Basildon District Council election, 2007

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Map of the results of the 2007 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Basildon UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 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. [1]

Essex County of England

Essex is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. For government statistical purposes Essex is placed in the East of England region.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Campaign

The election saw the British National Party stand in 11 of the 14 wards being contested, [3] an increase from 6 in 2006 and more than the Liberal Democrats who only stood in 9 seats. [4]

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its current leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government. Founded in 1982, the party reached its greatest level of success in the 2000s, when it had over fifty seats in local government, one seat on the London Assembly, and two Members of the European Parliament.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

There was controversy during the election over comments by the Conservative candidate in Vange, Luke Mackenzie, in an election leaflet where he called for voters who did not want asylum seekers to get council houses to vote Conservative. [3] Other parties called on the Conservatives to disown Mackenzie, who was standing against the only ethnic minority councillor in Basildon, saying he was "peddling scare stories" and that the comments were "inflammatory". [3] However Mackenzie denied increasing racial tension, saying voters felt immigration was "entirely out of control" and that a shortage of housing was caused by people from outside of Basildon, [3] and was defended by the leaders of the Conservative group in Basildon. [5]

Vange is a former village now subsumed within the urban area of the Basildon Borough of Essex. As it is much smaller than Basildon, Laindon and Pitsea, it does not have its own town centre or railway station. The London Road (B1464) is the main road through Vange and used to be part of the A13 until it was bypassed in the 1970s. The population of the Vange ward within the Basildon Borough taken at the 2011 Census was 10,048.

An asylum seeker is a person who flees their home country, enters another country and applies for asylum, i.e. the right to international protection, in this other country. An asylum seeker is a type of migrant and may be a refugee, a displaced person, but not an economic migrant. Migrants are not necessarily asylum seekers. A person becomes an asylum seeker by making a formal application for the right to remain in another country and keeps that status until the application has been concluded. The applicant becomes an "asylee" if their claim is accepted and asylum is granted. The relevant immigration authorities of the country of asylum determine whether the asylum seeker will be granted protection and become an officially recognised refugee (asylee) or whether asylum will be refused and asylum seeker becomes an illegal immigrant who has to leave the country and may even be deported. The asylum seeker may be recognised as a refugee and given refugee status if the person's circumstances fall into the definition of "refugee" according to the 1951 Refugee Convention or other refugee laws, such as the European Convention on Human Rights – if asylum is claimed within the European Union. However signatories to the refugee convention create their own policies for assessing the protection status of asylum seekers, and the proportion of asylum applicants who are rejected varies from country to country and year to year.

The terms asylum seeker and refugee are often confused: an asylum-seeker is someone who says he or she is a refugee, but whose claim has not yet been definitively evaluated. On average, about 1 million people seek asylum on an individual basis every year.

Council house form of public or social housing in the UK and Ireland

A council house is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and other amenities like schools and shops. Construction was mainly from 1919 after the Housing Act 1919 to the 1980s, with much less council housing built in recent decades. There were local design variations, but they all adhered to local authority building standards.

Election result

The results saw the Conservative hold control of the council after gaining one seat from Labour. [6] The Conservatives took Laindon Park, but narrowly failed to take the targeted wards of Pitsea North West and Vange from Labour, by 19 and 68 votes respectively. [7] The Conservative share of the vote was down on the 2006 election at 43%, while Labour won 22%. [7] Overall turnout in the election was 30%, a decline from the 33.5% recorded in 2006. [7]

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Laindon suburb in Basildon, Essex

Laindon is an ancient parish in Essex, England. It was based on the manor of the same name and now lies mostly within the urban area of Basildon.

Pitsea town in Essex, England

Pitsea is a small town in south Essex, England. It comprises five sub-districts: Eversley, Northlands Park Neighbourhood, Chalvedon, Pitsea Mount and Burnt Mills. It is part of the new town of Basildon.

Basildon Local Election Result 2007 [8] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 8 1 0 +1 57.1 43.2 14,823 -11.2%
  Labour 5 0 1 -1 35.7 22.3 7,656 -0.6%
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 0 7.1 12.9 4,411 -0.1%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 4,114 +5.3%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 2,661 +6.3%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 397 +1.2%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 211 -0.4%

Ward results

Billericay East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Dadds 1,373 44.2 -28.3
Liberal Democrat John James 1,095 35.3 +16.7
BNP Laurence Long 377 12.1 +12.1
Labour Patricia Reid 259 8.3 -0.6
Majority 278 9.0 -44.9
Turnout 3,104 34.2 -3.9
Conservative hold Swing
Billericay West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Horgan 2,017 65.7 +1.6
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Taylor 473 15.4 +0.3
BNP Michael Bateman 337 11.0 -1.9
Labour Margaret Viney 244 7.9 +0.1
Majority 1,544 50.3 +1.2
Turnout 3,071 32.7 -3.5
Conservative hold Swing
Burstead [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kevin Blake 1,886 62.9 -6.9
Liberal Democrat Susan Haeger 455 15.2 -4.4
BNP Linda Henry 334 11.1 +11.1
Labour Santa Bennett 325 10.8 +0.2
Majority 1,431 47.7 -2.5
Turnout 3,000 36.2 -3.8
Conservative hold Swing
Fryerns [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Allan Davies 1,092 42.1 -1.6
Conservative Mark Coker 603 23.2 +4.2
BNP Leonard Heather 595 22.9 -2.4
Liberal Democrat John Lutton 305 11.8 -0.2
Majority 489 18.8 +0.3
Turnout 2,595 28.3 -3.3
Labour hold Swing
Laindon Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jilly Hyde 850 33.3 -11.2
Labour Barbara Croft 624 24.5 -11.3
Independent Victor York 613 24.0 +24.0
BNP David King 295 11.6 -8.1
Liberal Democrat Jon Myall 91 3.6 +3.6
Green Annie Humphries 77 3.0 +3.0
Majority 226 8.9 +0.2
Turnout 2,550 30.8 -0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Lee Chapel North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Rackham 875 39.5 -0.2
Conservative Peter Morris 627 28.3 +4.3
BNP Jay Slaven 361 16.3 -5.7
Liberal Democrat Steve Nice 218 9.8 +1.5
Green Ernest Humphries 134 6.0 +0.0
Majority 248 11.2 -4.5
Turnout 2,215 25.4 -4.6
Labour hold Swing
Nethermayne [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ben Williams 1,451 51.0 +9.0
Conservative Steve Foster 874 30.7 -3.3
Labour Julian Ware-Lane 520 18.3 -5.7
Majority 577 20.3 +12.3
Turnout 2,845 33.0 -2.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Pitsea North West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Keith Bobbin 734 34.3 -4.3
Conservative Mark Coxshall 714 33.4 -11.0
BNP Geoffrey McCarthy 362 16.9 +16.9
UKIP Terry McBride 167 7.8 +7.8
Liberal Democrat Martin Howard 162 7.6 -9.4
Majority 20 0.9
Turnout 2,139 23.2 -2.0
Labour hold Swing
Pitsea South East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Maureen Larkin 1,151 46.7 -12.4
Labour Emma Collins 767 31.1 -9.8
BNP Sidney Chaney 375 15.2 +15.2
UKIP Imelda Clancy 174 7.1 +7.1
Majority 384 15.6 -2.5
Turnout 2,467 28.4 -2.4
Conservative hold Swing
St Martin's [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patricia Rackley 625 41.3 +4.7
Conservative James Devlin 346 22.9 -0.5
BNP Philip Howell 325 21.5 -5.3
Liberal Democrat Mike Dickinson 161 10.6 -2.6
UKIP Terry Wood 56 3.7 +3.7
Majority 279 18.4 +8.6
Turnout 1,513 26.6 -1.3
Labour hold Swing
Vange [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Danny Nandanwar 704 38.7 +3.4
Conservative Luke MacKenzie 636 34.9 +5.9
BNP Rodney Leveridge 481 26.4 +3.7
Majority 68 3.7 -2.7
Turnout 1,821 27.9 +1.4
Labour hold Swing
Wickford Castledon [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sylvia Buckley 1,058 47.3 -8.9
Independent Alan Ball 677 30.3 +6.2
BNP Anthony Gladwin 272 12.2 +12.2
Labour Leonard Wilkins 229 10.2 -1.5
Majority 381 17.0 -15.1
Turnout 2,236 36.9 -1.1
Conservative hold Swing
Wickford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Mowe 1,592 52.7 -23.9
Independent David Harrison 1,021 33.8 +33.8
Labour Christopher Wilson 409 13.5 -9.9
Majority 571 18.9 -34.4
Turnout 3,022 32.6 -1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Wickford Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Jackman 1,096 64.7 -3.7
Independent Derek Paffett 350 20.6 +20.6
Labour Anthony Borlase 249 14.7 +1.4
Majority 746 44.0 -6.1
Turnout 1,695 24.9 -2.8
Conservative hold Swing

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