Wick (ward)

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name = Wick

|constituency_type = electoral ward

|parl_name = Hackney London Borough Council

|district_label = Borough

|district = Hackney

|region = Greater London

|region_label = County

|towns = Hackney Wick

|year = 1965

|abolished = 2014

|members_label = Councillors

|members =

|previous =

|next = Hackney Wick

|population = 11,734 (2011)

|electorate =

|area = {{convert|0.5066|sqkm}}

|image = {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wick (ward) 2002}}|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=245}}

|caption = Wick ward boundaries from 2002 to 2014

|blank1_name = ONS code

|blank1_info = 00AMGU (2002–2014)

|blank2_name = GSS code

|blank2_info = E05000249 (2002–2014)

}}

Wick was a ward in the London Borough of Hackney that formed part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency. It fully covered the area of Hackney Wick and includes the part of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics 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.[http://www.hackney.gov.uk/wick-results.htm 2010 Council Elections results for Hackney Wick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511001842/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/wick-results.htm |date=2010-05-11 }} (LB Hackney) accessed 11 May 2010

Wick ward had a total population of 11,027, increasing to 11,734 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688756&c=Wick&d=14&e=62&g=6326240&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477144543769&enc=1|title=Hackney Ward population 2011|accessdate=22 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.[http://www.hackney.gov.uk/xp-boroughprofile_chapter1.pdf LB Hackney Borough Profile]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "1.5 Population density", and table 1.10 "Population by ward, 2001" pp. 20; (LB Hackney, 2006) accessed 6 October 2009