Election 2014: All the results live and as they are announced at the Britannia Leisure Centre
See the Hackney Citizen’s print issue in June for more results and analysis. Image: Hackney Citizen
Update on Monday 26 May:
European Parliament election results were announced last night. Labour came top in Hackney with 35,491 votes. The Greens came second (11,608 votes) and the Conservatives came in third place with 7,367. UKIP did badly – coming fifth behind the Liberal Democrats – despite big gains nationally.
Turnout in the European poll was 41.5 per cent.
See the Hackney Citizen’s June print issue for more results and analysis.
Friday May 23: The Hackney Citizen is at the Britannia Leisure Centre this afternoon as the borough’s votes for local councillors and the elected Mayor are counted. Voting closed at 10pm yesterday.
We’ll be covering it live as the results are announced from 4pm today. For updates on Twitter, follow @hackneycitizen.
10.12pm: Apologies for radio silence on this live blog over the past couple of hours. The election count is now over. For latest news please check @hackneycitizen on Twitter. Analysis of the results will appear on this website after the bank holiday weekend and in our June print issue.
8.18pm: HAGGERSTON: Ann Munn, Jonathan McShane and Barry Buitekant re elected. LABOUR HOLD.
8.12pm: Yep, we’re still going… HACKNEY WICK: Labour hold. Nick Sharman, Chris Kennedy, and Jessica Webb re elected.
DALSTON: Labour hold. #Hackney #E8
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Fashion diplomacy: Man sporting Labour-red rosette shows up to vote count in Tory-red trousers #hackneyvotes
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Labour win in Woodberry Down. Jon Burke and Caroline Selman elected.
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Candidates sweat it out while bodybuilders pump iron in the gym overlooking the hall #hackneyvotes
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Slight lull in the proceedings
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DE BEAUVOIR: Laura Bunt (Lab), James Peters (Lab) elected. LABOUR HOLD. #hackneyvotes #hackney
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LEA BRIDGE: Ian Rathbone (Lab), Deniz Oguzkanli (Lab) and Margaret Gordon (Lab) elected. LABOUR HOLD
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DE BEAUVOIR: Laura Bunt (Lab), James Peters (Lab) elected. LABOUR HOLD. #hackneyvotes #hackney
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Conservatives holding onto their wards so far
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SPRINGFIELD: Simche Steinberger (Con), Michael Levy (Con) and Harvey Odze (Con) elected. CONSERVATIVE HOLD
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SHACKLEWELL: Michelle Gregory (Lab) and Richard Lufkin (Lab) elected
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STAMFORD HILL WEST: Benzion Papier (Con) and Rosemary Sale (Lab) elected
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Greens came second in Mayoral vote #hackney #hackneyvotes
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Mayoral result is Pipe: 40850, Mischa Borris: 11849, Linda Kelly: 7893, Simon de Deney: 3840, Mustafa Korel: 3265
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MAYOR OF HACKNEY: Jules Pipe re elected
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Mayoral election: Pipe, Jules 40,858 Cazenove ward: Liberal Democrats hold as Labour come close. Brownswood ward: Labour hold Labour: Potter 1335 Bell 1287 Cazenove ward: Liberal Democrat hold Liberal Democrats: Jacobson 1731 Sharer 1709 Akhoon 1715 Labour: David 1688 Smyth 1602 Burn 1593
5.36pm: Close run thing in Stamford Hill West, Springfield and Cazenove wards, sources say.
5.27pm: Vote count fashion: Rick Muir is wearing tortoiseshell glasses, a blazer and a Brooklyn T-Shirt. Specs are due to eye problems, apparently.
5.23pm: Homerton: 36.74 per cent turnout.
5.14pm: 37.38 per cent turnout in Victoria ward. In Hoxton west turnout was 33.56 per cent. Hoxton East and Shoreditch turnout: 31.15 per cent. Hackney Central: 37.14 per cent. Hackney Downs: 39.84 per cent. Haggerston: 34.91 per cent. Hackney Wick: 32.58 per cent.
5.10: Chocolate offerings in the hall include Mars bars, Kits Kats and Double Deckers.
5.04pm: The hall is abuzz. Mutterings about possible upset in Cazenove ward.
4.48pm: We’re still waiting for the first results to come in. Here are the turnouts announced thus far:
De Beauvoir 38.65 per cent
Cazenove 49.32 per cent
Springfield 45.5 per cent
Shacklewell 38.8 per cent
Lea Bridge 48 per cent
Woodberry Down 40.75 per cent
London Fields 39.79 per cent
Brownswood 39.72 per cent
Stoke Newington 36.60 per cent
Clissold 45.15 per cent
Dalston 35.47 per cent
King’s Park 39.59 per cent