green	Brenda Puech	491	20.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Anderson	369	15.2
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Monro	329	13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Kemp	305	12.6
	Socialist Alliance	Anne McShane	170	7.0
	Conservative	Medlin Lewis-Spencer	158	6.5
	Conservative	James Spencer	147	6.1
	Christian Peoples	Bianca McIntosh	69	2.9
Turnout			2,420	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Council Elections 2010 results - Stoke Newington Central (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

External links

• London Borough of Hackney list of constituencies and councilors
• Labour Party profile of Louisa Thomson
• Labour Party profile of Rita Krishna