2010 Basildon District Council election

2010 UK local government election

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6 May 2010

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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	29	10	3
Seats won	11	2	1
Seats after	29	10	3
Seat change
Popular vote	36,551	15,766	13,465
Percentage	49.6%	21.4%	18.3%

Map of the results of the 2010 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

Council control before election

Conservative Party

Council control after election

Conservative Party

The 2010 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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

The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning half of the votes cast. This enabled them to win 11 seats, compared to 2 for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats. With the election having taken place at the same time as the general election, turnout was 64%, a rise from the 29% recorded at the 2008 election.

2010 Basildon Local Election Result
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	11	78.6	49.6	36,551	4.8
Labour	2	14.3	21.4	15,766	1.5
Liberal Democrats	1	7.1	18.3	13,465	5.3
BNP	0	0	7.2	5,308	0.5
UKIP	0	0	3.5	2,587	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2006 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Archer	4,084	61.1	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Horn	1,360	20.3	+5.7
	Labour	Patricia Reid	737	11.0	+4.0
	UKIP	Susan McCaffery	308	4.6	−0.6
	BNP	Geoffrey McCarthy	196	2.9	−4.6
Majority			2,724	40.7	−10.5
Turnout			6,685	74	+42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay West

Billericay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hedley	4,287	63.2	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fisher	1,262	18.6	+7.6
	Labour	Wendy Aitken	768	11.3	+3.4
	UKIP	Cherry Young	246	3.6	+0.3
	BNP	Michael Bateman	219	3.2	−3.4
Majority			3,025	44.6	−15.5
Turnout			6,782	73	+41
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstead

Burstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Arnold	3,579	58.3	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Goshawk	1,028	16.7	+4.0
	Labour	Margaret Viney	707	11.5	+2.4
	UKIP	Terry Gandy	575	9.4	+9.4
	BNP	Irene Bateman	251	4.1	−9.3
Majority			2,551	41.5	−9.9
Turnout			6,140	73	+37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crouch

Crouch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terri Sargent	2,660	62.4	−6.1
	Labour	Sarah Davies	669	15.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Taylor	590	13.8	+6.8
	BNP	Anthony Gladwin	344	8.1	−5.0
Majority			1,991	46.7	−8.7
Turnout			4,263	67	+37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fryerns

Fryerns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Archibald	1,880	36.6	−3.5
	Conservative	Hayley Rogers	1,585	30.8	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Lutton	822	16.0	+6.1
	BNP	Leonard Heather	579	11.3	−13.6
	UKIP	David Sheppard	276	5.4	+5.4
Majority			295	5.7	−9.2
Turnout			5,142	56	+29
	Labour hold		Swing

Laindon Park

Laindon Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dornan	2,135	43.1	−2.0
	Labour	Trevor Wahlen	1,497	30.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	830	16.8	+8.3
	BNP	Tony Parry	488	9.9	−7.2
Majority			638	12.9	−3.0
Turnout			4,950	59	+32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Hillier	2,594	54.1	−3.5
	Labour	Thomas Kirkman	875	18.3	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Grant	769	16.0	+9.6
	UKIP	Imelda Clancy	307	6.4	−1.0
	BNP	Thomas Beaney	248	5.2	−4.4
Majority			1,719	35.9	−7.8
Turnout			4,793	70	+40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Bennett	1,818	37.4	−6.4
	Conservative	Sam Browne	1,649	33.9	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nice	855	17.6	+10.4
	BNP	Philip Howell	536	11.0	−5.1
Majority			169	3.5	−13.1
Turnout			4,858	56	+31
	Labour hold		Swing

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Williams	2,017	36.4	−6.6
	Conservative	Stephen Foster	1,727	31.2	+7.1
	Labour	Hyman Witzer	1,312	23.7	+6.6
	BNP	Carolyn Rossiter	487	8.8	−7.0
Majority			290	5.2	−13.8
Turnout			5,543	63	+30
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Livesey	1,654	34.1	−6.6
	Labour	David Kirkman	1,508	31.1	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	770	15.9	+15.9
	BNP	Raymond Pearce	460	9.5	−6.4
	UKIP	Terry McBride	453	9.3	−2.2
Majority			146	3.0	−5.9
Turnout			4,845	53	+28
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Abrahall	1,973	39.7	−12.3
	Labour	Daniel Blaney	1,577	31.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	576	11.6	+4.5
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	422	8.5	+8.5
	BNP	Kevin Swaby	417	8.4	−7.5
Majority			396	8.0	−19.0
Turnout			4,965	58	+31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickford Castledon

Wickford Castledon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Buckley	2,495	59.3	+12.0
	Labour	Alwyn Birch	728	17.3	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Peall	711	16.9	+16.9
	BNP	Michael Keeble	273	6.5	−5.7
Majority			1,767	42.0	+25.0
Turnout			4,207	69	+32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickford North

Wickford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Ball	3,580	58.1	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stokkereit	1,073	17.4	+12.1
	Labour	Santa Bennett	1,013	16.4	+8.5
	BNP	David King	497	8.1	−1.9
Majority			2,507	40.7	+31.2
Turnout			6,163	66	+35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickford Park

Wickford Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Morris	2,549	58.7	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Woods	802	18.5	+18.5
	Labour	Colin Payn	677	15.6	+0.9
	BNP	Paul Maylin	313	7.2	+7.2
Majority			1,747	40.2	−3.8
Turnout			4,341	64	+39
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 2010". The Elections Centre.
"Election 2010". BBC News.
"Basildon". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
Crerar, Pippa (10 May 2010). "Labour takes control of eight more London town halls". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ "Tories hold their grip in Basildon local elections". Echo. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ "Basildon District Council Election - Thursday, 6th May, 2010". Basildon Borough Council. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ "Local elections 2010". Basildon Recorder. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

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