Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council | |
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| Whole council elected every four years | |
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| Type | |
| Houses | Unicameral |
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Term limits
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None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1965 |
| Preceded by | Barking Borough Council Dagenham Borough Council |
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New session started
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17 May 2013 (Municipal year 2013/2014) |
| Leadership | |
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Darren Rodwell, Labour
Since 17 May 2014 |
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Mayor
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Anthony Ramsay
Since 17 May 2013 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 51 councillors in 17 wards |
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Political groups
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Executive (50)
Opposition (1)
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Joint committees
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East London Waste Authority Thames Chase Joint Committee Thames Gateway London Partnership London Councils |
| Elections | |
| Plurality-at-large | |
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Last election
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22 May 2014 |
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Next election
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2018 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Barking Town Hall | |
| Website | |
| www |
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| Constitution | |
| The Council Constitution | |
Executive (50)
Opposition (1)
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. It provides a broad range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. Barking and Dagenham is divided into 17 wards, each electing three councillors. At the May 2014 election, the Labour Party won all 51 seats. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 as the Barking London Borough Council and replaced two local authorities: Barking Borough Council and Dagenham Borough Council. The council was renamed on 1 January 1980. The next election to the authority will be in 2018.
There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Barking and Dagenham area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Barking on 1 April 1965. Barking replaced Barking Borough Council and Dagenham Borough Council. Both were previously urban district councils, with Barking Town Urban District Council replaced by Barking Borough Council in 1931, and Dagenham Urban District Council replaced by Dagenham Borough Council in 1938. As Barking had urbanised first, it was governed by a local board of health from 1882, which became an urban district council in 1894. The parish of Dagenham was under rural administration until 1926, governed by Dagenham Parish Council and the Romford Rural District Council from 1894.
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