Basildon District Council election, 2010

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Map of the results of the 2010 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning half of the votes cast.[3] This enabled them to win 11 seats, compared to 2 for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats.[3] With the election having taken place at the same time as the general election, turnout was 64%, a rise from the 29% recorded at the 2008 election.[3]

Basildon Local Election Result 2010[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 11 0 0 0 78.6 49.6 36,551 +2.1%
  Labour 2 0 0 0 14.3 21.4 15,766 +0.6%
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 0 7.1 18.3 13,465 +6.8%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 5,308 -6.9%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 2,587 +1.5%

Ward results

Billericay East[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Archer 4,084 61.1 -4.7
Liberal Democrat Nigel Horn 1,360 20.3 +5.7
Labour Patricia Reid 737 11.0 +4.0
UKIP Susan McCaffery 308 4.6 -0.6
BNP Geoffrey McCarthy 196 2.9 -4.6
Majority 2,724 40.7 -10.5
Turnout 6,685 74 +42
Conservative hold Swing
Billericay West[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Hedley 4,287 63.2 -7.9
Liberal Democrat Peter Fisher 1,262 18.6 +7.6
Labour Wendy Aitken 768 11.3 +3.4
UKIP Cherry Young 246 3.6 +0.3
BNP Michael Bateman 219 3.2 -3.4
Majority 3,025 44.6 -15.5
Turnout 6,782 73 +41
Conservative hold Swing
Burstead[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Arnold 3,579 58.3 -6.6
Liberal Democrat Stewart Goshawk 1,028 16.7 +4.0
Labour Margaret Viney 707 11.5 +2.4
UKIP Terry Gandy 575 9.4 +9.4
BNP Irene Bateman 251 4.1 -9.3
Majority 2,551 41.5 -9.9
Turnout 6,140 73 +37
Conservative hold Swing
Crouch[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terri Sargent 2,660 62.4 -6.1
Labour Sarah Davies 669 15.7 +4.3
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Taylor 590 13.8 +6.8
BNP Anthony Gladwin 344 8.1 -5.0
Majority 1,991 46.7 -8.7
Turnout 4,263 67 +37
Conservative hold Swing
Fryerns[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Archibald 1,880 36.6 -3.5
Conservative Hayley Rogers 1,585 30.8 +5.6
Liberal Democrat Arnold Lutton 822 16.0 +6.1
BNP Leonard Heather 579 11.3 -13.6
UKIP David Sheppard 276 5.4 +5.4
Majority 295 5.7 -9.2
Turnout 5,142 56 +29
Labour hold Swing
Laindon Park[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dornan 2,135 43.1 -2.0
Labour Trevor Wahlen 1,497 30.2 +1.0
Liberal Democrat Philip Jenkins 830 16.8 +8.3
BNP Tony Parry 488 9.9 -7.2
Majority 638 12.9 -3.0
Turnout 4,950 59 +32
Conservative hold Swing
Langdon Hills[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandra Hillier 2,594 54.1 -3.5
Labour Thomas Kirkman 875 18.3 +4.4
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Grant 769 16.0 +9.6
UKIP Imelda Clancy 307 6.4 -1.0
BNP Thomas Beaney 248 5.2 -4.4
Majority 1,719 35.9 -7.8
Turnout 4,793 70 +40
Conservative hold Swing
Lee Chapel North[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Bennett 1,818 37.4 -6.4
Conservative Sam Browne 1,649 33.9 +6.7
Liberal Democrat Stephen Nice 855 17.6 +10.4
BNP Philip Howell 536 11.0 -5.1
Majority 169 3.5 -13.1
Turnout 4,858 56 +31
Labour hold Swing
Nethermayne[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Linda Williams 2,017 36.4 -6.6
Conservative Stephen Foster 1,727 31.2 +7.1
Labour Hyman Witzer 1,312 23.7 +6.6
BNP Carolyn Rossiter 487 8.8 -7.0
Majority 290 5.2 -13.8
Turnout 5,543 63 +30
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Pitsea North West[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ron Livesey 1,654 34.1 -6.6
Labour David Kirkman 1,508 31.1 -0.8
Liberal Democrat Martin Howard 770 15.9 +15.9
BNP Raymond Pearce 460 9.5 -6.4
UKIP Terry McBride 453 9.3 -2.2
Majority 146 3.0 -5.9
Turnout 4,845 53 +28
Conservative hold Swing
Pitsea South East[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Abrahall 1,973 39.7 -12.3
Labour Daniel Blaney 1,577 31.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Vivien Howard 576 11.6 +4.5
UKIP Kerry Smith 422 8.5 +8.5
BNP Kevin Swaby 417 8.4 -7.5
Majority 396 8.0 -19.0
Turnout 4,965 58 +31
Conservative hold Swing
Wickford Castledon[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Buckley 2,495 59.3 +12.0
Labour Alwyn Birch 728 17.3 +7.1
Liberal Democrat Emma Peall 711 16.9 +16.9
BNP Michael Keeble 273 6.5 -5.7
Majority 1,767 42.0 +25.0
Turnout 4,207 69 +32
Conservative hold Swing
Wickford North[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Ball 3,580 58.1 +15.0
Liberal Democrat Richard Stokkereit 1,073 17.4 +12.1
Labour Santa Bennett 1,013 16.4 +8.5
BNP David King 497 8.1 -1.9
Majority 2,507 40.7 +31.2
Turnout 6,163 66 +35
Conservative hold Swing
Wickford Park[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Morris 2,549 58.7 -6.0
Liberal Democrat Michael Woods 802 18.5 +18.5
Labour Colin Payn 677 15.6 +0.9
BNP Paul Maylin 313 7.2 +7.2
Majority 1,747 40.2 -3.8
Turnout 4,341 64 +39
Conservative hold Swing

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