Local elections 2026: Green party wins majority of seats on Hackney Council
Greens celebrate at the election count. Photograph: James Barnes
The Green party has won a majority of the seats on Hackney Council.
The Conservatives have won two wards: Springfield and Stamford Hill West.
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.
Dalston ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Dalston ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
The turnout was 40.55 per cent.
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.
De Beauvoir ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for De Beauvoir ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
The turnout was 42.26 per cent.
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.
Shacklewell ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Shacklewell ward, 2026. Image: Hackney Citizen
The turnout was 44.00 per cent.
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.
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 Tilde have been elected as councillors for Hackney Central ward.
Castello-Cortes won 2,061 votes, Frazer-Caroll 1,818, whilst Tilde was elected with 1,681 votes.
Labour’s Sheila Suso-Runge has lost her council seat.
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.
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
Hershy Lisser has retained his seat with 1,428 votes, as has Benzion Papier with 1,550 votes.
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 Downs ward
The Greens’ Alastair Binnie-Lubbock held his seat on a vote of 2,668. He is joined by fellow Greens Dylan Law who polled 2,499 votes and Laura Louise-Fairley who won 2,574 votes.
Hackney Downs ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Hackney Downs 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.
Hackney Wick ward results 2026
Percentage vote for the top polling candidate for each party for Hackney Wick 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.
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.
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 Decker, 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.
Woodberry Down ward
Labour cabinet member Sarah Young retained her seat with 1,170 votes.
Florence Cullen of the Green party was elected with 1,128 votes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 council’s composition by party
The 57-seat council is now made up of 42 Green party councillors, 9 Labour and six Conservatives.
The Green party 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.