# 2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

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, 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 :
| Party | Party | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | | 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) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Laila Butt* | 2,169 | 29.3 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Darren Rodwell | 2,086 | 28.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Giasuddin Miah* | 2,043 | 27.6 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Archana Manish Wankhade | 382 | 5.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Syed Nasir Rara Naqvi | 360 | 4.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kresan Panchardacharam | 353 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,773 | 30.0 | −6.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,257 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cllr Butt was suspended by the Labour Party two weeks after the election, but was reinstated after apologising for not declaring an interest in two properties whilst she was responsible for punishing rogue landlords.

### Alibon

Alibon (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Dulwich | 1,350 | 26.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Paul Robinson | 1,306 | 25.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Sanchia Alasia* | 1,281 | 24.7 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Keith Syers | 480 | 9.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Tariq Saeed | 386 | 7.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Roma Tahir | 377 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,896 | 25.6 | −8.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,397 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Becontree

Becontree (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Evelyn Carpenter | 2,161 | 29.1 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Edna Fergus | 2,047 | 27.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Muhammad Saleem | 1,854 | 25.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Hall | 625 | 8.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mahammad Sajid Khalifa | 378 | 5.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Syed Baqar Raza Naqvi | 364 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,750 | 28.3 | −8.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,707 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Heath (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sade Bright | 1,528 | 23.4 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Simon Perry | 1,510 | 23.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Mohammed Khan | 1,447 | 22.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Terry Justice | 746 | 11.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Monica Mohan | 653 | 10.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Glyn Lewis | 651 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,378 | 31.9 | −4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,454 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Eastbrook

Eastbrook (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Anthony McCarthy | 1,586 | 21.3 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | Princess Bright | 1,418 | 19.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Tony Ramsay | 1,391 | 18.6 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Sue Connelly | 938 | 12.6 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Harris | 868 | 11.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Dewan Chowdhury Mahdi | 728 | 9.8 | N/A |
| | Independent | Ron Emin | 372 | 5.0 | N/A |
| | BNP | Tony McKay | 158 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,704 | 33.4 | −3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,084 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Eastbury

Eastbury (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Emily Rodwell | 1,678 | 27.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Foyzur Rahman | 1,550 | 25.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Faraaz Shaukat | 1,474 | 24.1 | +2.64 |
| | Conservative | David Perry | 564 | 9.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alejandro Delos Santos | 488 | 8.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Manish Wankhade | 371 | 6.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,319 | 28.8 | −5.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,043 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gascoigne

Gascoigne (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Saima Ashraf | 1,560 | 27.6 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Abdul Aziz | 1,538 | 27.2 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Dominic Twomey | 1,525 | 27.0 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Dean Talbot-Wallis | 345 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Kirsty Talbot-Wallis | 342 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Imran Khan | 338 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,074 | 29.9 | −7.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,945 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Goresbrook

Goresbrook (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Simon James Bremner | 1,450 | 25.9 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Irma Freeborn | 1,346 | 24.0 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Moin Ali Quadri | 1,250 | 22.3 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Williams | 586 | 10.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Md Abu Noman | 361 | 6.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Nadia Yasin | 358 | 6.4 | N/A |
| | BNP | Bede Smith | 246 | 4.4 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,128 | 26.4 | −8.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,047 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Heath

Heath (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Miles | 1,326 | 24.56 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Olawale Martins | 1,253 | 23.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Ingrid Robinson | 1,206 | 22.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Stephen Beal | 486 | 9.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sue Benjamins | 423 | 7.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Martynas Cekavicius | 389 | 7.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Matthew Crowley | 317 | 5.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,026 | 26.0 | −8.91 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,779 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Longbridge

Longbridge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rocky Gill | 2,724 | 28.3 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Faruk Choudhury | 2,582 | 26.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Lynda Rice | 2,356 | 24.5 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Boff | 711 | 7.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Tilly Wijesuriya | 633 | 6.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Tamkeen Shaikh | 607 | 6.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,549 | 40.6 | −3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,736 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | 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. He was later reinstated.

### Mayesbrook

Mayesbrook (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Toni Bankole | 1,352 | 26.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Kashif Haroon | 1,251 | 24.1 | +4.71 |
| | Labour | Ade Oluwole | 1,241 | 23.9 | +5.08 |
| | Conservative | Andy McNab | 541 | 10.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Munish Khanna | 413 | 7.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Wijesuriya | 395 | 7.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,931 | 26.9 | −7.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,175 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Parsloes

Parsloes (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Rice | 1,287 | 26.4 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Kangethe | 1,240 | 25.4 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Akwaboah | 1,197 | 24.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | John Gletherow | 488 | 10.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Farhanaz Mansuri | 337 | 6.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Syed Naqvi | 334 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,805 | 25.9 | −7.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,956 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### River

River (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eileen Keller* | 1,525 | 26.8 | −0.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Chand* | 1,513 | 26.6 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | Donna Lumsden | 1,431 | 25.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Robert Baillie | 429 | 7.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Burleton | 420 | 7.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Ada Echedom | 366 | 6.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,068 | 28.2 | −7.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,335 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Thames

Thames (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Josie Channer* | 2,020 | 29.2 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Cameron Geddes* | 1,930 | 27.9 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Bill Turner* | 1,911 | 27.6 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Gletherow | 413 | 6.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Isaac Mukasa | 343 | 5.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Akhterrasul Shaikh | 311 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,491 | 28.4 | −9.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,768 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Valence

Valence (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jane Jones* | 1,579 | 28.9 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Maureen Worby* | 1,502 | 27.5 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Syed Feroz Ghani* | 1,352 | 24.7 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Rozeena Zafar | 368 | 19.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sumaiyabanu Khalifa | 345 | 6.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Imran Zahoor | 324 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,003 | 26.4 | −8.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,591 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Village

Village (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Mullane* | 1,829 | 27.70 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | Lee Waker* | 1,767 | 26.8 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Phil Waker* | 1,687 | 25.55 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Vivian Patten | 462 | 7.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Neil Connelly | 439 | 6.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Harris | 420 | 6.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 | 31.2 | −8.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,606 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Whalebone

Whalebone (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glenda Paddle | 1,850 | 25.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Andrew Achilleos | 1,804 | 25.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Amardeep Jamu | 1,768 | 24.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Maire Justice | 631 | 8.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Kelly | 577 | 8.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sunaina Mohan | 557 | 7.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,598 | 32.1 | −5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,085 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2018 and 2022
### Thames

Thames by-election, 6 May 2021 (1 seat) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,642 | 36.3 | +7.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,075 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Bill Turner.