The local elections have resulted in an epic landslide victory for the Green party, which now has 42 councillors (up from four) and controls three quarters of the 57 seats on Hackney Council.
This leaves the Labour party with just nine councillors (down from 43) and the Conservatives with six.
Hackney 2026 local election results by ward
Hackney Council · 7 May 2026
A borough turns Green
The Green Party swept 42 of Hackney’s 57 council seats, ending Labour’s control of the town hall. Eleven wards returned a full slate of Green councillors; the Conservatives held their two northern strongholds.
Eight wards returned councillors from more than one party, shown here in diagonal stripes in each party’s colours, with the wider band marking the party that took more seats. Seven pair Labour with the Greens; Cazenove pairs Green with the Conservatives — see the striped keys below. Hover over any ward for its full result.
Source: London Borough of Hackney official ward results (hackney.gov.uk). Boundaries: London ward boundaries 2014 (GLA/ONS), © Crown copyright and database right. Solid fill = all seats to one party; stripes = seats split between parties, each band in that party’s colour and sized to its share of the ward’s seats.
Here are the the results by ward:
Dalston ward
Newly-elected mayor Zoë Garbett has been re-elected as a councillor for Dalston ward with 1,862 votes.
This is likely to lead to a council ward by-election.
She is joined by Green Rachel Nkiessu-Guifo who has also been elected as a Dalston ward councillor with 1,394 votes.
Labour's Grace Adebayo has lost her council seat.
The turnout was 40.55 per cent.
De Beauvoir ward
Paul Anderson has been elected as a Green party councillor for De Beauvoir ward with 1,157 votes, along with Gemma Per-Bo who garnered 1,198 votes.
The Labour party's Jasmine Martins and Joe Walker have lost their council seats.
The turnout was 42.26 per cent.
Shacklewell ward
The Green party's Ulgen Semerci and Cathy Troupp have been elected as councillors for Shacklewell ward.
Semerci won 1,479 votes whilst Troupp gained 1,361.
Labour's Richard Lufkin has lost his council seat.
The turnout was 44.00 per cent.
Brownswood ward
Soraya Adejare has been elected as a Green party councillor for Brownswood ward with 1,554 votes, along with Florence Schechter who gained 1,370 votes.
Prior to this election, Adejare was a Labour councillor who was deselected by the party. She then defected before the election and then stood as a candidate for the Green party.
She increased her vote from 1,323 in 2022 to 1,554 in 2026.
The turnout was 45.01 per cent.
Hackney Central ward
The Green party's Izzy Castello-Cortes, Pascale Frazer-Carroll and James Tilden have been elected as councillors for Hackney Central ward.
Castello-Cortes won 2,061 votes, Frazer-Caroll 1,818, whilst Tilden was elected with 1,681 votes.
Labour's Sheila Suso-Runge has lost her council seat.
The turnout was 39.53 per cent.
Springfield ward
All three Conservative party councillors have been re-elected for Springfield ward.
Simche Steinberger retained his seat with 1,971 votes, along with Michael Levy with 1,932 votes and Shaul Krautwirt with 1,858 votes.
The turnout was 38.03 per cent.
Stamford Hill West ward
Both Conservative party candidates have been re-elected.
Hershy Lisser has retained his seat with 1,428 votes, as has Benzion Papier with 1,550 votes.
The turnout was 46.29 per cent.
Hackney Wick ward
In Hackney Wick ward, the Greens have also unseated Labour, including cabinet member Chris Kennedy.
Winning Green include Aaron Briddon who won 1,750 votes, Tyrone Scott on 1,727 votes, and Jam Anker with a vote of 1,636.
The turnout was 37.64 per cent.
Hackney Downs ward
The Greens' Alastair Binnie-Lubbock held his seat on a vote of 2,668. He is joined by fellow Green Dylan Law who polled 2,499 votes and Laura Louise-Fairley who won 2,574 votes.
The turnout was 43.67 per cent.
Stoke Newington ward
Greens have also taken all three seats in Stoke Newington ward. The winning candidates are Jacob Cable with 2,644 votes, Ifhat Shaheen with 2,351 votes and Reiner Tegtmeyer with 2,286.
Susan Fajana-Thomas is one of two cabinet members to lose her seat.
The turnout was 48.12 per cent.
Homerton ward
Labour cabinet member Robert Chapman has retained his seat with 1,472 votes. His colleague Anna Lynch has also held her seat for Labour with 1,592 votes.
However, Labour cabinet member Guy Nicholson has lost his seat to the Green party's Zoë Holman who polled 2,141 votes.
The turnout was 39.96 per cent.
Hoxton West ward
Two Greens were elected to Hoxton West ward: Nicholas Blincoe with 1,207 votes and Jas Crowe with 1,187 votes.
Also elected was Labour incumbent Ben Lucas with 1,200 votes.
Labour cabinet member Carole Williams has lost her seat.
The turnout was 31.76 per cent.
Victoria ward
The Labour party has won two of the three council seats in Victoria ward.
Labour's Joanna Sumner polled 1,696 votes and Daniel Rea won 1,493 votes.
One Green, Rolf Dekker, has also been elected with the highest vote total of 2,090 votes.
The incumbents Penny Wrout and Claudia Turbet-Delof of the Hackney Independent Socialist Collective both lost their seats.
The turnout was 42.33 per cent.
Woodberry Down ward
Labour cabinet member Sarah Young retained her seat with 1,170 votes.
Florence Cullen Davies of the Green party was elected with 1,128 votes.
The turnout was 38.04 per cent.
London Fields ward
Labour cabinet member Anntoinette Bramble has retained her seat with 1,849 votes.
The other two seats in the ward have been won by Green party candidates Brenda Puech, with 1,872 votes, and Kwame Otiende with 1,756.
The turnout was 43.44 per cent.
Hoxton East and Shoreditch
Labour's Kam Adams has retained his seat on 1,286 votes.
The other two seats in Hoxton East and Shoreditch have been won by Greens Mihai Chereji with 1,118 votes and Janet Lee with 1,176 votes.
Labour cabinet member Anya Sizer and Labour councillor Faruk Tinaz lost their seats.
Reform UK mayoral candidate Vahid Almasi garnered 255 votes.
The turnout was 33.56 per cent.
King's Park ward
Greens have swept all three seats in King's Park: Abi Kingston won 2,166 votes. Jasmine O'Connor won 2,068 votes and Emmanuel Onapa polled 1,941.
Labour incumbents Sharon Patrick and Lynne Troughton lost their seats.
The turnout was 42.89 per cent.
Haggerston ward
The Green party has taken all three seats in Haggerston.
Charlene Concepcion won 1,772 votes, Siobhan McMahon gained 1,775 votes whilst Nisa Sharif polled 1,615 votes.
Former Labour councillors Jon Narcross and Midnight Ross lost their seats.
The turnout was 36.64 per cent.
Lea Bridge ward
The Greens have won all three seats in Lea Bridge ward.
Antoinette Fernandez polled 2,684 votes, whilst Bettina Maidment was elected with 2,461 votes and Sally Zlotowitz won 2,342 votes.
Incumbent Labour party councillors Ian Rathbone and Margaret Gordon lost their seats.
The turnout was 43.47 per cent.
Cazenove ward
Following several recounts of the votes, Ian Sharer was re-elected as a Conservative councillor with 1,409 votes.
In addition, two Greens were elected: Charlie Lawrie with 1,462 votes and Emma Neath with 1,405 votes.
Labour incumbent Patrick Pinkerton lost his seat.
The turnout was 41.65 per cent.
Clissold ward
After several recounts of the votes, the Green party has won two seats in Clissold ward.
The Greens' Sam Mathys was elected with 2,479 votes and George Grün with 2,185.
Labour has won one seat, with its candidate Rachel Maguire polling 1,747.
The turnout was 46.63 per cent.
The council's composition by party
The 57-seat council is now made up of 42 Green party councillors, nine Labour and six Conservatives.
This historic win gives the Greens the highest proportion of seats the party has ever won in a principal local authority.
The Green party also won the mayoralty, with its candidate Zoë Garbett gaining 35,720 votes.
Time: 23:47
James Barnes and Patrick Cardwell reported for the Citizen live from the election count.
