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

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

BARKING

Candidates for main parties (in alphabetical order):

Simon Ronald Anthony - Green Party

Nesil Caliskan - Labour Party

Charley Hasted - Liberal Democrats

Clive Peacock - Reform UK

Julie Redmond - Conservatives

Summary:

Labour has held this constituency since its creation in 1945.

Since 1994, Dame Margaret Hodge has been the MP and she has fought against the Far Right which has sought to gain ground in this area of east London where there are communities with many households on low incomes and in social housing.

Dame Margaret, who is not seeking re-election, was leader of Islington council for a decade from 1982 when it was often portrayed as a “Loony Left” town hall.

As an MP, she was a forceful chair of the Commons public accounts committee, and more recently has campaigned for more action to stop economic crime.

She was very critical of Jeremy Corbyn during the anti-Semitism storm which engulfed Labour.

She also served as a minister in the Brown and Blair governments.

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

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

YouGov MRP poll prediction: Labour hold

Evening Standard view: No signs of any change in the trend which has seen Labour win this seat since its creation some 80 years ago.

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