London Fields (ward)

London Fields
London Fields
Electoral ward; for the Hackney London Borough Council
	London Fields ward boundaries since 2014
Borough	Hackney
County	Greater London
Population	12,682 (2021)
Electorate	9,144 (2022)
Area	1.055 square kilometres (0.407 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2014
Number of members	3
Councillors	Anntoinette Bramble; M Can Ozsen; George Gooch;
Created from	Dalston, Hackney Central, Queensbridge
GSS code	E05009381

London Fields is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hackney. The ward was first used in the 2014 elections. It returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council.

List of councillors

The by-election took place on 12 September 2024, following the resignation of Lee Laudat-Scott.^[1]^[2]

2024 London Fields by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Gooch	746	54.1	6.9
	Independent	Sarah Byrne^[a]	437	31.7	New
	Conservative	Diana Mikolajewska	72	5.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Friend	71	5.2	8.0
	Workers Party	Olivia Amber Taylor	52	3.8	New
Majority			309	22.4
Turnout			1,378	14.49
	Labour hold		Swing

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[4]

2022 Hackney London Borough Council election: London Fields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anntoinette Bramble	2,156	81.5
	Labour	M Can Ozsen	1,741	65.8
	Labour	Lee Laudat-Scott	1,685	63.7
	Green	Carrie Hamilton	915	34.6
	Green	Graham Woodruff	498	18.8
	Green	Paul Urwin	474	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Les Kelly	464	17.5
Majority
Turnout				33.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[5]

2018 Hackney London Borough Council election: London Fields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anntoinette Bramble	2,378	71.1
	Labour	Emma Plouviez	1,972	59.0
	Labour	M Can Ozsen	1,933	57.8
	Green	Kim Cutler	587	17.5
	Green	Nicholas Lee	527	15.8
	Green	Catherine O'Shea	475	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Silvia Mendonca	303	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Osborn	280	8.4
	Conservative	Tahmid Chowdhury	257	7.7
	Conservative	Marcel Matthew	231	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Upex	208	6.2
	Conservative	Alistair Richardson	202	6.0
Majority
Turnout				37.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[6]

^ Sarah Byrne ran with support from Green Party and Hackney Socialist Independent Group^[3]

^ "London Fields by-election". Hackney London Borough Council. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "Hackney councillor Lee Laudat Scott resigns after being charged". Evening Standard. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ Alastair Binnie-Lubbock (August 15, 2024). "Hackney Greens and Independents join together to win London Fields and Stoke Newington by-elections to replace Tories as largest opposition on council". Hackney Green Party. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

London Fields
Electoral ward for the Hackney London Borough Council
London Fields ward boundaries since 2014
Borough	Hackney
County	Greater London
Population	12,682 (2021)
Electorate	9,144 (2022)
Area	1.055 square kilometres (0.407 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2014
Number of members	3
Councillors	Anntoinette Bramble M Can Ozsen George Gooch
Created from	Dalston, Hackney Central, Queensbridge
GSS code	E05009381