Hackney's 2026 Local Elections: Full Candidate List for Every Ward
Hackney 2026 Elections: Full Candidate List for All Wards

Hackney's 2026 Local Elections: Full Candidate List for Every Ward

On Thursday, May 7, 2026, Hackney residents will participate in two pivotal elections. All 57 council seats across the borough's 21 electoral wards are up for grabs, alongside the mayoral contest. Hackney is one of five London authorities that directly elects a mayor as its political leader, a system in place since 2002, with Labour winning every mayoral race to date. This year, Labour defends the mayoralty against candidates from the Green Party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Reform UK.

All five major parties are fielding candidates in every electoral ward, while minor parties and independents are contesting specific seats. Notably, the Greens have formed an electoral pact, endorsing candidates from the Hackney Independent Socialist Collective (HISC) in four wards: Homerton, Victoria, Clissold, and London Fields.

Complete Candidate Breakdown by Ward

Below is the full list of 244 candidates standing for election as councillors, organized by ward:

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  • Brownswood (2 seats): Soraya Adejare (Green), Pearce Branigan (Conservative), Mayiata Lahai (Labour), Clare Potter (Labour), Florence Schechter (Green), Mark Smulian (Liberal Democrats), Michelle Tabone (Reform UK), Weronika Wojciechowska (Conservative).
  • Cazenove (3 seats): Des Barrow (Independent), Leo Castano (Reform UK), Simche Feldman (Conservative), Charlie Lawrie (Green), Hershi Moskovits (Conservative), Rebekah Muinde (Liberal Democrats), Emma Neath (Green), Rida Oyebade (Labour), Patrick Pinkerton (Labour), Ceren Sagir (Independent), Stephen Sartain (Labour), Ian David Sharer (Conservative), Lorraine Shears (Liberal Democrats).
  • Clissold (3 seats): Frank Baffour (Labour), Joseph Frederick Bell (Liberal Democrats), Shae Cole (Reform UK), Sade Etti (Labour), Tareke Gregg (Conservative), Agnieszka Machalewska (Conservative), Rachel Maguire (Labour), Sam Mathys (Green), Nikodem Mikolajewski (Conservative), Andrew Richard Neadley (Liberal Democrats), Fliss Premru (Hackney Independent Socialist Collective), George Sheldon Grün (Green).
  • Dalston (2 seats): Grace Adebayo (Labour), Zoë Garbett (Green), Brandon Hadwin (Liberal Democrats), Brandon Hullett (Conservative), John McAreavey (Labour), Rachel Nkiessu-Guifo (Green), Uzo Owoh (Reform UK), Jerry Sulaiman (Conservative).
  • De Beauvoir (2 seats): Paul Anderson (Green), Emma Hulse (Reform UK), Million Joseph (Conservative), Jasmine Martins (Labour), Shalom Nove (Conservative), Gemma Per-Bo (Green), Shelaine Stanley-Mitchell (Liberal Democrats), Joe Walker (Labour).
  • Hackney Central (3 seats): Clair Battaglino (Independent), Ken Brownell (Conservative), Izzy Castello-Cortes (Green), Zak Davies-Khan (Labour), Brian Debus (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Eva Feldman (Conservative), Pascale Frazer-Carroll (Green), Ken Gabbott-Rolph (Liberal Democrats), Peter Kellett (Liberal Democrats), Abel Olutayo Olasunbo (Reform UK), Anna-Joy Rickard (Labour), Sheila Suso-Runge (Labour), James Tilden (Green), Margaret Trotter (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Joanna Wojciechowska (Conservative).
  • Hackney Downs (3 seats): Serhan Bay (Conservative), Alastair Binnie-Lubbock (Green), Michael Desmond (Labour), Laura-Louise Fairley (Green), Michael Gribben (Labour), Les Kelly (Liberal Democrats), Dylan Law (Green), Judith Lisser (Conservative), Mohammed Sadiq (Liberal Democrats), Keith Smeaton (Conservative), Bibi Subratie (Reform UK), Sudenaz Top (Labour).
  • Hackney Wick (3 seats): Shirin Aiyubi (Conservative), Jam Anker (Green), Aaron Briddon (Green), Chris Kennedy (Labour and Co-operative), Elechi Mbonye (Liberal Democrats), Paulina Mierzejewska (Conservative), Syed Musaddik Muzaffar (Reform UK), Joseph Ogundemuren (Labour and Co-operative), Ionica Pop (Reform UK), Phillip Resnick (Conservative), Tyrone Scott (Green), Jess Webb (Labour and Co-operative), Matthew George Wenban-Smith (Liberal Democrats).
  • Haggerston (3 seats): Femi Adekoya (Labour), Christine Ball (Reform UK), Charlene Concepcion (Green), Siobhan MacMahon (Green), Monika Mierzejewska (Conservative), Jonathan Munro (Liberal Democrats), Jon Narcross (Labour), Nosson Negin (Conservative), Dave Raval (Liberal Democrats), Midnight Ross (Labour), Nisa Sharif (Green), Bartosz Skonieczny (Conservative).
  • Homerton (3 seats): Robert Chapman (Labour), Anthony Roger Greatorex (Reform UK), Altan Hassan (Liberal Democrats), Alana Heaney (Hackney Independent Socialist Collective), Zoe Holman (Green), Anna Lynch (Labour), Peter Edward Mance (Liberal Democrats), Heather Mendick (Hackney Independent Socialist Collective), Milton Morris (Conservative), Guy Nicholson (Labour), Obinna Okeke (Conservative), Hristo Todorov (Conservative).
  • Hoxton East and Shoreditch (3 seats): Kam Adams (Labour), Vahid Almasi (Reform UK), Mihai Chereji (Green), Cimeon Ellerton-Kay (Liberal Democrats), Peter Ivor Friend (Liberal Democrats), Farhan Jaisin (Conservative), Janet Lee (Green), Romain Muhammad (Green), Chris Newby (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Sandy Nkolomoni Mulamba (Conservative), Christopher Okocha (Conservative), Anya Sizer (Labour), Faruk Tinaz (Labour).
  • Hoxton West (3 seats): Mark Beckett (Conservative), Nicholas Blincoe (Green), Dave Carr (Green), Jas Zavar Crowe (Green), Miroslawa Dabrowska (Conservative), Paul Kennedy (Reform UK), Thierry Levenq (Liberal Democrats), Ben Lucas (Labour), Clayeon McKenzie (Labour), Geoffrey Payne (Liberal Democrats), Bella Sharer (Conservative), Carole Williams (Labour).
  • King's Park (3 seats): Baran Bayir (Labour), Juliette Heather Bigley (Liberal Democrats), Katarzyna Cizynska (Conservative), Paul Clay (Reform UK), Agnieszka Iwinska (Conservative), Abi Kingston (Green), Peter Munro (Liberal Democrats), Jasmine O'Connor (Green), Emmanuel Onapa (Green), Sharon Patrick (Labour), Annette Simpson (Conservative), Lynne Troughton (Labour).
  • Lea Bridge (3 seats): Yehoshua Cymerman (Reform UK), Antoinette Fernandez (Green), Margaret Gordon (Labour), Tony Harms (Liberal Democrats), James Ivens (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Bettina Maidment (Green), Jennifer Parillon (Labour), Ian Rathbone (Labour), Beata Skonieczna (Conservative), Marcin Skonieczny (Conservative), Bella Weil (Conservative), Lars Wilmar (Liberal Democrats), Sally Zlotowitz (Green).
  • London Fields (3 seats): Anna Bevan (Reform UK), Anntoinette Bramble (Labour and Co-operative), Sarah Byrne (Hackney Independent Socialist Collective), James Couceiro (Liberal Democrats), Rafie Faruq (Independent), Jeff Gabbott-Rolph (Liberal Democrats), George Gooch (Labour and Co-operative), Kwame Otiende (Green), M Can Ozsen (Independent), Brenda Puech (Green), Owen Ramsay (Labour and Co-operative), Meyer Rapaport (Conservative), Andrzej Zolnierzak (Conservative), Iwona Zolnierzak (Conservative).
  • Shacklewell (2 seats): Arzu Demir (Labour), Richard Lufkin (Labour), Alex Mak (Reform UK), Mirza Malik (Liberal Democrats), Ülgen Semerci (Green), Christopher Sills (Conservative), Pamela Sills (Conservative), Cathy Troupp (Green).
  • Springfield (3 seats): Chaim Babad (Green), James Bartholomeusz (Labour), Jemima Davis (Liberal Democrats), Ivon Fleming (Reform UK), Russell Foster (Labour), Boris Knezevic (Green), Shaul Krautwirt (Conservative), Yisroel Leibowitz (Reform UK), Michael Levy (Conservative), Funmi Oni (Labour), Simche Steinberger (Conservative), Eva Steinhardt (Liberal Democrats), Anne Whitehead (Green).
  • Stamford Hill West (2 seats): Joe Cush (Green), Jonathan England (Labour), John Hodgson (Liberal Democrats), Greg Houston (Green), Khuram Hussain (Independent), Yousaf Khan Hussain (Independent), Aharon Klein (Reform UK), Neel Kulkarni (Liberal Democrats), Hershy Lisser (Conservative), Benzion Papier (Conservative), Adam Tyndall (Labour).
  • Stoke Newington (3 seats): Louis Burg (Labour), Jacob Cable (Green), Simon De Deney (Liberal Democrats), Susan Fajana-Thomas (Labour), Pauline Levy (Conservative), Thrusie Maurseth-Cahill (Liberal Democrats), Oliver Middleton (Conservative), Charlton Richard Otto (Reform UK), Ifhat Shaheen (Green), Gilbert Smyth (Labour), Reiner Tegtmeyer (Green), Agnieszka Wypych (Conservative).
  • Victoria (3 seats): Almog Adir (Conservative), Alison Isabel Brownell (Conservative), Alexander Dawson (Conservative), Rolf Dekker (Green), Chloe Edwards (Reform UK), Andy Farrell (Labour), Frederick James Gotts (Liberal Democrats), Heather Lynn James (Liberal Democrats), Daniel Rea (Labour), Joanna Sumner (Labour), Claudia Turbet-Delof (Hackney Independent Socialist Collective), Penny Wrout (Hackney Independent Socialist Collective).
  • Woodberry Down (2 seats): Andrew Hubert Chojnicki (Liberal Democrats), Florence Cullen Davies (Green), David Grosz (Reform UK), Esther Jones Russell (Green), Georgy Mordokhov (Liberal Democrats), Moty Moskovitz (Reform UK), Sam Pallis (Labour), Thangavelu Senthil Kumar (Independent), Harry Thomas (Conservative), Katarzyna Wanat (Conservative), Sarah Young (Labour).

Key Election Information

Hackney's local elections are scheduled for Thursday, May 7, 2026. Important deadlines include:

  • Voter registration: Midnight on Monday, April 20.
  • Postal vote applications: 5pm on Tuesday, April 21.
  • Proxy vote applications: 5pm on Tuesday, April 28.

Residents must present photo ID when voting in person. Those without acceptable ID can apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate via GOV.UK before 5pm on Tuesday, April 28.