Barking and Dagenham sees three new Labour councillors elected following by-elections

Ruby Gregory

29 November 2024 at 11:00 am·2-min read

Barking Town Hall, headquarters of Barking and Dagenham Council — -Credit: (Image: Barking and Dagenham Council)

Barking and Dagenham Council has three new Labour councillors following multiple by-elections which took place yesterday (Thursday, November 28). Julia Williams and Ajanta Deb-Roy join Phil Waker as Village ward councillors after they received 776 votes and 774 votes respectively.

Ben Suter and Graham Gosling of the Conservatives finished in second place with 580 and 571 votes, while Kim Arrowsmith and Tope Olawoyin from the Green Party were in third place with 103 and 97 votes. Lib Dem candidates, George Elebiju and Herbert Munangatire came last with 70 and 37 votes.

Meanwhile, Val Masson has been elected as a councillor for Northbury ward after they won with 561 votes. Simon Ronald Anthony from the Green Party finished in second place with 161 votes, while Ryan Edwards from Reform UK came third with 101 votes.

Margaret Mullane, former councillor of Village ward, became the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham in July -Credit:Marcia Veiga / BBC

Angelica Olawepo from the Conservatives received 100 votes while Olumide Adeyefa from the Lib Dems received 49 votes. The Northbury ward by-election was triggered after former council leader and Northbury ward councillor, Darren Rodwell resigned from both roles in September.

Dominic Twomey, who is a councillor for Gascoigne ward, has since become the leader of Barking and Dagenham Council. Following the death of Cllr Phil Waker's brother, Lee in July, a by-election was triggered for Village ward. Lee had been a Village ward councillor for over 22 years, having first been elected in May 2002 and was successfully re-elected five more times.

Another by-election for Village ward was triggered after Margaret Mullane resigned from her councillor role after she became the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham in July. Following the death of Glenda Paddle on November 13, a notice of casual vacancy for Whalebone ward has since been announced on the council website.

Glenda had been a councillor for Whalebone ward since 2018, and had served as chair of the overview and scrutiny committee since 2022. Barking and Dagenham Council currently has 49 Labour councillors and one Independent councillor.

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