page_title: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
section_title: Governance
hierarchical_section_title: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham / Governance
caption_attribution_description: Clocktower of Barking Town Hall, London. I took the picture myself.
context_page_description: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London. It lies around 9 miles east of Central London. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway; an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. At the 2011 census it had a population of 187,000, the majority of which are within the Becontree estate. The borough's three main towns are Barking, Chadwell Heath and Dagenham. The local authority is Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. Barking and Dagenham was one of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
context_section_description: The borough is covered by two parliamentary constituencies: Barking and  Dagenham and Rainham (first contested in 2010. The borough is within the City and East London Assembly constituency, returning Unmesh Desai as the directly elected Assembly Member. Barking and Dagenham is part of the London constituency in the European Parliament.
  Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council has a mayor, who is elected at the council annual general meeting by councillors. The officeholder must be a serving councillor, although the role of mayor is non-political. The mayor chairs performs ceremonial duties in the borough.
  There are 17 wards in the borough, each returning 3 councillors, making 51 in total. As of the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election in 2018, all 51 council seats are held by the Labour Party.
caption: The former town hall of the Municipal Borough of Barking
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