Queensbridge (ward)
Queensbridge was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney, forming part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.
Queensbridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 51.539°N 0.064°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | London |
| County | Greater London |
| London borough | Hackney |
| Created | 1 April 1965 |
| Abolished | May 2014 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Hackney London Borough Council |
| ONS code | 00AMGQ |
| GSS code | E05000245 |
The ward, renamed London Fields as of the 2014 local elections, returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the election on 6 May 2010, Emma Plouviez, Tom Price, and Patrick Vernon, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 58%, with 5,360 votes cast.[1]
In 2001, Queensbridge ward had a total population of 10,165, near the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[2] The population at the 2011 Census was 13,670.[3]
The ward is part of the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, and includes London Fields and Broadway Market.[4]
References
- 2010 election results - Queensbridge Archived May 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
- 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
- "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- A Profile of Queensbridge Ward Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Hackney Council. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
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