Barking | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Population | 122,313 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 71,822 (2023)[2] |
Borough | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham |
Major settlements | Barking and Becontree |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Nesil Caliskan (Labour) |
Created from | Romford |
Barking is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
The area has elected Labour MPs since its creation in 1945, on strong majorities of 20.4% of the vote or greater, except for the results in 1983 and 1987.
The rise in support for the British National Party since the turn of the 21st century saw the party attain 17% of the vote at the 2005 general election. Party members and supporters were optimistic that the party would soon make a breakthrough into the UK parliament, and party leader Nick Griffin stood in Barking for the 2010 general election. However, his performance in Barking was poor, as he polled 14.8% of the vote (which actually represented a decline in percentage terms compared to 2005), and Margaret Hodge retained the seat with more than half of the vote, therefore doubling her majority.[3]
During the run-up to the 2010 election, filmmaker Laura Fairrie had access to the British National Party and Labour Party campaigns, and later produced a documentary The Battle for Barking, which premiered on More 4 on 30 November 2010.[4]
Set in the east of Greater London, the Barking constituency is one of the areas identified for London's planned expansion in housing. The Barking Riverside regeneration project aims to create new homes, jobs and services on the site of the former power station.
Having returned Labour MPs since 1945, Margaret Hodge has served as the MP for the seat since 1994. A challenge from the BNP in 2005 saw the Labour vote reduced by over 13% from the 2001 general election. The BNP, with 16.9% of the vote, out-polled the Liberal Democrats for third place and were 27 votes behind the Conservatives.
According to 2011 United Kingdom census data, the seat had the 21st highest proportion of unemployed people amongst constituencies in England and Wales, at 7.4%. It also has the third-highest proportion of people from Africa, while one in six identifies as Asian/Asian British. In 2010, Labour won with 54.3% of the vote, Conservatives 17.8%, BNP 14.6%.
In 2015, the UKIP vote increased to almost 23%, this was predicted as they came the runners up in every ward in the 2014 Barking and Dagenham Council election, they came within 200 votes of winning 4 seats on the council.
In 2017, the UKIP vote collapsed, and Labour and the Conservatives both increased their share of the vote, although Labour's increase of 10.1% saw them claim 67.8% of the vote overall (their largest share in Barking at any election since the 1994 by-election and the greatest at a general election since 1970), increasing their majority from 35.5% to 45.3%.
The constituency has benefited from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and its districts include a larger than average proportion of social housing and earners on low incomes.[5]
Ethnicity 2021 Census
White - 42.3
Asian - 28.0
Black - 21.6
Mixed - 4.3
Other - 3.6
Religion 2021 Census
Christian - 43.7
Muslim - 27.6
Hindu - 2.8
Sikh - 1.8
Dates | Areas | Maps | Notes |
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1945–1974 | The Municipal Borough of Barking. | Barking in Essex, showing boundaries used from 1945 to 1950. | |
1974–1983 | The London Borough of Barking wards of Abbey, Cambell, Gascoigne, Longbridge, and Manor. | ||
1983–1997 | The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wards of Abbey, Cambell, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Goresbrook, Longbridge, Manor, Parsloes, and Thames. | ||
1997–2010 | The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wards of Abbey, Becontree, Cambell, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Goresbrook, Longbridge, Manor, Parsloes, and Thames. | ||
2010–2024 | The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (2010) wards of Abbey, Alibon, Becontree, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Goresbrook, Longbridge, Mayesbrook, Parsloes, Thames, and Valence.[6] Note that the ward boundaries and some ward names changed in 2022.[7] | ||
2024–present | The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (2020) wards of Abbey; Alibon (majority); Barking Riverside; Becontree; Eastbury; Gascoigne; Goresbrook (most); Longbridge; Mayesbrook; Northbury; Parsloes (most); Thames View; Valence (part) | 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies |
Following their review of parliamentary representation the Boundary Commission for England recommended that the wards of Alibon, Parsloes and Valence be transferred from the old Dagenham constituency to Barking, and that following a review of ward boundaries a small part of River ward be transferred from Barking to help form the new Dagenham and Rainham constituency. These boundaries were first contested for the 2010 general election.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election and was based on the ward boundaries in place at 1 December 2020, the Valence ward was moved to Dagenham and Rainham in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range.[8][9]
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
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1945 | Somerville Hastings | Labour | |
1959 | Tom Driberg | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | Jo Richardson | Labour | |
1994 by-election | Margaret Hodge | Labour | |
2024 | Nesil Caliskan | Labour |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nesil Caliskan | 16,227 | 44.5 | –16.4 | |
Reform UK | Clive Peacock | 5,173 | 14.2 | +7.1 | |
Green | Simon Anthony | 4,988 | 13.7 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Julie Redmond | 4,294 | 11.8 | –15.0 | |
Workers Party | Muhammad Asim | 3,578 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Charley Hasted | 1,015 | 2.8 | –0.5 | |
Independent | Dee Dias | 753 | 2.1 | N/A | |
CPA | Lucy Baiye-Gaman | 449 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,054 | 30.3 | –4.4 | ||
Turnout | 36,477 | 45.7 | –11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 79,825 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 11.8 |
2019 notional result[12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 24,996 | 60.9 | |
Conservative | 11,003 | 26.8 | |
Brexit Party | 2,914 | 7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,356 | 3.3 | |
Green | 750 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 41,019 | 57.1 | |
Electorate | 71,822 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Hodge | 27,219 | 61.2 | ―6.6 | |
Conservative | Tamkeen Shaikh | 11,792 | 26.5 | +4.0 | |
Brexit Party | Karen Batley | 3,186 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,482 | 3.3 | +2.0 | |
Green | Shannon Butterfield | 820 | 1.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 15,427 | 34.7 | ―10.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,499 | 57.1 | ―4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 77,946 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ―5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Hodge | 32,319 | 67.8 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Minesh Talati | 10,711 | 22.5 | +6.2 | |
UKIP | Roger Gravett | 3,031 | 6.4 | ―15.8 | |
Green | Shannon Butterfield | 724 | 1.5 | ―0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Pearce | 599 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | |
Independent | Noel Falvey | 295 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,608 | 45.3 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 47,679 | 61.9 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 77,022 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Hodge | 24,826 | 57.7 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Roger Gravett | 9,554 | 22.2 | +19.3 | |
Conservative | Mina Rahman[16] | 7,019 | 16.3 | ―1.5 | |
Green | Tony Rablen | 879 | 2.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Wilcock | 562 | 1.3 | ―6.9 | |
TUSC | Joseph Mambuliya[17] | 183 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,272 | 35.5 | ―1.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,023 | 58.2 | ―3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 73,977 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Hodge | 24,628 | 54.3 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Simon Marcus | 8,073 | 17.8 | +1.2 | |
BNP | Nick Griffin | 6,620 | 14.8 | ―1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Carman | 3,719 | 8.2 | ―2.6 | |
UKIP | Kellie Maloney | 1,300 | 2.9 | ―0.6 | |
Christian | George Hargreaves | 482 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Green | Jayne Forbes | 317 | 0.7 | ―1.0 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Crucial Chris Dowling | 82 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Thomas Darwood | 77 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Restoration Party | Dapo Sijuwola | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,555 | 36.5 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,343 | 61.4 | +13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 73,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Hodge | 13,826 | 47.8 | ―13.1 | |
Conservative | Keith Prince | 4,943 | 17.1 | ―5.9 | |
BNP | Richard Barnbrook | 4,916 | 16.9 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Toby Wickenden | 3,211 | 11.1 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Terry Jones | 803 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Green | Laurie Cleeland | 618 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Demetrious Panton | 530 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Mick Saxby | 59 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,883 | 30.7 | ―7.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,906 | 50.1 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 57,658 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ―3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Hodge | 15,302 | 60.9 | ―4.9 | |
Conservative | Mike Weatherley | 5,768 | 23.0 | +5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anura Keppetipola | 2,450 | 9.8 | +0.3 | |
BNP | Mark C. Tolman | 1,606 | 6.4 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 9,534 | 37.9 | ―10.3 | ||
Turnout | 25,126 | 45.5 | ―16.2 | ||
Registered electors | 55,229 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ―5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Hodge | 21,698 | 65.8 | +14.2 | |
Conservative | Keith Langford | 5,802 | 17.6 | ―16.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Marsh | 3,128 | 9.5 | ―5.0 | |
Referendum | Colin Taylor | 1,283 | 3.9 | N/A | |
BNP | Mark Tolman | 894 | 2.7 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Damien Mearns | 159 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,896 | 48.2 | +30.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,964 | 61.7 | ―8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 53,458 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +15.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Hodge | 13,704 | 72.1 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary White | 2,290 | 12.0 | ―2.5 | |
Conservative | Theresa May | 1,976 | 10.4 | ―23.5 | |
National Front | Gary Needs | 551 | 2.9 | N/A | |
UKIP | Gerard Batten | 406 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Heather R. Butensky[26] | 90 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,414 | 60.1 | +42.4 | ||
Turnout | 19,017 | 38.3 | ―31.7 | ||
Registered electors | 49,635 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Richardson | 18,224 | 51.6 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | John G. Kennedy | 11,956 | 33.9 | ―0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen W. Churchman | 5,133 | 14.5 | ―6.7 | |
Majority | 6,268 | 17.7 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,313 | 70.0 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 50,454 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Richardson | 15,307 | 44.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | William Sharp | 11,898 | 34.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | John Gibb | 7,366 | 21.2 | ―4.4 | |
Majority | 3,409 | 9.8 | ―1.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,541 | 66.9 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 51,639 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ―1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Richardson | 14,415 | 42.1 | ―10.7 | |
Conservative | Hugo Summerson | 10,389 | 30.4 | ―2.0 | |
Liberal | John Gibb | 8,770 | 25.6 | +14.9 | |
National Front | Ian Newport | 646 | 1.9 | ―1.1 | |
Majority | 4,026 | 11.7 | ―8.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,219 | 65.4 | ―5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 52,362 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ―4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Richardson | 18,111 | 52.8 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | Marion Roe | 11,103 | 32.4 | +16.8 | |
Liberal | Martin Taylor[31] | 3,679 | 10.7 | −4.9 | |
National Front | Ian Newport | 1,021 | 3.0 | −1.9 | |
Independent Labour | John Barry[31] | 400 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,008 | 20.4 | −27.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,314 | 71.1 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 48,289 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −14.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Richardson | 21,546 | 63.9 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Eric Forth | 5,256 | 15.6 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | M Taylor | 5,245 | 15.6 | −5.5 | |
National Front | C. Bond | 1,661 | 4.9 | New | |
Majority | 16,290 | 48.3 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 33,706 | 67.4 | −9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 50,039 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Richardson | 22,846 | 60.1 | −9.3 | |
Liberal | M. Taylor | 8,012 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Eric Forth | 7,154 | 18.8 | −11.8 | |
Majority | 14,834 | 39.0 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,011 | 76.6 | +15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 49,617 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Driberg | 21,097 | 69.4 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Pattie | 9,309 | 30.6 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 11,788 | 38.8 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,406 | 61.6 | −10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 49,363 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Driberg | 22,994 | 66.2 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Pattie | 7,584 | 21.8 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | James T. Silvey | 4,181 | 12.0 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 15,410 | 44.4 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,281 | 72.0 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 48,281 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Driberg | 23,055 | 62.6 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey C Waterer | 8,296 | 22.6 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | Nicholas Henry Donahue | 5,463 | 14.8 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 14,759 | 40.0 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,326 | 73.2 | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 50,326 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Driberg | 23,454 | 57.8 | −11.4 | |
Conservative | Kenneth F Dibben | 11,454 | 28.2 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | David E Evans | 5,648 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,000 | 29.6 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,654 | 78.5 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 51,654 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Somerville Hastings | 27,129 | 69.2 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Bernard Massey | 12,082 | 30.8 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 15,047 | 38.4 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,314 | 73.6 | −8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 53,314 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Somerville Hastings | 30,486 | 67.4 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Thomas Ben Underhill | 11,340 | 25.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Norman Henry Cork | 3,387 | 7.5 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 19,146 | 42.3 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,219 | 81.9 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 55,219 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Somerville Hastings | 30,299 | 66.3 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny | 10,269 | 22.5 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Harry Willcock | 5,109 | 11.2 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 20,030 | 43.8 | −10.4 | ||
Turnout | 54,627 | 83.6 | +10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 54,627 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Somerville Hastings | 24,504 | 70.5 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny | 5,593 | 16.1 | ||
Liberal | Harry Willcock | 4,674 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 18,911 | 54.4 | |||
Turnout | 34,771 | 72.8 | |||
Registered electors | 47,770 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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