2010 Basildon District Council election

2010 Basildon District Council election ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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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 Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 29 10 3 Seats won 11 2 1 Seats after 29 10 3 Seat change Popular vote 36,551 15,766 13,465 Percentage 49.6% 21.4% 18.3%
Map of the results of the 2010 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.
Council control before election Conservative Party Council control after election Conservative Party

The 2010 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 29
• Labour 10
• Liberal Democrats 3 ^[5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning half of the votes cast. ^[6] This enabled them to win 11 seats, compared to two for Labour and one for the Liberal Democrats. ^[6] With the election having taken place at the same time as the general election, turnout was 64%, a rise from the 29% recorded at the 2008 election. ^[6]

2010 Basildon local election result ^[7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	0	0		78.6	49.6	36,551	4.8
	Labour	2	0	0		14.3	21.4	15,766	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0		7.1	18.3	13,465	5.3
	BNP	0	0	0		0	7.2	5,308	0.5
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	3.5	2,587	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2006 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Location of Billericay East ward

Billericay East ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Archer	4,084	61.1	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Horn	1,360	20.3	+5.7
	Labour	Patricia Reid	737	11.0	+4.0
	UKIP	Susan McCaffery	308	4.6	−0.6
	BNP	Geoffrey McCarthy	196	2.9	−4.6
Majority			2,724	40.7	−10.5
Turnout			6,685	74	+42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay West

Location of Billericay West ward

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Election Summaries 2010". The Elections Centre.
3. "Election 2010". BBC News.
4. "Basildon". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
5. Crerar, Pippa (10 May 2010). "Labour takes control of eight more London town halls". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
6. "Tories hold their grip in Basildon local elections". Echo. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
7. "Basildon District Council Election - Thursday, 6th May, 2010". Basildon Borough Council. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
8. "Local elections 2010". Basildon Recorder. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

Billericay West ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hedley	4,287	63.2	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fisher	1,262	18.6	+7.6
	Labour	Wendy Aitken	768	11.3	+3.4
	UKIP	Cherry Young	246	3.6	+0.3
	BNP	Michael Bateman	219	3.2	−3.4

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