Thu 24th Jul, 2025 – Tactical voting websites StopTheTories.Vote and StopReformUK.Vote have declared that the Thames View by-election is between the incumbent Labour Party and challengers Paul David Powlesland and the Green Party.
Usually these sites would direct people to vote for the party that can beat the Tories or Reform UK, but they consider this race to be clearly unwinnable for both parties. This makes it safe for those thinking about voting Labour to vote Green.
The Green Party came second in the most recent Barking by-election in November 2024, held in Northbury ward.
Barking also voted heavily for the Greens in the local elections in 2022, with the party placing second in Abbey ward.
Mark Whiley, Coordinator for Barking, Dagenham and Havering Green Party, said, “Next Thursday, voters will have a choice of more of the same from Labour, neglecting our town, or a hard-working local Green in Paul David Powlesland.
We will be fighting for every vote to prove that Labour cannot get away with pricing people out of Barking, ignoring badly needed housing repairs, leaving our streets in a state as they cut the street cleaning budget, or seeing pension funds invested in fossil fuels or those complicit in the genocide in Gaza.”
You can volunteer to help Paul and the Greens below or donate to our fundraiser.