2000 Basildon District Council election

2000 Basildon District Council election ^{[1] [2]}

←  1999 4 May 2000 2002  →
15 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 11 8 Seats won 8 6 1 Seats after 20 18 4 Seat change 3 7 4 Popular vote 9,333 16,705 5,120 Percentage 29.5% 52.8% 16.2%
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]

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

• Labour 20
• Conservative 18
• Liberal Democrats 4 ^[4]

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]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	6	0	6	53.3	52.8	16,705	22.5
	Labour	6	0	3	3	40.0	29.5	9,333	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	3	3	6.7	16.2	5,120	6.7
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	447	New
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	37	New

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

Ward results

Billericay East

Location of Billericay East ward

Billericay East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Alabaster [9]	1,675	66.3%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Bellard	583	23.1%
	Labour	P. Reid	269	10.6%
Turnout				28.4%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Billericay West

Location of Billericay West ward

Billericay West ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Hedley [10]	2,022	66.7%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Taylor	800	26.4%
	Labour	L. Howard	210	6.9%
Turnout				28.6%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burstead

Location of Burstead ward

Burstead ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Jackman [11]	1,551	64.3%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Bellard	542	22.5%
	Labour	M. Viney	319	13.2%
Turnout				27.9%
	Conservative hold

Fryerns Central

Location of Fryerns Central ward

Fryerns Central ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julia Palmer [12]	946	53.8%
	Conservative	W. Marck	558	31.7%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Dickinson	255	14.5%
Turnout				22.4%
	Labour hold

Fryerns East

Location of Fryerns East ward

Fryerns East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Payn [13]	737
	Labour	Anthony Borlase [13]	703
	Conservative	D. Allen	519
	Conservative	R. Hyland	410
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lutton	194
Turnout				19.2%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Laindon

Location of Laindon ward

Laindon ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Allen [14]	1,299	48.9%
	Conservative	W. Aitken	1,003	37.8%
	Liberal Democrats	V. Howard	276	10.4%
	Independent	A. Viccary	76	2.9%
Turnout				26.7%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Langdon Hills

Location of Langdon Hills ward

Langdon Hills ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier [15]	1,609	60.6%
	Labour	P. Garrad	725	27.3%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hersom	218	8.2%
	Independent	J. Richardson	67	2.5%
	Socialist Alternative	D. Murray	37	1.4%
Turnout				26.8%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lee Chapel North

Location of Lee Chapel North ward

Lee Chapel North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Keefe	820	45.3%
	Conservative	S. Cleasby	632	34.9%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Williams	171	9.4%
	Independent	S. Chaney	123	6.8%
	Independent	M. Dale	64	3.5%
Turnout				24.3%
	Labour hold

Nethermayne

Location of Nethermayne ward

Nethermayne ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Williams [16]	1,067	45.5%
	Conservative	D. Walsh	647	27.6%
	Labour	A. Manning	631	26.9%
Turnout				34.2%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Pitsea East

Location of Pitsea East ward

Pitsea East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Blake [17]	1,225	51.8%
	Labour	K. Woods	1,024	43.3%
	Independent	N. Richardson	117	4.9%
Turnout				22.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Pitsea West

Location of Pitsea West ward

Pitsea West ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Llewellyn [18]	919	57.6%
	Conservative	B. Larwood	677	42.4%
Turnout				19.7%
	Labour hold

Vange

Location of Vange ward

Vange ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phil Rackley [19]	645	48.1%
	Conservative	G. Johnson	528	39.3%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Williams	169	12.6%
Turnout				17.3%
	Labour hold

Wickford North

Location of Wickford North ward

Wickford North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carole Morris [20]	1,669	64.1%
	Labour	C. Wilson	515	19.8%
	Liberal Democrats	I. Robertson	419	16.1%
Turnout				28.1%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Wickford South

Location of Wickford South ward

Wickford South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Buckley [21]	2,094	67.8%
	Labour	A. Ede	570	18.4%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Fane	426	13.8%
Turnout				25.5%
	Conservative hold

References

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2. "Local Election Summaries 2000". The Elections Centre.
3. "Basildon". BBC News. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
4. "Election special: Results". The Guardian. 6 May 2000. p. 8.
5. "South Essex: Tories back in Southend after six years". Southend Standard. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
6. "Election round-up: Labour lose control in Basildon". Southend Standard. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
7. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.
8. "Basildon District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
9. "Billericay East". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
10. "Billericay West". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
11. "Burstead". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 7 July 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
12. "Fryerns Central". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 24 February 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
13. "Fryerns East". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
14. "Laindon". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
15. "Langdon Hills". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
16. "Nethermayne". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
17. "Pitsea East". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
18. "Pitsea West". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
19. "Vange". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 24 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
20. "Wickford North". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
21. "Wickford South". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 6 October 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.