Hackney Central was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council.
The Hackney Central constituency was used for the Greater London Council elections in 1973,[2] 1977[3] and 1981.
[5] The fourth election to the GLC (and first using revised boundaries) was held on 12 April 1973.
The sixth and final election to the GLC (and third using revised boundaries) was held on 7 May 1981.
The councillor was elected for a four-year term, extended by an extra year by the Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act 1984, ahead of the abolition of the council.