1999 Basildon District Council election

1999 Basildon District Council election ^{[1] [2]}

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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 Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 23 6 13 Seats won 8 5 1 Seats after 23 11 8 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 12,173 11,401 5,408 Percentage 40.0% 37.4% 17.8%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1999 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1999 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 23
• Conservative 11
• Liberal Democrats 8 ^[4]

Election results

The results saw Labour keep their majority after retaining all the seats they had been defending in Basildon. ^[5] The Conservatives became the main opposition on the council after gaining seats from the Liberal Democrats in Billericay and Wickford. ^[6] Overall turnout in the election was 24.3%. ^[7]

1999 Basildon local election result ^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	0		57.1	40.0	12,173	8.3
	Conservative	5	5	0	5	35.7	37.4	11,401	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	5	5	7.1	17.8	5,408	5.7
	Residents	0	0	0		0.0	4.2	1,287	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	184	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1995 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Location of Billericay East ward

Billericay East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Archer [9]	1,102	52.3%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Bellard	701	33.3%
	Labour	P. Reid	304	14.4%
Turnout				23.9%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Billericay West

Location of Billericay West ward

Billericay West ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Horgan [10]	1,364	47.0%
	Residents	Taylor G.	1,287	44.3%
	Labour	L. Howard	253	8.7%
Turnout				27.5%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burstead

Location of Burstead ward

Burstead ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Desmond Lake [11]	1,196	55.2%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Hands	608	28.0%
	Labour	M. Viney	364	16.8%
Turnout				24.8%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Fryerns Central

Location of Fryerns Central ward

Fryerns Central ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Annie Humphries [12]	1,293	68.8%
	Conservative	W. Marck	350	18.6%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Dickinson	193	10.3%
	Independent	A. Viccary	42	2.2%
Turnout				23.6%
	Labour hold

Fryerns East

Location of Fryerns East ward

Fryerns East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Rossati	1,107	70.3%
	Conservative	D. Allen	331	21.0%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lutton	137	8.7%
Turnout				20.9%
	Labour hold

Laindon

Location of Laindon ward

Laindon ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Bennett [13]	1,081	49.1%
	Conservative	D. Walsh	769	34.9%
	Liberal Democrats	V. Howard	209	9.5%
	Independent	S. Chaney	142	6.5%
Turnout				22.4%
	Labour hold

Langdon Hills

Location of Langdon Hills ward

Langdon Hills ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Sears [14]	1,329	49.5%
	Conservative	S. Hillier	1,177	43.9%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dickinson	177	6.6%
Turnout				27.8%
	Labour hold

Lee Chapel

Location of Lee Chapel North ward

Lee Chapel ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynda Gordon [15]	1,202	64.4%
	Conservative	S. Popplewell	456	24.4%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dale	208	11.1%
Turnout				25.0%
	Labour hold

Nethermayne

Location of Nethermayne ward

Nethermayne ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe White [16]	1,128	47.9%
	Labour	A. Manning	794	33.7%
	Conservative	S. Allen	434	18.4%
Turnout				34.4%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Pitsea East

Location of Pitsea East ward

Pitsea East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Bobbin [17]	1,235	50.9%
	Conservative	K. Blake	990	40.8%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Baker	201	8.3%
Turnout				23.2%
	Labour hold

Pitsea West

Location of Pitsea West ward

Pitsea West ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Abrahall [18]	1,122	69.0%
	Conservative	A. Hedley	347	21.4%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Bellard	156	9.6%
Turnout				19.9%
	Labour hold

Vange

Location of Vange ward

Vange ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Golding [19]	893	65.3%
	Conservative	R. Cornish	370	27.1%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Williams	104	7.6%
Turnout				17.4%
	Labour hold

Wickford North

Location of Wickford North ward

Wickford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Mowe [20]	1,094	43.7%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Banton	878	35.1%
	Labour	C. Wilson	532	21.2%
Turnout				27.1%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Wickford South

Location of Wickford South ward

Wickford South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Morris [21]	1,421	50.9%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Howe	708	25.3%
	Labour	A. Ede	664	23.8%
Turnout				23.6%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

References

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