2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

2006 Barking and Dagenham Council election

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All 51 council seats to Barking and Dagenham Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab BNP Con Party Labour BNP Conservative Last election 42 seats, 55.6% Did not stand 2 seats, 13.8% Seats won 38 12 1 Seat change 4 12 1 Popular vote 20,611 8,576 9,315 Percentage 41.2 17.2 18.6 Swing 14.4% New party 4.8%
Map of the results of the 2006 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red, British National Party in dark blue and Conservatives in blue.
Leader of Largest Party before election Labour Subsequent Leader of Largest Party Labour

Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election. Barking and Dagenham is split up into 17 wards, each electing 3 councillors, so a total of 51 seats were up for election.

The Labour Party retained control of the council winning 38 seats and 41% of the popular vote. The British National Party won 12 seats in a rare electoral breakthrough for a far-right party, and formed the official opposition winning 17% of the popular vote. The Conservatives won 1 seat.^[1][2]