Mayor of Hackney

The mayor of Hackney is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The post was created following a referendum in the London Borough of Hackney on 2 May 2002. The inaugural mayor Jules Pipe was succeeded by Philip Glanville following an election on 15 September 2016. Glanville resigned with effect from 22 September 2023, following a scandal. Fellow Labour Party councillor Caroline Woodley was elected as Mayor in November 2023.

Mayor of Hackney
Coat of arms of Hackney London Borough Council
Incumbent Caroline Woodley since 10 November 2023
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Hackney
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Jules Pipe
Formation	17 October 2002
Website	www.hackney.gov.uk/mayor

History

The directly elected mayoralty was created following a referendum on 2 May 2002 in the London Borough of Hackney.^[1] 70.1% of voters supported changing the executive arrangements of Hackney London Borough Council to a directly elected mayor.

The inaugural mayor was Jules Pipe of the Labour Party who was elected on 17 October 2002.^[2] He was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Pipe was succeeded by Philip Glanville, who was elected mayor at a by-election on 15 September 2016. Glanville was re-elected in 2018 and 2022.

On 15 September 2023, Glanville resigned, with effect from 22 September, following a scandal when he was photographed together with his housemate and Labour Party councillor Tom Dewey the night after he was arrested for child pornography charges. Tom Dewey was convicted before Glanville resigned. ^[3] A by-election was held on 9 November to fill the remainder of the term,^[4] and was won by Caroline Woodley, a Labour councillor for Cazenove ward.^[5]

Referendum results

Mayor of Hackney referendum
2 May 2002

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	24,697	70.1
Cabinet System	10,537	29.9
Required majority	50
Valid votes	35,234	84.08
Invalid or blank votes	6,670	17.92
Total votes	41,904	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	131,569	31.85
Source: Hackney Council[1]

Election results

2023

2023 Hackney mayoral by-election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caroline Woodley	18,474	49.8	−9.3
	Green	Zoë Garbett	9,075	24.5	+7.5
	Conservative	Simche Steinberger	5,039	13.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon de Deney	1,879	5.1	−2.0
	Independent	Peter Smorthit	1,382	3.7	New
	TUSC	Anooesjka Valent	1,265	3.4	New
	Labour hold

This was the first election run under first past the post rather than the prior use of supplementary vote.

2022

2022 Hackney mayoral election[7]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour Co-op	Philip Glanville	36,049	59.1%				​​
	Green	Zoë Garbett	10,373	17.0%				​​
	Conservative	Oliver Hall	8,160	13.4%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Baxter	4,320	7.1%				​​
	People Before Profit	Gwenton Sloley	2,105	3.5%				​​
Turnout			61,007	34.1%
	Labour Co-op hold

2018

2018 Hackney mayoral election[8]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour Co-op	Philip Glanville	42,645	65.9%				​​
	Conservative	Imtiyaz Lunat	7,183	11.1%				​​
	Green	Alastair Binnie-Lubbock	6,774	10.5%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Pearce	4,846	7.5%				​​
	Women's Equality	Harini Iyengar	2,659	4.1%				​​
	Independent	Vernon Williams	577	0.9%				​​
Turnout			64,684	36.9%
	Labour Co-op hold

2016

2016 Hackney mayoral by-election
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Philip Glanville	22,595	68.9%				​​
	Green	Samir Jeraj	4,338	13.2%				​​
	Conservative	Amy Gray	3,533	10.8%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Raval	1,818	5.5%				​​
	One Love	Dawa Ma	494	1.5%				​​
Turnout			32,778	18.6%
	Labour hold

2014

2014 Hackney mayoral election
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Jules Pipe	40,858	60.38%				​​
	Green	Mischa Borris	11,849	17.51%				​​
	Conservative	Linda Kelly	7,853	11.61%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Simon De Deney	3,840	5.68%				​​
	Putting Hackney First	Mustafa Korel	3,265	4.83%				​​
Total votes			67,665	39.61%
	Labour hold

2010

2010 Hackney mayoral election[9]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Jules Pipe	48,363	53.85%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Gee-Turner	15,818	17.61%				​​
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	12,405	13.81%				​​
	Green	Mischa Borris	10,100	11.25%				​​
	Communist	Monty Goldman	2,033	2.26%				​​
	Christian	William Thompson	1,084	1.21%				​​
Total votes			89,803	58%
	Labour hold

2006

2006 Hackney mayoral election[10]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Jules Pipe	20,830	46.86%	3,404	24,234	73.39%	​​
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	7,454	16.77%	1,331	8,785	26.61%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Penhaligon	4,882	10.98%				​​
	Green	Mima Bone	4,683	10.53%				​​
	Independent	Hettie Peters	2,907	6.54%				​​
	Respect	Dean Ryan	2,800	6.30%				​​
	Communist	Monty Goldman	896	2.02%				​​
Turnout			44,452	34.3%
	Labour hold

2002

2002 Hackney mayoral election[11]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Jules Pipe	13,813	41.95%	2,421	16,234	74.25%	​​
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	4,502	13.67%	1,127	5,629	25.75%	​​
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Foot	4,187	12.72%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sharer	4,185	12.71%				​​
	Green	Crispin Truman	3,002	9.12%				​​
	Hackney First	Bruce Spenser	1,543	4.69%				​​
	Independent	Terry Edwards	1,253	3.81%				​​
	Independent	Errol Carr	441	1.34%				​​
Turnout			34,415	26.34%
Registered electors			130,657
	Labour win

List of elected mayors

The mayors since the office was created in 2002 have been:^[2]

Political party		Name	Entered office	Left office
	Labour	Jules Pipe	21 October 2002	20 July 2016
	Labour Co-op	Philip Glanville	19 September 2016	22 September 2023
	Labour	Caroline Woodley	9 November 2023	Present