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2024 Basildon Borough Council election

2024 Basildon Borough Council election
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All 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Maryam Yaqub Andrew Baggott
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 10 seats, 29.1% 26 seats, 38.8%
Seats before 9 26[a]
Seats won 18 13
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 13
Popular vote 22,783 34,614
Percentage 25.5% 38.7%
Swing Decrease 3.6% Decrease 0.1%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader [b]
Party Independent Wickford Ind.
Last election 5 seats, 7.7% 1 seat, 7.7%
Seats before 6 1
Seats won 6 5
Seat change Steady Increase 4
Popular vote 10,462 4,839
Percentage 11.7% 5.4%
Swing Increase 4.0% Decrease 2.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Basildon Borough Council election
Leader before election

Andrew Baggott
Conservative

Leader after election

Gavin Callaghan
Labour
No overall control

The 2024 Basildon Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day.[1] All 42 members to the council were up for election.

Background

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The council usually elects members in thirds every year except the 4th in a four-year cycle.[2] However, due to a boundary review of the wards by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, all 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council are up for election.[3] At the previous election, held in 2023, the Conservative Party increased their majority by 1 seat, for a total of 26 seats held by the party, keeping the council under Conservative control.[2][4]

Pre-Election Composition
26
9
6
1
Party Seats
Conservatives 26[a]
Labour 9
Independents 6
Wickford Independent 1

Summary

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Prior to the election, the council was under Conservative majority control.

Following the election, the council went under no overall control, with Labour being the largest party. Labour changed its group leader after the election, with Gavin Callaghan replacing Maryam Yaqub.[5] He went on to be appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2024. A cabinet comprising seven Labour councillors and one independent was announced at the same meeting.[6]

Candidate by party

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Conservative Party (38/42)





Labour Party (26/42)





Liberal Democrats (20/42)





Green Party (12/42)





Independent (10/42)





TUSC (5/42)





Wickford Ind. (5/42)





Reform UK (1/42)





British Democratic (1/42)





Election result

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2024 Basildon Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 18 Increase 9 42.9 0 18 42.9 22,783 25.5 –3.6
  Conservative 13 Decrease13 31.0 0 13 31.0 34,614 38.7 –0.1
  Independent 6 Steady 14.3 0 6 14.3 10,462 11.7 +4.0
  Wickford Ind. 5 Increase 4 11.9 0 5 11.9 4,839 5.4 –2.3
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 9,122 10.2 –3.1
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,819 6.5 +5.4
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 909 1.0 +0.4
  British Democratic 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 475 0.5 +0.2
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 447 0.5 +0.1

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Basildon Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.[7]

Billericay East

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Billericay East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Schrader* 1,713 60.0
Conservative Andy Barnes 1,680 58.9
Conservative Martyn Mordecai 1,523 53.4
Green Andrew Brennan 922 32.3
Green Stewart Goshawk 784 27.5
Green Andy Tatman 737 25.8
Liberal Democrats Laura Clark 447 15.7
Labour Sally Bunyan 424 14.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith 333 11.7
Registered electors 9,453
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Billericay West

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Billericay West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Hedley* 1,712 63.4
Conservative Philip Turner* 1,667 61.7
Conservative Daniel Lawrence* 1,609 59.6
Liberal Democrats Chris May 964 35.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Lancaster 691 25.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Nicklin 627 23.2
Labour Brian Button 420 15.6
Green Scion Butler 412 15.3
Registered electors 9,464
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burstead

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Burstead (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Baggott* 1,785 65.4
Conservative Richard Moore* 1,716 62.9
Conservative Kevin Blake* 1,515 55.5
Labour Leslie Banks 933 34.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Daffin 786 28.8
Green Idriss Chraibi 485 17.8
Green Daniel McGarry 485 17.8
Liberal Democrats Andy Fryd 481 17.6
Registered electors 11,065
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Castledon & Crouch

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Castledon & Crouch (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Myers* 1,084 49.5
Conservative Terri Sargent* 992 45.3
Conservative Stuart Allen* 987 45.0
Liberal Democrats Stewart Mott 869 39.7
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hoad 793 36.2
Labour Angela Stanbrook 498 22.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Woods 477 21.8
British Democratic Christopher Bateman 475 21.7
Green Gillian Gurney 399 18.2
Registered electors 9,300
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fryerns

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Fryerns (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adele Brown* 1,160 78.5
Labour Andrew Ansell 1,142 77.3
Labour Allan Davies* 1,053 71.3
Conservative Ola Dawodu 529 35.8
Liberal Democrats Vivien Howard 329 22.3
TUSC Eleanor Donne 218 14.8
Registered electors 10,594
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Laindon Park

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Laindon Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victoria Joseph* 1,013 47.8
Labour Jessica Power 972 45.9
Labour Terry Webb* 880 41.5
Conservative Jeff Henry* 863 40.7
Conservative Kevin Wingfield* 845 39.9
Conservative Samuel Gascoyne* 761 35.9
Independent Iurie Cojocaru 358 16.9
Green Eugene McCarthy 312 14.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen McCarthy 218 10.3
TUSC David Murray 137 6.5
Registered electors 9,977
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Langdon Hills

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Langdon Hills (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hazel Green* 1,855 65.9
Independent Valerie Robbins* 1,850 65.7
Independent Walter Brown* 1,842 65.4
Conservative Chris Allen 718 25.5
Labour Dean Sharpe 583 20.7
Conservative Sandeep Sandhu 496 17.6
Conservative Stanley Edemakhiota 439 15.6
Green Elizabeth Grant 355 12.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nice 286 10.2
Independent X None Of The Above 26 0.9
Registered electors 10,904
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent win (new seat)

Lee Chapel North

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Lee Chapel North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Harrison* 1,148 76.3
Labour Melissa McGeorge* 1,005 66.8
Labour Aidan McGurran 900 59.8
Conservative Deepak Shukla 474 31.5
Conservative Joanna Wingfield 472 31.4
Liberal Democrats Mike Chandler 289 19.2
TUSC Elaine McDonald 227 15.1
Registered electors 10,225
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

Nethermayne

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Nethermayne (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kerry Smith* 1,490 80.8
Independent Mo Larkin* 1,307 70.9
Independent Eddie Murphy 1,168 63.3
Labour Yanik Moyet 576 31.2
Conservative Ann Blake 313 17.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis Chambers 266 14.4
Conservative Dave Martin 251 13.6
Conservative Maz Uluhan 163 8.8
Registered electors 10,185
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold

Pitsea North West

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Pitsea North West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Baker 1,026 59.1
Labour Emma Callaghan 1,012 58.3
Labour Pat Reid* 965 55.6
Conservative Stuart Burke Terson* 706 40.7
Conservative Lewis Smith 605 34.8
Conservative Mark Cottrell 558 32.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Howard 200 11.5
TUSC Jack Huggins 137 7.9
Registered electors 9,285
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Pitsea South East

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Pitsea South East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Hilleard 1,093 49.1
Labour Gillian Palmer 1,082 48.6
Labour Ben Westwick 1,001 44.9
Conservative Craig Rimmer* 938 42.1
Conservative Gary Canham* 907 40.7
Conservative Yetunde Adeshile* 895 40.2
Independent Linda Harrison 301 13.5
Green Steven Willis 272 12.2
Liberal Democrats Steven Spowart 193 8.7
Registered electors 10,152
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

St. Martin's

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St. Martin's (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Callaghan 990 60.9
Labour Jack Ferguson 965 59.3
Labour Maryam Yaqub* 820 50.4
Conservative Davida Ademuyiwa* 532 32.7
Conservative Deepak Roy 514 31.6
Green Ellie Matthewman 319 19.6
Independent Simon Breedon 305 18.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Jenkins 243 14.9
TUSC Andrew Buxton 190 11.7
Registered electors 9,950
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold
Labour win (new seat)

Wickford North

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Wickford North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wickford Ind. Eunice Brockman* 1,228 52.4
Wickford Ind. David Aldridge 963 41.1
Wickford Ind. Trevor Hammond 936 40.0
Conservative Peter Holliman* 872 37.2
Conservative Carole Morris* 794 33.9
Conservative Don Morris* 720 30.7
Labour Joe Nemeth 493 21.1
Reform UK Dave Collins 447 19.1
Green Penny Wright 337 14.4
Liberal Democrats Karen Manterfield 235 10.0
Registered electors 10,253
Wickford Ind. hold
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative

Wickford Park

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Wickford Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wickford Ind. Alan Ball 881 52.8
Conservative George Jeffery* 853 51.2
Wickford Ind. David Harrison 831 49.8
Conservative Yvonne Child* 747 44.8
Conservative Gary Tagg 666 39.9
Labour Peter Bunyan 629 37.7
Liberal Democrats Simon Blake 395 23.7
Registered electors 8,972
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative

References

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  1. ^ a b Including two vacant seats at Billericay East and Pitsea South East last held by Conservatives
  2. ^ Of the six independents prior to the election, five sat together as the 'Independent Group', led by Kerry Smith.
  1. ^ Ridler, Charlie (2023-05-05). "Dates for the next local elections in Essex and where will be voting". Essex Live. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  2. ^ a b "Composition of Basildon Borough Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. ^ "Local Government Boundary Commission for England - Basildon". LGBCE. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  4. ^ "Basildon result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  5. ^ England, Sophie (8 May 2024). "Basildon Labour elect Gavin Callaghan as group leader". Basildon Echo. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Council meeting, 23 May 2024". Basildon Council. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Basildon Borough Council. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.