Wick (ward)

Wick
Former electoral ward
for the Hackney London Borough Council
Map
Wick ward boundaries from 2002 to 2014
BoroughHackney
CountyGreater London
Population11,734 (2011)
Major settlementsHackney Wick
Area0.5066 square kilometres (0.1956 sq mi)
Former electoral ward
Created1965
Abolished2014
Replaced byHackney Wick
ONS code00AMGU (2002–2014)
GSS codeE05000249 (2002–2014)

Wick was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney that formed part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. It fully covered the area of Hackney Wick and includes the part of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics being built in the Borough.

The ward returned three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the previous local election on 6 May 2010 Antoinette Bramble, Chris Kennedy, and Jessica Webb, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 54%; with 4,324 votes cast.[1]

Wick ward had a total population of 11,027, increasing to 11,734 at the 2011 Census.[2] This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[3]

2002–2014 Hackney council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2002.

2010 election

2006 election

2002 election

1978–2002 Hackney council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 1978.

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1964–1978 Hackney council elections

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

1964 election

References

  1. ^ 2010 Council Elections results for Hackney Wick Archived 2010-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
  2. ^ "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ^ LB Hackney Borough Profile[permanent dead link] "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009