Becontree

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Two Labour Councillors represent you in Becontree: Muhammad Saleem and Edna Fergus.

Your councillors hold regular surgeries for residents. These take place at Becontree Community Hub, Becontree Primary School, Stevens Road, Dagenham, RM8 2QR.

Surgeries are on the 1st Wednesday of each month (excluding August and December)
between 4pm – 5pm. You can also email edna.fergus@lbbd.gov.uk or muhammad.saleem@lbbd.gov.uk and your Councillors will do their best to help.

Two Labour Councillors represent you in Becontree: Edna Fergus and Muhammad Saleem.

On this page you can find out what your Labour Councillors and the wider Labour team are doing for you. If you need help from your Councillors, click ‘surgery details’ above to find out where you can meet your councillors or how to contact them.

  • Tackling Grime Crime

    Tackling Grime Crime

    Labour Councillors for Becontree have:         

    1.We secured additional lighting to tackle fly tipping and ani-social behavior(ASB) in service roads behind Green Lane shopping parade. We ensured the council installed CCTV cameras and improved lighting .

    2. In partnership with St. Thomas Church, Haydon Road we supported a team of volunteers to carry out litter picking to keep Becontree Ward clean.

    3. Green Lane Day of Action. In partnership with the local community, the Council’s Cleansing Team and the local Police, we carried out a day of action against fly tipping and littering in the area. We collected a massive amount of fly-tipped rubbish. This initiative was much appreciated by the local residents.

  • Community Safety Partnership  and Environment 

    Community Safety Partnership  and Environment 

    Your Labour Becontree Ward Councillors regularly attend the Safer Neighbourhood Police Team meetings at St. Thomas Church to review and decide on the crime and ASB reports from the local Police and the Council’s ASB Teams. In consultation with the local community, we agree with the Police the priorities for individual streets i.e, dealing with car crime, drug dealing or ASB.

    The Becontree Ward Councillors  regularly carry out joint walk-abouts with the local Council officers and the Police to identify areas for improvement. In this regard we arranged for the provision of additional litter bins for residents in Green Lane Shopping Parade and Haydon Road.

    Recently the Becontree Ward Councillors worked in partnership with the Council Officers and the local Police to satisfactorily deal with complaints of ASB in Gainsborough and Butler Roads.

    In Stevens Road area we resolved in partnership with the Redbridge Council the complaints of overgrown Cherry trees in Goodmayes Park which were causing safety and security issues for the residents.

  • Apply for a Postal Vote

    Apply for a Postal Vote

    Labour volunteer teams have been out across the ward extensively over the last few week listening to residents. A number of residents have asked about applying for postal votes for the elections in May.

    Voting by post is the safest and easiest way to make sure your vote counts. The quickest and easiest way setup postal voting is by applying online via the Government’s website here.

    You can also download, print out and fill in a paper postal vote application form. This should then be sent to your local Electoral Registration Office.

    Electoral Registration Officer, Ground Floor North, Town Hall, Barking, 1 Town Square, IG11 7LU

    Your Labour Community Team can help with lots of things, but unfortunately we can’t help you complete or return these forms. Do ask a friend or neighbour if you need help.

  • Roads and Pavements

    Following recent campaigning from your Labour Councillors, we’re pleased to share some updates across the ward.

    1. Fuller Road and Lindsey Road Junction. Roads resurfaced to improve safety and maintenance.
    2. Longbridge Road. Highway resurfaced with new Bus Lanes to improve traffic flow for the local community.
    3. Mayesbrook Road and Gainsborough Road Junction. Following complaints of road safety concerns from local residents, the Becontree Ward Councillors used their Ward budget to carry out road Junction improvement work to further reduce vehicle speeds and improve road safety at this junction.

  • News from your Labour MP

    Our Labour team have been out across Becontree ward over the last few days delivering the latest newsletter from your Labour MP Nesil Caliskan.

    As always, you can also find the latest news from Nesil via her website or on Facebook.

  • Becontree Community Team

    Becontree Community Team

    Labour’s Council Leader and Deputy Council Deputy leader joined the Labour Community team in Becontree this weekend, speaking to residents around Campden Crescent. If we missed you, we’ll have left a leaflet.

    If there’s anything you want to raise with your local councillors, click ‘surgery details’ above to find out where your Labour Councillors hold their drop-in surgeries, or how you can get in contact

  • Award for Becontree

    Award for Becontree

    Labour Councillors for Becontree Ward, Muhammad Saleem and Edna Fergus have today welcomed news that 200 Becontree Avenue has received a prestigious RIBA London Architecture Award.

    The building encompasses 19 affordable homes and a community space across two villa-style buildings. It was designed by architecture practice Archio for BeFirst, Barking and Dagenham Council’s regeneration organisation.

    The RIBA’s architecture judges praised the architects for their “thorough research into the history and housing typologies of the Becontree Estate on which it sits. The estate is low-rise, embodying garden city principles, and dates from the 1920s–30s. It is considered to be the largest original social housing scheme in Europe. The team drew inspiration from the estate, resulting in a detailed understanding of and sensitivity to the local vernacular which they adeptly translated and updated.”

    You can read more about the award, including the full citation from the jury, at the website of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

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