2022 Basildon Borough Council election

2022 UK local government election
2022 Basildon Borough Council election
← 2021 4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 2023 →
14 out of 41 seats to Basildon Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election 22 seats, 48.7% 11 seats, 22.9%
Seats won 10 2
Seats after 22 10
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 16,325 7,861
Percentage 49.0% 23.6%
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 0.7%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Independent Wickford Ind.
Last election 6 seats, 10.0% 2 seats, 2.6%
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 7 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 3,147 2,133
Percentage 9.5% 6.4%
Swing Decrease 0.5% Increase 3.8%
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.

Results summary

2022 Basildon Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 10 Steady 71.4 12 22 53.7 16,325 49.0 +0.3
  Labour 2 Decrease 1 14.3 8 10 24.4 7,861 23.6 +0.7
  Independent 2 Increase 1 14.3 5 7 17.1 3,147 9.5 -0.5
  Wickford Ind. 0 Steady 0.0 2 2 4.9 2,133 6.4 +3.8
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,528 10.6 +1.6
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 157 0.5 -0.9
  British Democratic 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 100 0.3 N/A
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 47 0.1 N/A

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Schrader 2,062 67.1 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Laura Clark 604 19.7 +9.1
Labour Peter Bunyan 405 13.2 -3.8
Majority 1,458 47.4
Turnout 3,071 32.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.0

Billericay West

Billericay West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Hedley 2,005 56.6 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Nicklin 1,329 37.5 -7.2
Labour Sally Bunyan 206 5.8 +0.5
Majority 676 19.1
Turnout 3,540 37.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.9

Burstead

Burstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Baggott 1,948 65.7 -10.2
Liberal Democrats John Daffin 687 23.2 +11.7
Labour Malcolm Reid 332 11.2 -1.4
Majority 1,261 42.5
Turnout 2,967 33.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease11.0

Crouch

Crouch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terri Sargent 1,311 76.3 +4.8
Labour Tracey Hilton 408 23.7 +8.1
Majority 903 52.6
Turnout 1,719 25.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.7

Fryerns

Fryerns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Kirkman 1,074 56.3 +15.3
Conservative Sandeep Sandhu 624 32.7 -0.4
Liberal Democrats Vivien Howard 209 11.0 +8.2
Majority 450 23.6
Turnout 1,907 18.2
Labour hold Swing Increase7.9

Laindon Park

Laindon Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeff Henry 1,123 51.8 -2.8
Labour David Goddard 763 35.2 +8.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen McCarthy 136 6.3 +2.8
British Democrats Christopher Bateman 100 4.6 N/A
TUSC David Murray 47 2.2 N/A
Majority 360 16.6
Turnout 2,169 21.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease5.5

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Walter Brown 1,201 50.3 +17.1
Conservative Christopher Allen 883 37.0 -6.0
Labour Clarence Zwengunde 237 9.9 -2.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher May 68 2.8 -8.4
Majority 318 13.3
Turnout 2,389 34.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing Increase11.6

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susanna Caira-Neeson 1,006 55.5 +16.5
Conservative Deepak Shukla 649 35.8 -1.4
Reform UK Norma Saggers 157 8.7 +3.7
Majority 357 19.7
Turnout 1,812 17.9
Labour hold Swing Increase9.0

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kerry Smith 1,946 69.8 +24.1
Labour Dylan Wright 402 14.4 -2.2
Conservative Chima Okorafor 334 12.0 -8.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nice 106 3.8 +0.2
Majority 1,544 55.4
Turnout 2,788 26.8
Independent hold Swing Increase13.2

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Gascoyne 931 47.1 +5.3
Labour Jack Ferguson 911 46.1 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Howard 133 6.7 +4.0
Majority 20 1.0
Turnout 1,975 21.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.9

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Mackenzie 1,327 59.7 +12.6
Labour Michael Baker 896 40.3 -4.4
Majority 431 19.4
Turnout 2,223 24.2
Conservative hold Swing Increase8.5

Wickford Castledon

Wickford Castledon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Myers 1,030 52.1 -1.9
Labour Matthew Wright 458 23.2 +11.1
Wickford Ind. Charles Sansom 420 21.3 -12.6
Liberal Democrats Stewart Mott 68 3.4 N/A
Majority 572 28.9
Turnout 1,976 30.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.5

Wickford North

Wickford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Holliman 1,224 41.6 -1.0
Wickford Ind. Trevor Hammond 1,115 37.9 -7.0
Labour Joseph Nemeth 415 14.1 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hoad 188 6.4 N/A
Majority 109 3.7
Turnout 2,942 28.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.0

Wickford Park

Wickford Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Jeffrey 874 48.0 +19.1
Wickford Ind. Alan Ball 598 32.9 -38.2
Labour Brenda Webb 348 19.1 N/A
Majority 276 15.1
Turnout 1,820 24.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase28.7

By-elections

Nethermayne

Nethermayne: 20 July 2022[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mo Larkin 909 62.7 N/A
Conservative Mark Cottrell 233 16.1 -4.1
Labour Dylan Wright 169 11.7 -2.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Nice 102 7.0 +3.2
Reform UK Michael Kinnane 37 2.6 N/A
Majority 676 46.6 N/A
Turnout 1,450
Independent gain from Independent

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.
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