{{Short description|Electoral division in Greater London, 1965–1973}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use British English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Hackney |constituency_type = electoral division |parl_name = Greater London Council |district = London Borough of Hackney |towns = Hackney, Shoreditch, Stoke Newington |year = 1965 |abolished = 1973 |members = 3 |next = Hackney Central, Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch |previous = |population = 238,530 (1969 estimate) |electorate = {{ubl | 171,223 (1964) | 163,738 (1967) | 161,934 (1970)}} |area = {{convert|4,814.8|acres|sqkm}} |image = {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Hackney (electoral division)}}|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=245}} |caption = Hackney electoral division boundaries }} '''Hackney''' was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected three councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.
==History== It was planned to use the same boundaries as the Westminster Parliament constituencies for election of councillors to the Greater London Council (GLC), as had been the practice for elections to the predecessor London County Council, but those that existed in 1965 crossed the Greater London boundary. Until new constituencies could be settled, the 32 London boroughs were used as electoral areas which therefore created a constituency called Hackney.<ref>{{cite book |author1=British Information Services |title=British Record: Political and Economic Notes |date=1970 |quote=To date elections, normally fought on traditional party lines, have been based on the London boroughs, each borough returning two or more councillors; after 1973 there will be single member electoral areas based on parliamentary constituencies.}}</ref>
The electoral division was replaced from 1973 by the single-member electoral divisions of Hackney Central, Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Hackney South and Shoreditch.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Greater London (Electoral Areas) Order 1972 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/924/pdfs/uksi_19720924_en.pdf |website=legislation.gov.uk |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=20 June 1972}}</ref>
==Elections== The Hackney constituency was used for the Greater London Council elections in 1964,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/GLC_1964-4-9.pdf |title=General Election of Greater London Councillors |date=9 April 1964 |accessdate=4 October 2023 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822163439/http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/GLC_1964-4-9.pdf |archivedate=22 August 2013 }}</ref> 1967<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/GLC_1967-4-13.pdf |title=General Election of Greater London Councillors | date=13 April 1967 |accessdate=4 October 2023 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822161716/http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/GLC_1967-4-13.pdf |archivedate=22 August 2013 }}</ref> and 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/GLCE_1970-4-9.pdf |title=Greater London Council Election | date=9 April 1970 |accessdate=4 October 2023 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822173130/http://data.london.gov.uk/documents/GLCE_1970-4-9.pdf |archivedate=22 August 2013 }}</ref> Three councillors were elected at each election using first-past-the-post voting.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=Greater London Council Election results: Hackney |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcha.html |website=United Kingdom Election Results |access-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025045633/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcha.html |archive-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>
===1964 election=== The first election was held on 9 April 1964, a year before the council came into its powers. The electorate was 171,223 and three Labour Party councillors were elected. With 38,396 people voting, the turnout was 22.4%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term. {{Election box begin | title=1964 Greater London Council election: Hackney }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''Ellis Simon Hillman''' |votes = 24,793 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''David Thomas Pitt''' |votes = 24,281 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''Arthur Ernest Wicks''' |votes = 24,037 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = O. S. Henriques |votes = 6,561 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = W. J. Hawkins |votes = 6,265 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = A. M. White |votes = 6,260 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = R. B. James |votes = 3,953 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = T. Keen |votes = 3,904 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = T. D. Gates |votes = 3,641 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of Great Britain |candidate = M. Goldman |votes = 2,807 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=|}} {{Election box new seat win||winner=Labour Party (UK)}} {{Election box new seat win||winner=Labour Party (UK)}} {{Election box new seat win||winner=Labour Party (UK)}} {{Election box end}}
===1967 election=== The second election was held on 13 April 1967. The electorate was 163,738 and three Labour Party councillors were elected. With 34,802 people voting, the turnout was 21.3%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term. {{Election box begin | title=1967 Greater London Council election: Hackney }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''Ellis Simon Hillman''' |votes = 17,182 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''David Thomas Pitt''' |votes = 16,080 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''Irene Chaplin''' |votes = 15,623 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = O. S. Henriques |votes = 11,773 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = H. J. Jackson |votes = 11,359 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = K. S. Lightwood |votes = 10,643 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = J. Gavin |votes = 3,636 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = L. W. Eaks |votes = 3,375 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = H. J. Newbrook |votes = 3,177 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of Great Britain |candidate = M. Goldman |votes = 2,858 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=|}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===1970 election=== The third election was held on 9 April 1970. The electorate was 161,934 and three Labour Party councillors were elected. With 39,300 people voting, the turnout was 24.3%. The councillors were elected for a three-year term. {{Election box begin | title=1970 Greater London Council election: Hackney }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''David Thomas Pitt''' |votes = 24,236 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''Ellis Simon Hillman''' |votes = 24,208 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = '''Irene Chaplin''' |votes = 24,192 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = R. P. Halford |votes = 9,726 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = E. Laws |votes = 9,556 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = B. M. Haigh |votes = 9,522 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of Great Britain |candidate = M. Goldman |votes = 1,625 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = S. Leff |votes = 1,046 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = W. G. Wintle |votes = 1,031 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = T. J. Needham |votes = 931 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Homes before Roads |candidate = M. L. Crowther |votes = 565 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Homes before Roads |candidate = J. Williams |votes = 431 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Homes before Roads |candidate = P. A. Ayrton |votes = 402 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Union Movement |candidate = M. F. Moloney |votes = 280 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=|}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
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Category:Politics of the London Borough of Hackney Category:Greater London Council electoral divisions Category:1965 establishments in England Category:1973 disestablishments in England