Beam (Barking and Dagenham ward)

Beam
Beam
Electoral ward; for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
	Beam ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	8,610 (2021)
Electorate	5,277 (2022)
Major settlements	Beam Park
Area	2.825 square kilometres (1.091 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2022
Number of members	3
Councillors	Donna Lumsden; Muhibul Chowdhury; Muazzam Sandhu;
Created from	River
GSS code	E05014056

Beam is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections. It returns three councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.

The ward includes the western part of the new neighbourhood of Beam Park.

Prior to 2022 the area was part of River ward.

List of councillors

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Beam (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Lumsden	904	23.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Muhibul Chowdhury	854	22.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Muazzam Sandhu	825	21.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Karen Whittaker	433	11.2	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Smith	426	11.0	N/A
	Conservative	Manvindra Jaiya	417	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,391	26.2	N/A
Registered electors			5,277
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
1965	Abbey Cambell Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Fanshawe Gascoigne Heath Longbridge Manor River Valence Village
1978	Abbey Alibon Becontree (1994) Cambell Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Eastbury Fanshawe Gascoigne Goresbrook Heath Longbridge Manor Marks Gate Parsloes River Thames Triptons Valence Village
2002	Abbey Alibon Becontree Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Eastbury Gascoigne Goresbrook Heath Longbridge Mayesbrook Parsloes River Thames Valence Village Whalebone
2022	Abbey Alibon Barking Riverside Beam Becontree Chadwell Heath Eastbrook & Rush Green Eastbury Gascoigne Goresbrook Heath Longbridge Mayesbrook Northbury Parsloes Thames View Valence Village Whalebone

Beam
Electoral ward for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Beam ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	8,610 (2021)^[a]
Electorate	5,277 (2022)
Major settlements	Beam Park
Area	2.825 square kilometres (1.091 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2022
Number of members	3
Councillors	Donna Lumsden Muhibul Chowdhury Muazzam Sandhu
Created from	River
GSS code	E05014056