2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

History

The thirty-two London boroughs were established in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. They are the principal authorities in Greater London and have responsibilities including education, housing, planning, highways, social services, libraries, recreation, waste, environmental health and revenue collection. Some of the powers are shared with the Greater London Authority, which also manages passenger transport, police and fire.^[2]

Barking and Dagenham has been controlled by the Labour Party since its establishment. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, independents and residents associations have also held seats on the borough. The 2006 election saw the British National Party winning twelve of the fifty-one seats, none of which they held in the 2010 election, in which every seat was won by Labour.^[3] In the 2014 election and the most recent election in 2018 all fifty-one seats continued to be won by the Labour Party.^[4] The party won 74.4% of the vote across the borough.^[4] The Conservatives won 23.6% of the vote and no seats. The incumbent leader of the council is the Labour councillor Darren Rodwell, who had held that position since 2014.^[4][5]

Council term

Bill Turner, a councillor for Thames ward, resigned in 2021. A by-election to replace him was held in 2021 alongside that year's mayoral election and London Assembly election.^[6] The London Assembly member Andrew Boff was selected as the Conservative candidate.^[7] He called the election a "referendum on democracy", expressing his opposition to the Labour council's introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone in the ward.^[8] The Labour candidate Fatuma Nalule won the election, with Boff coming second.^[9]

Along with most other London boroughs, Barking and Dagenham was subject to a boundary review ahead of the 2022 election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England concluded that the council should maintain fifty-one seats, but produced new election boundaries following a period of consultation.^[10] The plans will see two additional wards, resulting in six of the nineteen new wards being represented by two councillors and the rest being represented by three councillors.^[11] Boundaries changed for every ward except for Longbridge.^[12]

Abbey

Alibon

Barking Riverside

Beam

Becontree

Chadwell Heath

Eastbrook and Rush Green

Eastbury

Gascoigne

Goresbrook

Heath

Longbridge

Mayesbrook

Northbury

Parsloes

Thames View

Valence

Village

Whalebone

Affiliation changes

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Affiliation		Councillors
		Elected in 2022[16]	Current[17]	Differ­ence
	Labour	51	47	4
	Green	0	3	3
	Independent	0	1[a]	1
Total		51	51

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By-elections

Heath

The by-election was triggered following the death of Cllr Olawale Martins.^[18]

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Heath by-election: 30 March 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Spoor	777	62.1	11.7
	Conservative	Joe Lynch	408	32.6	6.4
	Green	Kim Arrowsmith	41	3.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Zygiamantas Adomavicius	26	2.1	N/A
Majority			369	29.5	N/A
Turnout			1,259	21.8	–1.3
Registered electors			5,774
	Labour hold		Swing	9.1

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Mayesbrook

The by-election was triggered following the resignation of Cllr Nashitha Choudhury.^[19]

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Mayesbrook by-election: 14 September 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Summya Sohaib	632	46.8	22.9
	Conservative	Sharfaraz Raj	444	32.9	2.6
	Green	Simon Anthony	192	14.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Olumide Adeyefa	81	6.0	N/A
Majority			188	13.9	N/A
Turnout			1,355	14.2	–6.4
Registered electors			9,542
	Labour hold		Swing	12.8

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Northbury

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Northbury by-election: 28 November 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Masson	561	57.7	11.1
	Green	Simon Anthony	161	16.6	12.1
	Reform	Ryan Edwards	101	10.4	N/A
	Conservative	Angelica Olawepo	100	10.3	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Olumide Adeyefa	49	5.0	N/A
Majority			400	41.1	N/A
Turnout			976	11.2	–12.4
Registered electors			8,710
	Labour hold		Swing	6.6

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Village

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Village by-election: 28 November 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Williams	776	51.6	34.1
	Labour	Ajanta Deb-Roy	774	51.5	33.5
	Conservative	Ben Suter	580	38.6	14.7
	Conservative	Graham Gosling	571	38.0	16.1
	Green	Kim Arrowsmith	103	6.8	N/A
	Green	Tope Olawoyin	97	6.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	George Elebiju	70	4.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert Munangatire	37	2.5	N/A
Turnout			1,579	19.0	–7.2
Registered electors			8,297
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

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Whalebone

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Whalebone by-election: 20 February 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rubina Siddiqui	625	54.9	15.6
	Conservative	Angelica Olawepo	287	25.2	4.3
	Green	Tope Olawoyin	117	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert Munangatire	109	9.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,144	12.3	–14.9
Registered electors			9,275
	Labour hold		Swing	5.7

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Thames View

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Thames View by-election: 31 July 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Lee	334	31.6	25.9
	Green	Paul Powlesland	277	29.9	N/A
	Reform	Lewis Holmes	197	21.3	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	117	12.6	10.6
Majority			67	1.7	N/A
Turnout			930	23.9	–4.5
Registered electors			3,888
	Labour hold

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