2024 Basildon Borough Council election

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2024 Basildon Borough Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)2026 

All 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
LeaderMaryam YaqubAndrew Baggott
Party Labour Conservative
Last election10 seats, 29.1%26 seats, 38.8%
Seats before926 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won1813
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 13
Popular vote22,78334,614
Percentage25.5%38.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.6%Decrease2.svg 0.1%

 Third partyFourth party
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Leader [lower-alpha 2]
Party Independent Wickford Ind.
Last election5 seats, 7.7%1 seat, 7.7%
Seats before61
Seats won65
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 4
Popular vote10,4624,839
Percentage11.7%5.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.0%Decrease2.svg 2.3%

Basildon UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Basildon Borough Council election

Leader before election

Andrew Baggott
Conservative

Leader after election

Gavin Callaghan
Labour
No overall control

The 2024 Basildon Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. [1] All 42 members to the council were up for election.

Contents

Background

The council usually elects members in thirds every year except the 4th in a four-year cycle. [2] However, due to a boundary review of the wards by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, all 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council are up for election. [3] At the previous election, held in 2023, the Conservative Party increased their majority by 1 seat, for a total of 26 seats held by the party, keeping the council under Conservative control. [2] [4]

Pre-Election Composition
26
9
6
1
PartySeats
Conservatives26 [lower-alpha 1]
Labour9
Independents6
Wickford Independent1

Summary

Prior to the election, the council was under Conservative majority control.

Following the election, the council went under no overall control, with Labour being the largest party. Labour changed its group leader after the election, with Gavin Callaghan replacing Maryam Yaqub. [5] He went on to be appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2024. A cabinet comprising seven Labour councillors and one independent was announced at the same meeting. [6]

Candidate by party

Conservative Party (38/42)





Labour Party (26/42)





Liberal Democrats (20/42)





Green Party (12/42)





Independent (10/42)





TUSC (5/42)





Wickford Ind. (5/42)





Reform UK (1/42)





British Democratic (1/42)





Election result

2024 Basildon Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 18Increase2.svg 942.901842.922,78325.5–3.6
  Conservative 13Decrease2.svg1331.001331.034,61438.7–0.1
  Independent 6Steady2.svg14.30614.310,46211.7+4.0
  Wickford Ind. 5Increase2.svg 411.90511.94,8395.4–2.3
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.09,12210.2–3.1
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.05,8196.5+5.4
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.09091.0+0.4
  British Democratic 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04750.5+0.2
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04470.5+0.1

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Basildon Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024. [7]

Billericay East

Billericay East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Schrader* 1,713 60.0
Conservative Andy Barnes 1,680 58.9
Conservative Martyn Mordecai 1,523 53.4
Green Andrew Brennan92232.3
Green Stewart Goshawk78427.5
Green Andy Tatman73725.8
Liberal Democrats Laura Clark44715.7
Labour Sally Bunyan42414.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith33311.7
Registered electors 9,453
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Billericay West

Billericay West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Hedley* 1,712 63.4
Conservative Philip Turner* 1,667 61.7
Conservative Daniel Lawrence* 1,609 59.6
Liberal Democrats Chris May96435.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Lancaster69125.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Nicklin62723.2
Labour Brian Button42015.6
Green Scion Butler41215.3
Registered electors 9,464
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Burstead

Burstead (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Baggott* 1,785 65.4
Conservative Richard Moore* 1,716 62.9
Conservative Kevin Blake* 1,515 55.5
Labour Leslie Banks93334.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Daffin78628.8
Green Idriss Chraibi48517.8
Green Daniel McGarry48517.8
Liberal Democrats Andy Fryd48117.6
Registered electors 11,065
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Castledon & Crouch

Castledon & Crouch (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Myers* 1,084 49.5
Conservative Terri Sargent* 992 45.3
Conservative Stuart Allen* 987 45.0
Liberal Democrats Stewart Mott86939.7
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hoad79336.2
Labour Angela Stanbrook49822.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Woods47721.8
British Democratic Christopher Bateman47521.7
Green Gillian Gurney39918.2
Registered electors 9,300
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fryerns

Fryerns (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adele Brown* 1,160 78.5
Labour Andrew Ansell 1,142 77.3
Labour Allan Davies* 1,053 71.3
Conservative Ola Dawodu52935.8
Liberal Democrats Vivien Howard32922.3
TUSC Eleanor Donne21814.8
Registered electors 10,594
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Laindon Park

Laindon Park (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victoria Joseph* 1,013 47.8
Labour Jessica Power 972 45.9
Labour Terry Webb* 880 41.5
Conservative Jeff Henry*86340.7
Conservative Kevin Wingfield*84539.9
Conservative Samuel Gascoyne*76135.9
Independent Iurie Cojocaru35816.9
Green Eugene McCarthy31214.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen McCarthy21810.3
TUSC David Murray1376.5
Registered electors 9,977
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hazel Green* 1,855 65.9
Independent Valerie Robbins* 1,850 65.7
Independent Walter Brown* 1,842 65.4
Conservative Chris Allen71825.5
Labour Dean Sharpe58320.7
Conservative Sandeep Sandhu49617.6
Conservative Stanley Edemakhiota43915.6
Green Elizabeth Grant35512.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nice28610.2
Independent X None Of The Above260.9
Registered electors 10,904
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent win (new seat)

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Harrison* 1,148 76.3
Labour Melissa McGeorge* 1,005 66.8
Labour Aidan McGurran 900 59.8
Conservative Deepak Shukla47431.5
Conservative Joanna Wingfield47231.4
Liberal Democrats Mike Chandler28919.2
TUSC Elaine McDonald22715.1
Registered electors 10,225
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

Nethermayne

Nethermayne (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kerry Smith* 1,490 80.8
Independent Mo Larkin* 1,307 70.9
Independent Eddie Murphy 1,168 63.3
Labour Yanik Moyet57631.2
Conservative Ann Blake31317.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis Chambers26614.4
Conservative Dave Martin25113.6
Conservative Maz Uluhan1638.8
Registered electors 10,185
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Baker 1,026 59.1
Labour Emma Callaghan 1,012 58.3
Labour Pat Reid* 965 55.6
Conservative Stuart Burke Terson*70640.7
Conservative Lewis Smith60534.8
Conservative Mark Cottrell55832.1
Liberal Democrats Martin Howard20011.5
TUSC Jack Huggins1377.9
Registered electors 9,285
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Hilleard 1,093 49.1
Labour Gillian Palmer 1,082 48.6
Labour Ben Westwick 1,001 44.9
Conservative Craig Rimmer*93842.1
Conservative Gary Canham*90740.7
Conservative Yetunde Adeshile*89540.2
Independent Linda Harrison30113.5
Green Steven Willis27212.2
Liberal Democrats Steven Spowart1938.7
Registered electors 10,152
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

St. Martin's

St. Martin's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gavin Callaghan 990 60.9
Labour Jack Ferguson 965 59.3
Labour Maryam Yaqub* 820 50.4
Conservative Davida Ademuyiwa*53232.7
Conservative Deepak Roy51431.6
Green Ellie Matthewman31919.6
Independent Simon Breedon30518.8
Liberal Democrats Phil Jenkins24314.9
TUSC Andrew Buxton19011.7
Registered electors 9,950
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold
Labour win (new seat)

Wickford North

Wickford North (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wickford Ind. Eunice Brockman* 1,228 52.4
Wickford Ind. David Aldridge 963 41.1
Wickford Ind. Trevor Hammond 936 40.0
Conservative Peter Holliman*87237.2
Conservative Carole Morris*79433.9
Conservative Don Morris*72030.7
Labour Joe Nemeth49321.1
Reform UK Dave Collins44719.1
Green Penny Wright33714.4
Liberal Democrats Karen Manterfield23510.0
Registered electors 10,253
Wickford Ind. hold
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative

Wickford Park

Wickford Park (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wickford Ind. Alan Ball 881 52.8
Conservative George Jeffery* 853 51.2
Wickford Ind. David Harrison 831 49.8
Conservative Yvonne Child*74744.8
Conservative Gary Tagg66639.9
Labour Peter Bunyan62937.7
Liberal Democrats Simon Blake39523.7
Registered electors 8,972
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative

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