Posts Tagged ‘elections’
May elections: Everything you need to know to cast your vote
Residents will be selecting councillors, assembly members, and a London mayor on 2 May
Read MoreHackney councillor on final list of 13 candidates vying to become Mayor of London
Dalston representative Zoë Garbett is aiming to be the capital’s first Green mayor on 2 May
Read MoreLabour’s Caroline Woodley elected as Mayor of Hackney
Woodley becomes first woman to land the role in a by-election marked by low turnout
Read MoreMayoral candidates call for Gaza ceasefire at final hustings before tomorrow’s by-election
Two candidates turned up at Premises Studios, with a third represented by a proxy, as residents prepare to vote
Read MoreMayoral candidates tear into council’s new parking charges at motorcyclists’ hustings
Not one of the four candidates in attendance backed the exisiting prices as they laid out their transport plans for the borough
Read MoreLiberal Democrat mayoral hopeful outlines ambitious plan to fix ‘broken housing system’
If elected, Simon de Deney would set up a council house-building firm to create affordable homes
Read MoreSocialist mayoral candidate promises no more cuts as she vows to fight for government funding
TUSC’s Annoesjka Valent also says she will reject mayor’s £89k salary and instead take a ‘worker’s wage’
Read MoreLabour candidate calls mayoralty a ‘platform for great partnerships’ – as she sets out focus on green projects
Caroline Woodley says her cabinet role at the council has taught her how to handle challenges
Read More‘Crippling’ business rates and LTNs are high priorities for Independent mayoral candidate
Peter Smorthit also backs calls to scrap Hackney’s mayoralty as he vows to be a ‘resident for residents’
Read MoreLabour mayoral candidate accused of ‘insulting electorate’ after rejecting hustings invite
Caroline Woodley says her ‘focus is on speaking to as many residents as possible on the doorstep’
Read MoreConservative mayoral candidate will help ‘rip out’ his local LTN if elected – as he vows to scrap traffic scheme
Simche Steinberger, a Springfield ward councillor, also promises a new budget and planning reforms
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor Tom Dewey given 12-month suspended sentence for possessing indecent images of children
Former de Beauvoir ward councillor avoids jail
Read MoreResidents urged to prepare for new voter ID rules being introduced in May
People will be required to show photo ID
Read MoreDe Beauvoir residents hit out at boundary changes that could see them ‘shunted into Islington’
Voters in the ward could be faced with electing politicians in two boroughs
Read More‘Very confusing’: Brownswood residents urged to fight boundary changes that could see them represented by politicians in two different boroughs
Current plans mean residents in the ward will have councillors in Hackney and an MP in Tottenham
Read MoreDe Beauvoir by-election: Labour’s Joe Walker elected after edging out Green candidate by just 27 votes
Walker will join party colleague Polly Billington in representing the ward
Read More‘It degraded me’: Election candidate opens up about ‘horrific’ strip-search following Child Q scandal
TUSC’s Victoria ward hopeful Margaret Trotter calls for police ‘overhaul’
Read MoreLocal and mayoral elections 2022: All the candidates vying for your votes on 5 May
With 57 seats up for grabs in 21 wards, the borough is set for a fierce contest
Read MoreRoll up! Roll up! Join the Great Mayoral Debate: Hackney Citizen to host election hustings
Volunteer Centre Hackney’s CEO Lauren Tobias will be putting a selection of readers’ questions to the candidates next Tuesday from 6.30pm
Read MoreWhat exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office
Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?
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