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The2000 Basildon District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members ofBasildon District Council inEssex, England. One third of the council was up for election and theLabour party lost overall control of the council tono overall control.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was the following:
The results saw theConservatives make gains from both Labour andLiberal Democrats[5] to go from 11 to 18 seats on the council.[6] This deprived Labour of a majority on the council after 5 years[5] and reduced Labour's lead over the Conservatives to just 2 seats.[6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost half their seats to fall to have just 4councillors,[6] but were left with the balance of power.[5]
The Conservatives gained marginal seats inBasildon from Labour includingLaindon,Langdon Hills andPitsea East.[6] They also took all the seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending inBillericay andWickford.[6]
Following the election, the Liberal Democrat leader Geoff Williams said "issues will be decided on their merit and not on party politics".[6]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 8 | 6 | 0 |  6 | 53.3 | 52.8 | 16,705 | 22.5 | |
| Labour | 6 | 0 | 3 |  3 | 40.0 | 29.5 | 9,333 | 16.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6.7 | 16.2 | 5,120 | 6.7 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 0.0 | 1.4 | 447 | New | |
| Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37 | New | |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding1996 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Alabaster[9] | 1,675 | 66.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | F. Bellard | 583 | 23.1% | |
| Labour | P. Reid | 269 | 10.6% | |
| Turnout | 28.4% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Hedley[10] | 2,022 | 66.7% | |
| Liberal Democrats | G. Taylor | 800 | 26.4% | |
| Labour | L. Howard | 210 | 6.9% | |
| Turnout | 28.6% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Jackman[11] | 1,551 | 64.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | G. Bellard | 542 | 22.5% | |
| Labour | M. Viney | 319 | 13.2% | |
| Turnout | 27.9% | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Julia Palmer[12] | 946 | 53.8% | |
| Conservative | W. Marck | 558 | 31.7% | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Dickinson | 255 | 14.5% | |
| Turnout | 22.4% | |||
| Labourhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janet Payn[13] | 737 | ||
| Labour | Anthony Borlase[13] | 703 | ||
| Conservative | D. Allen | 519 | ||
| Conservative | R. Hyland | 410 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | J. Lutton | 194 | ||
| Turnout | 19.2% | |||
| Labourhold | ||||
| Labourhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stuart Allen[14] | 1,299 | 48.9% | |
| Conservative | W. Aitken | 1,003 | 37.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | V. Howard | 276 | 10.4% | |
| Independent | A. Viccary | 76 | 2.9% | |
| Turnout | 26.7% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Hillier[15] | 1,609 | 60.6% | |
| Labour | P. Garrad | 725 | 27.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. Hersom | 218 | 8.2% | |
| Independent | J. Richardson | 67 | 2.5% | |
| Socialist | D. Murray | 37 | 1.4% | |
| Turnout | 26.8% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | D. Keefe | 820 | 45.3% | |
| Conservative | S. Cleasby | 632 | 34.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Williams | 171 | 9.4% | |
| Independent | S. Chaney | 123 | 6.8% | |
| Independent | M. Dale | 64 | 3.5% | |
| Turnout | 24.3% | |||
| Labourhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Williams[16] | 1,067 | 45.5% | |
| Conservative | D. Walsh | 647 | 27.6% | |
| Labour | A. Manning | 631 | 26.9% | |
| Turnout | 34.2% | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kevin Blake[17] | 1,225 | 51.8% | |
| Labour | K. Woods | 1,024 | 43.3% | |
| Independent | N. Richardson | 117 | 4.9% | |
| Turnout | 22.5% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Llewellyn[18] | 919 | 57.6% | |
| Conservative | B. Larwood | 677 | 42.4% | |
| Turnout | 19.7% | |||
| Labourhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Rackley[19] | 645 | 48.1% | |
| Conservative | G. Johnson | 528 | 39.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | L. Williams | 169 | 12.6% | |
| Turnout | 17.3% | |||
| Labourhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Carole Morris[20] | 1,669 | 64.1% | |
| Labour | C. Wilson | 515 | 19.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | I. Robertson | 419 | 16.1% | |
| Turnout | 28.1% | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Malcolm Buckley[21] | 2,094 | 67.8% | |
| Labour | A. Ede | 570 | 18.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | W. Fane | 426 | 13.8% | |
| Turnout | 25.5% | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
