1974–1983: The London Borough of Barking wards of Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, River, Valence, and Village.
1983–2010: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wards of Alibon, Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Fanshawe, Heath, Marks Gate, River, Triptons, Valence, and Village.
Before 1945 this Dagenham constituency and surrounding area was part of the Romford constituency.
Political History
The MP for the predecessor seat since 1935, Labour's John Parker, stood again on each occasion in this smaller successor area, representing it until 1983. Parker was the last serving MP to have been elected before the Second World War, and with 48 years in Parliament, remained the longest-serving Labour MP in history until Dennis Skinner served Bolsover for 49 years.
Dagenham was held by Labour since its inception and election predictions always rated it as a safe seat. Dagenham hosts an at times shrinking skilled manual industry such as the Ford Motor Company works, which downscaled production in 2001, leading to replacement distribution and warehousing businesses as well as local regeneration under the Thames Gateway project from 2005 however higher than national unemployment immediately, including following the seat's abolition. (See the main successor seat, Dagenham and Rainham for statistics.) The largest-polling opposition candidate was Conservative since 1979, with the Liberal Party a greater or equal opponent in elections before that, vying for second place with that party.
Unusually, the far-right British National Party (BNP) was very active in this area periodically and its support led to some retained deposits by polling more than 5% of the vote on several occasions. Their candidate received nearly 10% of the vote in the 2005 general election and in the 2006 local elections returned 12 councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.
The new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham included wards which had not traditionally supported the BNP or Labour, and published leaks of BNP databases that year showed that its membership in the area shown was diminishing.[citation needed]
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Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election It was replaced at the 2010 general election largely by Dagenham and Rainham DagenhamFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Dagenham in Greater London for the 2005 general electionCountyGreater London1945 2010SeatsOneCreated fromRomfordReplaced byDagenham and Rainham Contents 1 Boundaries 1 1 2010 Boundary change 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 4 1 Elections in the 1940s 4 2 Elections in the 1950s 4 3 Elections in the 1960s 4 4 Elections in the 1970s 4 5 Elections in the 1980s 4 6 Elections in the 1990s 4 7 Elections in the 2000s 5 See also 6 ReferencesBoundaries Edit Dagenham in Essex boundaries used 1945 50 1945 1974 The Borough of Dagenham 1974 1983 The London Borough of Barking wards of Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Fanshawe Heath River Valence and Village 1983 2010 The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wards of Alibon Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Fanshawe Heath Marks Gate River Triptons Valence and Village 2010 Boundary change Edit Following their review of parliamentary representation in North London the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham History EditHistory of BoundariesBefore 1945 this Dagenham constituency and surrounding area was part of the Romford constituency Political HistoryThe MP for the predecessor seat since 1935 Labour s John Parker stood again on each occasion in this smaller successor area representing it until 1983 Parker was the last serving MP to have been elected before the Second World War and with 48 years in Parliament remained the longest serving Labour MP in history until Dennis Skinner served Bolsover for 49 years Dagenham was held by Labour since its inception and election predictions always rated it as a safe seat Dagenham hosts an at times shrinking skilled manual industry such as the Ford Motor Company works which downscaled production in 2001 leading to replacement distribution and warehousing businesses as well as local regeneration under the Thames Gateway project from 2005 however higher than national unemployment immediately including following the seat s abolition See the main successor seat Dagenham and Rainham for statistics The largest polling opposition candidate was Conservative since 1979 with the Liberal Party a greater or equal opponent in elections before that vying for second place with that party Unusually the far right British National Party BNP was very active in this area periodically and its support led to some retained deposits by polling more than 5 of the vote on several occasions Their candidate received nearly 10 of the vote in the 2005 general election and in the 2006 local elections returned 12 councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council The new constituency of Dagenham and Rainham included wards which had not traditionally supported the BNP or Labour and published leaks of BNP databases that year showed that its membership in the area shown was diminishing citation needed Members of Parliament EditElection Member 1 Party1945 John Parker Labour1983 Bryan Gould Labour1994 by election Judith Church Labour2001 Jon Cruddas Labour2010 constituency abolished see Dagenham and RainhamElection results EditElections in the 1940s Edit General election 1945 Dagenham 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 36 686 83 69Conservative Albert Cooper 7 147 16 31Majority 29 539 67 38Turnout 43 833 69 08Registered electors 63 450Labour win new seat Elections in the 1950s Edit General election 1950 Dagenham 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 43 300 72 50 11 19Conservative D Cook 11 565 19 37 3 06Liberal Ivy Elizabeth Hallett Thurston 3 973 6 65 NewCommunist George Bridges 6 883 1 48 NewMajority 31 735 53 13 14 25Turnout 59 721 81 28 12 20Registered electors 73 477Labour hold Swing 7 13General election 1951 Dagenham 4 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 44 908 76 09 3 59Conservative Norman St John Stevas 14 112 23 91 4 54Majority 30 796 52 18 0 95Turnout 59 020 77 72 3 56Registered electors 73 939Labour hold Swing 0 48General election 1955 Dagenham 4 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 38 811 73 88 2 21Conservative Roger Ibbotson Gray 13 718 26 12 2 21Majority 25 093 47 76 4 42Turnout 52 529 68 94 8 78Registered electors 76 198Labour hold Swing 2 21General election 1959 Dagenham 4 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 37 009 69 00 4 88Conservative Andrew Felix Waley 16 626 31 00 4 88Majority 20 383 38 00 9 76Turnout 53 635 72 51 3 57Registered electors 73 968Labour hold Swing 4 88Elections in the 1960s Edit General election 1964 Dagenham 4 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 32 851 64 82 4 18Conservative Giles E Currie 9 461 18 67 12 33Liberal Patrick Thurlbeck Humphrey 7 301 14 41 NewCommunist Kevin Halpin 1 070 2 11 NewMajority 23 390 46 15 8 15Turnout 50 683 70 96 1 55Registered electors 71 424Labour hold Swing 4 08General election 1966 Dagenham 4 11 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 35 055 74 65 9 83Conservative Giles E Currie 10 530 22 42 3 75Communist George C Wake 1 373 2 92 0 81Majority 24 525 52 23 6 08Turnout 46 958 67 40 3 56Registered electors 69 671Labour hold Swing 3 04Elections in the 1970s Edit General election 1970 Dagenham 12 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 31 335 70 74Conservative Hugh McClancy 11 976 27 04Communist George C Wake 982 2 22Majority 19 359 43 70Turnout 44 290 59 05Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Dagenham 13 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 35 765 72 68Conservative Archie Hamilton 12 275 24 94Communist George C Wake 1 169 2 38Majority 23 490 47 74Turnout 49 209 71 02Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Dagenham 14 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 29 678 65 23Conservative Archie Hamilton 7 684 16 89Liberal G Poole 7 564 16 63 NewCommunist George C Wake 569 1 25Majority 21 994 48 34Turnout 45 495 64 99Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1979 Dagenham 15 Party Candidate Votes Labour John Parker 24 707 52 57Conservative G Hyams 14 600 31 07Liberal M Long 5 583 11 88National Front J Roberts 1 553 3 30 NewCommunist D Connor 553 1 18Majority 10 107 21 50Turnout 46 994 69 12Labour hold SwingElections in the 1980s Edit General election 1983 Dagenham 16 17 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bryan Gould 15 665 39 26Conservative Bob Neill 12 688 31 77SDP J Horne 10 679 27 00 NewNational Front Joe Pearce 645 1 62Communist D Walshe 141 0 35Majority 2 997 7 49Turnout 39 878 63 34Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1987 Dagenham 18 19 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bryan Gould 18 454 44 4 5 1Conservative Bob Neill 15 985 38 5 6 7SDP John Carter 7 088 17 1 9 9Majority 2 469 5 9 1 6Turnout 41 527 67 3 4 0Labour hold SwingElections in the 1990s Edit General election 1992 Dagenham 20 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bryan Gould 22 027 52 26Conservative Don Rossiter 15 294 36 29Liberal Democrats Charles Marquand 4 824 11 45Majority 6 733 15 97Turnout 42 145 70 66Labour hold Swing1994 Dagenham by election Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Church 15 474 72 0 19 74Conservative James Fairrie 2 130 9 91 26 38Liberal Democrats Peter Dunphy 1 804 8 39 3 06BNP John Tyndall 1 511 7 03 NewUKIP Peter Compobassi 457 2 1 NewNatural Law Mark Leighton 116 0 5 NewMajority 13 344 62 1 56 1Turnout 21 492Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1997 Dagenham 21 22 Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Church 23 759 65 7 13 4Conservative James P J Fairrie 6 705 18 5 17 8Liberal Democrats Thomas Dobrashian 2 704 7 5 3 9Referendum Steven Kraft 1 411 3 9 NewBNP William Binding 900 2 5 N AIndependent Richard H Dawson 349 1 0 NewNational Democrats Michael B Hipperson 183 0 5 NewProLife Alliance Kathleen A Goble 152 0 4 NewMajority 17 054 47 2 32 3Turnout 36 162 62 1 8 6Labour hold SwingElections in the 2000s Edit General election 2001 Dagenham 23 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jon Cruddas 15 784 57 2 8 5Conservative Michael White 7 091 25 7 7 2Liberal Democrats Adrian Gee Turner 2 820 10 2 2 7BNP David Hill 1 378 5 0 2 5Socialist Alliance Bill Hamilton 262 0 9 NewSocialist Labour Robert Siggins 245 0 9 NewMajority 8 693 31 5 15 7Turnout 27 580 46 5 15 6Labour hold SwingGeneral election 2005 Dagenham 24 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jon Cruddas 15 446 50 1 7 1Conservative Michael White 7 841 25 4 0 3Liberal Democrats James Kempton 3 106 10 1 0 1BNP Lawrence Rustem 2 870 9 3 4 3UKIP Gerard Batten 1 578 5 1 NewMajority 7 605 24 7 6 8Turnout 30 841 51 3 4 8Labour hold Swing 3 4See also EditList of parliamentary constituencies in LondonReferences Edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with D part 1 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 FWS Craig Kimber Richard UK General Election results 1945 Political Science Resources Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 14 April 2016 a b c d e 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