1980 Basildon District Council election

1980 UK local government election

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1 May 1980

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14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Residents
Last election	17	16	9
Seats won	9	2	3
Seats after	20	13	9
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	19,298	13,961	5,073
Percentage	45.8%	33.2%	12.1%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1980 Basildon Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1980 Basildon District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished third in each ward in the all-out election of 1979. The council remained under no overall control.

Overall results

1980 Basildon District Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	9	3	0	3		45.8	19,298
	Residents	3	0	0			12.1	5,073
	Conservative	2	0	3	3		33.2	13,961
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	8.4	3,521
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	241
Total		14						42,094

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	M. White	1,781	44.2%
	Conservative	R. Marshall	1,677	41.6%
	Labour	I. Harlow	408	10.1%
	Liberal	I. Campion-Smith	163	4.0%
Turnout				49.1%
	Residents hold

Billericay West

Billericay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	H. Wilkins	1,733	55.1%
	Conservative	F. Tomlin	1,246	39.6%
	Labour	P. Rackley	168	5.3%
Turnout				47.2%
	Residents hold

Burstead

Burstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	J. Kemp	1,559	45.7%
	Conservative	F. Janaway	1,295	38.0%
	Labour	R. Pattle	369	10.8%
	Liberal	A. Lycett	187	5.5%
Turnout				41.5%
	Residents hold

Fryerns Central

Fryerns Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. O'Brien	2,438	70.6%
	Conservative	R. Sheridan	580	16.8%
	Liberal	D. Richardson	249	7.2%
	Independent Residents	R. Chaplin	185	5.4%
Turnout				37.6%
	Labour hold

Fryerns East

Fryerns East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Harrison	2,077	75.0%
	Conservative	R. Pennell	507	18.3%
	Liberal	D. Mavis	130	4.7%
	Independent Residents	C. Cooper	56	2.0%
Turnout				32.1%
	Labour hold

Laindon

Laindon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Wilson	1,047	52.8%
	Conservative	V. York	817	41.2%
	Liberal	M. Howard	120	6.0%
Turnout				41.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Bielby	1,223	51.6%
	Conservative	R. Read	683	28.8%
	Liberal	R. Payne	462	19.5%
Turnout				37.2%
	Labour hold

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Austin	2,361	74.6%
	Conservative	G. Dobbs	466	14.7%
	Liberal	S. Massie	336	10.6%
Turnout				40.3%
	Labour hold

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Davey	1,779	53.7%
	Conservative	H. Tucker	1,259	38.0%
	Liberal	G. Williams	276	8.3%
Turnout				41.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pitsea East

Pitsea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Howe	1,262	57.7%
	Conservative	F. Laine	749	34.2%
	Liberal	R. Hawksworth	178	8.1%
Turnout				35.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pitsea West

Pitsea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Marks	2,204	70.0%
	Conservative	A. Dines	655	20.8%
	Liberal	B. Mavis	291	9.2%
Turnout				36.3%
	Labour hold

Vange

Vange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Witzer	1,863	70.9%
	Conservative	J. Dolby	529	20.1%
	Liberal	A. Lutton	236	9.0%
Turnout				35.2%
	Labour hold

Wickford North

Wickford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Yorke	1,923	50.5%
	Labour	R.Oliver	1,375	36.1%
	Liberal	M. Samson	512	13.4%
Turnout				47.5%
	Conservative hold

Wickford South

Wickford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Jones	1,575	58.8%
	Labour	R. Turpin	724	27.0%
	Liberal	A. McCartan	381	14.2%
Turnout				34.6%
	Conservative hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 1980". The Elections Centre.
^ "Basildon District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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