| Hackney London Borough Council | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | London borough council of London Borough of Hackney |
| Leadership | |
| Executive mayor | Jules Pipe |
| Members | 57 councillors |
| Labour |
50 / 57
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| Conservatives |
4 / 57
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| Lib Dems |
3 / 57
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| Elections | |
| Voting system | First past the post |
| Last election | 6 May 2010 |
| Meeting place | |
| Town Hall, Mare Street | |
| Website | |
| www.hackney.gov.uk | |
Hackney London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Hackney in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council is unusual in the United Kingdom local government system in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Hackney, currently Jules Pipe. Hackney is divided into 19 wards, each electing three councillors. Following the May 2010 election, Hackney London Borough Council comprises 50 Labour Party councillors, four Conservative Party councillors and three Liberal Democrat councillors.[1] The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities: Hackney Metropolitan Borough Council, Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council and Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough Council.
There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Hackney area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Hackney on 1 April 1965. Hackney London Borough Council replaced Hackney Metropolitan Borough Council, Shoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council and Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough Council. All three had been created in 1900; the ancient parishes of Hackney and Stoke Newington were previously governed by vestries, but together were united as the Hackney District of the Metropolis from 1855 to 1894. Shoreditch was also an ancient parish and was governed by a vestry until becoming a metropolitan borough in 1900.
It was envisaged through the London Government Act 1963 that Hackney as a London local authority would share power with the Greater London Council. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the local authorities responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. This arrangement lasted until 1986 when Hackney London Borough Council gained responsibility for some services that had been provided by the Greater London Council, such as waste disposal. Hackney became an education authority in 1990. Since 2000 the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions.
In September 2011, The Council criticized Britney Spears upon completion of her Criminal music video, for "promoting gun violence" following the 2011 England riots. Adding, "We will be raising this matter with the production company." Councillor Ian Rathbone added that Spears should apologize and make a sizeable donation to a Hackney charity "for the rudeness and damage she's done to this community." On September 26, 2011, Spears' representatives released a statement to MTV News saying, "The video is a fantasy story featuring Britney's boyfriend, Jason Trawick, which literally plays out the lyrics of a song written three years before the riots ever happened."[2] The video was ranked at number ten on a list of the ten most controversial music videos in pop by AOL on September 29, 2011.[3]
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