Local issues in Hackney North and Stoke Newington

We're collecting local issues in Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Some of these have been turned into questions to put to the candidates standing at the 2010 general election in the form of a questionnaire.

Issues are no longer being turned into questions, but we still want them! A good local issue will be about a problem of local relevance, possibly suggesting how something should have been/be done.

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• Why are 47% of working age women workless? (source) report abuse
• The new river path should be preserved and the perimeter of the West Resevoir made accessible to the general public. report abuse
• there should be more info about the amount of asylum seekers in the constituency and what we are doing to help them report abuse
• The army showroom in Dalston Shopping Centre should be closed (source) report abuse
• there needs to be a pedestrian crossing on Upper Clapton Road linking Portland Avenue and Craven Walk that facilitates the pedestrian desire line. report abuse
• Stoke Newington common should be reconneccted (remove the tarmac between the greeen spaces), redesigned and developed report abuse
• Hackney council should implement it's proposed borough wide speed limit (source) report abuse
• the stoke newington gyratory should be removed and become 2-way (source) report abuse
• Lack of recycling and composting collection facilities for Stoke Newington residents that dont live on street level properties (i.e. in apartment blocks) report abuse
• Town planning around Dalston Kingsland station needs to be sorted out - a bus stop, cash machines and a train station make for a congested pathway report abuse
• No sale of Crown Estate properties in Victoria Park (source) report abuse
• street harassment needs to be dealt with (source) report abuse

Local questions for candidate questionnaire

These are the questions that have been made out of the local issues Demoracy Club volunteers have posted. They'll make up the 'local' section of a questionnaire that TheyWorkForYou is developing in conjunction with Demoracy Club. Below the question is the local issue it's derived from.

Do you agree that ... ?

• There should be more information made available about the number of asylum seekers in the constituency and what we are doing to help them.
  Based on issue: there should be more info about the amount of asylum seekers in the constituency and what we are doing to help them
• Public funding should be spent on a pedestrian crossing on Upper Clapton Road linking Portland Avenue and Craven Walk that facilitates the pedestrian desire line.
  Based on issue: there needs to be a pedestrian crossing on Upper Clapton Road linking Portland Avenue and Craven Walk that facilitates the pedestrian desire line.
• The Stoke-Newington gyratory should be removed and become two-way. (source)
  Based on issue: the stoke newington gyratory should be removed and become 2-way (source)
• The crown estate shouldn't sell its properties around Victoria Park. (source)
  Based on issue: No sale of Crown Estate properties in Victoria Park (source)
• The army showroom in Dalston Shopping Centre should be closed. (source)
  Based on issue: The army showroom in Dalston Shopping Centre should be closed (source)
• The new river path should be preserved and the perimeter of the West Resevoir made accessible to the general public.
  Based on issue: The new river path should be preserved and the perimeter of the West Resevoir made accessible to the general public.
• Public funds should be spent to imrprove the pedestrian flow around Dalston Kingsland station.
  Based on issue: Town planning around Dalston Kingsland station needs to be sorted out - a bus stop, cash machines and a train station make for a congested pathway
• Recycling and composting collection facilities should be provided for Stoke Newington residents that don't live on street level properties (i.e. in apartment blocks).
  Based on issue: Lack of recycling and composting collection facilities for Stoke Newington residents that dont live on street level properties (i.e. in apartment blocks)
• Hackney council should implement it's proposed borough wide 20mph speed limit. (source)
  Based on issue: Hackney council should implement it's proposed borough wide speed limit (source)
• Public money should be spent on removing the tarmac between the green spaces on Stoke Newington common, as part of a redevelopment.
  Based on issue: Stoke Newington common should be reconneccted (remove the tarmac between the greeen spaces), redesigned and developed