| Election Name: | 2006 Barking and Dagenham Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2006 |
| Image1: | Lab |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 42 seats, 55.6% |
| Seats1: | 38 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 20,611 |
| Percentage1: | 41.2 |
| Swing1: | 14.4% |
| Party2: | British National Party |
| Last Election2: | Did not stand |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,576 |
| Percentage2: | 17.2 |
| Swing2: | New party |
| Image3: | Con |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats, 13.8% |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,315 |
| Percentage3: | 18.6 |
| Swing3: | 4.8% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Leader of Largest Party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent Leader of Largest Party |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election. Barking and Dagenham is split up into 17 wards, each electing 3 councillors, so a total of 51 seats were up for election.
The Labour Party retained control of the council winning 38 seats and 41% of the popular vote. The British National Party won 12 seats in a rare electoral breakthrough for a far-right party, and formed the official opposition winning 17% of the popular vote. The Conservatives won 1 seat.[1] [2]
115 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (51) and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 23 candidates, whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 4 and the BNP ran 13.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sarah Baillie.[3]