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Hackney Mayor, Jules Pipe Elected As New Chair of London Councils

Hackney Mayor, Jules Pipe Elected As New Chair of London Councils

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Mayor Jules Pipe was elected as the new chair of London Councils today, Tuesday 8 June. He was voted into the position by a meeting of borough leaders. The first directly elected mayor of Hackney, Pipe was elected mayor for a third term last month. He is currently one of…

Diane Abbott Enters Labour Leadership Race

Diane Abbott Enters Labour Leadership Race

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Hackney North & Stoke Newington MP Diane Abbott, has announced her intention to run as labour leader during an interview with BBC Radio 4′s Today programme this morning. A Cambridge graduate, Abbott 57, became the UK’s first black female MP in 1987. The 6th person to throw her hat in…

Hackney Council To Probe Election Day Fiasco

Hackney Council To Probe Election Day Fiasco

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Hackney council is to carry out it’s own review into what went wrong on election night, at several polling stations on 6 May. The decision comes after the Electoral Commission announced it would be investigating why people were turned away or locked out of polling stations across the country. Results…

Hackney South & Shoreditch Election Results

Hackney South & Shoreditch Election Results

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DAVIES PAUL Communist League    110 DE LA HAYE    Denny Independent    95 HILLIER    Meg Labour    23,888 KING    Michael John UK Independence Party    651 LANE    Polly    Green 1,493 NAYYAR    Simon Naresh Conservatives    5,800 RAE    Ben    The Liberal Party 539 RAVAL    Dave Liberal Democrats    9,600 SEN    Nusret Direct Democracy (Communist) Party    202 SPINKS  …

Hackney North & Stoke Newington ElectionResults

Hackney North & Stoke Newington ElectionResults

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After a very eventful election night, the much anticipated results have been declared. Labours Diane Abbott has been relected to serve again. ABBOTT Diane Julie Labour 25,553 ANGUS Keith Liberal Democrats 11,092 CAPLAN Darren Spencer Conservatives 6,759 HARGREAVES Maxine The Christian Party 299 KNAPP Knigel Monster Raving Loony William Hill…

Hackney Still Waits – Results Not Expected Until End of Day

Hackney Still Waits – Results Not Expected Until End of Day

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After a night of confusion and disappoinment when hundreds of angry voters were turned away from various polling stations across Hackney, the borough still awaits results of yesterdays parliamentary and council elections. Although promised results this morning, it is understood that counting had not even began at 10 am. A spokesperson for…

Hackney – The Best Democracy One Can Stifle

Hackney – The Best Democracy One Can Stifle

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Yesterday we reported The Hackney Citizen had broken a story of what seemed like an attempt by Hackney council to mislead people into thinking there was no Conservative party member contesting the Hackney mayoral seat. Today, they are reporting the council are demanding Hackney Citizen remove the audio link of …

Hackney Voters – The Final Count Down

Hackney Voters – The Final Count Down

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It’s still not too late to cast your vote, if you are registered to vote.   Polling stations are open until 10pm tonight. Your polling stations location will be on your election poll card.  If you do not have one,  call 0208 356 3000  for your location. Results for the Parliamentary…

The Great Hackney Swindle – Voting Irregularities At Hackney Town Hall?

The Great Hackney Swindle – Voting Irregularities At Hackney Town Hall?

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Employees at Hackney council have been telling callers that there is no Conservative candidate, standing for Mayor of Hackney in the coming elections, this according to the Hackney Citizen and Andrew Boff. The Conservative Mayoral candidates attention, was brought to this issue by ‘concerned residents’.  Only last month, Boff was…

Parliamentary Candidate Alessandra Williams – How As An Outsider She Can Effect Change

Parliamentary Candidate Alessandra Williams – How As An Outsider She Can Effect Change

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Unlike some of the other candidates contesting the Hackney North & Stoke Newington Parliamentary seat,  Alessandra Williams was not a name most people in Hackney were familiar with when she announced she would be contesting the parliamentary seat. Other than her tweets on Twitter and her face book messages,  there…

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