The whole council was up for election, and the Labour Party retained control of the council winning all of the seats.[1] The British National Party lost all the seats they had gained in 2006. The Conservatives lost their only remaining seat, and the Liberal Democrats failed to regain any seats they had lost four years earlier.
At the 2006 election, Labour had won 38 seats, the BNP 12 and the Conservatives 1.
Background
188 candidates were nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (51) and was the only party to do so. By contrast, the Conservative Party ran 41 candidates, the Liberal Democrats ran 20, and the BNP ran 34, whilst there were 20 Independent candidates.
Election results
Barking and Dagenham local election results 2010[2]