Basildon Borough Council election, 2012

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Map of the results of the 2012 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2012. Basildon UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2012 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2012.

The 2012 Basildon Council election was scheduled to take place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council seats was to be elected.

Basildon town in Essex, England

Basildon is the largest town in the borough of Basildon with a population of 107,123 in the county of Essex, England.

Essex County of England

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Election result

Basildon Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 29 0 4 25 41 13002 -4
  Liberal Democrat 2 0 0 2 8 -0.9
  Labour 11 4 0 15 30 -2.1
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 16 7.8
  British Freedom 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 0
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 720 0
 

Ward Results

Billericay East

Billericay East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stuart Bryan 1502 58 -6.6
UKIP Susan McCaffery 409 16 +7.5
Labour Patricia Reid 383 15 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Nigel Horn 316 12 -1
Rejected ballots 10
Majority 1093 41.8 -8.82
Turnout 2610 29 -15.2
Conservative hold Swing -7.05

Billericay West

Billericay West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Daniel Lawrence 1688 57 -2.3
Conservative Philip Turner 1648 0 0
UKIP Terrence Gandy 574 19 2.7
Labour Santa Bennet 380 13 1.3
Labour Andrew Buxton 257 0 0
Liberal Democrat John James 321 11 1
Rejected ballots 18
Majority 1114 38.4 -4.6
Turnout 2701 29 -14.5
Conservative hold Swing -2.5

Burstead

Burstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Moore 1517 63 0.1
UKIP Cherry Young 396 16 6.1
Labour Elaine McDonald 359 15 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Benjamin Williams 155 6 -4.6
Rejected ballots 13
Majority 1121 46.2 0
Turnout 2427 28 -15.6
Conservative hold Swing -3.1

Crouch

Crouch
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stuart Allen 888 61 -1
Labour Sarah Davies 299 20 -4
UKIP Graham Starling 279 19 19
Rejected ballots 7
Majority 589 40.2 -6.5
Turnout 1466 23 -44
Conservative hold Swing -2.5

Fryerns

Fryerns
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Adele Brown 1,097 55 +11.8
Conservative Tina Arnold 399 20 -5.5
UKIP David Sheppard 366 18 +6.5
Liberal Democrat Arnold Lutton 137 7 -1.5
Rejected ballots 11
Majority 698
Turnout 2012 21 -9.1
Labour hold Swing

Laindon Park

Laindon Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Scarola 867 41 2.4
Conservative Frank Tomlin 691 33 -16.1
UKIP Mark Ellis 388 19 19
British Freedom Tony Harris 87 4 4
Liberal Democrat Colin Grant 61 3 -4.5
Rejected ballots 6
Majority 176
Turnout 2094 25 -7.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Hillier 879 43 -11
Labour Jenefer Taylor 651 32 14
UKIP Andy Ager 377 18 12
Liberal Democrat Liz Grant 108 5 -11
Independent Matthew Ing 44 2 2
Rejected ballots 3
Majority 228 11 -24.8
Turnout 2062 30 -40
Conservative hold Swing -12.5

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lynda Gordon 1048 54 -0.9
UKIP Frank Ferguson 359 18 18
Conservative Craig Rimmer 343 18 -10.8
National Front Thomas Beaney 107 6 -3.5
Liberal Democrat Steve Nice 85 4 -2.7
Rejected ballots 11
Majority 689
Turnout 1942 22 -7.2
Labour hold Swing

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Geoff Williams 899 36 11.5
Labour Co-op Swatantra Nandanwar 578 23 -7.2
UKIP Kerry Smith 573 23 2.8
Conservative Andrew Schrader 427 17 -6.1
X None Of The Above 36 1 -1.1
Rejected ballots 2517
Majority 321
Turnout 2517 28 -6.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gavin Callaghan 932 49 1.7
Conservative Andrew Baggott 564 29 -0.9
UKIP Terry McBride 323 17 0.3
Liberal Democrat Martin Howard 97 5 -1.1
Rejected ballots 7
Majority 368
Turnout 1923 21 -4.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Aidan McGurran 933 41 2.6
Conservative Ann Blake 876 39 -4.6
UKIP Imelda Clancy 375 16 2
Liberal Democrat Viv Howard 91 4 0
Rejected ballots 9
Majority 9
Turnout 2284 27 -6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St. Martin's

St Martin's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Phillip William 759 58 -0.2
Conservative Tony Low 248 19 -13
UKIP Peter Wood 229 17 17
Liberal Democrat Clare Nice 80 6 -4.2
Rejected ballots 5
Majority 511
Turnout 1322 22 -7.5
Labour hold Swing

Vange

Vange
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Byron Taylor 919 59 6.7
Conservative Luke MacKenzie 320 20 -6.6
UKIP Becky Ager 274 18 1.8
Liberal Democrat Phillip Jenkins 51 3 -1.9
Rejected ballots 11
Majority 599
Turnout 1564 23 -7.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wickford North

Wickford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Carole Morris 1012 42 -12.1
Independent Dave Harrison 676 28 3
Labour Albert Ede 409 17 0.4
UKIP Trevor Malsbury 199 8 8
English Democrat Stephen Smith 94 4 4
Rejected ballots 9
Majority 336
Turnout 2399 25 -12.3
Conservative hold Swing

Sources

http://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3946&p=0 Statement of Persons Nominated

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