Local elections 2026: Green party wins majority of seats on Hackney Council
Greens celebrate at the election count. Photograph: James Barnes
The local elections have resulted in an epic landslide victory for the Green party, which now has 42 councillors (up from four) and controls three quarters of the 57 seats on Hackney Council.
This leaves the Labour party with just nine councillors (down from 43) and the Conservatives with six.
Here are the the results by ward:
Dalston ward
Newly-elected mayor Zoë Garbett has been re-elected as a councillor for Dalston ward with 1,862 votes.
This is likely to lead to a council ward by-election.
She is joined by Green Rachel Nkiessu-Guifo who has also been elected as a Dalston ward councillor with 1,394 votes.
Labour’s Grace Adebayo has lost her council seat.
The turnout was 40.55 per cent.
Dalston ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Dalston ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
De Beauvoir ward
Paul Anderson has been elected as a Green party councillor for De Beauvoir ward with 1,157 votes, along with Gemma Per-Bo who garnered 1,198 votes.
The Labour party’s Jasmine Martins and Joe Walker have lost their council seats.
The turnout was 42.26 per cent.
De Beauvoir ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for De Beauvoir ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Shacklewell ward
The Green party’s Ulgen Semerci and Cathy Troupp have been elected as councillors for Shacklewell ward.
Semerci won 1,479 votes whilst Troupp gained 1,361.
Labour’s Richard Lufkin has lost his council seat.
The turnout was 44.00 per cent.
Shacklewell ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Shacklewell ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Brownswood ward
Soraya Adejare has been elected as a Green party councillor for Brownswood ward with 1,554 votes, along with Florence Schechter who gained 1,370 votes.
Prior to this election, Adejare was a Labour councillor who was deselected by the party. She then defected before the election and then stood as a candidate for the Green party.
She increased her vote from 1,323 in 2022 to 1,554 in 2026.
The turnout was 45.01 per cent.
Brownswood ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Brownswood ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Hackney Central ward
The Green party’s Izzy Castello-Cortes, Pascale Frazer-Carroll and James Tilden have been elected as councillors for Hackney Central ward.
Castello-Cortes won 2,061 votes, Frazer-Caroll 1,818, whilst Tilden was elected with 1,681 votes.
Labour’s Sheila Suso-Runge has lost her council seat.
The turnout was 39.53 per cent.
Hackney Central ward results 2026.
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Hackney Central ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Springfield ward
All three Conservative party councillors have been re-elected for Springfield ward.
Simche Steinberger retained his seat with 1,971 votes, along with Michael Levy with 1,932 votes and Shaul Krautwirt with 1,858 votes.
The turnout was 38.03 per cent.
Springfield ward election results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Springfield ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Stamford Hill West ward
Both Conservative party candidates have been re-elected.
Hershy Lisser has retained his seat with 1,428 votes, as has Benzion Papier with 1,550 votes.
The turnout was 46.29 per cent.
Stamford Hill West ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Stamford Hill West ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Hackney Wick ward
In Hackney Wick ward, the Greens have also unseated Labour, including cabinet member Chris Kennedy.
Winning Green include Aaron Briddon who won 1,750 votes, Tyrone Scott on 1,727 votes, and Jam Anker with a vote of 1,636.
The turnout was 37.64 per cent.
Hackney Wick ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Hackney Wick ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Hackney Downs ward
The Greens’ Alastair Binnie-Lubbock held his seat on a vote of 2,668. He is joined by fellow Green Dylan Law who polled 2,499 votes and Laura Louise-Fairley who won 2,574 votes.
The turnout was 43.67 per cent.
Hackney Downs ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Hackney Downs ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Stoke Newington ward
Greens have also taken all three seats in Stoke Newington ward. The winning candidates are Jacob Cable with 2,644 votes, Ifhat Shaheen with 2,351 votes and Reiner Tegtmeyer with 2,286.
Susan Fajana-Thomas is one of two cabinet members to lose her seat.
The turnout was 48.12 per cent.
Stoke Newington ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Stoke Newington ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Homerton ward
Labour cabinet member Robert Chapman has retained his seat with 1,472 votes. His colleague Anna Lynch has also held her seat for Labour with 1,592 votes.
However, Labour cabinet member Guy Nicholson has lost his seat to the Green party’s Zoë Holman who polled 2,141 votes.
The turnout was 39.96 per cent.
Homerton ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Homerton ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Hoxton West ward
Two Greens were elected to Hoxton West ward: Nicholas Blincoe with 1,207 votes and Jas Crowe with 1,187 votes.
Also elected was Labour incumbent Ben Lucas with 1,200 votes.
Labour cabinet member Carole Williams has lost her seat.
The turnout was 31.76 per cent.
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Hoxton West ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Victoria ward
The Labour party has won two of the three council seats in Victoria ward.
Labour’s Joanna Sumner polled 1,696 votes and Daniel Rea won 1,493 votes.
One Green, Rolf Dekker, has also been elected with the highest vote total of 2,090 votes.
The incumbents Penny Wrout and Claudia Turbet-Delof of the Hackney Independent Socialist Collective both lost their seats.
The turnout was 42.33 per cent.
Victoria ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Victoria ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Woodberry Down ward
Labour cabinet member Sarah Young retained her seat with 1,170 votes.
Florence Cullen Davies of the Green party was elected with 1,128 votes.
The turnout was 38.04 per cent.
Woodberry Down ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Woodberry Down ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
London Fields ward
Labour cabinet member Anntoinette Bramble has retained her seat with 1,849 votes.
The other two seats in the ward have been won by Green party candidates Brenda Puech, with 1,872 votes, and Kwame Otiende with 1,756.
The turnout was 43.44 per cent.
London Fields ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for London Fields ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Hoxton East and Shoreditch
Labour’s Kam Adams has retained his seat on 1,286 votes.
The other two seats in Hoxton East and Shoreditch have been won by Greens Mihai Chereji with 1,118 votes and Janet Lee with 1,176 votes.
Labour cabinet member Anya Sizer and Labour councillor Faruk Tinaz lost their seats.
Reform UK mayoral candidate Vahid Almasi garnered 255 votes.
The turnout was 33.56 per cent.
Hoxton East and Shoreditch ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Hoxton East ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
King’s Park ward
Greens have swept all three seats in King’s Park: Abi Kingston won 2,166 votes. Jasmine O’Connor won 2,068 votes and Emmanuel Onapa polled 1,941.
Labour incumbents Sharon Patrick and Lynne Troughton lost their seats.
The turnout was 42.89 per cent.
King’s Park ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for King’s Park ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Haggerston ward
The Green party has taken all three seats in Haggerston.
Charlene Concepcion won 1,772 votes, Siobhan McMahon gained 1,775 votes whilst Nisa Sharif polled 1,615 votes.
Former Labour councillors Jon Narcross and Midnight Ross lost their seats.
The turnout was 36.64 per cent.
Haggerston ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Haggerston ward, 2026
Lea Bridge ward
The Greens have won all three seats in Lea Bridge ward.
Antoinette Fernandez polled 2,684 votes, whilst Bettina Maidment was elected with 2,461 votes and Sally Zlotowitz won 2,342 votes.
Incumbent Labour party councillors Ian Rathbone and Margaret Gordon lost their seats.
The turnout was 43.47 per cent.
Lea Bridge ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Lea Bridge ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Cazenove ward
Following several recounts of the votes, Ian Sharer was re-elected as a Conservative councillor with 1,409 votes.
In addition, two Greens were elected: Charlie Lawrie with 1,462 votes and Emma Neath with 1,405 votes.
Labour incumbent Patrick Pinkerton lost his seat.
The turnout was 41.65 per cent.
Cazenove ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Cazenove ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
Clissold ward
After several recounts of the votes, the Green party has won two seats in Clissold ward.
The Greens’ Sam Mathys was elected with 2,479 votes and George Grün with 2,185.
Labour has won one seat, with its candidate Rachel Maguire polling 1,747.
The turnout was 46.63 per cent.
Clissold ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Clissold ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
The council’s composition by party
The 57-seat council is now made up of 42 Green party councillors, nine Labour and six Conservatives.
The Green party also won the mayoralty, with its candidate Zoë Garbett gaining 35,720 votes.
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James Barnes and Patrick Cardwell reported for the Citizen live from the election count.
I voted for Zoe garbett after meeting her at an Easter lunch this year. This my first time ever not voting for Labour Party candidate. Because I believe Zoe is genuine it what she promises to do for Hackney and its residents. Now only time will tell !
Labour did seem a bit half hearted in their campaign. Possibly arrogance. Possibly members not buying into the Starmer project. The Greens were more gung ho.
It’s a new day in Kings Park
Fantastic news all round. Zoe is a terrific communicator: empathetic, astute and endlessly proactive on behalf of the local community and on global issues too.Year long, the Greens have been visible, articulate, energised and creatively present throughout the borough. A well deserved sweep of the boards!
The sign is loud and clear. Am not a single party voter, but feel that some of our local Labour councillors, who worked tirelessly for our community, were very hard done by and are scapegoats for poor labour communication and decision making at the helm of the national party.
Let’s hope the new guard will bring its community together and have the best for all residents at heart, i.e. do ‘realo’ politics at its best, rather than fundamentalism. Would love an even more sustainable borough. Very concerned about populist economic literacy.
Heartiest congratulations to the residents of Hackney for ridding us of this boot licking Starmerite Council (despite a few particularly egregious in that respect survivors notably Sarah Young and Antoinette Bramble) also, I am sorry that the independents who stood up to Starmer on our behalf failed to get elected I hope that their policy of making the council truly accountable to those they serve ie the residents will be heeded by this new intake if they wish to avoid Labour’s fate at the next election.
Let’s see how the Greens use their big majority in provide better services to their constituents. Will they improve housing repairs on the council estates, what will they do to improve social services and our parks. How will they cope with parking and traffic problems. How will they negotiate with the councils unions and the Tenants Associations They certainly have their work cut out.
I voted Green having been the 4th generation of Labour voters who has finally decided enough is enough. Starmer and Co have taken Labour from bad to worse, I continued because Meg Hillier and Diane Abbot were my locals but in all honesty dont know why they stuck around after the party did what it did to Corbyn. I voted Green and hope they will fill the gap because Labour are now Tory wannabes and Reform are a pale imitation of the Trump regime.
Absolutely moronic. Imagine swapping accounts of experienced councilors with a bunch of amateurs a lot of who I’ve never actually had a real job. Councils like countries have to run like businesses. It’s only a matter of time before these sloganeering Muppets bankrupt it. None of them even know what a woman is. The electorate just drove Hackney over the edge of a cliff and the new boys and girls (and they-thems) are about to discover just how hard it is to run a council and represent the people who voted for you — and those who didn’t. Disaster won’t be far behind.
I’ve always voted Labour
This election was a dilemma- totally disillusioned with Labour at National level and wanted to give them a bloody nose but aware that Labour do a lot of good at a local level in Hackney.
It’s a shame that some good and experienced councilors lost their seats but Labour hierarchy were simply too arrogant to get the message that they’ve alienated voters across the spectrum.
Greens had a clear stance. Yes some are inexperienced but I feel positive about giving a new guard a chance to prove themselves…
Dread to think what the new housing policy will manifest. So many estates are barely fit for purpose and clearly signify the more dangerous parts of the borough, with new build social housing continuing that trend of being eye-sores only now bolstered by overpriced private elements that make the developments viable for developers. This is a congested and increasingly unsavoury place to live, full of monied itinerant social tourists, gleaning some of the cool before they move on, or run-down and neglected spots that negatively encroach on any parts of real quality of living.
Plocies that focus on the basics of cleaning and clearing the roads, visible policy and crime prevention, cycling improvements, intelligent licensing of the nightlife and artistic economies that made this place attractive to move to in the past 30 years, are the only ways to serve those that call the borough home.