Hoxton is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.
The ward stretches from Hoxton Street and Hoxton Square in the East to Old Street and City Road in the South and West and Shoreditch Park and the Regents Canal in the North.
The ward returns three councillors to the borough council, with an election every four years. At the last election on 6 May 2010 Philip Glanville, Clay McKenzie, and Carole Williams all Labour Party candidates, were returned. Turnout was 52%; with 5,150 votes cast.
Hoxton ward has a total population of 10,696. This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.