General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Barking after Margaret Hodge?

Nicholas Cecil

8 July 2024 at 10:16 am·1-min read

Millions of voters across London went to the polls on July 4 to elect the new Government. The Standard looked at key battleground seats in the capital, and published an interactive map of the results. Here we turn the spotlight on:

BARKING

WINNER: NESIL CALISKAN

Top five candidates (in alphabetical order):

Simon Ronald Anthony - Green Party (4,988 votes)

Muhammad Asim - Workers Party (3,578 votes)

Nesil Caliskan - Labour Party (16,227 votes)

Clive Peacock - Reform UK (5,173 votes)

Julie Redmond - Conservatives (4,294 votes)

Area: Wards in the constituency include Abbey, Alibon, Becontree, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Goresbrook, Longbridge, Mayesbrook, Parsloes and Thames

I’m not sure if I’m in this constituency: Here’s how you can check

Barking constituency map. Purple shaded area: Current constituency boundary. Green outlines new constituency boundaries (© OpenStreetMap contributors | © CARTO)

Boundary changes impact (Thrasher and Rallings analysis): Boundary changes have not significantly changed the political make-up of this constituency.

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