2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
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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.
Quick Facts All 51 council seats to Barking and Dagenham Council 26 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Map of the results of the 2006 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red, British National Party in dark blue and Conservatives in blue. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]