2007 Basildon District Council election

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2007 Basildon District Council election [1] [2] [3]
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  2006 3 May 2007 2008  

14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before27123
Seats won851
Seats after28113
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote14,8237,6564,411
Percentage43.2%22.3%12.9%

Basildon UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

Council control before election

Conservative Party

Council control after election

Conservative Party

The 2007 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [4]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

The election saw the British National Party stand in 11 of the 14 wards being contested, [6] an increase from 6 in 2006 and more than the Liberal Democrats who only stood in 9 seats. [7]

There was controversy during the election over comments by the Conservative candidate in Vange, Luke Mackenzie, in an election leaflet where he called for voters who did not want asylum seekers to get council houses to vote Conservative. [6] Other parties called on the Conservatives to disown Mackenzie, who was standing against the only ethnic minority councillor in Basildon, saying he was "peddling scare stories" and that the comments were "inflammatory". [6] However Mackenzie denied increasing racial tension, saying voters felt immigration was "entirely out of control" and that a shortage of housing was caused by people from outside of Basildon, [6] and was defended by the leaders of the Conservative group in Basildon. [8]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative hold control of the council after gaining one seat from Labour. [9] The Conservatives took Laindon Park, but narrowly failed to take the targeted wards of Pitsea North West and Vange from Labour, by 19 and 68 votes respectively. [10] The Conservative share of the vote was down on the 2006 election at 43%, while Labour won 22%. [10] Overall turnout in the election was 30%, a decline from the 33.5% recorded in 2006. [10]

2007 Basildon Local Election Result [11] [10]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 810Increase2.svg157.143.214,823Decrease2.svg2.1
  Labour 501Decrease2.svg135.722.37,656Decrease2.svg5.6
  Liberal Democrats 10007.112.94,411Decrease2.svg6.8
  BNP 0000012.04,114Increase2.svg7.9
  Independent 000007.82,661Increase2.svg5.9
  UKIP 000001.2397New
  Green 000000.6211Decrease2.svg0.5

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2003 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Location of Billericay East ward Billericay East ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Billericay East ward
Billericay East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Dadds 1,373 44.2 −28.3
Liberal Democrats John James1,09535.3+16.7
BNP Laurence Long37712.1+12.1
Labour Patricia Reid2598.3−0.6
Majority2789.0−44.9
Turnout 3,10434.2−3.9
Conservative hold Swing

Billericay West

Location of Billericay West ward Billericay West ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Billericay West ward
Billericay West [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Horgan 2,017 65.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Taylor47315.4+0.3
BNP Michael Bateman33711.0−1.9
Labour Margaret Viney2447.9+0.1
Majority1,54450.3+1.2
Turnout 3,07132.7−3.5
Conservative hold Swing

Burstead

Location of Burstead ward Burstead ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Burstead ward
Burstead [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Blake 1,886 62.9 −6.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Haeger45515.2−4.4
BNP Linda Henry33411.1+11.1
Labour Santa Bennett32510.8+0.2
Majority1,43147.7−2.5
Turnout 3,00036.2−3.8
Conservative hold Swing

Fryerns

Location of Fryerns ward Fryerns ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Fryerns ward
Fryerns [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allan Davies 1,092 42.1 −1.6
Conservative Mark Coker60323.2+4.2
BNP Leonard Heather59522.9−2.4
Liberal Democrats John Lutton30511.8−0.2
Majority48918.8+0.3
Turnout 2,59528.3−3.3
Labour hold Swing

Laindon Park

Location of Laindon Park ward Laindon Park ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Laindon Park ward
Laindon Park [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jilly Hyde 850 33.3 −11.2
Labour Barbara Croft62424.5−11.3
Independent Victor York61324.0+24.0
BNP David King29511.6−8.1
Liberal Democrats Jon Myall913.6+3.6
Green Annie Humphries773.0+3.0
Majority2268.9+0.2
Turnout 2,55030.8−0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North ward in Basildon 2002 Lee Chapel North ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Lee Chapel North ward in Basildon 2002
Lee Chapel North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Rackham 875 39.5 −0.2
Conservative Peter Morris62728.3+4.3
BNP Jay Slaven36116.3−5.7
Liberal Democrats Steve Nice2189.8+1.5
Green Ernest Humphries1346.0+0.0
Majority24811.2−4.5
Turnout 2,21525.4−4.6
Labour hold Swing

Nethermayne

Location of Nethermayne ward Nethermayne ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Nethermayne ward
Nethermayne [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Williams 1,451 51.0 +9.0
Conservative Steve Foster87430.7−3.3
Labour Julian Ware-Lane52018.3−5.7
Majority57720.3+12.3
Turnout 2,84533.0−2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pitsea North West

Location of Pitsea North West ward Pitsea North West ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Pitsea North West ward
Pitsea North West [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Bobbin 734 34.3 −4.3
Conservative Mark Coxshall71433.4−11.0
BNP Geoffrey McCarthy36216.9+16.9
UKIP Terry McBride1677.8+7.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Howard1627.6−9.4
Majority200.9
Turnout 2,13923.2−2.0
Labour hold Swing

Pitsea South East

Location of Pitsea South East ward Pitsea South East ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Pitsea South East ward
Pitsea South East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maureen Larkin 1,151 46.7 −12.4
Labour Emma Collins76731.1−9.8
BNP Sidney Chaney37515.2+15.2
UKIP Imelda Clancy1747.1+7.1
Majority38415.6−2.5
Turnout 2,46728.4−2.4
Conservative hold Swing

St Martin's

Location of St Martin's ward St Martin's ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of St Martin's ward
St Martin's [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Rackley 625 41.3 +4.7
Conservative James Devlin34622.9−0.5
BNP Philip Howell32521.5−5.3
Liberal Democrats Mike Dickinson16110.6−2.6
UKIP Terry Wood563.7+3.7
Majority27918.4+8.6
Turnout 1,51326.6−1.3
Labour hold Swing

Vange

Location of Vange ward Vange.svg
Location of Vange ward
Vange [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Danny Nandanwar 704 38.7 +3.4
Conservative Luke MacKenzie63634.9+5.9
BNP Rodney Leveridge48126.4+3.7
Majority683.7−2.7
Turnout 1,82127.9+1.4
Labour hold Swing

Wickford Castledon

Location of Wickford Castleton ward Wickford Castleton ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Wickford Castleton ward
Wickford Castledon [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sylvia Buckley 1,058 47.3 −8.9
Independent Alan Ball67730.3+6.2
BNP Anthony Gladwin27212.2+12.2
Labour Leonard Wilkins22910.2−1.5
Majority38117.0−15.1
Turnout 2,23636.9−1.1
Conservative hold Swing

Wickford North

Location of Wickford North ward Wickford North ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Wickford North ward
Wickford North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Mowe 1,592 52.7 −23.9
Independent David Harrison1,02133.8+33.8
Labour Christopher Wilson40913.5−9.9
Majority57118.9−34.4
Turnout 3,02232.6−1.4
Conservative hold Swing

Wickford Park

Location of Wickford Park ward Wickford South ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Wickford Park ward
Wickford Park [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Jackman 1,096 64.7 −3.7
Independent Derek Paffett35020.6+20.6
Labour Anthony Borlase24914.7+1.4
Majority74644.0−6.1
Turnout 1,69524.9−2.8
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  2. "Local Election Summaries 2007". The Elections Centre.
  3. "English local elections 2007". BBC News.
  4. "Basildon". BBC News. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  5. "Local and Mayoral elections 2007" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Coates, Sam (9 April 2007). "Tory candidate accused of echoing the BNP message". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  7. Austin, Jon (6 April 2007). "BNP candidates will outnumber Lib Dems". Southend Standard. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  8. Austin, Jon (11 April 2007). "Race-hate row over election leaflet". Southend Standard. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  9. "Councillor, 18, 'youngest in UK'". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Austin, Jon (4 May 2007). "Tories fail to make clean sweep". Southend Standard. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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