2014 Basildon Borough Council election

2014 UK local government election

2014 Basildon District Council election

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	UKIP	Labour
Last election	25	0	15
Seats before	24	1	11
Seats won	4	11	0
Seats after	17	12	9
Seat change	7	11	2
Popular vote	13,614	15,163	8,092
Percentage	35.0%	39.0%	20.8%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Liberal Democrats
Last election	0	2
Seats before	4	2
Seats won	0	0
Seats after	3	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	36	1,846
Percentage	0.1%	4.7%

Map of the results of the 2014 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2014.

Council control before election

Conservative Party

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2014 Basildon District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Basildon District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and elections to the European Parliament. This election was to elect one third of the council, plus one additional seat which was vacant. These seats were last up for election in 2010.

Results

2014 Basildon Borough Council Election
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UKIP	9	9	0	+9	60.0	39.2	16,087	35.7
Conservative	4	0	-7	-7	26.7	33.8	13,877	15.8
Labour	2	0	-3	-3	13.3	21.9	9,011	0.5
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	1,937	13.6
National Front	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	101	New
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	39	New
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	36	New

The turnout was 32.8%, and there were 160 ballots rejected. All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2010 election.

Council Composition

Prior to election, the composition of the council was:

↓
24	11	4	2	1
Conservative	Labour	IND	L	UK

After election, the composition of the council was:

↓
17	12	9	3	1
Conservative	UKIP	Labour	IND	L

UK - UKIP
IND - Independent
L - Liberal Democrats

Ward Results

Billericay East

Billericay East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Schrader	1,724	50.8	−10.3
	UKIP	Terry Gandy	987	29.1	+24.5
	Labour	Patricia Reid	414	12.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Horn	266	7.8	−12.5
Majority			737	21.7
Turnout			3,404	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay West

Billericay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hedley*	1,912	57.7	−5.5
	UKIP	Susan McCaffery	868	26.2	+22.6
	Labour	Andrew Ansell	344	10.4	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Cole	192	5.8	−12.8
Majority			1,044	31.5
Turnout			3,326	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstead

Burstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Baggott	1,798	55.0	−3.3
	UKIP	Paul Downes	932	28.5	+19.1
	Labour	Wendy Aitken	382	11.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Williams	156	4.8	−11.9
Majority			866	26.5
Turnout			3,284	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crouch

Crouch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terri Sargeant*	1,004	46.5	−15.9
	UKIP	Clifford Hammans	884	41.0	N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Reid	270	12.5	−3.2
Majority			120	5.6
Turnout			2,166	33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fryerns

Fryerns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Sheppard	1,199	42.9	+37.5
	Labour	William Archibald*	983	35.1	−1.5
	Conservative	Ian Dwyer	502	17.9	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Grant	74	2.6	−13.4
	TUSC	David Murray	39	1.4	N/A
Majority			216	7.7
Turnout			2,807	28.5
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Laindon Park

Laindon Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mark Ellis	1,122	41.0	N/A
	Labour	Lauren Brown	885	32.3	+2.1
	Conservative	John Dornan*	599	21.9	−21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Barnes-Challinor	112	4.1	−12.7
	National Front	Anthony Harms	21	0.8	N/A
Majority			237	8.7
Turnout			2,747	30.3
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Linda Allport-Hodge	1,033	40.9	+34.5
	Conservative	Sandra Hillier*	958	37.9	−16.2
	Labour	Matthew Whaley	425	16.8	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Richards	111	4.4	−11.6
Majority			75	3.0
Turnout			2,538	36.0
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North (two seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Frank Ferguson	983	39.1	N/A
	UKIP	'Trevor Malsbury	924	36.8	N/A
	Labour	Alan Bennett*	922	36.7	−0.7
	Labour	Jenefer Taylor	919	36.6	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Barnes	329	13.1	−20.8
	Conservative	Nicole Stephens	263	10.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Jenkins	99	3.9	−13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Nice	91	3.6	N/A
	National Front	Thomas Beaney	80	3.2	N/A
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			2,530	26.5
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

The second vacancy was caused by the resignation of an Independent councillor who had been elected in 2012 as a Labour candidate. Malsbury will fill this seat, and will thus be up for re-election in May 2016. Ferguson will fill the seat that was ordinarily due for election in 2014, and will face re-election in 2018.

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	1,340	43.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Williams*	700	22.7	−13.7
	Labour	David Kirkman	559	18.1	−5.6
	Conservative	Colin Grant	446	14.5	−16.7
	Independent	None of the Above X	36	1.2	N/A
Majority			640	20.8
Turnout			3,085	34.1
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Imelda Clancy	1,156	45.1	+35.8
	Labour	Melissa McGeorge	906	35.3	+4.2
	Conservative	Luke Mackenzie	427	16.7	−17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	73	2.8	−13.1
Majority			250	9.8
Turnout			2,573	27.5
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Stephen Ward	1,061	37.9	+29.4
	Labour	David Burton-Sampson	966	34.5	+2.7
	Conservative	David Abrahall*	709	25.3	−14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	63	2.3	−9.3
Majority			95	3.4
Turnout			2,815	31.4
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Wickford Castledon

Wickford Castledon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Alan Ball	1,118	48.7	N/A
	Conservative	Malcolm Buckley*	909	40.0	−19.3
	Labour	Andrew Buxton	269	11.7	−5.6
Majority			209	9.1
Turnout			2,312	36.6
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Wickford North

Wickford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Peter Holliman	1,487	44.8
	Conservative	Tony Ball*	1,357	40.9
	Labour	Albert Ede	475	14.3
Majority			130	3.9
Turnout			3,331	33.7
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Wickford Park

Wickford Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Harrison	993	44.6	N/A
	Conservative	Donald Morris*	940	42.2	−16.5
	Labour	George Wake	292	13.1	−2.5
Majority			53	2.4
Turnout			2,237	31.6
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Changes since May 2014

In December 2014, Kerry Smith, the then leader of the UKIP group and newly selected parliamentary candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock resigned from the party after the release of a tape recording of a private phone call in which he made offensive remarks about fellow UKIP members. Imelda Clancy also left the party later that month, and the two sit as "Independence Group" members on the council, reducing UKIP's strength to ten seats, though they remain the second-largest party ahead of Labour on nine seats.

A third independent councilor (originally elected as Labour) joined the Independence Group in January 2015.

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
"Local Election Summaries 2014". The Elections Centre.
"England council elections". BBC News.
"England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
"Kerry Smith quits UKIP over 'internal backstabbers'". 16 December 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
"Your Councillors". www.basildonmeetings.info. 20 June 2021.

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