Barking (UK Parliament constituency)
Barking | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Population | 122,313 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 74,027 (December 2010)[2] |
Borough | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham |
Major settlements | Barking and Becontree |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1945 |
Member of Parliament | Margaret Hodge (Labour) |
Created from | Romford |
Barking is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since its formation in 1945, it has consistently returned a member of the Labour Party as its Member of Parliament (MP). Since 1994, its MP has been Margaret Hodge.
Political history
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
Bucking the national trend, the incumbent MP Margaret Hodge almost doubled her majority at the 2010 general election.
Constituency profile
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
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
Boundaries
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 |
2010 boundary changes
Following their review of parliamentary representation the
2023 boundary review
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]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1945 | Somerville Hastings | Labour | |
1959 | Tom Driberg | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | Jo Richardson | Labour | |
1994 by-election | Margaret Hodge | Labour |
Elections
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Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Simon Anthony | ||||
Workers Party | Muhammad Asim | ||||
CPA | Lucy Baiye-Gaman | ||||
Labour | Nesil Caliskan | ||||
Independent
|
Dee Dias | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Charley Hasted | ||||
Reform UK | Clive Peacock | ||||
Conservative | Julie Redmond | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | New | |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | New | |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Hodge | 24,826 | 57.7 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Roger Gravett | 9,554 | 22.2 | +19.3 | |
Conservative | Mina Rahman[15] | 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[16] | 183 | 0.4 | New | |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | New | |
Green | Jayne Forbes | 317 | 0.7 | ―1.0 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Crucial Chris Dowling | 82 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent
|
Thomas Darwood | 77 | 0.2 | New | |
Restoration Party | Dapo Sijuwola | 45 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,555 | 36.5 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,343 | 61.4 | +13.2 | ||
Registered electors | 73,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | New | |
Green | Laurie Cleeland | 618 | 2.1 | New | |
Independent
|
Demetrious Panton | 530 | 1.8 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Mick Saxby | 59 | 0.2 | New | |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1990s
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 | New | |
BNP | Mark Tolman | 894 | 2.7 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Damien Mearns | 159 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 15,896 | 48.2 | +30.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,964 | 61.7 | ―8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 53,458 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +15.2 |
- Changes are based on the 1992 election result, not the 1994 by-election.
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 | New | |
UKIP | Gerard Batten | 406 | 2.1 | New | |
Natural Law | Heather R. Butensky[25] | 90 | 0.5 | New | |
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 |
Elections in the 1980s
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 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jo Richardson | 18,111 | 52.8 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | Marion Roe | 11,103 | 32.4 | +16.8 | |
Liberal | Martin Taylor[30] | 3,679 | 10.7 | −4.9 | |
National Front
|
Ian Newport | 1,021 | 3.0 | −1.9 | |
Independent Labour
|
John Barry[30] | 400 | 1.2 | New | |
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 | New | |
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 |
Elections in the 1960s
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 |
Elections in the 1950s
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 | New | |
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 |
Elections in the 1940s
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) |
Notes
- borough constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
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External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)