Basildon council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 14 wards · 14 seats contested

Most seats
6
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
14
across 14 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 6 -4 11,111 38.8% -10.3
Labour Party 6 +4 8,342 29.1% +5.5
Wickford Independents 1 +1 2,219 7.7% +1.3
Independent 1 -1 2,202 7.7% -1.8
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 3,808 13.3% +2.7
Green Party 0 +0 526 1.8% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 184 0.6% +0.5
Reform UK 0 +0 120 0.4% -0.1
British Democratic Party 0 +0 89 0.3% +0.0
Transform Party 0 +0 55 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 14
Conservative and Unionist Party 14
Labour Party 14
Liberal Democrats 14
Green Party 4
Independent 3
Wickford Independents 3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
British Democratic Party 1
Reform UK 1
Transform Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 14 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Billericay East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David John Dadds Elected 1,703 60.4% -6.8
Liberal Democrats Laura Clark 592 21.0% +1.3
Labour Party Peter Bunyan 525 18.6% +5.4
Majority1,111
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,820

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Billericay West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Lawrence Elected 1,523 51.4% -5.2
Liberal Democrats Chris May 1,062 35.9% -1.7
Labour Party Gillian Mary Palmer 208 7.0% +1.2
Green Party Andrew Brennan 168 5.7% —
Majority461
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,961

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Burstead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Blake Elected 1,574 60.7% -4.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Daffin 533 20.6% -2.6
Labour Party Malcolm Reid 318 12.3% +1.1
Green Party Stewart Goshawk 166 6.4% —
Majority1,041
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,591

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Fryerns

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Allan Robert Davies Elected 1,165 63.6% +7.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Sandeep Singh Sandhu 505 27.6% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Vivien Howard 161 8.8% -2.2
Majority660
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,831

Labour Party hold

Laindon Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Victoria Joseph Elected 754 35.4% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Allen 729 34.3% -17.5
Independent Tina Arnold 307 14.4% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Edward McCarthy 101 4.7% -1.5
Green Party Eugene McCarthy 93 4.4% —
British Democratic Party Christopher David Bateman 89 4.2% -0.4
Transform Party Phil Rackley 55 2.6% —
Majority25
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,128

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Lee Chapel North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Terry Webb Elected 954 59.6% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Martyn James Mordecai 468 29.2% -6.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Chandler 180 11.2% —
Majority486
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,602

Labour Party hold

Nethermayne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mo Larkin Elected 1,560 66.3% +3.4
Labour Party Calum Peter Caira-Neeson 450 19.1% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Stanley Fona Edemakhiota 226 9.6% -6.5
Liberal Democrats Steve Nice 116 4.9% -2.1
Majority1,110
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,352

Independent hold

Pitsea North West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pat Reid Elected 872 49.3% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Richard Cottrell 675 38.2% -8.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Howard 121 6.8% +0.1
Green Party Rainbow Serina 99 5.6% —
Majority197
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,767

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Pitsea South East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Craig Ronald Rimmer Elected 915 40.9% -18.8
Labour Party Matthew Wright 896 40.1% -0.2
Independent lurie Cojocaru 335 15.0% —
Liberal Democrats Peter Lancaster 90 4.0% —
Majority19
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,236

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St Martin's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Maryam Yaqub Elected 628 51.6% +13.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Deepak Shukla 322 26.4% -13.1
Liberal Democrats Phil Jenkins 149 12.2% +7.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Andrew Buxton 119 9.8% —
Majority306
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,218

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Vange

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Melissa Anne McGeorge Elected 630 52.5% +13.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis Christopher Smith 436 36.4% -8.6
Liberal Democrats Peter John Harle Smith 68 5.7% +2.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Dave Murray 65 5.4% —
Majority194
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,199

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Wickford Castledon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Don Morris Elected 668 37.8% -14.3
Wickford Independents David Harrison 442 25.0% +3.8
Liberal Democrats Stewart Mott 390 22.1% +18.6
Labour Party Francesca Rothery 266 15.1% -8.1
Majority226
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,766

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wickford North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Wickford Independents Eunice Christine Brockman Elected 1,180 45.3% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Metcalfe 754 28.9% -12.7
Labour Party James Richard Wood 389 14.9% +0.8
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hoad 162 6.2% -0.2
Reform UK Dave Collins 120 4.6% —
Majority426
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,605

Wickford Independents gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Wickford Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Yvonne Mary Child Elected 613 38.8% -9.2
Wickford Independents Trevor Terence Hammond 597 37.8% +4.9
Labour Party Dylan Montgomery Wright 287 18.2% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Blake 83 5.3% —
Majority16
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,580

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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