# 2006 Hackney London Borough Council election

Elections for London Borough of Hackney Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election. Hackney is divided into 19 wards, each electing three councillors, so a total of 57 seats were up for election.

## Election results

Hackney Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77.2 | 40.5 | 20,304 | 1.1 |
| Conservative | 9 | 0 | 0 | | 15.8 | 17.1 | 8,563 | 1.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 5.3 | 16.3 | 8,181 | 5.0 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.8 | 20.6 | 10,340 | 5.7 |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1,291 | New |
| Hackney Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.2 | 616 | 0.1 |
| Socialist Unity | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 260 | New |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 190 | 0.1 |
| Christian | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 184 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 167 | 1.7 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 51 | 0.5 |

## Election for Mayor

In a system with second preference being also decided by the Electorate, the Mayor was comfortably re-elected with a majority of over 15,000.
Results for each candidate
Hackney Mayoral Election Results 2006 :
| Name | Party | 1st Preference Votes | % | 2nd Preference Votes¹ | % | Final | %² |
| Jules Pipe | Labour | 20,830 | 46.9 | 3,403 | ? | 24,233 | 73.4 |
| Andrew Boff | Conservative | 7,454 | 16.8 | 1,331 | ? | 8,785 | 26.6 |
| Matthew Penhaligon | Lib Dem | 4,882 | 11.0 | ? | ? | N/A | |
| Mima Bone | Green | 4,683 | 10.5 | ? | ? | N/A | |
| Hettie Peters | Independent | 2,907 | 6.5 | ? | ? | N/A | |
| Dean Ryan | RESPECT | 2,800 | 6.3 | ? | ? | N/A | |
| Monty Goldman | Communist | 896 | 2.0 | ? | ? | N/A | |
¹Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.
²Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.
Turnout for the Election of Mayor: 34.3% (26.34% in the previous election in 2002)
Mayor Jules Pipe's response to re-election

## Ward results
### Brownswood

Brownswood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian Bell | 977 | 41.7 |
| | Labour | Darren Parker | 824 | |
| | Labour | Feryat Demirci | 808 | |
| | Green | Gordon Edge | 561 | 23.9 |
| | Green | Peter Lang | 560 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Warner | 469 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheonaidh Cumming | 410 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Smulian | 378 | |
| | Conservative | Glenda Aussenberg | 336 | 14.3 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Mahon | 324 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Donoghue | 313 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Cazenove

Cazenove (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawood Akhoon | 1,198 | 38.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Sharer | 1,113 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Stauber | 948 | |
| | Labour | Mohamed Zina | 909 | 29.5 |
| | Labour | Oliver De Botton | 808 | |
| | Labour | Benjamin Plant | 787 | |
| | Green | Mima Bone | 477 | 15.5 |
| | Green | Leo Beattie | 367 | |
| | Green | Yen Chong | 352 | |
| | Respect | Gillian George | 330 | 10.7 |
| | Respect | Kenneth Muller | 238 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Ballingall | 172 | 5.6 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Rees | 154 | |
| | Conservative | Sheena Ballingall | 150 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Chatham

Chatham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Nicholson | 1,108 | 45.8 |
| | Labour | Sally Mulready | 1,108 | |
| | Labour | Luke Akehurst | 1,005 | |
| | Green | Mark Douglas | 512 | 21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glyn Green | 402 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael McCairn | 323 | |
| | Conservative | Yann Leclercq | 215 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | Harold Symons | 213 | |
| | Conservative | Bixby Palmer | 187 | |
| | Christian | Olumide Awobowale | 184 | 7.6 |
| | Christian | Coral Thompson | 125 | |
| | Christian | William Thompson | 98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Clissold

Clissold (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Mischa Borris | 1,240 | 38.2 |
| | Labour | Karen Alcock | 1,175 | 36.2 |
| | Labour | Linda Smith | 1,127 | |
| | Green | Keith Magnum | 1,066 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Fajana | 1,050 | |
| | Green | Charlotte Woodworth | 847 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Anderson | 365 | 11.2 |
| | Respect | Asli Demirel | 262 | 8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Habiba Bham | 245 | |
| | Respect | Sasha Simic | 216 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abraham Jacobson | 212 | |
| | Conservative | Martin Bakewell | 208 | 6.4 |
| | Conservative | Vanessa Ford | 185 | |
| | Conservative | Irene Lewington | 135 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.8 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Dalston

Dalston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sophie Linden | 1,046 | 43.5 |
| | Labour | Nargis Khan | 1,012 | |
| | Labour | Angus Mulready-Jones | 1,005 | |
| | Green | Ann Squire | 614 | 25.5 |
| | Green | John Dixon | 600 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Thrane | 419 | 17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jesper Mortensen | 379 | |
| | Conservative | Ibrahim Erdogmus | 327 | 13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Zahle | 325 | |
| | Conservative | Ann McGinley | 284 | |
| | Conservative | Winifred Saunders | 282 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### De Beauvoir

De Beauvoir (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Chapman | 1,151 | 46.2 |
| | Labour | Gulay Icoz | 1,107 | |
| | Labour | Christopher McShane | 1,100 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Bannister | 490 | 19.6 |
| | Green | Paul Ingram | 436 | 17.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Friend | 417 | 16.7 |
| | Conservative | Russell Le Page | 368 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Holloway | 359 | |
| | Conservative | Dominic Simler | 353 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Steventon | 186 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Hackney Central

Hackney Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Samantha Lloyd | 1,259 | 43.3 |
| | Labour | Alan Laing | 1,233 | |
| | Labour | Vincent Stops | 1,061 | |
| | Green | Terence Gallagher | 598 | 20.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Fawkes | 543 | 18.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shaun Sanders | 343 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Reuven Thompson-Wood | 320 | |
| | Socialist Unity | Janine Booth | 260 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | Jeanette Frost | 246 | 8.5 |
| | Conservative | Robert Kelsey | 229 | |
| | Conservative | William Ledger | 205 | |
| | Socialist Unity | Charles McDonald | 161 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Hackney Downs

Hackney Downs (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Desmond | 1,054 | 46.3 |
| | Labour | Faizullah Khan | 1,048 | |
| | Labour | Semakaleng Moema | 830 | |
| | Green | Michael Jefford | 668 | 29.3 |
| | Green | Joy MacKeith | 661 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chaim Hochhauser | 321 | 14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nota Kreiman | 290 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Shenker | 279 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Fazzani | 234 | 10.3 |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Kleinberg | 185 | |
| | Conservative | Vera Landau | 178 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Haggerston

Haggerston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Afolasade Bright | 1,034 | 39.5 |
| | Labour | Jonathan McShane | 990 | |
| | Labour | Barry Buitekant | 935 | |
| | Hackney Independent | Arthur Shuter | 616 | 23.5 |
| | Hackney Independent | Peter Sutton | 578 | |
| | Hackney Independent | Carl Taylor | 541 | |
| | Green | Rajeev Thacker | 375 | 14.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Ewen-Smith | 283 | 10.8 |
| | Conservative | Zeynep Karayilan | 257 | 9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Laing | 248 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Payne | 247 | |
| | Conservative | Lisa Thomas | 209 | |
| | Conservative | Lillian Odze | 203 | |
| | Liberal | Benjamin Rae | 51 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Hoxton

Hoxton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Clayeon McKenzie | 1,007 | 38.7 |
| | Labour | Philip Glanville | 996 | |
| | Labour | Carole Williams | 916 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Phillips | 627 | 24.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Nichols | 623 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mahmood Bham | 584 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Lennon | 540 | 20.7 |
| | Conservative | Dean Lukeman | 470 | |
| | Green | Polly Lane | 431 | 16.5 |
| | Conservative | Alexander van Terheyden | 429 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### King's Park

King's Park (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sharon Patrick | 1,305 | 56.9 |
| | Labour | Julius Nkafu | 1,159 | |
| | Labour | Mohammad Siddiqui | 1,134 | |
| | Green | Peter Bloor | 397 | 17.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bella Sharer | 324 | 14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Horowitz | 270 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Gray | 267 | 11.6 |
| | Conservative | Melanie Lukeman | 258 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eva Stauber | 241 | |
| | Conservative | Douglas McNaught | 199 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Leabridge

Leabridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Kelly | 1,060 | 38.4 |
| | Labour | Ian Rathbone | 939 | |
| | Labour | Deniz Oguzkanli | 803 | |
| | Green | Earl Douglas | 642 | 23.3 |
| | Green | Daisy Johnson | 539 | |
| | Green | Bhavesh Hindocha | 516 | |
| | Conservative | Mohamed Husain | 393 | 14.3 |
| | Respect | Michael Simons | 382 | 13.9 |
| | Respect | Fero Firat | 324 | |
| | Conservative | Guy Humphreys | 311 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Timmis | 210 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Palmer | 203 | 7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Tan | 199 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gita Jacobson | 181 | |
| | Communist | James Beavis | 77 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Lordship

Lordship (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bernard Aussenberg | 1,053 | 39.9 |
| | Conservative | Simon Tesler | 997 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Coggins | 978 | |
| | Labour | Michael Harding | 710 | 26.9 |
| | Labour | Allan Hilton | 573 | |
| | Green | Christopher Adair | 546 | 20.7 |
| | Green | Danny Bates | 533 | |
| | Green | Margherita Martini-Brown | 529 | |
| | Labour | Suraju-Deen Tiyamiyu | 418 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Morgan-Ash | 328 | 12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony O'Brien | 239 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary O'Brien | 239 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### New River

New River (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Maureen Middleton | 1,135 | 46.0 |
| | Conservative | Simche Steinberger | 1,099 | |
| | Conservative | Harvey Odze | 1,080 | |
| | Labour | Mary Mulready-Jones | 813 | 32.9 |
| | Labour | Vincent La Placa | 726 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Thompson | 676 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amber Cobb | 272 | 11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Blane | 259 | |
| | Green | Cedric Knight | 250 | 10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raoul Fishman | 222 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Queensbridge

Queensbridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Price | 1,360 | 38.4 |
| | Labour | Emma Plouviez | 1,246 | |
| | Labour | Patrick Vernon | 1,119 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Boff | 913 | 25.8 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Ellis | 632 | |
| | Conservative | Marcel Matthew | 585 | |
| | Green | Ralph Smyth | 544 | 15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary More | 408 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Monica Mattocks | 367 | |
| | Respect | Diana Swingler | 317 | 8.9 |
| | Respect | George Solomou | 310 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Terrill | 256 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Springfield

Springfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jacob Landau | 836 | 42.9 |
| | Conservative | Eric Ollerenshaw | 794 | |
| | Conservative | Shuja Shaikh | 724 | |
| | Labour | Nora Mulready | 538 | 27.6 |
| | Labour | Hugh Gouldbourne | 531 | |
| | Labour | Florence Osaigbovo | 503 | |
| | Green | Herbert Leonelli | 264 | 13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Felicity Coffer | 198 | 10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Donovan | 188 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher O'Brien | 163 | |
| | Communist | Monty Goldman | 113 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Stoke Newington Central

Stoke Newington Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Carswell | 1,207 | 45.3 |
| | Labour | Rita Krishna | 1,183 | |
| | Labour | Muttalip Unluer | 913 | |
| | Green | Lack Lopez | 769 | 28.9 |
| | Green | Robert Lindsay | 708 | |
| | Green | Gordon Hodgson | 676 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Lubbock | 448 | 16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Allen | 411 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Nichols | 371 | |
| | Conservative | Joyce Palmer | 239 | 9.0 |
| | Conservative | Lillian Fazzani | 223 | |
| | Conservative | Comfort Tawiah | 176 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Victoria

Victoria (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Catherine Hanson | 1,425 | 46.9 |
| | Labour | Daniel Kemp | 1,396 | |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Taylor | 1,290 | |
| | Green | Tumble Bone | 641 | 21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Horowitz | 555 | 18.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jackson | 475 | |
| | Conservative | Graeme Archer | 419 | 13.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Round | 415 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Pannell | 376 | |
| | Conservative | Steven Farquhar | 311 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wick

Wick (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christine Boyd | 1,166 | 48.7 |
| | Labour | Christopher Kennedy | 1,108 | |
| | Labour | Jessica Webb | 1,068 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fuller | 401 | 16.8 |
| | Green | Francois Gemenne | 375 | 15.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wanda Jarnecki | 364 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Stone | 296 | |
| | Conservative | David Dodkin | 283 | 11.8 |
| | Conservative | Rupert Selby | 278 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Selby | 203 | |
| | Independent | Adrian Peacock | 167 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |