Hackney London Borough Council

Hackney London Borough Council is the local government authority for the London Borough of Hackney, London, England, one of 32 London borough councils. The council is unusual in the United Kingdom local government system in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Hackney, currently Philip Glanville of the Labour Party. Hackney comprises 19 wards, each electing three councillors. Following the May 2018 election, Hackney London Borough Council consists of 52 Labour Party councillors and 5 Conservative Party councillors.[2] The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 whereby it replaced three local authorities: Hackney Metropolitan Borough Council, Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council and Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough Council.

Hackney London Borough Council
Type
Type	London borough council of the London Borough of Hackney
Leadership
Speaker	Humaira Garasia, Labour since 2022
Executive mayor	Philip Glanville, Labour since September 2016
Deputy Mayor	Anntoinette Bramble, Labour
Leader of the Opposition	Michael Levy, Conservative
Chief executive	Mark Carroll since July 2021
Structure
Seats	57 councillors + Elected Mayor[1]
Political groups	Administration (50)   Labour (50) Opposition (5)   Conservative (5) Other parties (2)   Green (2)
Length of term	Executive mayor elected every four years Whole council elected every four years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	5 May 2022
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street
Website
hackney.gov.uk