2021 Basildon Borough Council election

2021 Basildon Borough Council election

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14 of the 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Independent Seats before 18 14 7 Seats won 4 0 0 Seats after 22 12 6 Seat change 4 2 1   Fourth party   Party UKIP Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seats after 0 Seat change 1
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2021 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

The 2021 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party regained control of the council from no overall control.

2021 Basildon Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	4	66.7	12	22	52.4	19,155	48.7	+5.6
	Labour	3	2	20.0	9	12	28.6	8,991	22.9	-1.5
	Independent	2	1	13.3	4	6	14.3	3,918	10.0	-0.7
	Wickford Independents	0		0.0	2	2	4.8	1,035	2.6	-7.9
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,526	9.0	-0.4
	BCRP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,971	5.0	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	534	1.4	New
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	153	0.4	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	57	0.1	±0.0

BCRP = Basildon Community Residents Party

Billericay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Sullivan	2,412	69.9	+5.8
	Labour	Tracey Hilton	585	17.0	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Manterfield	364	10.6	+2.6
	UKIP	Susan McCaffery	88	2.6	N/A
Majority			1,827	52.9	+8.9
Turnout			3,449	36.3	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Billericay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Turner	1,885	50.0	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Sainsbury	1,687	44.7	+5.3
	Labour	David Goddard	199	5.3	−2.8
Majority			198	5.3	−7.8
Turnout			3,771	39.8	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.9

Burstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Moore	2,394	75.9	−7.0
	Labour	Malcolm Reid	397	12.6	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Clark	362	11.5	N/A
Majority			1,997	63.3	−2.4
Turnout			3,153	35.8	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Crouch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Allen	1,428	71.5	−2.7
	Labour	Mark Burton-Sampson	312	15.6	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Blake	100	5.0	N/A
	Independent	Sean Barlow	90	4.5	N/A
	Reform UK	Neil Huntley	67	3.4	N/A
Majority			1,116	55.9	+0.5
Turnout			1,997	29.4	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

Fryerns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adele Brown	974	41.0	−14.3
	Conservative	Sandeep Sandhu	786	33.1	+3.2
	BCRP	Jim Howard	337	14.2	N/A
	Reform UK	Max Woodrow	210	8.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Viv Howard	66	2.8	−12.0
Majority			188	7.9	−17.5
Turnout			2,373	22.4	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Laindon Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Wingfield	1,545	54.6	+21.5
	Labour	Angela Stanbrook	765	27.0	−8.5
	Independent	Tony Low	155	5.5	−25.5
	BCRP	Mark Dale	144	5.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen McCarthy	100	3.5	N/A
	UKIP	Fred Southgate	65	2.3	N/A
	For Britain	Christopher Bateman	57	2.0	N/A
Majority			780	27.6	+25.1
Turnout			2,831	28.2	+5.2
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	15.0

Lee Chapel North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Harrison	966	39.0	−13.6
	Conservative	Deepak Shukla	921	37.2	+10.8
	BCRP	Kay Quested	354	14.3	N/A
	Reform UK	Lewis Fripp	123	5.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chandler	113	4.6	−16.4
Majority			45	1.8	−24.4
Turnout			2,477	24.2	+7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	12.2

Pitsea North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Callaghan	1,101	46.6	−1.8
	Conservative	Stuart Terson	987	41.8	+3.7
	BCRP	Jake Hogg	213	9.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	63	2.7	−10.8
Majority			114	4.8	−5.5
Turnout			2,364	25.0	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Pitsea South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Canham	1,305	47.1	−4.9
	Labour	Andrew Ansell	1,238	44.7	+5.4
	Reform UK	Daniel Tooley	95	3.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lancaster	73	2.6	−6.1
	Independent	Simon Breedon	61	2.2	N/A
Majority			67	2.4	−10.3
Turnout			2,772	29.9	+3.9
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	5.2

St. Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Davida Ademuyiwa	697	39.5	+4.8
	Labour	David Burton-Sampson	675	38.3	−9.1
	BCRP	Patricia Rackley	309	17.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	83	4.7	−13.2
Majority			22	1.2	—
Turnout			1,764	25.2	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	7.0

Vange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yetunde Adeshile	749	44.9	+12.3
	Labour	Aidan McGurran	648	38.9	−4.9
	BCRP	Phil Rackley	220	13.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Smith	50	3.0	N/A
Majority			101	6.0	—
Turnout			1,667	23.5	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.6

Wickford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Morris	1,611	52.3	+9.7
	Wickford Ind.	Alan Ball	1,035	33.6	−11.3
	Labour	Gillian Palmer	328	10.7	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Hoad	104	3.4	N/A
Majority			576	18.7	—
Turnout			3,078	29.5	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.5

By-election caused by the resignation of incumbent Labour councillor Gavin Callaghan.

Pitsea North West: 29 July 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Terson	794	56.5	+14.7
	Labour	Aidan McGurran	430	30.6	−16.0
	BCRP	Jake Hogg	82	5.8	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	57	4.1	+1.4
	Reform UK	Daniel Tooley	23	1.6	New
	For Britain	Christopher Bateman	19	1.4	New
Majority			364	25.9	N/A
Turnout			1,405	14.8	−10.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	15.4

Lee Chapel North: 25 November 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Webb	451	39.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Deepak Shukla	395	34.8	−2.4
	BCRP	Kay Quested	135	11.9	−2.4
	Reform UK	Frank Ferguson	98	8.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Chandler	55	4.8	+0.3
Majority			56	5.0	+3.2
Turnout			1,136	11.2	−13.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6