2004 Basildon District Council election

2004 UK local government election

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10 June 2004

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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	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	23	14	3
Seats won	9	4	2
Seats after	25	14	3
Seat change	2
Popular vote	16,536	8,483	6,960
Percentage	45.2%	23.2%	19.0%

Map of the results of the 2004 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2004.

Council control before election

Conservative Party

Council control after election

Conservative Party

The 2004 Basildon District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

2004 Basildon Local Election Result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	9	2	0	2	64.3	45.2	16,536
Labour	4	2	2		28.6	23.2	8,483
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0		7.1	19.0	6,960
BNP	0	0	0		0	8.2	2,983
Green	0	0	0		0	1.5	566
Senior Citizens	0	0	0		0	1.2	430
English Democrat	0	0	0		0	1.1	420
Independent	0	0	2	2		0.4	147
Respect	0	0	0		0	0.2	57

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2000 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Sullivan	2,150	65.9	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	John James	780	23.9	+1.6
	Labour	Patricia Reid	333	10.2	−1.3
Majority			1,370	42.0	−1.9
Turnout			3,263	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay West

Billericay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Turner	2,345	67.9	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Bellard	821	23.8	+2.9
	Labour	William Archibald	287	8.3	−1.4
Majority			1,524	44.1	−4.5
Turnout			3,453	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstead

Burstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Moore	1,935	61.7	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Taylor	837	26.7	−11.7
	Labour	Margaret Viney	365	11.6	+1.6
Majority			1,098	35.0	+21.8
Turnout			3,137	37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crouch

Crouch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Allen	1,121	54.1
	English Democrat	Kim Gandy	420	20.3
	Labour	Wendy Aitken	272	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	261	12.6
Majority			701	33.8
Turnout			2,074	34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fryerns

Fryerns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kirkman	1,117	40.2	−3.2
	BNP	David King	601	21.6	−0.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Evens	584	21.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Lutton	296	10.6	+0.6
	Green	Adam Ellis	183	6.6	+1.0
Majority			516	18.6	−2.9
Turnout			2,781	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Laindon Park

Laindon Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Tomlin	881	34.9	−8.7
	Labour	Anthony Borlase	716	28.3	−12.0
	BNP	Steven Watts	509	20.2	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Myall	273	10.8	+2.4
	Independent	Alfred Viccary	147	5.8	+0.8
Majority			165	6.5	+3.2
Turnout			2,526	30.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	1,195	54.5
	Labour	Paul Mitchell	448	20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Williams	310	14.1
	Green	Annie Humphries	238	10.9
Majority			747	34.1
Turnout			2,191	33.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Gordon	996	38.6	−2.0
	Conservative	Terry Fleet	604	23.4	+0.4
	BNP	Sidney Chaney	519	20.1	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Martin	261	10.1	−0.9
	Green	Ernest Humphries	145	5.6	−0.4
	Respect	Richard Duane	57	2.2	+2.2
Majority			392	15.2	−2.4
Turnout			2,582	29.8
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Williams	1,459	45.5	−2.6
	Conservative	Harry Tucker	982	30.6	+6.4
	Labour	Andrew Manning	766	23.9	−3.8
Majority			477	14.9	−5.5
Turnout			3,207	37.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Baggott	838	40.2	+4.8
	Labour	Allan Davies	789	37.8	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	458	22.0	+5.8
Majority			49	2.4
Turnout			2,085	23.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Blake	1,199	44.0	+7.9
	Labour	Michael Plant	722	26.5	−7.1
	BNP	Leonard Heather	526	19.3	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Melanaphy	275	10.1	+2.2
Majority			477	17.5	+15.0
Turnout			2,722	30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Martin's

St Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Llewellyn	592	36.6	−10.4
	BNP	Philip Howell	434	26.8	+26.8
	Conservative	Deborah Allen	378	23.4	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nice	213	13.2	−1.6
Majority			158	9.8	−7.9
Turnout			1,617	27.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Vange

Vange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hilary Dyer	612	35.3	−6.6
	Conservative	Philip Johnson	502	29.0	−8.4
	BNP	L Stone	394	22.7	+22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	224	12.9	−0.6
Majority			110	6.4	+1.9
Turnout			1,732	26.5
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Wickford North

Wickford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Morris	1,822	56.7	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fane Cummings	492	15.3	−0.8
	Labour	Christopher Wilson	468	14.6	−5.9
	Senior Citizens	David Harrison	430	13.4	+13.4
Majority			1,330	41.4	−1.5
Turnout			3,212	34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 2004". The Elections Centre.
"Vote 2004". BBC News.
"Basildon council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "Basildon: Council election results, June 10". Southend Standard. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "29.1 Basildon". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

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