Basildon Borough Council elections

One third of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 42 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.^[1]

Council elections

Composition of the council^[2]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats[a]	UKIP	Wickford Ind.	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (46 seats)
1973	9	31	0	–	–	6		Labour
1976	17	23	0	–	–	6		No overall control
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[3]
1979	16	17	0	–	–	9		No overall control
1980	13	20	0	–	–	9		No overall control
1982	10	22	3	–	–	4		Labour
1983	13	24	3	–	–	2		Labour
1984[4]	15	24	3	–	–	0		Labour
1986	13	22	7	–	–	0		Labour
1987	11	20	11	–	–	0		No overall control
1988	13	20	9	–	–	0		No overall control
1990	14	23	5	–	–	0		Labour
1976	17	21	4	–	–	0		No overall control
1992	26	13	3	–	–	0		Conservative
1994	19	13	8	0	–	2		No overall control
1995	14	16	12	0	–	0		No overall control
1996	1	24	17	0	–	0		Labour
1998	6	23	13	0	–	0		Labour
1999	11	23	8	0	–	0		Labour
2000	18	20	4	0	–	0		No overall control
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[5][6]
2002	21	18	3	0	–	0		No overall control
2003	23	14	3	0	–	2		Conservative
2004	24	15	3	0	–	0		Conservative
2006	27	12	3	0	–	0		Conservative
2007	28	11	3	0	–	0		Conservative
2008	29	10	3	0	–	0		Conservative
2010	29	10	3	0	–	0		Conservative
2011	29	11	2	0	–	0		Conservative
2012	26	14	2	0	–	0		Conservative
2014	17	10	1	12	–	2		No overall control
2015	18	9	1	11	–	2		No overall control
2016	18	9	0	10	3	2		No overall control
2018	23	12	0	5	0	2		Conservative
2019	20	15	0	1	2	4		No overall control
2021	22	12	0	0	2	6		Conservative
2022	22	10	0	0	2	7		Conservative
2023	26	10	0	0	1	5		Conservative
New ward boundaries (42 seats)[7]
2024	13	18	0	0	5	6		No overall control

Borough result maps

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  1979 results map
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  1980 results map
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  1982 results map
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  1983 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

1998–2002

Vange By-Election 23 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		766	57.2	−8.0
	Conservative		507	37.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats		65	4.9	−4.9
Majority			259	19.3
Turnout			1,338
	Labour hold		Swing

Pitsea West By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,229	55.0	+9.0
	Conservative		1,180	29.6	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats		475	11.9	+11.9
	Independent		52	1.3	+1.3
	Socialist Alliance		51	1.3	+1.3
Majority			1,049	25.4
Turnout			3,987
	Labour hold		Swing

Lee Chapel North By-Election 23 August 2001^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Rackham	930	59.4	+14.1
	Conservative	Michael Dickinson	524	33.5	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats		64	4.1	−5.3
	Socialist Alliance		34	2.2	+2.2
	Independent		13	0.8	−6.0
Majority			406	25.9
Turnout			1,565	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Billericay West By-Election 4 October 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,344	75.5	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats		363	20.4	−6.0
	Labour		72	4.0	−2.9
Majority			981	55.1
Turnout			1,779	16.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2002-2006

Laindon Park By-Election 23 September 2004^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Davies	818	42.3	+14.0
	Conservative	Harry Tucker	582	30.1	−4.8
	BNP	David King	365	18.9	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Fane Cummings	139	7.2	−3.6
	Independent	Alfred Viccary	30	1.6	−4.2
Majority			236	12.2
Turnout			1,934	22.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2010-2014

Nethermayne By-Election 23 July 2010^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Jenkins	605	33.5	−2.9
	Labour	David Kirkman	461	25.5	+1.9
	Conservative	Stephen Foster	372	20.6	−10.6
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	280	15.5	+15.5
	BNP	Irene Bateman	70	3.9	−4.9
	Independent	Jason Richardson	18	1.0	+1.0
Majority			144	8.0
Turnout			1,806	20.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wickford Castleton By-Election, 2 May 2013^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Nigel De Lecq Le Gresley	637	36.2	N/A
	Conservative	Jennie Jackman	589	33.5	48.1
	Independent	Alan Ronald Ball	288	16.40	N/A
	Labour	Albert Edward Ede	179	10.1	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Edward Jenkins	32	1.82	13.4
	BNP	Philip David Howell	24	1.3	N/A
	National Front	Thomas Frank Beaney	7	0.3	N/A
Majority			48
Turnout			1,756	27.7	−11.1
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Billericay East by-election, 27 June 2013^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Schrader	790	50.8	−6.7
	UKIP	Terry Gandy	464	29.8	+14.1
	Labour	Lauren Brown	170	10.9	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Horn	128	8.2	−3.9
	National Front	Thomas Beaney	3	0.2	N/A
Majority			326	21.0
Turnout			1,564	16.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018-2022

Lee Chapel North by-election, 21 June 2018^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kayode Adeniran	612	57.4	+1.7
	Conservative	Spencer Warner	267	25.0	−1.5
	UKIP	Frank Ferguson	145	13.6	−4.1
	BNP	Christine Winter	42	3.9	+3.9
Majority			345	32.4
Turnout			1,066
	Labour hold		Swing

Pitsea South East by-election, 21 June 2018^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Ansell	718	46.1	+6.7
	Conservative	Yetunde Adeshile	710	45.6	+0.0
	UKIP	Richard Morris	130	8.3	−2.8
Majority			8	0.5
Turnout			1,558
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Vange by-election, 19 March 2019^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aidan McGurran	504	51.3	+10.1
	Conservative	Yetunde Adeshile	478	48.7	+27.2
Majority			26	2.6
Turnout			982
	Labour hold		Swing

Pitsea North West by-election, 29 July 2021^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Terson	794	56.5
	Labour	Aidan McGurran	430	30.6
	Basildon Community Residents Party	Jake Hogg	82	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	57	4.1
	Reform	Daniel Tooley	23	1.6
	For Britain	Christopher Bateman	19	1.4
Majority			364	25.9
Turnout			1,405
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lee Chapel North by-election, 25 November 2021^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Webb	451	39.8
	Conservative	Deepak Shukla	395	34.8
	Basildon Community Residents Party	Kay Quested	135	11.9
	Reform	Frank Ferguson	98	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chandler	55	4.9
Majority			56	4.9
Turnout			1,134
	Labour hold		Swing

2022-2026

Nethermayne by-election, 20 July 2022^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mo Larkin	909	62.7	+62.7
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	233	16.1	+4.1
	Labour	Dylan Wright	169	11.7	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nice	102	7.0	+3.2
	Reform	Michael Kinnane	37	2.6	+2.6
Majority			676	46.6
Turnout			1,450
	Independent hold		Swing

Wickford Park by-election, 26 June 2025^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Sarah-Jane Shields	922	40.6
	Conservative	Lewis Hooper	840	37.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Mott	171	7.5
	Wickford Ind.	Andrew Carter	148	6.5
	Labour	Wayne Milne	146	6.4
	Green	Penny Wright	43	1.9
Majority			82	3.6
Turnout			2,270
	Reform gain from Wickford Ind.		Swing

St Martin's by-election, 17 July 2025^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Sam Journet	1,057	44.6
	Labour	Elizabeth Atkinson	833	35.1
	Conservative	Deepak Roy	320	13.5
	Green	Ellie Matthewman	82	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chandler	39	1.6
	TUSC	Andrew Buxton	26	1.1
	SDP	Simon Breedon	13	0.5
Majority			224	9.5
Turnout			2,370
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

1. "District wide local elections – notice published". Basildon Council. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
2. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
3. The District of Basildon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
4. The Basildon and Castle Point (Areas) Order 1984
5. "Basildon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
6. legislation.gov.uk – The District of Basildon (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. The Basildon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023
8. "Basildon: Labour's election triumph". Southend Standard. 26 August 2001. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
9. "Basildon: Tories lose both seats in by-election". Southend Standard. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
10. "Lib dems scoop win at Nethermayne by-election". Echo. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
11. "Election results for Wickford Castledon, 2 May 2013". 2 May 2013.
12. "Election results for Billericay East, 27 June 2013". 27 June 2013.
13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Lee Chapel North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
14. "Local Elections Archive Project — Pitsea South East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
15. "Local Elections Archive Project — Vange Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
16. "Local Elections Archive Project — Pitsea North West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
17. "Local Elections Archive Project — Lee Chapel North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
18. "Local Elections Archive Project — Nethermayne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
19. "Local Elections Archive Project — Wickford Park Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
20. "Local Elections Archive Project — St Martin's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2025.

• By-election results Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Basildon Borough Council