Green landslide in Hackney: Greens win 42 seats as Labour collapses to just 9
Historic election result sees Green party surge from 4 to 42 councillors and take control of council for the first time. Full ward-by-ward results.
Hackney Live Politics Desk
8 May 2026
A historic landslide victory has transformed Hackney politics: the Green party swept to control of Hackney Council with 42 seats out of 57, up from just four in the previous council. Labour collapsed from 43 seats to just nine, while Conservatives retained six.
The Green party's unprecedented victory gives it control of three-quarters of the council and marks the highest proportion of seats the party has ever won in a principal local authority in England.
Green party candidate Zoë Garbett won the mayoral election with 35,720 votes and was re-elected as a Dalston ward councillor with 1,862 votes, though this is expected to trigger a by-election.
DALSTON: Greens Zoë Garbett (1,862 votes) and Rachel Nkiessu-Guifo (1,394 votes) won the two seats. Labour's Grace Adebayo lost her seat. Turnout: 40.55%.
DE BEAUVOIR: Greens Paul Anderson (1,157 votes) and Gemma Per-Bo (1,198 votes) took both seats, unseating Labour's Jasmine Martins and Joe Walker. Turnout: 42.26%.
SHACKLEWELL: Greens Ulgen Semerci (1,479 votes) and Cathy Troupp (1,361 votes) won both seats, with Labour's Richard Lufkin losing his seat. Turnout: 44.00%.
BROWNSWOOD: Greens Soraya Adejare (1,554 votes) and Florence Schechter (1,370 votes) took both seats. Adejare notably defected from Labour after being deselected and increased her vote from 1,323 in 2022. Turnout: 45.01%.
HACKNEY CENTRAL: Greens Izzy Castello-Cortes (2,061 votes), Pascale Frazer-Carroll (1,818 votes) and James Tilden (1,681 votes) swept all three seats, unseating Labour's Sheila Suso-Runge. Turnout: 39.53%.
HACKNEY DOWNS: Greens Alastair Binnie-Lubbock (2,668 votes), Dylan Law (2,499 votes) and Laura Louise-Fairley (2,574 votes) retained all three seats. Turnout: 43.67%.
HACKNEY WICK: Greens Aaron Briddon (1,750 votes), Tyrone Scott (1,727 votes) and Jam Anker (1,636 votes) took all three seats, defeating Labour cabinet member Chris Kennedy. Turnout: 37.64%.
STOKE NEWINGTON: A significant Green breakthrough, with Jacob Cable (2,644 votes), Ifhat Shaheen (2,351 votes) and Reiner Tegtmeyer (2,286 votes) winning all three seats. Labour cabinet member Susan Fajana-Thomas lost her seat. Turnout: 48.12%.
KING'S PARK: Greens swept all three seats with Abi Kingston (2,166 votes), Jasmine O'Connor (2,068 votes) and Emmanuel Onapa (1,941 votes), ending Labour's control. Labour incumbents Sharon Patrick and Lynne Troughton both lost. Turnout: 42.89%.
HAGGERSTON: Greens dominated with Charlene Concepcion (1,772 votes), Siobhan McMahon (1,775 votes) and Nisa Sharif (1,615 votes) taking all three seats. Labour councillors Jon Narcross and Midnight Ross lost. Turnout: 36.64%.
LEA BRIDGE: Greens won all three seats: Antoinette Fernandez (2,684 votes), Bettina Maidment (2,461 votes) and Sally Zlotowitz (2,342 votes). Labour councillors Ian Rathbone and Margaret Gordon lost their seats. Turnout: 43.47%.
LONDON FIELDS: Greens Brenda Puech (1,872 votes) and Kwame Otiende (1,756 votes) won two seats, with Labour's Anntoinette Bramble (1,849 votes) retaining one. Turnout: 43.44%.
HOXTON EAST AND SHOREDITCH: Greens Mihai Chereji (1,118 votes) and Janet Lee (1,176 votes) won two seats, with Labour's Kam Adams (1,286 votes) holding one. Labour cabinet member Anya Sizer and councillor Faruk Tinaz both lost. Turnout: 33.56%.
HOXTON WEST: Greens Nicholas Blincoe (1,207 votes) and Jas Crowe (1,187 votes) took two seats, with Labour's Ben Lucas (1,200 votes) holding one. Labour cabinet member Carole Williams lost her seat. Turnout: 31.76%.
VICTORIA: Rolf Dekker of the Greens (2,090 votes) won one seat, with Labour's Joanna Sumner (1,696 votes) and Daniel Rea (1,493 votes) holding two. Independent incumbents Penny Wrout and Claudia Turbet-Delof both lost. Turnout: 42.33%.
HOMERTON: Labour's Robert Chapman (1,472 votes) and Anna Lynch (1,592 votes) held two seats, but Green Zoë Holman (2,141 votes) took one from Labour cabinet member Guy Nicholson. Turnout: 39.96%.
WOODBERRY Down: Labour's Sarah Young (1,170 votes) retained one seat while Green Florence Cullen Davies (1,128 votes) took the other in this mixed-control ward. Turnout: 38.04%.
SPRINGFIELD: All three Conservative councillors held their seats: Simche Steinberger (1,971 votes), Michael Levy (1,932 votes) and Shaul Krautwirt (1,858 votes). Turnout: 38.03%.
STAMFORD HILL WEST: Conservatives Hershy Lisser (1,428 votes) and Benzion Papier (1,550 votes) retained their two seats. Turnout: 46.29%.
CAZENOVE: After recounts, Conservative Ian Sharer (1,409 votes) held his seat alongside Greens Charlie Lawrie (1,462 votes) and Emma Neath (1,405 votes). Labour's Patrick Pinkerton lost. Turnout: 41.65%.
CLISSOLD: Greens Sam Mathys (2,479 votes) and George Grün (2,185 votes) took two seats, with Labour's Rachel Maguire (1,747 votes) retaining one after several recounts. Turnout: 46.63%.
The scale of Labour's defeat — losing 34 seats — reflects broader dissatisfaction with the national party and Starmer's leadership, with many lifelong Labour voters switching to the Greens in protest.
The new Green-controlled council will face significant challenges including housing shortages, council funding cuts, and management of the night-time economy. The party's first task is to elect a new leader and begin forming committees and setting budgets for the 2026-27 financial year.
Reported by Hackney Citizen.