Directly elected mayor of Hackney

Mayor of Hackney
Incumbent Jules Pipe
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Hackney
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Jules Pipe
Website	hackney.gov.uk/mayor

The directly elected mayor of Hackney is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The incumbent since the post was created in 2002 is Jules Pipe.

Referendum

Local authority	Date	Yes Votes	Yes Vote %	No Votes	No Vote %	Turnout %
Hackney	2 May 2002	24,697	59	10,547	41	32

Election results

2006
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes[1]	%	Final	%[2]
	Jules Pipe	Labour	20,830	46.9	3,403	?	24,233	73.4
	Andrew Boff	Conservative	7,454	16.8	1,331	?	8,785	26.6
	Matthew Penhaligon	Lib Dem	4,882	11.0	?	?	N/A
	Mima Bone	Green	4,683	10.5	?	?	N/A
	Hettie Peters	Independent	2,907	6.5	?	?	N/A
	Dean Ryan	RESPECT	2,800	6.3	?	?	N/A
	Monty Goldman	Communist	896	2.0	?	?	N/A

Turnout: 34.3%

2010[3]
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes[1]	%	Final	%[2]
	Jules Pipe	Labour	48,363	51.6
	Adrian John Gee Turner	Lib Dem	15,818	16.9
	Andrew Boff	Conservative	12,405	13.2
	Mischa Borris	Green	10,100	10.8
	Monty Goldman	Communist	2,033	2.2
	William Alexander Thompson	Christian	1,084	1.2

Turnout: 58%

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Under the Supplementary Vote system, if no candidate receives 50% of 1st choice votes, 2nd choice votes are added to the result for the top two 1st choice candidates. If a ballot gives a first and second preference to the top two candidates in either order, then their second preference is not counted, so that a second preference cannot count against a first.
2. ^ ^{a b} Percentage figures are not officially used on the final votes, they are produced here for illustration and are calculated by the candidates final vote divided by the total of final votes.
3. ^ Results for the Mayoral Election on 6 May 2010 (LB Hackney) accessed 8 May 2010