2000 Basildon District Council election

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2000 Basildon District Council election [1] [2]
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15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before23118
Seats won861
Seats after20184
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg7Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote9,33316,7055,120
Percentage29.5%52.8%16.2%
Basildon UK local election 2000 map.svg
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2000 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2000 Basildon District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [3]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was the following:

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives make gains from both Labour and Liberal Democrats [5] to go from 11 to 18 seats on the council. [6] This deprived Labour of a majority on the council after 5 years [5] and reduced Labour's lead over the Conservatives to just 2 seats. [6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost half their seats to fall to have just 4 councillors, [6] but were left with the balance of power. [5]

The Conservatives gained marginal seats in Basildon from Labour including Laindon, Langdon Hills and Pitsea East. [6] They also took all the seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Billericay and Wickford. [6]

Following the election, the Liberal Democrat leader Geoff Williams said "issues will be decided on their merit and not on party politics". [6]

2000 Basildon Local Election Result [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 860Increase2.svg653.352.816,705Increase2.svg22.5
  Labour 603Decrease2.svg340.029.59,333Decrease2.svg16.4
  Liberal Democrats 103Decrease2.svg36.716.25,120Decrease2.svg6.7
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.4447New
  Socialist Alternative 000Steady2.svg0.00.137New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1996 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Location of Billericay East ward Billericay East ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Billericay East ward
Billericay East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Alabaster [9] 1,675 66.3%
Liberal Democrats F. Bellard58323.1%
Labour P. Reid26910.6%
Turnout 28.4%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Billericay West

Location of Billericay West ward Billericay West ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Billericay West ward
Billericay West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Anthony Hedley [10] 2,022 66.7%
Liberal Democrats G. Taylor80026.4%
Labour L. Howard2106.9%
Turnout 28.6%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burstead

Location of Burstead ward Burstead ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Burstead ward
Burstead [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Christopher Jackman [11] 1,551 64.3%
Liberal Democrats G. Bellard54222.5%
Labour M. Viney31913.2%
Turnout 27.9%
Conservative hold

Fryerns Central

Location of Fryerns Central ward Fryerns Central ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Fryerns Central ward
Fryerns Central [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Julia Palmer [12] 946 53.8%
Conservative W. Marck55831.7%
Liberal Democrats S. Dickinson25514.5%
Turnout 22.4%
Labour hold

Fryerns East

Location of Fryerns East ward Fryerns East ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Fryerns East ward
Fryerns East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Janet Payn [13] 737
Labour Anthony Borlase [13] 703
Conservative D. Allen519
Conservative R. Hyland410
Liberal Democrats J. Lutton194
Turnout 19.2%
Labour hold
Labour hold

Laindon

Location of Laindon ward Laindon ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Laindon ward
Laindon [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stuart Allen [14] 1,299 48.9%
Conservative W. Aitken1,00337.8%
Liberal Democrats V. Howard27610.4%
Independent A. Viccary762.9%
Turnout 26.7%
Conservative gain from Labour

Langdon Hills

Location of Langdon Hills ward Langdon Hills ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Langdon Hills ward
Langdon Hills [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Stephen Hillier [15] 1,609 60.6%
Labour P. Garrad72527.3%
Liberal Democrats M. Hersom2188.2%
Independent J. Richardson672.5%
Socialist Alternative D. Murray371.4%
Turnout 26.8%
Conservative gain from Labour

Lee Chapel North

Location of Lee Chapel North ward Lee Chapel North ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Lee Chapel North ward
Lee Chapel North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour D. Keefe 820 45.3%
Conservative S. Cleasby63234.9%
Liberal Democrats S. Williams1719.4%
Independent S. Chaney1236.8%
Independent M. Dale643.5%
Turnout 24.3%
Labour hold

Nethermayne

Location of Nethermayne ward Nethermayne ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Nethermayne ward
Nethermayne [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Ben Williams [16] 1,067 45.5%
Conservative D. Walsh64727.6%
Labour A. Manning63126.9%
Turnout 34.2%
Liberal Democrats hold

Pitsea East

Location of Pitsea East ward Pitsea East ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Pitsea East ward
Pitsea East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kevin Blake [17] 1,225 51.8%
Labour K. Woods1,02443.3%
Independent N. Richardson1174.9%
Turnout 22.5%
Conservative gain from Labour

Pitsea West

Location of Pitsea West ward Pitsea West ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Pitsea West ward
Pitsea West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Richard Llewellyn [18] 919 57.6%
Conservative B. Larwood67742.4%
Turnout 19.7%
Labour hold

Vange

Location of Vange ward Vange ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Vange ward
Vange [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Phil Rackley [19] 645 48.1%
Conservative G. Johnson52839.3%
Liberal Democrats L. Williams16912.6%
Turnout 17.3%
Labour hold

Wickford North

Location of Wickford North ward Wickford North ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Wickford North ward
Wickford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Carole Morris [20] 1,669 64.1%
Labour C. Wilson51519.8%
Liberal Democrats I. Robertson41916.1%
Turnout 28.1%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Wickford South

Location of Wickford South ward Wickford South ward in Basildon 1979.svg
Location of Wickford South ward
Wickford South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Malcolm Buckley [21] 2,094 67.8%
Labour A. Ede57018.4%
Liberal Democrats W. Fane42613.8%
Turnout 25.5%
Conservative hold

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