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2023 Basildon Borough Council election

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14 out of 42 seats toBasildon Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Baggott Maryam Yaqub Party Conservative Labour Last election 23 seats, 49.0% 10 seats, 23.6% Seats before 25 10 Seats won 6 6 Seats after 26 10 Seat change 1 Popular vote 11,111 8,342 Percentage 38.8% 29.1% Swing 10.2% 5.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Kerry Smith David Harrison Party Independent Wickford Ind. Last election 7 seats, 9.5% 2 seats, 6.4% Seats before 5 2 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 5 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,202 2,219 Percentage 7.7% 7.7% Swing 1.8% 1.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Basildon Borough Council election
Leader before election Andrew Baggott Conservative Leader after election Andrew Baggott Conservative

The2023 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members ofBasildon Borough Council inEssex,England.^[1] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections in England.

The council remained under Conservative control.^[2]

2023 Basildon Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	42.9	20	26	59.1	11,111	38.8	–10.2
	Labour	6		42.9	4	10	22.7	8,342	29.1	+5.5
	Independent	1		7.1	4	5	15.9	2,202	7.7	–1.8
	Wickford Ind.	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.3	2,219	7.7	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,808	13.3	+2.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	526	1.1	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	184	0.6	+0.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	120	0.4	–0.1
	British Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	89	0.3	±0.0
	Breakthrough Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	55	0.2	N/A

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Basildon Borough Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.^[3]

Billericay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dadds*	1,703	60.4	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Clark	592	21.0	+1.3
	Labour	Peter Bunyan	525	18.6	+5.4
Majority			1,111	39.4	–8.0
Turnout			2,831	30.0	–2.5
Registered electors			9,432
	Conservativehold		Swing	4.0

Billericay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Lawrence*	1,523	51.4	–5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris May	1,062	35.9	–1.6
	Labour	Gillian Palmer	208	7.0	+1.2
	Green	Andrew Brennan	168	5.7	N/A
Majority			461	15.5	–3.6
Turnout			2,980	31.6	–6.0
Registered electors			9,429
	Conservativehold		Swing	1.8

Burstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Blake*	1,574	60.7	–5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Daffin	533	20.6	–2.6
	Labour	Malcolm Reid	318	12.3	+1.1
	Green	Stewart Goshawk	166	6.4	N/A
Majority			1,041	40.1	–2.4
Turnout			2,607	29.8	–4.1
Registered electors			8,760
	Conservativehold		Swing	1.2

Fryerns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Davies*	1,165	63.6	+7.3
	Conservative	Saneep Sandhu	505	27.6	–5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	161	8.8	–2.2
Majority			660	36.0	+12.4
Turnout			1,849	17.5	–0.7
Registered electors			10,580
	Labourhold		Swing	6.2

Laindon Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Joseph	754	35.4	+0.2
	Conservative	Christopher Allen	729	34.3	–17.5
	Independent	Tina Arnold	307	14.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen McCarthy	101	4.7	–1.6
	Green	Oliver McCarthy	93	4.4	N/A
	British Democrats	Christopher Bateman	89	4.2	N/A
	Breakthrough Party	Phil Rackley	55	2.6	N/A
Majority			25	1.1	N/A
Turnout			2,135	21.4	–0.3
Registered electors			9,979
	Labourhold		Swing	8.9

Lee Chapel North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Webb	954	59.6	+20.6
	Conservative	Martyn Mordecai	468	29.2	–8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Chandler	180	11.2	+6.6
Majority			486	30.4	+28.6
Turnout			1,619	15.9	–8.3
Registered electors			10,163
	Labourhold		Swing	14.3

Nethermayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mo Larkin*	1,560	66.3	–3.5
	Labour	Calum Caira-Neeson	450	19.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Stanley Edemakhiota	226	9.6	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nice	116	4.9	+1.1
Majority			1,110	47.2	–8.2
Turnout			2,363	22.3	–4.5
Registered electors			10,592
	Independenthold		Swing	4.1

Pitsea North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Reid*	872	49.3	+3.2
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	675	38.2	–8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	121	6.8	+0.1
	Green	Rainbow Serina	99	5.6	N/A
Majority			197	11.1	N/A
Turnout			1,781	19.3	–2.0
Registered electors			9,245
	Labourhold		Swing	6.1

Pitsea South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Rimmer*	915	40.9	–18.8
	Labour	Matthew Wright	896	40.1	–0.2
	Independent	Iurie Cojocaru	335	15.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lancaster	90	4.0	N/A
Majority			19	0.8	–18.6
Turnout			2,247	24.7	+0.5
Registered electors			9,088
	Conservativehold		Swing	9.3

St Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maryam Yaqub*	628	51.6	+13.3
	Conservative	Deepak Shukla	322	26.4	–13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	149	12.2	+7.5
	TUSC	Andrew Buxton	119	9.8	N/A
Majority			306	25.2	+24.0
Turnout			1,225	17.5	–7.7
Registered electors			7,003
	Labourhold		Swing	13.2

Vange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melissa McGeorge*	630	52.5	+13.6
	Conservative	Lewis Smith	436	36.4	–8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Smith	68	5.7	+2.7
	TUSC	Dave Murray	65	5.4	N/A
Majority			194	16.1	N/A
Turnout			1,209	17.1	–6.4
Registered electors			7,061
	Labourhold		Swing	11.1

Wickford Castledon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Morris*	668	37.8	–14.3
	Wickford Ind.	David Harrison*	442	25.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Mott	390	22.1	+18.7
	Labour	Francesca Rothery	266	15.1	–8.1
Majority			226	12.8	–16.1
Turnout			1,766	27.4	–1.0
Registered electors			6,439
	Conservativehold		Swing	9.0

Wickford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wickford Ind.	Eunice Brockman*	1,180	45.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Mike Metcalfe	754	28.9	–12.7
	Labour	James Wood	389	14.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Hoad	162	6.2	–0.2
	Reform UK	Dave Collins	120	4.6	N/A
Majority			426	16.4	N/A
Turnout			2,609	25.4	–3.0
Registered electors			10,288
	Wickford Ind.hold		Swing	10.1

Wickford Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Child	613	38.8	–9.2
	Wickford Ind.	Trevor Hammond	597	37.8	+4.9
	Labour	Dylan Wright	287	18.2	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Blake	83	5.3	N/A
Majority			16	1.0	–14.1
Turnout			1,585	21.6	–3.0
Registered electors			7,342
	Conservativegain fromWickford Ind.		Swing	7.1

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