Barking and Dagenham

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Barking and Dagenham is an East London borough with a strong industrial heritage, once home to major manufacturing such as the Ford plant in Dagenham. Today it is undergoing regeneration, with new housing developments and cultural projects alongside the River Thames.

The local government for this district is: The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (London Borough).

This district page, Barking and Dagenham, is a sub-page of this county page: Outer London and this region page: London. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Barking and Dagenham

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 75 of them are in Greater London (covering 32 London boroughs). We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Barking and Dagenham

Barking and Dagenham is divided into 19 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Abbey
  • Alibon
  • Barking Riverside
  • Beam
  • Becontree
  • Chadwell Heath
  • Eastbrook & Rush Green
  • Eastbury
  • Gascoigne
  • Goresbrook
  • Heath
  • Longbridge
  • Mayesbrook
  • Northbury
  • Parsloes
  • Thames View
  • Valence
  • Village
  • Whalebone

Barking and Dagenham in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Barking and Dagenham is within an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) London
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Outer London - East and North East
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Barking & Dagenham and Havering

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.