Barking & Dagenham: Labour holds, Greens thrive and Tories slide

Barking & Dagenham: Labour holds, Greens thrive and Tories slide

“Labour holds ward in Barking & Dagenham” may sound like the definition of a “dog bites man” electoral incident, but there were several interesting features of Thursday’s council by-election result in the borough. Thames View ward is in the south west of Barking & Dagenham. Its northern border is the A13 road and part of the railway line that runs between the town of Barking and Dagenham Dock. Much of the area was marshland until comparatively r…