Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council

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Barking and Dagenham Council
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Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1965
Leadership
Donna Lumsden,
Labour
since 19 May 2023 [1]
Darren Rodwell,
Labour
since 12 June 2014 [2]
Fiona Taylor
since April 2022 [3]
Structure
Seats51 councillors
Political groups
Administration (50)
  Labour (50)
Other parties (1)
  Independent (1)
Joint committees
East London Waste Authority
Thames Chase Joint Committee
Thames Gateway London Partnership
London Councils
Elections
Plurality
Last election
5 May 2022
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
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Town Hall, 1 Town Square, Barking, IG11 7LU
Website
www.lbbd.gov.uk
Constitution
The Council Constitution

Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, also known as Barking and Dagenham Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. It provides a broad range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council has been under Labour majority control since its creation in 1965. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 as the Barking London Borough Council and replaced two local authorities: Barking Borough Council and Dagenham Borough Council. The council was renamed on 1 January 1980. It is based at Barking Town Hall in the centre of Barking.

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History

There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Barking and Dagenham area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Barking on 1 April 1965. Barking replaced Barking Borough Council and Dagenham Borough Council. Both were previously urban district councils, with Barking Town Urban District Council replaced by Barking Borough Council in 1931, and Dagenham Urban District Council replaced by Dagenham Borough Council in 1938. As Barking had urbanised first, it was governed by a local board of health from 1882, which became an urban district council in 1894. The parish of Dagenham was under rural administration until 1926, governed by Dagenham Parish Council and the Romford Rural District Council from 1894. [4]

The council changed its name from Barking to Barking and Dagenham on 1 January 1980. Since then the council's full legal name has been 'The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham'. [5]

From 1965 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater London Council. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the boroughs (including Barking and Dagenham) responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. As an outer London borough council Barking and Dagenham has been a local education authority since 1965. The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the London Boroughs, with some services provided through joint committees. [6]

Since 2000 the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions. [7]

Powers and functions

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the London Government Act 1963 and subsequent legislation, and has the powers and functions of a London borough council. It sets council tax and as a billing authority also collects precepts for Greater London Authority functions and business rates. [8] It sets planning policies which complement Greater London Authority and national policies, and decides on almost all planning applications accordingly. It is a local education authority and is also responsible for council housing, social services, libraries, waste collection and disposal, traffic, and most roads and environmental health. [9]

Executive

Political control

The first election was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 1 April 1965. Labour have held a majority of the seats on the council since its creation. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1965–present

Leadership

Political leadership is provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1965 have been: [14] [15] The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Barking and Dagenham.

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ted Ball Labour 19651972
Joe Butler Labour 19721986
George Brooker Labour 19861998
Charles Fairbrass Labour 199813 May 2009
Liam Smith Labour 13 May 200912 Jun 2014
Darren Rodwell Labour 12 Jun 2014

Elections

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. [16]

Following the 2022 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in December 2022, the composition of the council was: [17] [18]

PartyCouncillors
Labour 50
Independent 1
Total51

The next election is due in 2026.

Premises

The council is based at Barking Town Hall in Town Square. [19] The building was purpose-built for the old Barking Borough Council and was completed in 1958. [20]

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