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Electoral review April 2013

Final recommendations on the new electoral arrangements for the Summary Borough of Hackney

Who we are: Council size Electoral arrangements The Local Government During the early stages of the Our final recommendations Boundary Commission for review, the Commission held propose that Hackney’s 57 is an independent discussions with councillors and councillors should represent 15 body which conducts council officers to consider how three-member wards and six two- electoral reviews of local many councillors should member wards across the authority areas. represent the borough in future. borough. After considering the evidence The Commission believes its final presented to it, the Commission recommendations meet its Electoral reviews: recommends that the London obligations - which are set out in The purpose of an electoral Borough of Hackney should be law - to: review is to decide on the represented by 57 councillors in ■ Deliver electoral equality for future, the same as the current voters. appropriate electoral arrangements. arrangements – the number ■ Reflect local community of councillors, the names, We consider that a council size of interests and identities. number and boundaries of 57 members will ensure the ■ Promote effective and wards – for a local authority. council can discharge its roles convenient local government. and responsibilities effectively and will provide for a pattern of wards that reflects community Why Hackney? identities across Hackney. We are conducting an electoral review of Hackney Council to deliver improved View the recommendations in detail at: consultation.lgbce.org.uk levels of electoral equality Read the full report and maps at: www.lgbce.org.uk for local voters.

Hackney currently has high Stage of review Description levels of electoral inequality February 2012 Council invited to submit warding so that the value of your proposals vote - in council elections - 10 April 2012 Commission formulates draft varies depending on where recommendations for new electoral you live in the borough. arrangements 17 July 2012 Publication of draft recommendations and consultation on them 25 September 2012 Analysis of submissions received and formulation of final recommendations 8 January 2013 Publication of revised proposals and further limited consultation Hackney summary April 2013_Layout 1 10/04/2013 15:36 Page 2

General analysis West ward for this part of the that the Wilton Estate should be Following consultation on our borough. part of ward. draft recommendations, we South west Hackney As a result of feedback received, decided to make revised Following representations made the Commission confirms its proposals for three areas of the to the Commission during the revised recommendations as final borough. Owing to the consultation on our draft with the exception that the significance of the revisions, we recommendations, we revised our boundary between ward undertook further limited proposals for the and and ward should be consultation in these three areas. Shoreditch area to create a three- Balls Pond Road to avoid Dalston Our further, limited consultation member Hoxton West and three- Junction being divided across focused on central, north-eastern member Hoxton East & three wards. Shoreditch ward. Following and south-western parts of the Subject to the minor change borough. consultation on the revised recommendation, we confirm that described above, the Commission As a result of the feedback we pattern of wards as final. confirms its revised draft received during the further phase recommendations as final for a of consultation, we confirm our We also believe that Kingsland two-member Dalston, a three- proposed changes to the draft Road provides a stronger member Hackney Central and a recommendations as final. We boundary between Hoxton East & two-member Shacklewell ward. have also made one further Shoreditch ward and ward while ensuring that Cremer Elsewhere in this part of the amendment to the boundary borough, we confirm our original between Dalston and De Street is not divided between wards. draft recommendations as final for Beauvoir wards. a three-member ward, a As a result of the change three-member North Hackney As a result of the evidence described above, we amend the ward, a three-member Hackney received by the Commission draft recommendations for the Downs ward and a three-member during the initial consultation on western boundary of Haggerston Lea Bridge ward. ward. our draft recommendations, we South east Hackney revised our proposals for the area The Commission also proposes to The Commission considered all to the north and south of include a small area of Kingsland the submissions made to it in Road. In particular, our Basin and south of Downham response to its original draft revised recommendations Road as part of a the three- recommendations and confirms proposed a Cazenove ward member Haggerston ward. This those proposals as final. As such, based on this residential area. area had formed part of our draft the Commission’s final The remaining parts of Upper recommendation for a two- recommendations are for four Clapton and East member De Beauvoir ward. three-member wards of Hackney wards on either side of Springfield , Homerton, King’s Park and Park would be combined to form With the exception of the . a new Springfield ward. amendments described above, the Commission confirms its What happens next? Having considered feedback revised draft recommendations received during further consultation We have now completed our for south west Hackney, includin g review of Hackney. in this area, we confirm our its draft recommendation for a revised three-member Cazenove three-member London Fields The recommendations must now and Springfield wards as final. wards, as final. be approved by Parliament. A draft order - the legal document In this part of the borough, we Central Hackney also propose a minor amendment which brings into force our The Commission published recommendations - will be laid in to our original draft recommendations revised draft proposals for so that ward should Parliament. Subject to Dalston, Hackney Central and parliamentary scrutiny, the new include the properties accessed Shacklewell wards. In particular, from Portland Rise. electoral arrangements will come the Commission was persuaded into force at the local elections in Elsewhere in north Hackney, the that the are a around Sandringham 2014. Commission confirms the original Road and Amhurst Road shares draft recommendations as final. stronger community ties with The full report and maps are We therefore propose a two- Hackney Central. The available at: www.lgbce.org.uk member Woodberry Down ward Commission also proposed,as and: consultation.lgbce.org.uk and a two-member Stamford Hill part of the revised recommendations ,