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 has been little  coverage about [...]

So Alessandra Williams a prospective independent parliamentary candidate for Hackney North & Stoke Newington, resides in leafy, stockbroker belt Reigate Surrey – nowhere close to East London and definitely not in Hackney. While it’s not uncommon for prospective MPs to eye constituencies far from their homes, Hackney Hive, most visitors to this site and I, [...]

Barrister and criminologist,  Alessandra Williams announced in March she would be running,  for what has become Diane Abbott’s very comfy cozy safe seat for 23 years. Ms Williams of Stoke Newington is a single mother of two boys,  a 16 year old and 22 year old.  She has worked in the private, public and voluntary [...]

I caught up with Diane Abbott who was kind enough to spare a few minutes answering some questions for Hackney Hive,  and I’m happy to report  that like me, the  incumbent Hackney North & Stoke Newington Labour MP,  lets off a few F bombs  when needed. 1)  What was the deciding factor that made you run [...]

I figured with just 10 days left until voting day, Matt Sellwood, Green Party parliamentary candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington,  as well as council candidate for Clissold ward,  had outlined all the the Green Parties key issues enough times,  so I cut him some slack and instead asked Matt a few of my [...]

Another Independent candidate has thrown her hat into the ring and is running for Hackney North and Stoke Newington parliamentary seat. Alessandra Williams, a Stoke Newington resident and Barrister is making tackling poverty one of her top priorities.  In her manifesto she sites the links between poor housing, poverty, poor education and crime. Ms Williams who is also [...]

Mail columnist Suzanne Moore has announced her plans to run as an independent in Hackney North and Stoke Newington. The columnist who has also written for the New Statesman, Guardian and the Independent has been very vocal about incumbent MP Diane Abbott, made the announcement to her Twitter followers on Thursday April 9. She’s expected [...]