Thursday 6 May: General and local elections for Hackney voters

Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street

Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street

In one month’s time Hackney voters will be deciding which candidates have the ‘X factor’ in our local, mayoral and general elections.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced this morning that the General Election will take place on Thursday 6 May – the same date that Hackney Council is holding elections for 57 local ward councillors’ seats and that of the directly elected Mayor.

Register to vote before Tuesday 20 April.

Find out about the candidates – please note these lists will be updated on an ongoing basis.

Hackney mayoral candidates

Parliamentary candidates for Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Parliamentary candidates for Hackney South and Shoreditch

If you don’t know your parliamentary constituency, you can find out on the Electoral Commission website.

You might also be interested in having a look at the Democracy Club website which is gathering information about local issues and parliamentary candidates in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch constituencies.