2014 Basildon Borough Council election

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2014 Basildon District Council election [1] [2] [3]
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  2012 22 May 2014 2015  

15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative UKIP Labour
Last election25015
Seats before24111
Seats won4110
Seats after17129
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg11Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote13,61415,1638,092
Percentage35.0%39.0%20.8%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election02
Seats before42
Seats won00
Seats after31
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote361,846
Percentage0.1%4.7%

Basildon UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2014 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2014.

Council control before election

Conservative Party

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2014 Basildon District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Basildon District Council in England. [4] This was on the same day as other local elections and elections to the European Parliament. This election was to elect one third of the council, plus one additional seat which was vacant. These seats were last up for election in 2010.

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Results summary

2014 Basildon Borough Council Election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UKIP 990+960.039.216,087Increase2.svg35.7
  Conservative 40-7-726.733.813,877Decrease2.svg15.8
  Labour 20-3-313.321.99,011Increase2.svg0.5
  Liberal Democrats 00000.04.71,937Decrease2.svg13.6
  National Front 00000.00.2101New
  TUSC 00000.00.139New
  Independent 00000.00.136New

The turnout was 32.8%, and there were 160 ballots rejected. All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2010 election.

Council composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

2411421
ConservativeLabourINDLUK

After the election, the composition of the council was:

1712931
ConservativeUKIPLabourINDL

UK - UKIP
IND - Independent
L - Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Billericay East

Location of Billericay East ward Billericay East ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Billericay East ward
Billericay East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Schrader1,72450.8−10.3
UKIP Terry Gandy98729.1+24.5
Labour Patricia Reid41412.2+1.2
Liberal Democrats Nigel Horn2667.8−12.5
Majority 73721.7
Turnout 3,40436.3
Conservative hold Swing

Billericay West

Location of Billericay West ward Billericay West ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Billericay West ward
Billericay West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Hedley*1,91257.7−5.5
UKIP Susan McCaffery86826.2+22.6
Labour Andrew Ansell34410.4−0.9
Liberal Democrats Jenny Cole1925.8−12.8
Majority 1,04431.5
Turnout 3,32635.2
Conservative hold Swing

Burstead

Location of Burstead ward Burstead ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Burstead ward
Burstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Baggott1,79855.0−3.3
UKIP Paul Downes93228.5+19.1
Labour Wendy Aitken38211.7+0.2
Liberal Democrats Ben Williams1564.8−11.9
Majority 86626.5
Turnout 3,28438.0
Conservative hold Swing

Crouch

Location of Crouch ward Crouch ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Crouch ward
Crouch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terri Sargeant*1,00446.5−15.9
UKIP Clifford Hammans88441.0N/A
Labour Malcolm Reid27012.5−3.2
Majority 1205.6
Turnout 2,16633.7
Conservative hold Swing

Fryerns

Location of Fryerns ward Fryerns ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Fryerns ward
Fryerns
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Sheppard1,19942.9+37.5
Labour William Archibald*98335.1−1.5
Conservative Ian Dwyer50217.9−12.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Grant742.6−13.4
TUSC David Murray391.4N/A
Majority 2167.7
Turnout 2,80728.5
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Laindon Park

Location of Laindon Park ward Laindon Park ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Laindon Park ward
Laindon Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Mark Ellis1,12241.0N/A
Labour Lauren Brown88532.3+2.1
Conservative John Dornan*59921.9−21.2
Liberal Democrats Francis Barnes-Challinor1124.1−12.7
National Front Anthony Harms210.8N/A
Majority 2378.7
Turnout 2,74730.3
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Langdon Hills

Location of Langdon Hills ward Langdon Hills ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Langdon Hills ward
Langdon Hills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Linda Allport-Hodge1,03340.9+34.5
Conservative Sandra Hillier*95837.9−16.2
Labour Matthew Whaley42516.8−1.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Richards1114.4−11.6
Majority 753.0
Turnout 2,53836.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Lee Chapel North

Location of Lee Chapel North ward Lee Chapel North ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Lee Chapel North ward
Lee Chapel North (two seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Frank Ferguson98339.1N/A
UKIP Trevor Malsbury92436.8N/A
Labour Alan Bennett*92236.7−0.7
Labour Jenefer Taylor91936.6N/A
Conservative Andrew Barnes32913.1−20.8
Conservative Nicole Stephens26310.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Phil Jenkins993.9−13.7
Liberal Democrats Steve Nice913.6N/A
National Front Thomas Beaney803.2N/A
Majority 20.1
Turnout 2,53026.5
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Independent Swing

The second vacancy was caused by the resignation of an Independent councillor who had been elected in 2012 as a Labour candidate. Malsbury will fill this seat, and will thus be up for re-election in May 2016. Ferguson will fill the seat that was ordinarily due for election in 2014, and will face re-election in 2018.

Nethermayne

Location of Nethermayne ward Nethermayne ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Nethermayne ward
Nethermayne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Kerry Smith1,34043.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Linda Williams*70022.7−13.7
Labour David Kirkman55918.1−5.6
Conservative Colin Grant44614.5−16.7
Independent None of the Above X 361.2N/A
Majority 64020.8
Turnout 3,08534.1
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats 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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Imelda Clancy1,15645.1+35.8
Labour Melissa McGeorge90635.3+4.2
Conservative Luke Mackenzie42716.7−17.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Howard732.8−13.1
Majority 2509.8
Turnout 2,57327.5
UKIP gain from Conservative 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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Stephen Ward1,06137.9+29.4
Labour David Burton-Sampson 96634.5+2.7
Conservative David Abrahall*70925.3−14.4
Liberal Democrats Vivien Howard632.3−9.3
Majority 953.4
Turnout 2,81531.4
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Wickford Castledon

Location of Wickford Castleton ward Wickford Castleton ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Wickford Castleton ward
Wickford Castledon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Alan Ball1,11848.7N/A
Conservative Malcolm Buckley*90940.0−19.3
Labour Andrew Buxton26911.7−5.6
Majority 2099.1
Turnout 2,31236.6
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Wickford North

Location of Wickford North ward Wickford North ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Wickford North ward
Wickford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Peter Holliman1,48744.8
Conservative Tony Ball*1,35740.9
Labour Albert Ede47514.3
Majority 1303.9
Turnout 3,33133.7
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Wickford Park

Location of Wickford Park ward Wickford South ward in Basildon 2002.svg
Location of Wickford Park ward
Wickford Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Harrison99344.6N/A
Conservative Donald Morris*94042.2−16.5
Labour George Wake29213.1−2.5
Majority 532.4
Turnout 2,23731.6
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Changes since May 2014

In December 2014, Kerry Smith, the then leader of the UKIP group and newly selected parliamentary candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock resigned from the party after the release of a tape recording of a private phone call in which he made offensive remarks about fellow UKIP members. [5] Imelda Clancy also left the party later that month, and the two sit as "Independence Group" members on the council, reducing UKIP's strength to ten seats, though they remain the second-largest party ahead of Labour on nine seats. [6]

A third independent councilor (originally elected as Labour) joined the Independence Group in January 2015.

References

  1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Local Election Summaries 2014". The Elections Centre.
  3. "England council elections". BBC News.
  4. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. "Kerry Smith quits UKIP over 'internal backstabbers'". 16 December 2014 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. "Your Councillors". www.basildonmeetings.info. 20 June 2021.