| White Hart Lane | |
| Constituency Type: | electoral ward |
| Parl Name: | Haringey London Borough Council |
| District: | Haringey |
| District Label: | Borough |
| Region Label: | County |
| Region: | Greater London |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
| Members: | 3 |
| Population: | 13,882 (2021) |
| Electorate: | 9,610 (2022) |
| Blank1 Name: | GSS code |
White Hart Lane is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Haringey. The ward has existed since 1978 and was first used in the 1978 elections. It returns three councillors to Haringey London Borough Council.
The ward covers an area of 1.7 km2, and is located mainly in the N17 and partly in the N22 and N13 postcodes. The ward is named after the road White Hart Lane; the road itself stretches from the junction with Tottenham High Road to the junction with Wood Green High Road, although the ward itself does not cover the entire road.
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Haringey in 2022. White Hart Lane exchanged territory with Woodside and lost territory to Bruce Castle.
The by-election took place on 4 October 2023.
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[1]
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Haringey in 2002.
The election took place on 3 May 2018.[2]
The election took place on 22 May 2014.[3]
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[4]
The election took place on 4 May 2006.[5]
The election took place on 2 May 2002.[6]
The election took place on 7 May 1998.[7]
The election took place on 5 May 1994.[8]
The election took place on 3 May 1990.[9]
The election took place on 8 May 1986.[10]
The election took place on 6 May 1982.[11]
The election took place on 4 May 1978.[12]
As of 2018, the ward has a population of 14,043; a high proportion of them are from ethnic backgrounds. Those of black ethnicity form the largest ethnic grouping in the ward, representing 28.3% of the population, with white British at 23%. 50.8% of the population identify themselves as Christian and 23.9% Muslims.
The ward is the second-most deprived in Haringey, and one of the most deprived in London.[13] [14] The ward has proportionally the most number of households in social housing in Haringey, and the second highest level of unemployment.[15] It also has a higher level of crime and lower life expectancy compared to Haringey overall.[16]
There are nine listed buildings in the ward, including Bruce Castle and the War Memorial at Tottenham Cemetery.[17] The football club in the ward is the Haringey Borough F.C. Although also named White Hart Lane, the White Hart Lane railway station and the former home of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., the White Hart Lane stadium (since replaced by Tottenham Hotspur Stadium), are in the neighbouring ward of Northumberland Park.[18]