Thursday 6 May: General and local elections for Hackney voters
Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street
In one month’s time Hackney voters will be deciding which candidates have the ‘X factor’ in our local, mayoral and general elections.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced this morning that the General Election will take place on Thursday 6 May – the same date that Hackney Council is holding elections for 57 local ward councillors’ seats and that of the directly elected Mayor.
Register to vote before Tuesday 20 April.
Find out about the candidates – please note these lists will be updated on an ongoing basis.
Parliamentary candidates for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Parliamentary candidates for Hackney South and Shoreditch
If you don’t know your parliamentary constituency, you can find out on the Electoral Commission website.
You might also be interested in having a look at the Democracy Club website which is gathering information about local issues and parliamentary candidates in the Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch constituencies.