Politics of Barking and Dagenham

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham consists of two parliamentary constituencies: Barking; and the new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham. The borough is within the City and East London Assembly constituency, returning Unmesh Desai AM as the directly elected assembly member. Barking and Dagenham was part of the London constituency in the European Parliament.

The civic centre, in Becontree Heath is the administrative centre of the Borough; and the former town hall of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham.

The council has a mayor, who is elected at the council annual general meeting by councillors. The mayor must be a serving councillor, although the role of mayor is non-political. The mayor chairs council meetings and performs ceremonial duties in the borough.[1]

Following the Barking and Dagenham Council election as part of the London local elections, which coincided with the 2010 general election, the Labour Party won all 51 seats. The party repeated this feat at the subsequent local elections in 2014 and 2018, with every ward represented entirely by Labour councillors.[2][3][4]

History

The former town hall of the Municipal Borough of Barking.

The borough was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 as the London Borough of Barking. The constituent parts were the greater part of the Municipal Borough of Barking and the entire Municipal Borough of Dagenham, the former area of which was transferred to Greater London from Essex. At the time of the amalgamation, the combined population of Barking and Dagenham was around 180,000,[5] the northern tip of Dagenham having been incorporated into Redbridge and a small area of Barking in Newham.

The borough was renamed Barking and Dagenham in 1980.[6]

The composition of the council at each local election is shown in the table below.[2][3][4][7]

Election Councillors Aldermen
Labour Conservative BNP Chadwell Heath
Ratepayers' Assoc.
Liberals /
Liberal Democrats
Independents Labour
1964 45 - - 4 - - 8
1968 32 13 - 4 - - 8
1971 45 - - 4 - - 8
1974 45 - - 4 - - 8
1978 42 3 - 3 - -
1982 37 3 - 3 3 2
1986 35 3 - 3 5 2
1990 44 - - 3 1 -
1994 47 - - 3 1 -
1998 47 - - 3 1 -
2002 42 2 - 4 3 -
2006 36 2 12 - - 1
2010 51 - - - - -
2014 51 - - - - -
2018 51 - - - - -


Wards

51 councillors form Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. They are elected from the 17 wards which make up the borough. The wards are:

WardCoverageWestminsterMap (PDF)
AbbeyBarking (town centre and west)Barking
AlbionDagenham (north)Barking
BecontreeBecontree (north west)Barking
Chadwell HeathChadwell Heath (north, inc. Marks Gate)Dagenham and Rainham
EastbrookRush Green (south), Eastbrookend Country Park, Dagenham (east)Dagenham and Rainham
EastburyBarking (south east)Barking
GascoigneBarking (south west)Barking
GoresbrookBecontree (south), Dagenham (south west)Barking
HeathBecontree Heath, Dagenham (north), Rush Green (north)Dagenham and Rainham
LongbridgeBarking (north), Upney (north)Barking
MayesbrookBecontree (south)Dagenham and Rainham
ParsloesBecontree (south east), Dagenham (south west)Barking
RiverDagenham (south), Dagenham Dock (east)Dagenham and Rainham
ThamesBarking Riverside, Thames View Estate, Dagenham Dock (west)Barking
ValenceBecontree (north east)Barking
VillageDagenham (south east), Dagenham (village)Dagenham and Rainham
WhaleboneChadwell Heath (north)Dagenham and Rainham

References

  1. The Mayor (LB Barking and Dagenham) accessed 6 April 2010
  2. "Election results by party, 6 May 2010". LBBD. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. "Election results by party, 22 May 2014". LBBD. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. "Election results by party, 3 May 2018". LBBD. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  5. Metropolitan Essex since 1919: Suburban growth, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5 (1966), pp. 63-74 accessed: October 16, 2007
  6. Past Mayors. Barking and Dagenham
  7. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010 (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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