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The London Borough of Hackney is a Labour Party governed inner London borough. There are currently fifty-seven seats representing twenty-one wards in the Borough. They are divided between the Labour Party with fifty; the Conservative Party with four, and Liberal Democrats three.〔(''European, Mayor and Council Elections 2014'' ) accessed 19 March 2015〕 The Borough consists of two parliamentary constituencies: Hackney North and Stoke Newington (represented by Diane Abbott) and Hackney South and Shoreditch (represented by Meg Hillier; both Labour Party Members of Parliament). The Borough is a constituent part of the North East London Assembly seat with the London Borough of Islington and London Borough of Waltham Forest currently held by Jennette Arnold AM. The Borough also makes up a constituent part of the London constituency of the European Parliament. ==Current structure== Unlike most other English local authorities, the Borough is now governed by a directly-elected Mayor who is also the political leader of the council. The Mayor elected for a third term in office and representing the Labour Party, is Jules Pipe CBE and is supported by a Cabinet, Councillors and a Speaker, currently for 2014-201 Councillor Sharon Patrick; who fulfils the civic and ceremonial duties previously undertaken by the (non-political) mayor.〔(''The Speaker of Hackney Council'' ) accessed 27 May 2010〕 The Borough is currently divided into twenty-one wards; fifteen return three councillors and the remaining six return two councillors in a first past the post system of elections. The Mayor of Hackney selects approximately nine councillors to make up a Cabinet〔(Hackney Borough Cabinet 2008-09 ) accessed 5 June 2008〕 who take responsibility of the governance of the Borough's civil service, and represent the Mayor and Council on strategic bodies such as (Team Hackney ),〔(Team Hackney ) accessed 5 June 2008〕 the Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) (Hackney Homes )〔(Hackney Homes ) accessed 5 June 2008〕 which manages the Borough's housing estates,〔(London Borough of Hackney Estates ) accessed 26 March 2013〕 and the (Learning Trust ),〔(The Learning Trust ) accessed 5 June 2008〕 governing the provision of education within the Borough. The quasi-judicial functions of the Council called Regulatory, are carried out by exclusively back-bench Councillors. The Planning Sub-Committee〔(Planning Committee ) accessed 5 June 2008〕 and the Licensing Committee〔(Licensing Committee ) accessed 5 June 2008〕 make independent decisions that oversee both the private and public sector and decide upon a wide range of petitions for permission to build, demolish or otherwise transform the built environment and upon requests for license for the public display of wild animals thru public entertainment to the transport of hazardous waste. The other committees that make up Regulatory are the Standards Committee, Regulatory Committee, Pensions Sub-Committee, and Audit Sub-Committee. The Mayor, Cabinet, and Regulatory are all held to account by the system of Overview and Scrutiny (O&S). This is formed into an Overview and Scrutiny Board, chaired normally by the leader of the opposition but currently by a Councillor nominated by the Conservative Party group, and the Scrutiny Commissions, the five sub-committees of the Board.〔(O&S ) accessed 5 June 2008〕 * (Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission ) * (Community Safety and Social Inclusion Scrutiny Commission ) * (Governance and Resources Scrutiny Commission ) * (Health in Hackney Scrutiny Commission ) * (Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of Hackney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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