Council and democracy

Councillors and committees

How we work with our councillors and committees

Voting and elections

How to register to vote, where to vote, different types of elections and previous election results

Your MPs

Information about local MPs in the borough

Statistics and data

Information about the borough and data on our services

Get involved

Information on community and volunteering services

Performance and spending

Information on the structure of the council, how we work and spending

Plans and priorities

Borough Manifesto, corporate plan as well as our strategies and achievements

Complaints and compliments

How to complain, what happens after you complain and how to compliment one of our services.

Transparency and information requests

Freedom of information, privacy policies and data transparency

Privacy notices

List of privacy notices by service

Flag flying

Information about flag flying in the borough

Report fraud

How to report incidents of fraud

Productivity plan

This Productivity Plan has been produced in response to the requirement introduced by the Local Government Finance Settlement 2024/25 for local authorities to produce such plans.

Proactively contacting residents with support

The Council is here to support all Barking and Dagenham residents. Usually, residents get in touch with us when they require support, but not everyone knows when they should speak to the Council or how they should do this. We frequently work with residents that are in difficulties, and we could have helped if they had contacted us earlier. Currently, we are testing a new approach by proactively contacting residents when it looks like they might need support.