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The2024 Basildon Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside theother local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day.[1] All 42 members to the council were up for election.
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 theLocal Government Boundary Commission for England, all 42 seats toBasildon Borough Council are up for election.[3] At the previous election, held in 2023, theConservative 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]
26 9 6 1 | ||
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| Party | Seats | |
| Conservatives | 26[a] | |
| Labour | 9 | |
| Independents | 6 | |
| Wickford Independent | 1 | |
Prior to the election, the council was underConservative majority control.
Following the election, the council went underno overall control, withLabour being the largest party. Labour changed its group leader after the election, with Gavin Callaghan replacing Maryam Yaqub.[5] He went on to be appointedleader 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]
| 2024 Basildon Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 18 | 42.9 | 0 | 18 | 42.9 | 22,783 | 25.5 | –3.6 | ||
| Conservative | 13 | 31.0 | 0 | 13 | 31.0 | 34,614 | 38.7 | –0.1 | ||
| Independent | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 6 | 14.3 | 10,462 | 11.7 | +4.0 | ||
| Wickford Ind. | 5 | 11.9 | 0 | 5 | 11.9 | 4,839 | 5.4 | –2.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,122 | 10.2 | –3.1 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,819 | 6.5 | +5.4 | ||
| TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 909 | 1.0 | +0.4 | ||
| British Democratic | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 475 | 0.5 | +0.2 | ||
| Reform | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 447 | 0.5 | +0.1 | ||
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Schrader* | 1,713 | 60.0 | ||
| Conservative | Andy Barnes | 1,680 | 58.9 | ||
| Conservative | Martyn Mordecai | 1,523 | 53.4 | ||
| Green | Andrew Brennan | 922 | 32.3 | ||
| Green | Stewart Goshawk | 784 | 27.5 | ||
| Green | Andy Tatman | 737 | 25.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Clark | 447 | 15.7 | ||
| Labour | Sally Bunyan | 424 | 14.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Smith | 333 | 11.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,453 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Hedley* | 1,712 | 63.4 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Turner* | 1,667 | 61.7 | ||
| Conservative | Daniel Lawrence* | 1,609 | 59.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris May | 964 | 35.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lancaster | 691 | 25.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Nicklin | 627 | 23.2 | ||
| Labour | Brian Button | 420 | 15.6 | ||
| Green | Scion Butler | 412 | 15.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,464 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Baggott* | 1,785 | 65.4 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Moore* | 1,716 | 62.9 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Blake* | 1,515 | 55.5 | ||
| Labour | Leslie Banks | 933 | 34.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Daffin | 786 | 28.8 | ||
| Green | Idriss Chraibi | 485 | 17.8 | ||
| Green | Daniel McGarry | 485 | 17.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Fryd | 481 | 17.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,065 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alex Myers* | 1,084 | 49.5 | ||
| Conservative | Terri Sargent* | 992 | 45.3 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Allen* | 987 | 45.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Mott | 869 | 39.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Hoad | 793 | 36.2 | ||
| Labour | Angela Stanbrook | 498 | 22.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Woods | 477 | 21.8 | ||
| British Democratic | Christopher Bateman | 475 | 21.7 | ||
| Green | Gillian Gurney | 399 | 18.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,300 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adele Brown* | 1,160 | 78.5 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Ansell | 1,142 | 77.3 | ||
| Labour | Allan Davies* | 1,053 | 71.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ola Dawodu | 529 | 35.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Vivien Howard | 329 | 22.3 | ||
| TUSC | Eleanor Donne | 218 | 14.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,594 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Victoria Joseph* | 1,013 | 47.8 | ||
| Labour | Jessica Power | 972 | 45.9 | ||
| Labour | Terry Webb* | 880 | 41.5 | ||
| Conservative | Jeff Henry* | 863 | 40.7 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Wingfield* | 845 | 39.9 | ||
| Conservative | Samuel Gascoyne* | 761 | 35.9 | ||
| Independent | Iurie Cojocaru | 358 | 16.9 | ||
| Green | Eugene McCarthy | 312 | 14.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen McCarthy | 218 | 10.3 | ||
| TUSC | David Murray | 137 | 6.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,977 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hazel Green* | 1,855 | 65.9 | ||
| Independent | Valerie Robbins* | 1,850 | 65.7 | ||
| Independent | Walter Brown* | 1,842 | 65.4 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Allen | 718 | 25.5 | ||
| Labour | Dean Sharpe | 583 | 20.7 | ||
| Conservative | Sandeep Sandhu | 496 | 17.6 | ||
| Conservative | Stanley Edemakhiota | 439 | 15.6 | ||
| Green | Elizabeth Grant | 355 | 12.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Nice | 286 | 10.2 | ||
| Independent | X None Of The Above | 26 | 0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,904 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alex Harrison* | 1,148 | 76.3 | ||
| Labour | Melissa McGeorge* | 1,005 | 66.8 | ||
| Labour | Aidan McGurran | 900 | 59.8 | ||
| Conservative | Deepak Shukla | 474 | 31.5 | ||
| Conservative | Joanna Wingfield | 472 | 31.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Chandler | 289 | 19.2 | ||
| TUSC | Elaine McDonald | 227 | 15.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,225 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kerry Smith* | 1,490 | 80.8 | ||
| Independent | Mo Larkin* | 1,307 | 70.9 | ||
| Independent | Eddie Murphy | 1,168 | 63.3 | ||
| Labour | Yanik Moyet | 576 | 31.2 | ||
| Conservative | Ann Blake | 313 | 17.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Chambers | 266 | 14.4 | ||
| Conservative | Dave Martin | 251 | 13.6 | ||
| Conservative | Maz Uluhan | 163 | 8.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,185 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Baker | 1,026 | 59.1 | ||
| Labour | Emma Callaghan | 1,012 | 58.3 | ||
| Labour | Pat Reid* | 965 | 55.6 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Burke Terson* | 706 | 40.7 | ||
| Conservative | Lewis Smith | 605 | 34.8 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Cottrell | 558 | 32.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Howard | 200 | 11.5 | ||
| TUSC | Jack Huggins | 137 | 7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,285 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
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| Labourhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christopher Hilleard | 1,093 | 49.1 | ||
| Labour | Gillian Palmer | 1,082 | 48.6 | ||
| Labour | Ben Westwick | 1,001 | 44.9 | ||
| Conservative | Craig Rimmer* | 938 | 42.1 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Canham* | 907 | 40.7 | ||
| Conservative | Yetunde Adeshile* | 895 | 40.2 | ||
| Independent | Linda Harrison | 301 | 13.5 | ||
| Green | Steven Willis | 272 | 12.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Spowart | 193 | 8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,152 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gavin Callaghan | 990 | 60.9 | ||
| Labour | Jack Ferguson | 965 | 59.3 | ||
| Labour | Maryam Yaqub* | 820 | 50.4 | ||
| Conservative | Davida Ademuyiwa* | 532 | 32.7 | ||
| Conservative | Deepak Roy | 514 | 31.6 | ||
| Green | Ellie Matthewman | 319 | 19.6 | ||
| Independent | Simon Breedon | 305 | 18.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Jenkins | 243 | 14.9 | ||
| TUSC | Andrew Buxton | 190 | 11.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,950 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
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| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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* | 872 | 37.2 | ||
| Conservative | Carole Morris* | 794 | 33.9 | ||
| Conservative | Don Morris* | 720 | 30.7 | ||
| Labour | Joe Nemeth | 493 | 21.1 | ||
| Reform | Dave Collins | 447 | 19.1 | ||
| Green | Penny Wright | 337 | 14.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Manterfield | 235 | 10.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,253 | ||||
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| Wickford Ind.gain fromConservative | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickford Ind. | Alan Ball | 881 | 52.8 | ||
| Conservative | George Jeffery* | 853 | 51.2 | ||
| Wickford Ind. | David Harrison | 831 | 49.8 | ||
| Conservative | Yvonne Child* | 747 | 44.8 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Tagg | 666 | 39.9 | ||
| Labour | Peter Bunyan | 629 | 37.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Blake | 395 | 23.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,972 | ||||
| Wickford Ind.gain fromConservative | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Sarah-Jane Shields | 922 | 40.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lewis Hooper | 840 | 37.0 | +6.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Mott | 171 | 7.5 | –6.8 | |
| Wickford Ind. | Andrew Carter | 148 | 6.5 | –25.4 | |
| Labour | Wayne Milne | 146 | 6.4 | –16.4 | |
| Green | Penny Wright | 43 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 82 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,271 | 25.3 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 8,995 | ||||
| Reformgain fromWickford Ind. | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Sam Journet | 1,057 | 44.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Atkinson | 833 | 35.1 | –3.3 | |
| Conservative | Deepak Roy | 320 | 13.5 | –7.1 | |
| Green | Eleanor Matthewman | 82 | 3.5 | –8.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Chandler | 39 | 1.6 | –7.8 | |
| TUSC | Andrew Buxton | 26 | 1.1 | –6.3 | |
| SDP | Simon Breedon | 13 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 224 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,375 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 9,633 | ||||
| Reformgain fromLabour | |||||