Mayoral candidates quizzed on transport at Hackney Cycling Campaign’s hustings
In the absence of two of the four invited mayoral candidates, residents put the Greens’ Zoë Garbett and the Liberal Democrats’ Simon de Deney on the spot
Simon De Deney
Liberal Democrat mayoral hopeful outlines ambitious plan to fix ‘broken housing system’
If elected, Simon de Deney would set up a council house-building firm to create affordable homes
Hackney mayoral by-election: Six candidates to compete for borough’s top job on 9 November
Three serving councillors will be vying for votes, along with TUSC’s first ever mayoral hopeful
Hackney mayoral by-election: Independent candidate Peter Smorthit promises referendum on LTNs
The local resident has also vowed to build more social housing if elected
Liberal Democrats select Simon de Deney for mayoral by-election
Actor and former school governor runs again
Soapbox snippets: General Election debates special
Find out who got heckled, who is opposed to tumble dryers and who tried to speak ‘off the record’ at our General Election hustings on Sunday
Soapbox snippets: weekly round-up from the Hackney campaign trail
Hustings galore, a Tory-annosaurus Rex and the battle over Dunsmure Road
Soapbox snippets: weekly round-up from the Hackney campaign trail
Who has blisters from pounding the pavement, why is the co-founder of Bebo running for MP and what is transhumanism?
Hackney Liberal Democrats announce general election candidates
Ben Mathis is standing for Hackney South and Shoreditch and Simon de Deney in Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Leaflet watch: Just how accurate is Clissold Liberal Democrats’ ‘others can’t win’ claim?
Labour and Greens question veracity of graph even Lib Dem organiser Ben Mathis seems apologetic about
Election 2014: wards to watch, fact-checking and your chance to quiz mayoral candidates
Get the lowdown on this year’s trio of elections
The big debate: politicians’ pitch ideas for tackling affordable housing crisis
Front page story in November’s Hackney Citizen draws responses from political hopefuls
‘Hackney Heroine’ Pauline Pearce to stand in council byelection
The Liberal Democrats have chosen as their candidate for Hackney Central ward a jazz singer who came to fame during last year’s riots
Sainsbury’s PR company in Hackney Council contract row
Firm lobbying for controversial supermarket development hired to design new council website, Destination Hackney. Questions about Hackney councillors employed by company