2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

2018 Barking and Dagenham Council election

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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 Popular vote 28,974 Percentage 74.4 Swing 22.4%
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

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.

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

Results Map [2] [3]
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	78.2	+7.7
	Labour	Darren Rodwell	2,086	75.2	+10.3
	Labour	Giasuddin Miah*	2,043	73.7	+12.1
	Conservative	Archana Manish Wankhade	382	13.8	+1.0
	Conservative	Syed Nasir Rara Naqvi	360	13.0	+2.9
	Conservative	Kresan Panchardacharam	353	12.7	+3.6
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	71.2	+14.6
	Labour	Paul Robinson	1,306	68.9	+12.7
	Labour	Sanchia Alasia*	1,281	67.6	+17.4
	Conservative	Keith Syers	480	25.3	+16.4
	Conservative	Tariq Saeed	386	20.4	+13.1
	Conservative	Roma Tahir	377	19.9	+14.0
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	78.6	+12.4
	Labour	Edna Fergus	2,047	74.4	+14.9
	Labour	Muhammad Saleem	1,854	67.4	+11.1
	Conservative	Richard Hall	625	22.7	+13.4
	Conservative	Mahammad Sajid Khalifa	378	13.7	+7.0
	Conservative	Syed Baqar Raza Naqvi	364	13.2	+6.6
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	64.3	+13.0
	Labour	Simon Perry	1,510	63.5	+11.2
	Labour	Mohammed Khan	1,447	60.8	+10.7
	Conservative	Terry Justice	746	31.4	+17.5
	Conservative	Monica Mohan	653	27.5	+14.4
	Conservative	Glyn Lewis	651	27.4	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	58.7	+2.9
	Labour	Princess Bright	1,418	52.4	+3.1
	Labour	Tony Ramsay*	1,391	51.4	+4.6
	Conservative	Sue Connelly	938	34.7	+15.5
	Conservative	Peter Harris	868	32.1	N/A
	Conservative	Dewan Chowdhury Mahdi	728	26.9	N/A
	Independent	Ron Emin	372	13.8	N/A
	BNP	Tony McKay	158	5.8	−2.0
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	72.4	+11.1
	Labour	Foyzur Rahman	1,550	66.8	+15.9
	Labour	Faraaz Shaukat*	1,474	63.6	+14.4
	Conservative	David Perry	564	24.3	+12.9
	Conservative	Alejandro Delos Santos	488	21.0	+12.2
	Conservative	Manish Wankhade	371	16.0	+8.2
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	75.2	+3.3
	Labour	Abdul Aziz*	1,538	74.2	+5.3
	Labour	Dominic Twomey*	1,525	73.5	+9.6
	Conservative	Dean Talbot-Wallis	345	16.6	+6.6
	Conservative	Kirsty Talbot-Wallis	342	16.5	+8.6
	Conservative	Imran Khan	338	16.3	+10.0
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	68.1	+12.1
	Labour	Irma Freeborn*	1,346	63.3	+9.1
	Labour	Moin Ali Quadri*	1,250	58.7	+11.2
	Conservative	Paul Williams	586	27.5	+18.8
	Conservative	Md Abu Noman	361	17.0	+8.7
	Conservative	Nadia Yasin	358	16.8	+9.8
	BNP	Bede Smith	246	11.6	−5.7
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	65.4	+8.2
	Labour	Olawale Martins	1,253	61.8	+0.8
	Labour	Ingrid Robinson	1,206	59.5	+7.0
	Conservative	Stephen Beal	486	24.0	+11.1
	Conservative	Sue Benjamins	423	20.9	N/A
	Conservative	Martynas Cekavicius	389	19.2	N/A
	Green	Matthew Crowley	317	15.6	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	76.8	+13.6
	Labour	Faruk Choudhury	2,582	72.8	+17.6
	Labour	Lynda Rice*	2,356	66.4	+18.0
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	711	20.0	−3.6
	Conservative	Tilly Wijesuriya	633	17.8	+4.4
	Conservative	Tamkeen Shaikh	607	17.1	+6.0
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	70.0	+20.0
	Labour	Kashif Haroon*	1,251	64.8	+19.4
	Labour	Ade Oluwole	1,241	64.3	+20.2
	Conservative	Andy McNab	541	28.0	+17.6
	Conservative	Munish Khanna	413	21.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Cynthia Wijesuriya	395	20.5	+13.7
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	71.3	+13.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Kangethe*	1,240	68.7	+13.9
	Labour	Dorothy Akwaboah	1,197	66.3	+17.7
	Conservative	John Gletherow	488	27.0	+16.1
	Conservative	Farhanaz Mansuri	337	18.7	+9.9
	Conservative	Syed Naqvi	334	18.5	+9.9
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	73.7	+10.1
	Labour	Peter Chand*	1,513	73.2	+9.6
	Labour	Donna Lumsden	1,431	69.2	+12.3
	Conservative	Robert Baillie	429	20.7	+8.6
	Conservative	Richard Burleton	420	20.3	N/A
	Conservative	Ada Echedom	366	17.7	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	81.1	+15.6
	Labour	Cameron Geddes*	1,930	77.5	+15.7
	Labour	Bill Turner*	1,911	76.7	+16.8
	Conservative	Amanda Gletherow	413	16.6	+6.5
	Conservative	Isaac Mukasa	343	13.8	+4.5
	Conservative	Akhterrasul Shaikh	311	12.5	+7.2
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	78.8	+21.2
	Labour	Maureen Worby*	1,502	75.0	+20.1
	Labour	Syed Feroz Ghani*	1,352	67.5	+18.8
	Conservative	Rozeena Zafar	368	18.4	+7.5
	Conservative	Sumaiyabanu Khalifa	345	17.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Imran Zahoor	324	16.2	+9.7
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	77.0	+13.1
	Labour	Lee Waker*	1,767	74.4	+5.7
	Labour	Phil Waker*	1,687	71.0	+7.0
	Conservative	Vivian Patten	462	19.5	N/A
	Conservative	Neil Connelly	439	18.5	N/A
	Conservative	Lorraine Harris	420	17.7	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	71.2	+13.1
	Labour	Andrew Achilleos	1,804	69.4	+11.5
	Labour	Amardeep Jamu	1,768	68.1	+13.5
	Conservative	Maire Justice	631	24.3	+5.9
	Conservative	Richard Kelly	577	22.2	+3.8
	Conservative	Sunaina Mohan	557	21.4	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". LBBD. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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