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Barking — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Barking was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 11,054 votes over Reform UK. This page covers every general election in Barking from 1945 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1945–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1945 Somerville Hastings (Labour) 24,504 70.5% Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny (Conservative) 18,911 (54.4 pts) 73.4%
1950 Somerville Hastings (Labour) 30,299 66.3% Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny (Conservative) 20,030 (43.9 pts) 83.6%
1951 Somerville Hastings (Labour) 30,486 67.4% Michael Thomas Ben Underhill (Conservative) 19,146 (42.4 pts) 81.9%
1955 Somerville Hastings (Labour) 27,129 69.2% Bernard Massey (Conservative) 15,047 (38.4 pts) 73.5%
1959 Thomas Edward Neil Driberg (Labour) 23,454 57.8% Kenneth Frances Dibben (Conservative) 12,000 (29.6 pts) 78.5%
1964 Thomas Edward Neil Driberg (Labour) 23,055 62.6% Geoffrey Claud Waterer (Conservative) 14,759 (40.1 pts) 73.2%
1966 Thomas Driberg (Labour) 22,994 66.2% Geoffrey Pattie (Conservative) 15,410 (44.3 pts) 72.0%
1970 Tom Driberg (Labour) 21,097 69.4% Geoffrey Pattie (Conservative) 11,788 (38.8 pts) 61.7%
Oct 1974 Jo Richardson (Labour) 21,546 63.9% Eric Forth (Conservative) 16,290 (48.3 pts) 67.4%
Feb 1974 Jo Richardson (Labour) 22,846 60.1% Martin Frederick Taylor (Liberal) 14,834 (39.0 pts) 76.6%
1979 Jo Richardson (Labour) 18,111 52.8% Marion Roe (Conservative) 7,008 (20.4 pts) 71.1%
1983 Jo Richardson (Labour) 14,415 42.1% Hugo Summerson (Conservative) 4,026 (11.8 pts) 65.4%
1987 Jo Richardson (Labour) 15,307 44.3% William Sharp (Conservative) 3,409 (9.9 pts) 66.9%
1992 Jo Richardson (Labour) 18,224 51.6% John Kennedy (Conservative) 6,268 (17.8 pts) 70.0%
1997 Margaret Hodge (Labour) 21,698 65.8% Keith Langford (Conservative) 15,896 (48.2 pts) 61.4%
2001 Margaret Hodge (Labour) 15,302 60.9% Mike Weatherley (Conservative) 9,534 (37.9 pts) 45.5%
2005 Margaret Hodge (Labour) 13,826 47.8% Keith Prince (Conservative) 8,883 (30.7 pts) 50.1%
2010 Margaret Hodge (Labour) 24,628 54.3% Simon Marcus (Conservative) 16,555 (36.5 pts) 61.7%
2015 Margaret Hodge (Labour) 24,826 57.7% Roger Gravett (UKIP) 15,272 (35.5 pts) 58.3%
2017 Margaret Hodge (Labour) 32,319 67.8% Minesh Talati (Conservative) 21,608 (45.3 pts) 62.0%
2019 Margaret Hodge (Labour) 27,219 61.2% Tamkeen Shaikh (Conservative) 15,427 (34.7 pts) 57.2%
2024 Nesil Caliskan (Labour) 16,227 44.5% Clive Peacock (Reform UK) 11,054 (30.3 pts) 45.8%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Somerville Hastings Labour 24,50470.5% Yes
Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny Conservative 5,59316.1% No
Clarence Harry Willcock Liberal 4,67413.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Somerville Hastings Labour 30,29966.3% Yes
Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny Conservative 10,26922.5% No
Clarance Harry Wilcock Liberal 5,10911.2% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Somerville Hastings Labour 30,48667.4% Yes
Michael Thomas Ben Underhill Conservative 11,34025.1% No
Norman Henry Cork Liberal 3,3877.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Somerville Hastings Labour 27,12969.2% Yes
Bernard Massey Conservative 12,08230.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg Labour 23,45457.8% Yes
Kenneth Frances Dibben Conservative 11,45428.2% No
David E Evans Liberal 5,64813.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg Labour 23,05562.6% Yes
Geoffrey Claud Waterer Conservative 8,29622.5% No
Nicholas Henry Donahue Liberal 5,46314.8% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Driberg Labour 22,99466.2% Yes
Geoffrey Pattie Conservative 7,58421.8% No
James Silvey Liberal 4,18112.0% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tom Driberg Labour 21,09769.4% Yes
Geoffrey Pattie Conservative 9,30930.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jo Richardson Labour 21,54663.9% Yes
Eric Forth Conservative 5,25615.6% No
Martin Frederick Taylor Liberal 5,24515.6% No
Charles William Bond National Front 1,6614.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jo Richardson Labour 22,84660.1% Yes
Martin Frederick Taylor Liberal 8,01221.1% No
Eric Forth Conservative 7,15418.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jo Richardson Labour 18,11152.8% Yes
Marion Roe Conservative 11,10332.4% No
Martin Frederick Taylor Liberal 3,67910.7% No
Ian Newport National Front 1,0213.0% No
John Barry Independent Labour 4001.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jo Richardson Labour 14,41542.1% Yes
Hugo Summerson Conservative 10,38930.4% No
John Kenneth Gibb Liberal 8,77025.6% No
Ian Newport National Front 6461.9% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jo Richardson Labour 15,30744.3% Yes
William Sharp Conservative 11,89834.4% No
John Gibb Liberal 7,36621.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jo Richardson Labour 18,22451.6% Yes
John Kennedy Conservative 11,95633.9% No
Stephen Churchman Liberal Democrat 5,13314.5% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Hodge Labour 21,69865.8% Yes
Keith Langford Conservative 5,80217.6% No
Mark Marsh Liberal Democrat 3,1289.5% No
Colin Taylor Referendum Party 1,2833.9% No
Mark Tolman BNP 8942.7% No
Damien Mearns ProLife Alliance 1590.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Hodge Labour 15,30260.9% Yes
Mike Weatherley Conservative 5,76823.0% No
Anura Keppetipola Liberal Democrat 2,4509.8% No
Mark Tolman BNP 1,6066.4% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Hodge Labour 13,82647.8% Yes
Keith Prince Conservative 4,94317.1% No
Richard Barnbrook BNP 4,91617.0% No
Toby Wickenden Liberal Democrat 3,21111.1% No
Terry Jones UKIP 8032.8% No
Laurie Cleeland Green 6182.1% No
Demetrious Panton Independent 5301.8% No
Mick Saxby Workers Revolutionary 590.2% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Hodge Labour 24,62854.3% Yes
Simon Marcus Conservative 8,07317.8% No
Nick Griffin BNP 6,62014.6% No
Dominic Carman Liberal Democrat 3,7198.2% No
Frank Maloney UKIP 1,3002.9% No
George Hargreaves Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 4821.1% No
Jayne Forbes Green 3170.7% No
Crucial Chris Dowling Official Monster Raving Loony Party 820.2% No
Thomas Darwood Independent 770.2% No
Dapo Sijuwola Restoration Party 450.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Hodge Labour 24,82657.7% Yes
Roger Gravett UKIP 9,55422.2% No
Mina Rahman Conservative 7,01916.3% No
Tony Rablen Green 8972.1% No
Peter Wilcock Liberal Democrat 5621.3% No
Joseph Mambuliya Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1830.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Hodge Labour 32,31967.8% Yes
Minesh Talati Conservative 10,71122.5% No
Roger Gravett UKIP 3,0316.4% No
Shannon Butterfield Green 7241.5% No
Pauline Pearce Liberal Democrat 5991.3% No
Noel Falvey Independent 2950.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Hodge Labour 27,21961.2% Yes
Tamkeen Shaikh Conservative 11,79226.5% No
Karen Batley Brexit Party 3,1867.2% No
Ann Haigh Liberal Democrat 1,4823.3% No
Shannon Butterfield Green 8201.8% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nesil Caliskan Labour 16,22744.5% Yes
Clive Peacock Reform UK 5,17314.2% No
Simon Anthony Green 4,98813.7% No
Julie Redmond Conservative 4,29411.8% No
Muhammad Asim Workers Party of Britain 3,5789.8% No
Charley Hasted Liberal Democrat 1,0152.8% No
Dee Dias Independent 7532.1% No
Lucy Baiye-Gaman Christian Peoples Alliance Party 4491.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1945: Labour margin 54.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 43.9 pts 1951: Labour margin 42.4 pts 1955: Labour margin 38.4 pts 1959: Labour margin 29.6 pts 1964: Labour margin 40.1 pts 1966: Labour margin 44.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 38.8 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 48.3 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 39.0 pts 1979: Labour margin 20.4 pts 1983: Labour margin 11.8 pts 1987: Labour margin 9.9 pts 1992: Labour margin 17.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 48.2 pts 2001: Labour margin 37.9 pts 2005: Labour margin 30.7 pts 2010: Labour margin 36.5 pts 2015: Labour margin 35.5 pts 2017: Labour margin 45.3 pts 2019: Labour margin 34.7 pts 2024: Labour margin 30.3 pts 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Barking has been contested at 22 general elections on record since 1945. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Barking in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Barking in 2024 with 16,227 votes (44.5%), a majority of 11,054 votes over Reform UK in second place.

Which parties have won Barking since 1945?

Since 1945, Barking has been won by: Labour.

What was the closest result in Barking?

The closest result on record for Barking was 1987, when Labour beat Conservative by just 3,409 votes (9.9 percentage points).

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