Village (Barking and Dagenham ward)

Village is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.

Village
Electoral ward for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Village ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	12,540 (2021)[a]
Area	2.191 square kilometres (0.846 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 4 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Phil Waker   Julia Williams   Ajanta Deb-Roy
GSS code	E05000041 (2002–2022) E05014070 (2022–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968	Charles Prendergast		Labour
1964–1978	Vic Rusha		Labour
1964–1968	L Todd		Labour
1964–1968	R Foster		Labour
1968–1971 1974–1982	Matthew Spencer		Labour
1968–1974	R Coster		Labour
1968–1986	Harry Tindell		Labour
1971–1978	L Bryant		Labour
1978–1990	Peter Bradley		Labour
1982–1990	Ronald Whitbread		Labour
1986–1990	Alfred Rusha		Labour
1990–2004	Darrin Best		Labour
1990–2002	Katherine Golden		Labour
1990–2006	Bill Dale		Labour
2002–2024	Lee Waker		Labour
2004–present	Phil Waker		Labour
2006–2010	Jamie Jarvis		BNP
2010–2024	Margaret Mullane		Labour
2024–present	Julia Williams		Labour
2024–present	Ajanta Deb-Roy		Labour

Barking and Dagenham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2022.

2024 by-election

The by-election took place on 28 November 2024, following the death of Lee Waker and resignation of Margaret Mullane.^[1][2]

2024 Village by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Williams	776	49.1	− 27.0
	Labour	Ajanta Deb-Roy	774	49.0
	Conservative	Ben Suter	580	36.7	+ 15.5
	Conservative	Graham Gosling	571	36.1
	Green	Kim Arrowsmith	103	6.5	+ 6.5
	Green	Tope Olawoyin	97	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	George Elebiju	70	4.4	+ 4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert Munangatire	37	2.3
Turnout			1,579	19.03	− 7.17
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[3]

2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Mullane	1,690	28.6	N/A
	Labour	Lee Waker	1,675	28.3	N/A
	Labour	Phil Waker	1,647	27.9	N/A
	Conservative	James Beris	471	8.0	N/A
	Conservative	Vincent Williams	431	7.3	N/A
Turnout			2,219	26.2	N/A
Registered electors			8,429
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Barking and Dagenham council elections

Village ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[4]

2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

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			2,375	31.2	−8.7
Registered electors			7,606
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[5]

2014 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Waker	2,031	33.8	N/A
	Labour	Phil Waker	1,892	31.5	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Mullane	1,889	31.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Watson	190	3.2	N/A
Turnout			2,956	39.9	−19.1
Registered electors			7,409
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[6]

2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Waker	2,454	49.4	+12.2
	Labour	Phil Waker	2,303
	Labour	Margaret Mullane	2,259
	BNP	Len Bird	1,049	21.1	−14.7
	Conservative	Malcolm Beatty	906	18.3	+7.5
	Conservative	Roy Alan Zelkin	654
	Conservative	Sammy Omosule	587
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Graham Hills	555	11.2	+2.8
Turnout			4,239	59.0	+16.8
Registered electors			7,185
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[7]

2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Waker	1,276	37.2	−18.0
	Labour	Lee Waker	1,269
	BNP	Jamie Jarvis	1,227	35.8	N/A
	Labour	Bill Dale	1,209
	BNP	James Webb	1,208
	Conservative	Kenneth Coombs	370	10.8	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Fredrick Tindling	287	8.4	−13.1
	UKIP	Leslie Parsons	272	7.9	N/A
Turnout			2,990	42.2	+19.8
Registered electors			7,089
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

2004 by-election

The by-election took place on 7 October 2004, following the resignation of Darrin Best.^[7]

2004 Village by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Waker	1,085	44.7	−10.5
	BNP	Lawrence Rustem	934	38.5	N/A
	Conservative	Kerry Smith	410	16.9	−6.4
Majority			151	6.2	N/A
Turnout				35.0	+12.6
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[8]

2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Waker	981	55.2	−14.9
	Labour	Darrin Best	946
	Labour	Bill Dale	890
	Conservative	Neil Connelly	414	23.3	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Tindling	383	21.5	+8.7
Turnout			1,552	22.4	−1.1
Registered electors			6,941
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Barking and Dagenham council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking in 1978. Councillors representing Village decreased from four to three. The name of the borough and council changed from Barking to Barking and Dagenham on 1 January 1980.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[9]

1998 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Golden	1,146	70.1	−8.8
	Labour	Darrin Best	1,112
	Labour	Bill Dale	1,041
	Conservative	Kenneth Coombs	280	17.1	+7.1
	Conservative	Susan Hallewell	262
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pickford	209	12.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Johnson	184
Turnout			1,681	23.5	−13.4
Registered electors			7,166
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[10]

1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Golden	1,968	78.9	+4.7
	Labour	Darrin Best	1,872
	Labour	Bill Dale	1,849
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lepley	276	11.1	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Holmes	264
	Conservative	Kenneth Coombs	250	10.0	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Hodge	248
	Conservative	Terence Mallindine	205
	Conservative	William Preston	195
Turnout			2,630	36.9	+1.3
Registered electors			7,134
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[11]

1990 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darrin Best	1,956	75.36
	Labour	Katherine Golden	1,920
	Labour	Bill Dale	1,914
	Conservative	Kenneth Coombs	457	15.89
	Conservative	Terence Mallindine	396
	Conservative	Royston Oliver	367
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Sparrow	224	8.75
Registered electors			7,448
Turnout			2,652	35.61
Rejected ballots			5	0.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[12]

1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradley	1,498	72.7	+30.5
	Labour	Alfred Rusha	1,414
	Labour	Ronald Whitbread	1,371
	Conservative	Leonard Johnson	563	27.3	−3.7
	Conservative	Michael Ross	522
	Conservative	Terence Mallindine	500
Turnout				30.8	−0.4
Registered electors			7,649
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[13]

1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradley	946	42.2	−6.1
	Labour	Harry Tindell	918
	Labour	Ronald Whitbread	891
	Conservative	Terence Mallindine	695	31.0	−1.8
	Conservative	Vera Ellis	667
	Conservative	James Harding	657
	Independent	George Monk	540	24.1	N/A
	Independent	Michael Timothy	523
	Independent	Stanley Simmons	521
	Communist	Daniel Connor	59	2.6	−1.2
Turnout				31.2	−0.8
Registered electors			7,815
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[14]

1978 Barking London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Spencer	1,256	48.3	−16.1
	Labour	Harry Tindell	1,161		N/A
	Labour	Peter Bradley	1,156		N/A
	Conservative	Terence Mallindine	851	32.8	+22.8
	Conservative	John Kinnie	839		N/A
	Liberal	George Poole	392	15.1	−1.3
	Communist	Paul Greenaway	99	3.8	−0.6
Turnout				32.0	+10.4
Registered electors			7,614
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Barking council elections

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[15]

1974 Barking London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Rusha	1,652	64.4	−16.7
	Labour	L Bryant	1,610		N/A
	Labour	Matthew Spencer	1,595		N/A
	Labour	Harry Tindell	1,544		N/A
	Liberal	G Poole	421	16.4	N/A
	Liberal	P Northover	318		N/A
	Liberal	G Andrews	301		N/A
	Conservative	W Russell	257	10.0	−3.0
	Conservative	W Whiter	235		N/A
	Conservative	A Wilkens	213		N/A
	Free Socialist	W Metcalfe	122	4.8	N/A
	Communist	T Keyworth	114	4.4	−1.5
Turnout				21.6	−3.8
Registered electors			9,694
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[16]

1971 Barking London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Rusha	2,125	81.1	+45.2
	Labour	L Bryant	2,066		N/A
	Labour	R Coster	2,047		N/A
	Labour	Harry Tindell	2,022		N/A
	Conservative	W Attridge	341	13.0	−10.1
	Conservative	J Calver	337		N/A
	Conservative	A Wilkens	325		N/A
	Conservative	R Johnson	312		N/A
	Communist	R Shannon	154	5.9	−1.5
Turnout				25.4	−1.3
Registered electors			9,572
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[17]

1968 Barking London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Rusha	1,048	35.9	−33.5
	Labour	Matthew Spencer	992		N/A
	Labour	R Coster	961		N/A
	Labour	Harry Tindell	948		N/A
	Independent	A Fry	681	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	T Edwards	675	23.1	+7.7
	Conservative	J Calver	640		N/A
	Conservative	J Symes	597		N/A
	Conservative	C Wilkens	555		N/A
	Liberal	G Poole	389	13.3	+0.6
	Liberal	T Moody	268		N/A
	Liberal	R Burlinson	212		N/A
	Liberal	F Shaw	186		N/A
	Communist	R Shannon	129	4.4	+1.9
Turnout				26.7	−4.2
Registered electors			9,012
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[18]

1964 Barking London Borough Council election: Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Prendergast	1,980	69.4	N/A
	Labour	Vic Rusha	1,929		N/A
	Labour	L Todd	1,874		N/A
	Labour	R Foster	1,772		N/A
	Conservative	W Russell	439	15.4	N/A
	Conservative	P Steele	390		N/A
	Conservative	A Sabourin	386		N/A
	Conservative	T Edwards	381		N/A
	Liberal	G Poole	362	12.7	N/A
	Liberal	T Moody	290		N/A
	Liberal	R Burlinson	264		N/A
	Liberal	G Bisney	254		N/A
	Communist	Helena Ott	71	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2,761	30.9	N/A
Registered electors			8,933
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries