Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards. [1]
The first election to the council was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new system came into full effect the following year. Since the first election to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the Labour Party: [2] [3]
Election | Overall Control | Labour | Conservative | Res./ Ind. | Lib Dem | BNP | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Labour | 45 | – | 4 | – | – | 49 | |
1968 | Labour | 32 | 13 | 4 | – | – | 49 | |
1971 | Labour | 45 | – | 4 | – | – | 49 | |
1974 | Labour | 45 | – | 4 | – | – | 49 | |
1978 | Labour | 42 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 48 | |
1982 | Labour | 37 | 3 | 5 | 3 | – | 48 | |
1986 | Labour | 35 | 3 | 5 | 5 | – | 48 | |
1990 | Labour | 44 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 48 | |
1994 | Labour | 47 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 51 | |
1998 | Labour | 47 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 51 | |
2002 | Labour | 42 | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | 51 | |
2006 | Labour | 38 | 1 | – | – | 12 | 51 | |
2010 | Labour | 51 | – | – | – | – | 51 | |
2014 | Labour | 51 | – | – | – | – | 51 | |
2018 | Labour | 51 | – | – | – | – | 51 | |
2022 | Labour | 51 | – | – | – | – | 51 |
The leaders of the council since 1965 have been: [4] [5]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Ball | Labour | 1965 | 1972 | |
Joe Butler | Labour | 1972 | 1986 | |
George Brooker | Labour | 1986 | 1998 | |
Charles Fairbrass | Labour | 1998 | 13 May 2009 | |
Liam Smith | Labour | 13 May 2009 | 12 Jun 2014 | |
Darren Rodwell | Labour | 12 Jun 2014 |
There were no by-elections. [10]
There were no by-elections. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | P. G. Jarvis | 1,108 | 68.4 | +13.5 | |
Labour | H. W. 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 | G. H. Shaw | 1,442 | 93.2 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | M. F. 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 | R. Blackburn | 1,263 | N/A | ||
Labour | E. J. White | 1,226 | N/A | ||
Conservative | Mrs. A. E. Horrell | 209 | N/A | ||
Conservative | T. A. 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 |
There were no by-elections. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric R. Harris | 1,019 | 48.4 | -15.0 | |
Conservative | Brian Cook | 906 | 43.0 | +20.9 | |
National Front | John J. Benjafield | 106 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Daniel J. Felton | 76 | 3.6 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 113 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28.7 | -3.2 | |||
Registered electors | 7,354 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Bertie E. Roycraft.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James L. Jones | 2,258 | 54.7 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | Stanley Bray | 1,255 | 30.4 | +11.5 | |
Liberal | David A. 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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Julia H. Engwell.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan D. Stevens | 859 | 68.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Edward A. Bullock | 234 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sylvia M. L. Jones | 120 | 9.5 | -19.0 | |
National Front | Ronald A. Ferrett | 44 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 625 | 49.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17.4 | -10.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,244 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William E. Bellamy.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian P. Walker | 625 | 60.6 | -6.6 | |
Conservative | Leonard Nelson | 205 | 19.9 | -8.4 | |
Alliance | David J. Kingaby | 202 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 420 | 40.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21.1 | -12.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,930 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Albert E. Ball.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Albert Gibbs | 1,184 | 50.8 | -29.5 | |
Conservative | Norman C. Houlder | 490 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Labour | William L. Summers | 390 | 16.7 | -0.8 | |
Alliance | David J. Kingaby | 266 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 694 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34.1 | -4.6 | |||
Registered electors | 6,866 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. William Hibble.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Constance W. Foster | 2,372 | 50.4 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Daniel J. Felton | 1,346 | 28.6 | +3.9 | |
Labour | James L. 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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward J. Reed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Susan P. Vickers | 1,450 | 73.8 | +6.3 | |
Labour | David E. Geary | 466 | 23.7 | -8.8 | |
Conservative | Richard P. Hall | 49 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 984 | 50.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31.5 | -8.6 | |||
Registered electors | 6,264 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Alan R. Beadle.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond B. Parkin | 910 | 77.3 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | William C. Preston | 247 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Communist | Alfred F. Ott | 20 | 1.7 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 663 | 56.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 17.7 | -11.6 | |||
Registered electors | 6,666 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ernest A. Turner.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen M. Worby | 477 | 64.0 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | Terence A. 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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Donald I. Pepper.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Inder S. Jamu | 542 | 49.2 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Marcus G. S. Needham | 294 | 26.7 | +14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan J. Bertram | 266 | 24.1 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 248 | 22.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21.7 | -9.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,073 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Patricia A. Twomey.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammad A. R. Fani | 1,158 | 59.8 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Nicholas L. T. Smith | 524 | 27.1 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin F. Taylor | 253 | 13.1 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 634 | 32.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28.6 | -8.5 | |||
Registered electors | 6,793 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Abdul M. Khokhar.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia A. Twomey | 661 | 56.3 | -22.8 | |
Conservative | Margaret Jones | 264 | 22.5 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sean P. 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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Trevor A. Watson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | Ronald J. Curtis | 1,107 | 49.3 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Violet M. Gasson | 819 | 36.5 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | John F. Graham | 318 | 14.2 | +14.2 | |
Majority | 288 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33.3 | -9.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,756 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Raymond Gowland.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Conyard | 657 | 86.7 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David A. Oram | 101 | 13.3 | -6.0 | |
Majority | 556 | 73.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16.6 | -21.7 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alastair Hannah-Rogers.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven P. Gill | 604 | 57.1 | +8.0 | |
Independent Labour | John W. Broughton | 360 | 34.1 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan H. G. Cooper | 93 | 8.8 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 244 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22.3 | -16.5 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Joseph A. Butler.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Liam A. Smith | 834 | 56.3 | +22.4 | |
Labour | William F. L. 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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Terence P. Power. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan H. G. Cooper | 949 | 70.8 | +19.7 | |
Labour | David S. 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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen W. Churchman. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael A. McCarthy | 443 | 56.6 | +23.0 | |
Conservative | Terence J. Justice | 290 | 37.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan M. Lopez-Real | 27 | 3.4 | -17.0 | |
Green | Geoffrey A. Hunwicks | 23 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 153 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20.0 | -5.0 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Colin T. W. Pond. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anton C. Clark | 1,186 | 61.0 | +21.6 | |
Labour | Simon J. Bremner | 578 | 29.7 | -12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan M. 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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Susan Bramley. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert C. Little | 847 | 47.5 | -4.3 | |
Labour | Raymond B. Parkin | 839 | |||
Conservative | Susan M. Connelly | 778 | 43.6 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Kerry J. Smith | 768 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Karen Perry | 110 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony H. 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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Lawrence Bunn and the resignation of Cllr. Sidney Summerfield. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diane P. 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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Daniel J. Felton [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nadine Smith | 965 | 39.4 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Mary Brigid Justice | 899 | 36.7 | +3.2 | |
Residents | Elaine Constance 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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Robert Jeyes. [21]
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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Vera W. Cridland. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Daniel G. Kelley | 1,072 | 51.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Patricia A. Northover | 602 | 29.1 | -32.9 | |
UKIP | Terence J. Jones | 137 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Christine M. 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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Matthew W. Huggins. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip T. Waker | 1,085 | 44.7 | -10.5 | |
BNP | Lawrence Rustem | 934 | 38.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kerry J. Smith | 410 | 16.9 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 151 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35.0 | +12.6 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Darrin F. Best. [24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alok Komar Agrawal | 1,171 | 59.8 | -6.0 | |
BNP | John Luisis | 378 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anthony Brian 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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John Wainwright. [25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Warren Northover | 1,227 | 51.0 | +22.0 | |
BNP | Lawrence Rustem | 791 | 32.9 | -19.0 | |
UKIP | Kerry J. 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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Daniel G. Kelley for health reasons. [26]
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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah Baillie. [27]
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 Ahmed 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 |
The by-election was called following the voiding of the election of Cllr. Louise Couling as she was ruled ineligible. [28]
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 |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Louise Couling for health reasons. [29]
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 |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Nirmal Gill. [30]
There were no by-elections. [31]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fatuma Nalule | 1,545 | 42.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andrew Boff | 939 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Sabbir Zameer | 574 | 15.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Pete Mason | 345 | 9.5 | N/A | |
CPA | Lucy Ewube Baiye-Gaman | 158 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Afzal Sayeed Munna | 81 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 606 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,642 | 36.3 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,075 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Bill Turner. [33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harriet Spoor | 777 | 62.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joe Lynch | 408 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Green | Kim Arrowsmith | 41 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Zygimantas Adomavicius | 26 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 369 | 29.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,252 | 21.8 | -1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,774 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Olawale Martins. [35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Summya Sohaib | 632 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sharfaraz Raj | 444 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Green | Simon Anthony | 192 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Olumide Adeyefa | 81 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 188 | 13.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,349 | 14.2 | -6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,542 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nashitha Choudhury. [37]