Cazenove (ward)

Cazenove is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and the area forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Its name derives from the Cazenove Road which runs through the ward. The population of the ward was 13,392 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

2002–2014

The ward was created for the May 2002 election.

The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the most recent election on 6 May 2010 Ian Sharer, Dawood Akhoon and Abraham (Sam) Jacobson, all candidates for the Liberal Democrats, were elected. The turnout was 61%, and 5,013 votes were cast.^[2]

The area is bounded by Upper Clapton to the east, Stamford Hill to the north, Stoke Newington to the west and Stoke Newington Common to the south. Cazenove ward has a total population of 10,504. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.^[3]

From 2014

From May 2014 the wards of Hackney are redrawn.^[4] The Cazenove ward expands slightly to the northeast, taking in part of the Springfield ward. It returns three councillors.

References

External links

• Cazenove area action group
• Hackney Liberal Democrats.
• London Borough of Hackney list of constituencies and councillors.
• 2002 election results
• 2006 election results