History
The borough was formed in 1965 from the area of the former metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.
For most of that time it has been a Labour run authority, although there was a period of Conservative administration from 1968 to 1972
Read more about this topic: Politics Of Hackney
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