Wick was a ward in the

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that formed part of the

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constituency. It fully covered the area of

Hackney Wick Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in east London, England. The area forms the south-eastern part of the district of Hackney, and also of the wider London Borough of Hackney. Adjacent areas of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are sometimes a ...

and includes the part of the

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and

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being built in the Borough. The ward returned three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the previous local election on 6 May 2010 Antoinette Bramble, Chris Kennedy, and Jessica Webb, all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 54%; with 4,324 votes cast. Wick ward had a total population of 11,027, increasing to 11,734 at the 2011 Census. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.''LB Hackney Borough Profile''
"1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009

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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070926222731/http://www.hackney-labour.org.uk/620a0b40-6bc0-b644-35b5-3fb384425db2?PageId=67e1b71c-c673-c5f4-753b-3921b61df196 Labour Party profile of Chris Kennedy
Labour Party profile of Jessica Webb
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