Barking and Dagenham Council - Wards and Councillors

London borough · London · 51 seats in 19 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 2 May 2030

Labour have a majority on Barking and Dagenham Council. The council has 51 councillors in 19 wards. Seats by party: Labour 38, Reform 9, Green 4. The next election is on 2 May 2030.

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Majority)

51 seats - 26 for a majority

Reform 9Labour 38Green 4

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election No change since the election.

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (51 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Labour34.0%38

Reform24.3%9

Green21.8%4

Conservative11.4%0

Lib Dem5.4%0

Other3.2%0

2026 election results for Barking and Dagenham, ward by ward

Next election

2 May 2030

all 51 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Labour 38

majority of 25; 26 needed

Closest result

Gascoigne

Labour won the last seat by 2 votes over another Labour candidate, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Thames View

Labour hold, 31 July 2025 (6 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

62%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourReformGreen

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 19 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Abbey Manzoor Hussain, Regina Rahman	7 May 2026 Labour 37.7% lead 5.1 pts
Alibon Dorothy Akwaboah, Muazzam Sandhu	7 May 2026 Labour 41.4% lead 4.1 pts
Barking Riverside Cameron Geddes, Marion Hull, Josie Channer	7 May 2026 Labour 36.7% lead 5.1 pts
Beam Muhib Chowdhury, Donna Lumsden, Glen Spoor	7 May 2026 Labour 39.9% lead 19.2 pts
Becontree Edna Fergus, Muhammad Saleem	7 May 2026 Labour 35.3% lead 10.4 pts
Chadwell Heath Sade Bright, Simon Perry, Michel Pongo	7 May 2026 Labour 33.2% lead 8.8 pts
Eastbrook & Rush Green Ron Emin, Ben Suter	7 May 2026 Reform 36.1% lead 7.1 pts
Eastbury Mohammed Khan, Dominic Twomey, Maureen Worby	7 May 2026 Labour 30.5% lead 3.3 pts
Gascoigne Alison Cormack, Moin Quadri, Nazrul Kazi	7 May 2026 Green 35.7% lead 3.7 pts
Goresbrook Manjeet Nandra, George Miller, Caleb Van Ryneveld	7 May 2026 Reform 37.8% lead 12.5 pts
Heath Ingrid Robinson, Harriet Spoor	7 May 2026 Labour 45.8% lead 14.2 pts
Longbridge Mashkura Mazid, Faruk Choudhury, Rocky Gill	7 May 2026 Green 30.4% lead 3.6 pts
Mayesbrook Faiza Noreen, Shamsul Azam, Kashif Haroon	7 May 2026 Labour 35.3% lead 4.4 pts
Northbury Giasuddin Miah, Summya Sohaib, Saima Ashraf	7 May 2026 Labour 39.7% lead 7.1 pts
Parsloes Alexandra Arnautu, Ripon Sheikh, Billy Edmunds	7 May 2026 Reform 35.2% lead 7.9 pts
Thames View Sabbir Zamee, Lucy Lee	7 May 2026 Labour 41.7% lead 12.9 pts
Valence Jane Jones, Kim Barti, Syed Ghani	7 May 2026 Labour 31.8% lead 2.1 pts
Village Ajanta Roy, Phil Waker, Julia Williams	7 May 2026 Labour 47.2% lead 16.4 pts
Whalebone Rubina Siddiqui, Andrew Achilleos, Mukhtar Yusuf	7 May 2026 Labour 32.7% lead 12.0 pts

Abbey

Manzoor Hussain LabourRegina Rahman Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour37.7%

Green32.6%

Reform13.1%

Conservative12.5%

Lib Dem4.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Manzoor Hussain Elected	Labour	478
Regina Rahman Elected	Labour	457
Shazia Majeed	Green	414
Verinder Singh	Green	406
Natasha Caulfield	Reform	166
Ehsan Attiq	Conservative	158
Craig Pullen	Reform	141
Kazi MD Reza	Conservative	138
Malik Rabbani	Lib Dem	52

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Alibon

Dorothy Akwaboah LabourMuazzam Sandhu Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour41.4%

Reform37.3%

Conservative12.0%

Lib Dem9.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dorothy Akwaboah Elected	Labour	981
Muazzam Sandhu Elected	Labour	894
Tracey Jayne Sullivan-Sparks	Reform	883
Nick Vandyke	Reform	828
Ikem Chinedu	Conservative	284
Abul Khayer	Conservative	267
Brianne Wooding	Lib Dem	219

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Barking Riverside

Cameron Geddes LabourJosie Channer LabourMarion Hull Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour36.7%

Green31.6%

Reform15.6%

Conservative7.1%

Christian Peoples Alliance5.6%

Lib Dem3.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Josie Channer Elected	Labour	930
Cameron Geddes Elected	Labour	918
Marion Lesley Hull Elected	Labour	823
Victoria Hornby	Green	801
Mizanur Rahman	Green	789
Godfrey Kizito Sekisonge	Green	668
Jim Holland	Reform	395
lon Talambuta	Reform	329
Ion Ursachi	Reform	324
Mohammad Gias Uddin	Conservative	179
Helal Talukder	Conservative	169
Musammat Meherun Nessa Khanam	Conservative	146
Gabriel Abe	Christian Peoples Alliance	143
Syed I Kazmi	Lib Dem	86

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Beam

Donna Lumsden LabourGlen Spoor LabourMuhib Chowdhury Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour39.9%

Reform20.7%

Green19.3%

Lib Dem10.9%

Conservative9.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Muhib Chowdhury Elected	Labour	826
Donna R A Lumsden Elected	Labour	771
Glen Spoor Elected	Labour	690
Anish Samuel	Reform	429
Nina Sontea	Reform	413
Mariana Suciu	Reform	400
lonel Popa	Green	400
George Elebiju	Lib Dem	226
Mehreen Iqbal	Conservative	189
Taye Ishola	Conservative	186
Joseph Obukowho Omorere	Conservative	161

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Becontree

Edna Fergus LabourMuhammad Saleem Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour35.3%

Reform24.9%

Green19.9%

Independent11.2%

Conservative6.5%

Lib Dem2.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Edna Fergus Elected	Labour	879
Muhammad Saleem Elected	Labour	817
Ann Clark	Reform	621
Dave Godfrey	Reform	600
Masood Khushi Pasha	Green	496
Mary-Ann Murphy	Green	404
Muhammad Amin Ahmadzai	Independent	280
Mohammed Sanaullah Islam	Conservative	161
Minhaz Karim Khan	Conservative	148
Mohammad Yaqoob	Lib Dem	54

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Chadwell Heath

Michel Pongo LabourSade Bright LabourSimon Perry Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour33.2%

Reform24.4%

Green23.3%

Conservative10.6%

Lib Dem8.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sade Bright Elected	Labour	1,137
Simon Perry Elected	Labour	1,135
Michel Pongo Elected	Labour	994
Paul Anthony Hewson	Reform	838
Vivian Ebal	Green	800
Debbie Rosaman	Green	766
Fuad Ashraf	Reform	730
Muhammad Hamza	Reform	706
Kamini Devi Sharma	Conservative	364
Arinze David Nwanna	Conservative	306
Mohib Ali Shah	Lib Dem	290
Anonta Candra Sutradhar	Conservative	281

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Eastbrook & Rush Green

Ben Suter ReformRon Emin Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform36.1%

Labour29.0%

Green15.7%

Conservative8.3%

Independent5.3%

Independent2.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ron Emin Elected	Reform	973
Ben Suter Elected	Reform	951
Princess Opeyemi Bright	Labour	782
Amimul Ahsan Tanim	Labour	731
Djena Balde	Green	424
Sheikh Adil Nadeem	Green	400
Neil Edgar Hallewell	Conservative	224
James Alfred Arthur Tyler	Conservative	215
Lewis Reece Holmes	Independent	143
Ashlea Hetty Wane	Independent	78
Nomsa Munangatire	Lib Dem	72

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Eastbury

Dominic Twomey LabourMaureen Worby LabourMohammed Khan Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour30.5%

Green27.2%

Reform24.8%

Conservative11.3%

Lib Dem6.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mohammed Khan Elected	Labour	1,112
Dominic Twomey Elected	Labour	1,067
Maureen Margaret Worby Elected	Labour	1,028
Mohammed Jalal Uddin	Green	994
Costel Filipescu	Reform	904
Zinaida Birlea	Reform	887
Romas Bugaitis	Green	877
Sisir Das	Reform	861
Pinar Polat	Green	813
Md Monzour Ahamed	Conservative	411
Joshua Yousaf	Conservative	401
Azizur Rahman	Conservative	325
Elizabeth Makinde	Lib Dem	227

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Gascoigne

Alison Cormack LabourMoin Quadri GreenNazrul Kazi Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green35.7%

Labour32.0%

Conservative11.7%

Reform9.5%

Workers Party of Britain7.9%

Lib Dem3.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Moin Ali Quadri Elected	Green	964
Nazrul Islam Kazi Elected	Green	940
Alison Cormack Elected	Labour	864
Ashwin Balluck	Labour	862
Kaied Omar Ghiyatha	Labour	791
Silvia Rotaru	Green	769
Abedin Kazi	Conservative	317
Vera Botnari	Reform	255
Adriana Saldana	Conservative	240
Mihaela Melinte	Reform	236
Lilufar Begum	Conservative	234
Tadas Karkauskas	Reform	225
Qasim Tahir	Workers Party of Britain	214
Ayfer Cebi	Lib Dem	84

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Goresbrook

Caleb Van Ryneveld ReformGeorge Miller ReformManjeet Nandra Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform37.8%

Labour25.3%

Green19.2%

Conservative12.8%

Lib Dem4.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
George Miller Elected	Reform	1,309
Caleb Van Ryneveld Elected	Reform	1,170
Manjeet Nandra Elected	Reform	1,149
Irma L M Freeborn	Labour	874
Paul David Robinson	Labour	818
Nassaba Guiba	Labour	772
Sheikh Faruque Ahmed	Green	664
Poly Rawsan Ara	Green	560
Colin Paul Bowman	Conservative	444
Mohammed Jafar Islam	Conservative	370
Sharfaraz Khan Raj	Conservative	330
Muhammad Shahid Awan	Lib Dem	170

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Heath

Harriet Spoor LabourIngrid Robinson Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour45.8%

Reform31.6%

Conservative11.9%

Lib Dem10.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ingrid Robinson Elected	Labour	959
Harriet Spoor Elected	Labour	883
Lee Colin Dennis Willoughby	Reform	662
Sunil Idiculla	Reform	603
Abdullah Alam	Conservative	250
Naveed Akbar	Lib Dem	225
Corine Mengalle	Conservative	167

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Longbridge

Faruk Choudhury GreenMashkura Mazid GreenRocky Gill Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green30.4%

Labour26.8%

Independent16.7%

Conservative15.8%

Reform8.4%

Lib Dem1.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Faruk Choudhury Elected	Green	1,630
Rocky Gill Elected	Labour	1,439
Mashkura Binta Mazid Elected	Green	1,250
Emran Hussain Chowdhury	Labour	1,156
Tim Hunt	Green	1,117
Val Masson	Labour	936
Mohammed Sahed Hussain	Independent	895
Shah Rahman	Conservative	849
Marin Adam	Reform	449
Chris Fennessy	Reform	416
Lynda Jane Rice	Conservative	408
Alexandru Suciu	Reform	359
Joe McNicholl	Conservative	355
Ghulam Rasool	Lib Dem	101

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Mayesbrook

Faiza Noreen LabourKashif Haroon LabourShamsul Azam Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour35.3%

Reform30.9%

Green22.6%

Conservative7.4%

Lib Dem3.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shamsul Azam Elected	Labour	1,182
Kashif Haroon Elected	Labour	1,129
Faiza Noreen Elected	Labour	1,105
Andy McNab	Reform	1,033
Bijoy Johnson	Reform	1,023
Ray Anderson	Reform	1,023
Raju Ahamad	Green	758
Juliano Nunes	Green	719
Syed Fahim Ahmed Roomy	Green	637
Shahana H S Choudhury	Conservative	247
Tamanna Mirza	Conservative	224
Mizanur Rahman	Conservative	195
Waheed Nazir	Lib Dem	128

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Northbury

Giasuddin Miah LabourSaima Ashraf LabourSummya Sohaib Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour39.7%

Green32.6%

Conservative11.9%

Reform11.4%

Lib Dem4.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Saima Ashraf Elected	Labour	1,146
Giasuddin Miah Elected	Labour	1,003
Summya Sohaib Elected	Labour	950
Curtis Cooper	Green	940
Khawar Rizwan Nasim	Green	889
Aiden Nicholls	Green	868
Shibli Rahman	Conservative	342
Scott Cleaver	Reform	328
Ahad Hossain	Conservative	326
Rasel Miha	Conservative	309
Paul Mateiu	Reform	289
Lesley McNab	Reform	276
Mehnaz Ali	Lib Dem	129

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Parsloes

Alexandra Arnautu ReformBilly Edmunds ReformRipon Sheikh Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform35.2%

Labour27.3%

Green25.5%

Conservative8.4%

Lib Dem3.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Billy Edmunds Elected	Reform	1,308
Alexandra Arnautu Elected	Reform	1,286
Ripon Sheikh Elected	Reform	1,149
Robert James Jones	Labour	1,015
Jeorgina Da Costa Soares	Labour	991
Elizabeth Kangethe	Labour	945
Taiwo Bodunrin	Green	945
Syful Islam	Green	924
Mst Marzia Khatun	Green	821
Sonjoy Kumar Roy	Conservative	312
Chika Nwokorie	Conservative	287
Md Meraj Hossain	Conservative	281
Zulifqar Khan	Lib Dem	132

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Thames View

Lucy Lee LabourSabbir Zamee Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour41.7%

Green28.8%

Reform14.8%

Conservative9.2%

Christian Peoples Alliance3.0%

Lib Dem2.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Lucy Sara Lee Elected	Labour	567
Sabbir Zamee Elected	Labour	551
Emma Louise Grove	Green	392
Paul David Powlesland	Green	336
lon Adam	Reform	201
Karen Staddon	Reform	195
Andrew Boff	Conservative	125
Comfort Adegbulugbe	Conservative	114
Lucy Baiye-Gaman	Christian Peoples Alliance	41
Mine Mayda	Lib Dem	34

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Valence

Jane Jones LabourKim Barti ReformSyed Ghani Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour31.8%

Reform29.7%

Green22.0%

Conservative8.7%

Lib Dem7.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Syed Feroz Ghani Elected	Labour	1,270
Jane Elizabeth Jones Elected	Labour	1,189
Kim Barti Elected	Reform	1,186
Barb Gibbs	Reform	1,160
Laura Iosifescu	Labour	1,112
Mavis Oti Boakye	Reform	1,075
Saqib Bashir	Green	880
Mark Akindeko	Conservative	348
Amber Ijaz	Lib Dem	309
Vivien Ojo	Conservative	277
Goodluck Nonye Uba	Conservative	230

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Village

Ajanta Roy LabourJulia Williams LabourPhil Waker Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour47.2%

Reform30.8%

Conservative12.5%

Lib Dem9.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ajanta Deb Roy Elected	Labour	1,542
Phil Waker Elected	Labour	1,495
Julia Williams Elected	Labour	1,493
Del Hunter	Reform	1,007
Michael David Smith	Reform	1,007
Marina Sanduleac	Reform	960
Sheikh Mostak Ahmed	Conservative	407
Graham Gosling	Conservative	334
Arinola Ibiyemi Araba	Conservative	320
Olumide Adeyefa	Lib Dem	309

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whalebone

Andrew Achilleos LabourMukhtar Yusuf LabourRubina Siddiqui Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour32.7%

Conservative20.7%

Green20.7%

Reform20.2%

Lib Dem5.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rubina Siddiqui Elected	Labour	1,289
Andrew Achilleos Elected	Labour	1,254
Mukhtar Yusuf Elected	Labour	1,124
Dixant Patel	Conservative	817
Nazrul Islam	Green	817
Adrian Gregory-Brown	Reform	796
Ramesh Babu Boddukola	Reform	788
Kenneth Okechukwu Odunze	Conservative	381
Ada Emeka Echedom	Conservative	378
Olesea Pasat	Reform	332
Herbert Munangatire	Lib Dem	228

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

6 by-elections since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
31 July 2025	Thames View	Labour hold	36.1%
20 February 2025	Whalebone	Labour hold	54.9%
28 November 2024	Northbury	Labour hold	57.7%
28 November 2024	Village	Labour hold
14 September 2023	Mayesbrook	Labour hold	46.8%
30 March 2023	Heath	Labour hold	62.1%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Barking	61%	Labour	Labour 39%
Dagenham and Rainham	34%	Labour	Labour 40%
Ilford South	5%	Labour	Labour 35%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Barking and Dagenham

218,859 residents in 73,911 households

Voted Leave in 2016

62% 10 above GB

Degree or higher

33% 1 below GB

No qualifications

23% 5 above GB

Own their home

42% 19 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

32% 15 above GB

Rent privately

24% 4 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

37% 6 above GB

Aged 65 and over

12% 10 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.