Council · London borough

London Borough of Hackney

Green Party majority after May 7 2026. (Majority gained, previously Labour)

What happened on May 7

Seats won and overall control

After May 7

Green Party majority

Council size: 57 seats · 57 up on May 7

Reform UK

0 of 57 seats

Won 0 on May 7 · had 0 before

Next election

May 2030

Whole council every 4 years (London cycle).

Post-May 7 composition

Every party's seat count on the new council

Green Party
42
Labour
9
Conservative
6

Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.

How accurate was the model here?

Our 7 May 2026 forecast for London Borough of Hackney

50% 11 / 22 winners called correctly across this council's wards
9.09pp major-party MAE, average gap between predicted and actual share
+17.16pp Reform UK signed bias, positive = predicted hot, negative = predicted cold

Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →

Our locked May 7 forecast

The pre-election prediction

Labour
21
Green Party
18
Reform UK
11
Conservative
4
Lib Dem
2
Independent
1

This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.

All wards

Per-ward forecast vs actual

Ward Our top pick Actual winner Predicted share Confidence
Brownswood Labour Green Party 40.9% high
Cazenove Conservative Conservative 30.5% high
Clissold Labour Labour 36.1% high
Dalston Green Party Green Party 46.8% high
De Beauvoir Green Party Green Party 45.7% high
Hackney Central Labour Green Party 43.1% high
Hackney Downs Green Party Green Party 33.6% high
Hackney Wick Labour Green Party 47.3% high
Haggerston Labour Green Party 46.0% high
Homerton Labour Labour 47.4% high
Hoxton East & Shoreditch Labour Labour 39.1% high
Hoxton West Labour Green Party 48.9% high
King's Park Labour Green Party 47.6% high
Lea Bridge Labour Green Party 42.1% high
London Borough of Hackney Labour Green Party 46.0% low
London Fields Labour Labour 41.3% high
Shacklewell Labour Green Party 43.8% high
Springfield Conservative Conservative 44.0% high
Stamford Hill West Conservative Conservative 47.8% high
Stoke Newington Green Party Green Party 44.4% high
Victoria Labour Labour 35.2% high
Woodberry Down Labour Labour 45.5% high

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