New River (ward)

New River is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Consisting of an area of Stamford Hill the ward also incorporates the large council estate Woodberry Down currently under redevelopment.

The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the previous election on 6 May 2010 Maureen Middleton (Conservative Party); and Labour Party candidates Michael Jones and Sean Mulready were returned. Turnout was 56%; with 3,956 votes cast.^[1]

New River ward has a total population of 11,515. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.^[2]

References

1. ^ Council Elections 2010 results - New River (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
2. ^ LB Hackney Borough Profile "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009

External links

• London Borough of Hackney list of constituencies and councillors.
• Hackney Labour Party
• Conservative Party's borough site.

Coordinates: 51°34′08″N 0°04′52″W / 51.569°N 0.081°W / 51.569; -0.081