2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

The 2018 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham Council in London. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party won every available council seat for the third election in a row, winning 74% of the popular vote. The Conservatives saw their vote share rise by 13 percentage points, but failed to win any seats.

2018 Barking and Dagenham Council election
3 May 2018
All 51 council seats
  First party
 
Lab
Leader Darren Rodwell
Party Labour
Leader since 17 May 2014
Leader's seat Abbey
Last election 51 seats, 52.0%
Seats won 51
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 28,974
Percentage 74.4
Swing Increase22.4%
Map of the results of the 2018 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red.
Leader of Largest Party before election


Labour

 Subsequent Leader of Largest Party


Labour

Background

At the last election in May 2014, Labour won 52% of the vote share, and all 51 seats,[1] but due to defections were reduced to 49 seats. Both Labour and the Conservatives stood candidates in all 17 wards, contesting all 51 seats. The BNP and the Greens were the only two other parties to field candidates, two and one respectively. An independent candidate also stood in Eastbrook. Despite gaining over 26% of the vote and coming second in all wards except Longbridge at the previous election, UKIP did not field any candidates.

Election results
Party Councillors Votes
Of total Net Of total Net
Labour Party 51 100.0% 0
51 / 51
 28,974 74.4% +22.4%
Conservative Party 0 0.0% 0
0 / 51
 9,195 23.6% +13.3%
British National Party 0 0.0% 0
0 / 51
 404 1.0% -0.7%
Independent 0 0.0% 0
0 / 51
 372 0.9% 0.0%
Green 0 0.0% 0
0 / 51
 317 0.8% -2.1%

Ward results

Abbey
Abbey (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laila Butt* 2,169 29.3 +3.1
Labour Darren Rodwell 2,086 28.2 N/A
Labour Giasuddin Miah* 2,043 27.6 +4.7
Conservative Archana Manish Wankhade 382 5.2 N/A
Conservative Syed Nasir Rara Naqvi 360 4.9 N/A
Conservative Kresan Panchardacharam 353 4.8 N/A
Turnout 2,773 30.0 -6.9
Registered electors 9,257
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cllr Butt was suspended by the Labour Party two weeks after the election,[6] but was reinstated after apologising for not declaring an interest in two properties whilst she was responsible for punishing rogue landlords.[7]

Alibon
Alibon (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dulwich 1,350 26.1 N/A
Labour Paul Robinson 1,306 25.2 N/A
Labour Sanchia Alasia* 1,281 24.7 +3.0
Conservative Keith Syers 480 9.3 N/A
Conservative Tariq Saeed 386 7.4 N/A
Conservative Roma Tahir 377 7.3 N/A
Turnout 1,896 25.6 -8.6
Registered electors 7,397
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Becontree
Becontree (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Evelyn Carpenter 2,161 29.1 +3.9
Labour Edna Fergus 2,047 27.5 N/A
Labour Muhammad Saleem 1,854 25.0 N/A
Conservative Richard Hall 625 8.4 N/A
Conservative Mahammad Sajid Khalifa 378 5.1 N/A
Conservative Syed Baqar Raza Naqvi 364 4.9 N/A
Turnout 2,750 28.3 -8.5
Registered electors 9,707
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chadwell Heath
Chadwell Heath (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sade Bright 1,528 23.4 +3.7
Labour Simon Perry 1,510 23.1 N/A
Labour Mohammed Khan 1,447 22.1 N/A
Conservative Terry Justice 746 11.4 N/A
Conservative Monica Mohan 653 10.0 N/A
Conservative Glyn Lewis 651 10.0 N/A
Turnout 2,378 31.9 -4.6
Registered electors 7,454
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eastbrook
Eastbrook (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Anthony McCarthy 1,586 21.3 -0.4
Labour Princess Bright 1,418 19.0 N/A
Labour Tony Ramsay 1,391 18.6 +0.5
Conservative Sue Connelly 938 12.6 +5.1
Conservative Peter Harris 868 11.6 N/A
Conservative Dewan Chowdhury Mahdi 728 9.8 N/A
Independent Ron Emin 372 5.0 N/A
BNP Tony McKay 158 2.1 N/A
Turnout 2,704 33.4 -3.1
Registered electors 8,084
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eastbury
Eastbury (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emily Rodwell 1,678 27.4 N/A
Labour Foyzur Rahman 1,550 25.3 N/A
Labour Faraaz Shaukat 1,474 24.1 +2.64
Conservative David Perry 564 9.2 N/A
Conservative Alejandro Delos Santos 488 8.0 N/A
Conservative Manish Wankhade 371 6.1 N/A
Turnout 2,319 28.8 -5.8
Registered electors 8,043
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Gascoigne
Gascoigne (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Saima Ashraf 1,560 27.6 +0.4
Labour Abdul Aziz 1,538 27.2 +3.0
Labour Dominic Twomey 1,525 27.0 +0.9
Conservative Dean Talbot-Wallis 345 6.1 N/A
Conservative Kirsty Talbot-Wallis 342 6.1 N/A
Conservative Imran Khan 338 6.0 N/A
Turnout 2,074 29.9 -7.7
Registered electors 6,945
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Goresbrook
Goresbrook (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon James Bremner 1,450 25.9 +2.7
Labour Irma Freeborn 1,346 24.0 +1.6
Labour Moin Ali Quadri 1,250 22.3 +2.6
Conservative Paul Williams 586 10.5 N/A
Conservative Md Abu Noman 361 6.4 N/A
Conservative Nadia Yasin 358 6.4 N/A
BNP Bede Smith 246 4.4 -8.0
Turnout 2,128 26.4 -8.3
Registered electors 8,047
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heath
Heath (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Miles 1,326 24.56 -0.3
Labour Olawale Martins 1,253 23.2 N/A
Labour Ingrid Robinson 1,206 22.3 N/A
Conservative Stephen Beal 486 9.0 N/A
Conservative Sue Benjamins 423 7.8 N/A
Conservative Martynas Cekavicius 389 7.2 N/A
Green Matthew Crowley 317 5.9 N/A
Turnout 2,026 26.0 -8.91
Registered electors 7,779
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Longbridge
Longbridge (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rocky Gill 2,724 28.3 +4.3
Labour Faruk Choudhury 2,582 26.9 N/A
Labour Lynda Rice 2,356 24.5 +6.1
Conservative Andrew Boff 711 7.4 N/A
Conservative Tilly Wijesuriya 633 6.6 N/A
Conservative Tamkeen Shaikh 607 6.3 N/A
Turnout 3,549 40.6 -3.1
Registered electors 8,736
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

On 24 May 2019 Cllr Gill was suspended from the Labour Party after social media posts indicated he supported The Brexit Party in the 2019 European Elections.[8] He was later reinstated.[9]

Mayesbrook
Mayesbrook (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Toni Bankole 1,352 26.0 N/A
Labour Kashif Haroon 1,251 24.1 +4.71
Labour Ade Oluwole 1,241 23.9 +5.08
Conservative Andy McNab 541 10.4 N/A
Conservative Munish Khanna 413 7.9 N/A
Conservative Cynthia Wijesuriya 395 7.6 N/A
Turnout 1,931 26.9 -7.4
Registered electors 7,175
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Parsloes
Parsloes (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Rice 1,287 26.4 +1.2
Labour Elizabeth Kangethe 1,240 25.4 +1.4
Labour Dorothy Akwaboah 1,197 24.5 N/A
Conservative John Gletherow 488 10.0 N/A
Conservative Farhanaz Mansuri 337 6.9 N/A
Conservative Syed Naqvi 334 6.8 N/A
Turnout 1,805 25.9 7.2
Registered electors 6,956
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

River
River (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen Keller* 1,525 26.8 -0.9
Labour Peter Chand* 1,513 26.6 -1.1
Labour Donna Lumsden 1,431 25.2 N/A
Conservative Robert Baillie 429 7.5 N/A
Conservative Richard Burleton 420 7.4 N/A
Conservative Ada Echedom 366 6.4 N/A
Turnout 2,068 28.2 -7.5
Registered electors 7,335
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Thames
Thames (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josie Channer* 2,020 29.2 +5.1
Labour Cameron Geddes* 1,930 27.9 +5.2
Labour Bill Turner* 1,911 27.6 +5.6
Conservative Amanda Gletherow 413 6.0 N/A
Conservative Isaac Mukasa 343 5.0 N/A
Conservative Akhterrasul Shaikh 311 4.5 N/A
Turnout 2,491 28.4 -9.0
Registered electors 8,768
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Valence
Valence (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Jones* 1,579 28.9 +4.9
Labour Maureen Worby* 1,502 27.5 +4.6
Labour Syed Feroz Ghani* 1,352 24.7 +4.5
Conservative Rozeena Zafar 368 19.0 N/A
Conservative Sumaiyabanu Khalifa 345 6.3 N/A
Conservative Imran Zahoor 324 6.0 N/A
Turnout 2,003 26.4 -8.4
Registered electors 7,591
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Village
Village (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Mullane* 1,829 27.70 -3.8
Labour Lee Waker* 1,767 26.8 -7.1
Labour Phil Waker* 1,687 25.55 -6.0
Conservative Vivian Patten 462 7.0 N/A
Conservative Neil Connelly 439 6.6 N/A
Conservative Lorraine Harris 420 6.4 N/A
Turnout 2,375 31.2 -8.7
Registered electors 7,606
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Whalebone
Whalebone (3 seats)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glenda Paddle 1,850 25.7 N/A
Labour Andrew Achilleos 1,804 25.1 N/A
Labour Amardeep Jamu 1,768 24.6 N/A
Conservative Maire Justice 631 8.8 N/A
Conservative Richard Kelly 577 8.0 N/A
Conservative Sunaina Mohan 557 7.7 N/A
Turnout 2,598 32.1 -5.5
Registered electors 8,085
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2018 and 2022

Thames
Thames by-election, 6 May 2021 (1 seat)[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fatuma Nalule 1,545 44.3 -38.7
Conservative Andrew Boff 939 27.0 +10.0
Green Sabbir Zameer 574 15.8 N/A
TUSC Pete Mason 345 9.5 N/A
CPA Lucy Baiye-Gaman 158 4.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Afzal Munna 81 2.2 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 Councillor Bill Turner.[12]

References
  1. BBC News
  2. "Election results by party, 3 May 2018". 3 May 2018.
  3. Twitter
  4. "Election Results". London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. "London Borough Council Elections 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. Barking and Dagenham Post
  7. Barking and Dagenham Post
  8. Barking and Dagenham Post
  9. Barking and Dagenham Post
  10. "Election Results for Thames". London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. "2021 Local Election Results". The New Statesman. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  12. Barking & Dagenham Post
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