Springfield is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney occupying much of Upper Clapton and some of Stamford Hill; the ward is part of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.

The ward returns three councillors to the Borough Council, with elections every four years.

At the last election on 6 May 2010, Michael Levy and Simche Steinberger (both Conservative Party candidates); and Margaret Gordon (Labour Party) were returned.

This compares with the average ward population within the borough of 10,674.

[3] There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2002.