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Map of the results of the 2018 Barking and Dagenham council election.Labour in red. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2018 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members ofBarking and Dagenham Council in London. This was on the same day as otherlocal elections. TheLabour Party won every available council seat for the third election in a row, winning 74% of the popular vote. TheConservatives saw their vote share rise by 13 percentage points, but failed to win any seats.
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. BothLabour and theConservatives stood candidates in all 17 wards, contesting all 51 seats. TheBNP and theGreens 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.
| 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% | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | 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]
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
On 24 May 2019 Cllr Gill was suspended from the Labour Party after social media posts indicated he supportedThe Brexit Party in the 2019 European Elections.[8] He was later reinstated.[9]
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Bill Turner.[12]