2006_Barking_and_Dagenham_London_Borough_Council_election

2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

2006 local election in England


Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election. Barking and Dagenham is split up into 17 wards, each electing 3 councillors, so a total of 51 seats were up for election.

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The Labour Party retained control of the council winning 38 seats and 41% of the popular vote. The British National Party won 12 seats in a rare electoral breakthrough for a far-right party, and formed the official opposition winning 17% of the popular vote. The Conservatives won 1 seat.[1][2]

Background

115 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (51) and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 23 candidates , whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 4 and the BNP ran 13.

Election results

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Ward results

Map of the results of the 2006 Barking and Dagenham council election with ward names. Coloured by party which topped the poll in each ward. Labour in red and British National Party in dark blue.

Abbey

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Alibon

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Becontree

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Chadwell Heath

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Eastbrook

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Eastbury

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Gascoigne

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Goresbrook

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Heath

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Longbridge

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Mayesbrook

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Parsloes

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River

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Thames

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Valence

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Village

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Whalebone

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By-elections between 2006 and 2010

Chadwell Heath

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The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah Baillie.[6]


References

  1. "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. "London Borough By Election results". Gwydir. Keith Edkins. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. "Barking and Dagenham by-election results". Barking and Dagenham Council elections. Barking and Dagenham Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

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