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{{Short description|Ward in Hackney, London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name              = Hackney Downs
|constituency_type = electoral ward
|parl_name         = [[Hackney London Borough Council]]
|district_label    = Borough
|district          = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]
|region            = [[Greater London]]
|region_label      = County
|towns             = 
|year              = 2002
|abolished         = 
|members_label     = Councillors
|members           = 3
|previous          = 
|next              = 
|population        = 12,998 (2021)
|electorate        = 9,469 (2022)
|area              = {{convert|1.019|sqkm}}
|image             = {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Hackney Downs (ward) 2014}}|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=245}}
|caption           = Hackney Downs boundaries since 2014
|blank1_name       = [[ONS coding system|ONS code]]
|blank1_info       = 00AMGH (2002–2014)
|blank2_name       = [[GSS coding system|GSS code]]
|blank2_info       = {{ubl|E05000238 (2002–2014)|E05009373 (2014–present)}} 
}}
'''Hackney Downs''' is a ward in the [[London Borough of Hackney]], corresponding roughly to the [[Hackney Downs]] area of [[London]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] and forms part of the [[Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney North and Stoke Newington]] constituency.

It was created for the May 2002 local election. There was previously a Downs ward from 1965 to 1978.

== Hackney council elections since 2014 ==
The ward returns three councillors every four years to Hackney Borough Council. 
===2022 election===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2022 Hackney London Borough Council election]]: Hackney Downs }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Michael Desmond
  |votes      = 1,823
  |percentage =51.3
  |change     =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = [[Sem Moema]]
  |votes      = 1,748
  |percentage =49.2
  |change     =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Alastair Binnie-Lubbock
  |votes      = 1,667
  |percentage =46.9
  |change     =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Anna-Joy Rickard*|votes=1,636|percentage=46.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Bettina Maidment|votes=1,573|percentage=44.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Charlie Norman|votes=1,316|percentage=37.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Agnieszka Cuellar-Bridy|votes=194|percentage=5.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Erika Merguigi|votes=184|percentage=5.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Joanna Wojciechowska|votes=161|percentage=4.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nikodem Mikolajewski|votes=155|percentage=4.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent Network|candidate=Ruth Parkinson|votes=101|percentage=2.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|candidate=Clare Doyle|votes=99|percentage=2.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=40.0|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner     = Green Party of England and Wales
  |loser      = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2018 election===
At the last election, held on 3 May 2018, Michael Desmond, Anna-Joy Rickard and [[Sem Moema]], all [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidates, were returned. Turnout was 39.7%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Borough councillors election 2018 {{!}} Hackney Council|url=https://hackney.gov.uk/councillor-election-2018/#Downs|access-date=2021-06-05|website=hackney.gov.uk}}</ref>
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===2014 election===
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==2002–2014 Hackney council elections==
===2010 election===
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===2006 election===
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===2002 election===
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== Demography ==
In 2001, Hackney Downs ward had a total population of 10,294. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.<ref>[https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100527062813/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/xp-boroughprofile_chapter1.pdf ''LB Hackney Borough Profile''] "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009</ref>

At the 2011 Census, the population of the ward had increased to 12,921.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688745&c=hackney+downs&d=14&e=62&g=6325878&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477128951972&enc=1|title=Hackney Ward population 2011|accessdate=22 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070417060850/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/index.htm/l-mayor-cabinet-councillors/w-wards-list.htm London Borough of Hackney list of constituencies and councillors.]
* [http://hackneydownslabour.blogspot.com/ Hackney Downs Councillors website.]

{{Wards of Hackney}}

[[Category:Wards of the London Borough of Hackney]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in England]]