Wick
Electoral ward
Coordinates: 51°32′49″N 0°02′02″W / 51.547°N 0.034°W / 51.547; -0.034
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionLondon
CountyGreater London
London boroughHackney
Created1 April 1965
AbolishedMay 2014
Named forHackney Wick
Government
 • BodyHackney London Borough Council
ONS code00AMGU
GSS codeE05000249

Wick was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney that formed part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. It fully covered the area of Hackney Wick and includes the part of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics being built in the Borough.

The ward returned three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the previous local election on 6 May 2010 Antoinette Bramble, Chris Kennedy, and Jessica Webb, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 54%; with 4,324 votes cast.[1]

Wick ward had a total population of 11,027, increasing to 11,734 at the 2011 Census.[2] This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2010 Council Elections results for Hackney Wick Archived 2010-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010
  2. ^ "Hackney Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ^ LB Hackney Borough Profile[permanent dead link] "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009

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Electoral wards in the London Borough of Hackney
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