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Local elections 2026: Green party wins majority of seats on Hackney Council

The Greens have swept to victory, winning 42 of the council's 57 seats

Author: Hackney Citizen

Exclusive: New Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett speaks to the Citizen following victory

'I think it really shows that people have looked for an alternative and they’ve seen what we’re offering in terms of hope for Hackney'

Author: Patrick Cardwell

Local elections 2026: voter turnout highest since 2010

Voter turnout for mayoral contest was 40.98 percent - the highest since 2010, when the local elections at the same time as a general election

Author: Hackney Citizen

Composition of Hackney Council before 2026 elections

Local elections 2026: Greens' Zoë Garbett wins Hackney mayoral contest

The Green party candidate Zoë Garbett has won the Hackney mayoral contest with 35,720 votes

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Hackney's new mayor, the Green party's Zoë Garbett

Man arrested after shouting 'shame Hitler didn’t kill you’ on 254 bus

Threats were made against Jewish passengers on a bus in Upper Clapton Road

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of a man being arrested over a suspected antisemitic hate crime

Local elections 2026: polls open today - don't forget to vote

You have until 10pm today to cast your vote for Mayor of Hackney and council ward seats.

Author: Hackney Citizen

Green mayoral candidate accused of ‘blocking’ letter praising police for Golders Green response to knife attacks

Cllr Zoë Garbett raised objections to a proposed missive from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee

Author: Hackney Citizen

Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

'Of course' Sadiq Khan could contribute to House of Lords, new Labour peer says

Len Duvall backs London's mayor for a potential move to the red benches, as speculation mounts over a post-election peerage

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

70 firefighters tackle blaze at Clapton residential block

One maisonette was destroyed while five others were partly damaged

Author: Niall Holden

Conservative candidate vows as to quit after a year as Hackney mayor if he cannot honour manifesto pledges

Tareke Gregg has vowed to trigger a mayoral by-election if he fails to deliver

Author: Hackney Citizen

Conservative candidate for Mayor, Tareke Gregg.

Local elections 2026: the political parties' key pledges and manifestos at-a-glance

Hackney residents can vote in two elections on 7 May - for candidates standing as ward councillors and also for those contesting the borough's directly-elected mayoralty

Author: Hackney Citizen

Green and Labour mayoral candidates quizzed by local business owners at 'Unite with the Guild' accountability assembly

The event at Shoreditch Town Hall was organised by the East End Trades Guild

Author: Samuel Lord

Photograph of the East End Trades Guild hustings