Cazenove is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and the area forms part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Its named derives from the Cazenove Road which runs through the ward.
The ward returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the most recent election on 6 May 2010 Ian Sharer, Dawood Akhoon and Abraham (Sam) Jacobson, all candidates for the Liberal Democrats, were elected. The turnout was 61%, and 5,013 votes were cast.[1]
The area is bounded by Upper Clapton to the east, Stamford Hill to the north, Stoke Newington to the west and Stoke Newington Common to the south. It is roughly one third Orthodox Jewish, one third Muslim and one third Christian. Cazenove ward has a total population of 10,504. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[2]
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