Titbits: misspellings, Hackney ‘Cancel’ and is the honeymoon over for Sadiq?
Gaffes, oddities and frayed tempers feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
General Election 2015
Council incompetence left up to 1,300 voters unable to vote in General Election, damning report finds
Voters left off electoral register due to bureaucratic bungling as new system rolled out
Town Hall apologises for election day glitch that left residents unable to vote
Returning Officer Tim Shields said the Council would be ‘investigating’ to find out what went wrong
Leader – polls were wrong, so were results
Labour’s vote share increased by 1.5 per cent, whereas the Conservative’s vote share increased by only 0.8 per cent
General Election 2015: analysis
Comfortable wins for Labour saw both Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier increase their share of the vote, while the Conservatives and Greens vied for second place in both constituencies
General Election 2015: Hackney South & Shoreditch results
Labour party’s Meg Hillier re-elected with increased majority
General Election 2015: Hackney North & Stoke Newington results
Labour party’s Diane Abbott re-elected with increased majority
Outrage at registration failure as Hackney residents denied vote
Town Hall blames error on new system as up to 100 residents are left unable to vote in General Election
Hackney South General Election 2015 debate – as it happened
Welcome to our Hackney South General Election 2015 debate – live at the Arcola Theatre, Dalston
Hackney North General Election 2015 debate – as it happened
Welcome to our Hackney North General Election 2015 debate – live at the Arcola Theatre, Dalston
Hackney free school tight-lipped over delayed opening
Mystery surrounds what role the General Election is to play in the opening of Hackney Wick Academy
Hackney heckler aims to get ‘F*** off back to Eton’ song to number one
Ukulele player from Stoke Newington who serenaded David Cameron on campaign trail launches crowdfunding campaign
Green Party launches manifesto for ‘peaceful political revolution’ at Arcola Theatre
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas MP promise “a new kind of politics” at Dalston launch
UKIP announces Hackney North parliamentary candidate
Keith Fraser is to stand as Parliamentary candidate for UKIP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Hackney Heroine to stand as MP for Hitchin
Pauline Pearce selected to contest her home county for the Liberal Democrats