Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council elections

Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 51 councillors representing 19 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.^[1]

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Election	Overall Control		Labour	Conservative	Lib Dem	BNP	Reform	Green	Res./Ind.	Total
Election	Overall Control									Total
1964		Labour Party	45	0	0	–	–	–	4	49
1968			32	13	0	–	–	–	4	49
1971			45	0	0	–	–	–	4	49
1974			45	0	0	–	–	–	4	49
1978			42	3	0	–	–	–	3	48
1982			37	3	3	–	–	–	5	48
1986			35	3	5	–	–	–	5	48
1990			44	0	1	–	–	–	3	48
1994			47	0	1	–	–	–	3	51
1998			47	0	1	–	–	–	3	51
2002			42	2	3	–	–	0	4	51
2006			38	1	0	12	–	0	0	51
2010			51	0	0	0	–	0	0	51
2014			51	0	0	0	–	0	0	51
2018			51	0	–	0	–	0	0	51
2022			51	0	0	–	–	0	0	51
2026			38	0	0	–	9	4	0	51

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	P Jarvis	1,108	68.4	+13.5
	Labour	H Pope	492	30.4	+2.7
	Communist	D Connor	20	1.2	−3.5
Majority			616	38.0	N/A
Turnout				16.6	−12.7
Registered electors			9,731
	Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Shaw	1,442	93.2	+10.4
	Liberal	M Taylor	106	6.8	N/A
Majority			1,336	86.4	N/A
Turnout				17.4	−18.5
Registered electors			8,882
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Blackburn	1,263		*N/A*
	Labour	E White	1,226		*N/A*
	Conservative	Ada Horrell	209		N/A
	Conservative	T Woodcock	201		N/A
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout				17.4	N/A
Registered electors			8,589
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Harris	1,019	48.4	−15.0
	Conservative	Brian Cook	906	43.0	+20.9
	National Front	John Benjafield	106	5.0	N/A
	Liberal	Daniel Felton	76	3.6	−5.9
Majority			113	5.4	N/A
Turnout				28.7	−3.2
Registered electors			7,354
	Labour hold		Swing

Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council elections

Political control

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964–1968

1968–1971

1971–1974

1974–1978

1978–1982

1982–1986

1986–1990

1990–1994

1994–1998

1998–2002

2002–2006

2006–2010

2010–2014

2014–2018

2018–2022

2022–2026

2026–2030

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Jones	2,258	54.7	−9.3
	Conservative	Stanley Bray	1,255	30.4	+11.5
	Liberal	David Spender	614	14.9	+3.9
Majority			1,003	24.3	N/A
Turnout				60.6	+35.9
Registered electors			6,865
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Stevens	859	68.3	+2.4
	Liberal	Edward Bullock	234	18.6	N/A
	Conservative	Sylvia Jones	120	9.5	−19.0
	National Front	Ronald Ferrett	44	3.5	N/A
Majority			625	49.7	N/A
Turnout				17.4	−10.1
Registered electors			7,244
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Walker	625	60.6	−6.6
	Conservative	Leonard Nelson	205	19.9	−8.4
	Alliance	David Kingaby	202	19.6	N/A
Majority			420	40.7	N/A
Turnout				21.1	−12.2
Registered electors			4,930
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,184	50.8	−29.5
	Conservative	Norman Houlder	490	21.0	N/A
	Labour	William Summers	390	16.7	−0.8
	Alliance	David Kingaby	266	11.4	N/A
Majority			694	29.8	N/A
Turnout				34.1	−4.6
Registered electors			6,866
	Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Constance Foster	2,372	50.4	−3.5
	Liberal	Daniel Felton	1,346	28.6	+3.9
	Labour	James Jones	984	20.9	−0.6
Majority			1,026	21.8	N/A
Turnout				64.8	+23.3
Registered electors			7,275
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Susan Vickers	1,450	73.8	+6.3
	Labour	David Geary	466	23.7	−8.8
	Conservative	Richard Hall	49	2.5	N/A
Majority			984	50.1	N/A
Turnout				31.5	−8.6
Registered electors			6,264
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Parkin	910	77.3	+6.3
	Conservative	William Preston	247	21.0	N/A
	Communist	Alfred Ott	20	1.7	−2.9
Majority			663	56.3	N/A
Turnout				17.7	−11.6
Registered electors			6,666
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Worby	477	64.0	+16.2
	Conservative	Terence Malladine	268	36.0	N/A
Majority			209	28.0	N/A
Turnout				35.5	−4.7
Registered electors			2,098
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Inder Jamu	542	49.2	+5.9
	Conservative	Marcus Needham	294	26.7	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Bertram	266	24.1	+11.7
Majority			248	22.5	N/A
Turnout				21.7	−9.7
Registered electors			5,073
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Fani	1,158	59.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Smith	524	27.1	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Taylor	253	13.1	−7.0
Majority			634	32.7	N/A
Turnout				28.6	−8.5
Registered electors			6,793
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadwell Heath by-election, 2 April 1992^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ronald Curtis	1,107	49.3	−0.4
	Labour	Violet Gasson	819	36.5	−1.7
	Conservative	John Graham	318	14.2	+14.2
Majority			288	12.8	N/A
Turnout				33.3	−9.0
Registered electors			6,756
	Residents hold		Swing

Goresbrook by-election, 13 May 1999^[16]^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Smith	834	56.3	+22.4
	Labour	William Barns	646	43.7	−22.4
Majority			188	12.6	N/A
Turnout			1,485	27.8	+3.3
Registered electors			5,333
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Longbridge by-election, 6 February 2003^[20]^[21]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anton Clark	1,186	61.0	+21.6
	Labour	Simon Bremner	578	29.7	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Lopez-Real	180	9.3	−9.1
Majority			608	31.3	N/A
Turnout				26.8	−2.8
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chadwell Heath by-election, 10 June 2004^[20]^[17]^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadine Smith	965	39.4	+8.4
	Conservative	Mary Justice	899	36.7	+3.2
	Residents	Elaine Matthews	468	19.1	−16.5
	Green	Geoff Sheridan	117	4.8	N/A
Majority			66	2.7	N/A
Turnout				35.5	+8.8
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Twomey	661	56.3	−22.8
	Conservative	Margaret Jones	264	22.5	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Healy	249	21.2	+13.4
Majority			397	40.7	N/A
Turnout			33.8	26.1	−11.4
Registered electors			4,503
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Conyard	657	86.7	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Oram	101	13.3	−6.0
Majority			556	73.4	N/A
Turnout				16.6	−21.7
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Gill	604	57.1	+8.0
	Independent Labour	John Broughton	360	34.1	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Cooper	93	8.8	−5.1
Majority			244	23.0	N/A
Turnout				22.3	−16.5
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Cooper	949	70.8	+19.7
	Labour	David Miles	342	25.5	−23.4
	Conservative	Brian Cook	50	3.7	N/A
Majority			607	55.3	N/A
Turnout			1,345	31.8	−8.3
Registered electors			4,226
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McCarthy	443	56.6	+23.0
	Conservative	Terence Justice	290	37.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Lopez-Real	27	3.4	−17.0
	Green	Geoffrey Hunwicks	23	2.9	N/A
Majority			153	19.6	N/A
Turnout				20.0	−5.0
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Little	847	47.5	−4.3
	Labour	Raymond Parkin	839
	Conservative	Susan Connelly	778	43.6	+6.2
	Conservative	Kerry Smith	768
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Perry	110	6.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Perry	96
	Green	Melissa Serpico	50	2.8	N/A
	Green	Francis Koch-Krase	43
Majority			69	3.9	N/A
Turnout				24.3	−1.3
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Challis	470	32.9	−23.5
	Labour	James McDermott	466	32.6	−11.0
	Conservative	Colin King	381	26.7	N/A
	Green	Geoff Sheridan	111	7.8	N/A
Majority			4	0.3	N/A
Turnout				19.8	−7.0
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Hemmett	761	41.6	−26.0
	BNP	Lawrence Rustem	576	31.5	N/A
	Conservative	George Woodward	279	15.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Lambart	148	8.1	−24.3
	Green	Laurence Cleeland	65	3.6	N/A
Majority			185	10.1	N/A
Turnout				27.8	+7.5
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Daniel Kelley	1,072	51.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Patricia Northover	602	29.1	−32.9
	UKIP	Terence Jones	137	6.6	N/A
	Conservative	Christine Naylor	111	5.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Tindling	85	4.1	−33.9
	Green	Geoff Sheridan	59	2.9	N/A
Majority			470	22.8	N/A
Turnout				28.8	+8.5
Registered electors
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Waker	1,085	44.7	−10.5
	BNP	Lawrence Rustem	934	38.5	N/A
	Conservative	Kerry Smith	410	16.9	−6.4
Majority			151	6.2	N/A
Turnout				35.0	+12.6
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alok Agrawal	1,171	59.8	−6.0
	BNP	John Luisis	378	19.3	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Chytry	283	14.4	N/A
	UKIP	John Bolton	125	6.4	N/A
Majority			793	40.5	N/A
Turnout				25.9	+8.9
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Warren Northover	1,227	51.0	+22.0
	BNP	Lawrence Rustem	791	32.9	−19.0
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	216	9.0	+2.4
	Conservative	Christine Naylor	167	7.0	+1.6
Majority			436	17.1	N/A
Turnout				33.6	+13.3
Registered electors
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Justice	842	37.4	+7.5
	Labour	Margaret Mullane	691	30.7	−7.0
	BNP	James Webb	564	25.1	N/A
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	142	6.3	−6.9
	Independent	Dorien Mcilroy	11	0.5	−18.7
Majority			151	6.7	N/A
Turnout				33.1	−3.1
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Couling	881	46.6	+3.0
	BNP	Richard Barnbrook	642	34.0	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Felicia Taiwo	136	7.2	−2.1
	Conservative	Paul Ayer	108	5.7	−7.4
	Independent	Warren Northover	63	3.9	−2.9
	UKIP	Nobby Manning	50	2.6	N/A
	Independent	Faruk Choudhury	11	0.1	−2.9
Majority			239	20.0	N/A
Turnout			1,841	25.3	−32.5
Registered electors			7,482
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Brenner	1,113	57.8	+14.2
	BNP	Bob Taylor	593	30.8	+3.5
	UKIP	John Dias-Broughton	91	4.7	N/A
	Conservative	Mohammed Riaz	81	4.2	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hills	48	2.5	−6.8
Majority			520	20.0	N/A
Turnout			1,926	25.6	−32.2
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syed Ahammad	1,555	64.3	+24.1
	UKIP	Albert Bedwell	466	19.3	+14.6
	Conservative	Paul Ayer	284	11.7	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Croft	78	3.2	−11.9
	BNP	Giuseppe De Santis	37	1.5	−6.7
Majority			1,089	45.0	N/A
Turnout			2,420	29.8	−39.3
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fatuma Nalule	1,545	42.4	−40.6
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	939	25.8	+8.8
	Independent	Sabbir Zameer	574	15.8	+15.8
	TUSC	Pete Mason	345	9.5	+9.5
	CPA	Lucy Baiye-Gaman	158	4.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Afzal Munna	81	2.2	+2.2
Majority			606	16.6
Turnout			3,642	36.3	+7.9
Registered electors			10,075
	Labour hold		Swing

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	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Zygimantas Adomavicius	26	2.1	+2.1
Majority			369	29.5
Turnout			1,252	21.8	−1.3
Registered electors			5,774
	Labour hold		Swing

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	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Olumide Adeyefa	81	6.0	+6.0
Majority			188	13.9
Turnout			1,349	14.2	−6.4
Registered electors			9,542
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Masson	561	57.7	−11.1
	Green	Simon Anthony	161	16.6	+2.1
	Reform	Ryan Edwards	101	10.4	+10.4
	Conservative	Angelica Olawepo	100	10.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Olumide Adeyefa	49	5.0	+5.0
Majority			400	41.2
Turnout			972
	Labour hold		Swing