2022 Basildon Borough Council election

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2022 Basildon Borough Council election
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  2021 4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 2023  

14 out of 41 seats to Basildon Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election22 seats, 48.7%11 seats, 22.9%
Seats won102
Seats after2210
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote16,3257,861
Percentage49.0%23.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.3%Increase2.svg 0.7%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Independent Wickford Ind.
Last election6 seats, 10.0%2 seats, 2.6%
Seats won20
Seats after72
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote3,1472,133
Percentage9.5%6.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.5%Increase2.svg 3.8%

Basildon UK ward map 2022.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Basildon Borough Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2022 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Results summary

2022 Basildon Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 10Steady2.svg71.4122253.716,32549.0+0.3
  Labour 2Decrease2.svg 114.381024.47,86123.6+0.7
  Independent 2Increase2.svg 114.35717.13,1479.5-0.5
  Wickford Ind. 0Steady2.svg0.0224.92,1336.4+3.8
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03,52810.6+1.6
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01570.5-0.9
  British Democratic 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01000.3N/A
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0470.1N/A

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Schrader 2,062 67.1 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Laura Clark60419.7+9.1
Labour Peter Bunyan40513.2-3.8
Majority1,45847.4
Turnout 3,07132.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.0

Billericay West

Billericay West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Hedley 2,005 56.6 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Nicklin1,32937.5-7.2
Labour Sally Bunyan2065.8+0.5
Majority67619.1
Turnout 3,54037.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg6.9

Burstead

Burstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Baggott 1,948 65.7 -10.2
Liberal Democrats John Daffin68723.2+11.7
Labour Malcolm Reid33211.2-1.4
Majority1,26142.5
Turnout 2,96733.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.0

Crouch

Crouch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terri Sargent 1,311 76.3 +4.8
Labour Tracey Hilton40823.7+8.1
Majority90352.6
Turnout 1,71925.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.7

Fryerns

Fryerns
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Kirkman 1,074 56.3 +15.3
Conservative Sandeep Sandhu62432.7-0.4
Liberal Democrats Vivien Howard20911.0+8.2
Majority45023.6
Turnout 1,90718.2
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg7.9

Laindon Park

Laindon Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeff Henry 1,123 51.8 -2.8
Labour David Goddard76335.2+8.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen McCarthy1366.3+2.8
British Democrats Christopher Bateman1004.6N/A
TUSC David Murray472.2N/A
Majority36016.6
Turnout 2,16921.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg5.5

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Walter Brown 1,201 50.3 +17.1
Conservative Christopher Allen88337.0-6.0
Labour Clarence Zwengunde2379.9-2.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher May682.8-8.4
Majority31813.3
Turnout 2,38934.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg11.6

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susanna Caira-Neeson 1,006 55.5 +16.5
Conservative Deepak Shukla64935.8-1.4
Reform UK Norma Saggers1578.7+3.7
Majority35719.7
Turnout 1,81217.9
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg9.0

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kerry Smith 1,946 69.8 +24.1
Labour Dylan Wright40214.4-2.2
Conservative Chima Okorafor33412.0-8.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nice1063.8+0.2
Majority1,54455.4
Turnout 2,78826.8
Independent hold Swing Increase2.svg13.2

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Gascoyne 931 47.1 +5.3
Labour Jack Ferguson91146.1-0.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Howard1336.7+4.0
Majority201.0
Turnout 1,97521.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg2.9

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Luke Mackenzie 1,327 59.7 +12.6
Labour Michael Baker89640.3-4.4
Majority43119.4
Turnout 2,22324.2
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg8.5

Wickford Castledon

Wickford Castledon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Myers 1,030 52.1 -1.9
Labour Matthew Wright45823.2+11.1
Wickford Ind. Charles Sansom42021.3-12.6
Liberal Democrats Stewart Mott683.4N/A
Majority57228.9
Turnout 1,97630.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.5

Wickford North

Wickford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Holliman 1,224 41.6 -1.0
Wickford Ind. Trevor Hammond1,11537.9-7.0
Labour Joseph Nemeth41514.1+1.6
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hoad1886.4N/A
Majority1093.7
Turnout 2,94228.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.0

Wickford Park

Wickford Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Jeffrey 874 48.0 +19.1
Wickford Ind. Alan Ball59832.9-38.2
Labour Brenda Webb34819.1N/A
Majority27615.1
Turnout 1,82024.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg28.7

By-elections

Nethermayne

Nethermayne: 20 July 2022 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mo Larkin 909 62.7 N/A
Conservative Mark Cottrell23316.1-4.1
Labour Dylan Wright16911.7-2.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nice1027.0+3.2
Reform UK Michael Kinnane372.6N/A
Majority67646.6N/A
Turnout 1,450
Independent gain from Independent

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References

  1. "Election results by party, 5 May 2022". Basildon Borough Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. "Election results for Nethermayne, 20 July 2022" . Retrieved 21 October 2022.