Leabridge Park is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and roughly corresponds to the Lea Bridge district of London, and is distinct from the Lea Bridge (ward) in the neighbouring London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is part of Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.
The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with elections every four years. At the last elections on 6 May 2010, Linda Kelly, Deniz Oguzkanli, and Ian Rathbone, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 55%; with 4,999 votes cast.[1] Rathbone is a former speaker of the borough. Kelly left Labour and joined the Tories on 18 May 2011.[2]
In 2001, Leabridge ward had a total population of 9,863 and is the ward with the fewest residents in Hackney. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[3]