title: Basildon Borough Council elections
text: # Basildon Borough Council elections
  
  One third of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 42 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.
  
  ## Council elections
  
  * 1973 Basildon District Council election
  * 1976 Basildon District Council election
  * 1979 Basildon District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 1980 Basildon District Council election
  * 1982 Basildon District Council election
  * 1983 Basildon District Council election
  * 1984 Basildon District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
  * 1986 Basildon District Council election
  * 1987 Basildon District Council election
  * 1988 Basildon District Council election
  * 1990 Basildon District Council election
  * 1991 Basildon District Council election
  * 1992 Basildon District Council election
  * 1994 Basildon District Council election
  * 1995 Basildon District Council election
  * 1996 Basildon District Council election
  * 1998 Basildon District Council election
  * 1999 Basildon District Council election
  * 2000 Basildon District Council election
  * 2002 Basildon District Council election (New ward boundaries)
  * 2003 Basildon District Council election
  * 2004 Basildon District Council election
  * 2006 Basildon District Council election
  * 2007 Basildon District Council election
  * 2008 Basildon District Council election
  * 2010 Basildon District Council election
  * 2011 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2012 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2014 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2015 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2016 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2018 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2019 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2021 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2022 Basildon Borough Council election
  * 2023 Basildon Borough Council election
  
  ## Borough result maps
  
  * 1979 results map
  * 1980 results map
  * 1982 results map
  * 1983 results map
  * 1984 results map
  * 1986 results map
  * 1987 results map
  * 1988 results map
  * 1990 results map
  * 1991 results map
  * 1992 results map
  * 1994 results map
  * 1995 results map
  * 1996 results map
  * 1998 results map
  * 1999 results map
  * 2000 results map
  * 2002 results map
  * 2003 results map
  * 2004 results map
  * 2006 results map
  * 2007 results map
  * 2008 results map
  * 2010 results map
  * 2011 results map
  * 2012 results map
  * 2014 results map
  * 2015 results map
  * 2016 results map
  * 2018 results map
  * 2019 results map
  * 2021 results map
  * 2022 results map
  
  ## By-election results
  
  ### 1998–2002
  
  Vange By-Election 23 July 1998 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | | 766 | 57.2 | -8.0 |
  | | Conservative | | 507 | 37.9 | +12.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 65 | 4.9 | -4.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 259 | 19.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,338 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Pitsea West By-Election 7 June 2001 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | | 2,229 | 55.0 | +9.0 |
  | | Conservative | | 1,180 | 29.6 | -12.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 475 | 11.9 | +11.9 |
  | | Independent | | 52 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
  | | Socialist Alliance | | 51 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,049 | 25.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,987 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Lee Chapel North By-Election 23 August 2001 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Richard Rackham | 930 | 59.4 | +14.1 |
  | | Conservative | Michael Dickinson | 524 | 33.5 | -1.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 64 | 4.1 | -5.3 |
  | | Socialist Alliance | | 34 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
  | | Independent | | 13 | 0.8 | -6.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 406 | 25.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,565 | 21.0 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Billericay West By-Election 4 October 2001 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | | 1,344 | 75.5 | +8.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 363 | 20.4 | -6.0 |
  | | Labour | | 72 | 4.0 | -2.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 981 | 55.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,779 | 16.8 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2002-2006
  
  Laindon Park By-Election 23 September 2004 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Allan Davies | 818 | 42.3 | +14.0 |
  | | Conservative | Harry Tucker | 582 | 30.1 | -4.8 |
  | | BNP | David King | 365 | 18.9 | -1.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Fane Cummings | 139 | 7.2 | -3.6 |
  | | Independent | Alfred Viccary | 30 | 1.6 | -4.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 12.2 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,934 | 22.9 | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2010-2014
  
  Nethermayne By-Election 23 July 2010 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Jenkins | 605 | 33.5 | -2.9 |
  | | Labour | David Kirkman | 461 | 25.5 | +1.9 |
  | | Conservative | Stephen Foster | 372 | 20.6 | -10.6 |
  | | UKIP | Kerry Smith | 280 | 15.5 | +15.5 |
  | | BNP | Irene Bateman | 70 | 3.9 | -4.9 |
  | | Independent | Jason Richardson | 18 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 8.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,806 | 20.4 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  Wickford Castleton By-Election, 2 May 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | UKIP | Nigel De Lecq Le Gresley | 637 | 36.2 | N/A |
  | | Conservative | Jennie Jackman | 589 | 33.5 | 48.1 |
  | | Independent | Alan Ronald Ball | 288 | 16.40 | N/A |
  | | Labour | Albert Edward Ede | 179 | 10.1 | 16.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Philip Edward Jenkins | 32 | 1.82 | 13.4 |
  | | BNP | Philip David Howell | 24 | 1.3 | N/A |
  | | National Front | Thomas Frank Beaney | 7 | 0.3 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,756 | 27.7 | -11.1 |
  | | UKIP gain from Conservative | UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  Billericay East by-election, 27 June 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Schrader | 790 | 50.8 | −6.7 |
  | | UKIP | Terry Gandy | 464 | 29.8 | +14.1 |
  | | Labour | Lauren Brown | 170 | 10.9 | −3.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Horn | 128 | 8.2 | −3.9 |
  | | National Front | Thomas Beaney | 3 | 0.2 | N/A |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 21.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,564 | 16.7 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2018-2022
  
  Lee Chapel North by-election, 21 June 2018 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Kayode Adeniran | 612 | 57.4 | +1.7 |
  | | Conservative | Spencer Warner | 267 | 25.0 | -1.5 |
  | | UKIP | Frank Ferguson | 145 | 13.6 | -4.1 |
  | | BNP | Christine Winter | 42 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 32.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,066 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Pitsea South East by-election, 21 June 2018 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Andrew Ansell | 718 | 46.1 | +6.7 |
  | | Conservative | Yetunde Adeshile | 710 | 45.6 | +0.0 |
  | | UKIP | Richard Morris | 130 | 8.3 | -2.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 0.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,558 | | |
  | | Labour gain from UKIP | Labour gain from UKIP | Swing | | |
  
  Vange by-election, 19 March 2019 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Aidan McGurran | 504 | 51.3 | +10.1 |
  | | Conservative | Yetunde Adeshile | 478 | 48.7 | +27.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 2.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 982 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  Pitsea North West by-election, 29 July 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Stuart Terson | 794 | 56.5 |
  | | Labour | Aidan McGurran | 430 | 30.6 |
  | | Basildon Community Residents Party | Jake Hogg | 82 | 5.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Martin Howard | 57 | 4.1 |
  | | Reform UK | Daniel Tooley | 23 | 1.6 |
  | | For Britain | Christopher Bateman | 19 | 1.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 | 25.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,405 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  Lee Chapel North by-election, 25 November 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Terry Webb | 451 | 39.8 |
  | | Conservative | Deepak Shukla | 395 | 34.8 |
  | | Basildon Community Residents Party | Kay Quested | 135 | 11.9 |
  | | Reform UK | Frank Ferguson | 98 | 8.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Michael Chandler | 55 | 4.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | 4.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,134 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### 2022-2026
  
  Nethermayne by-election, 20 July 2022 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Mo Larkin | 909 | 62.7 |
  | | Conservative | Mark Cottrell | 233 | 16.1 |
  | | Labour | Dylan Wright | 169 | 11.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Nice | 102 | 7.0 |
  | | Reform UK | Michael Kinnane | 37 | 2.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 676 | 46.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,450 | |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
  