2012 Basildon Borough Council election
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15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of the results of the 2012 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Basildon Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council seats was to be elected.
Overall results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 7 | 0 | 4 | ![]() |
46.7 | 38.4 | 11,354 | ![]() | |
Labour | 7 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
46.7 | 32.6 | 9,614 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 8.1 | 2,401 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 17.3 | 5,121 | ![]() | |
British Freedom | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.3 | 87 | ![]() | |
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.3 | 94 | New | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 107 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.6 | 756 | ![]() | |
Total | 15 | 35,967 |
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2008 election.
Ward results
[edit]Billericay East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Bryan | 1,502 | 57.5 | −6.6 | |
UKIP | Susan McCaffery | 409 | 15.7 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Patricia Reid | 383 | 14.7 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Horn | 316 | 12.1 | −1 | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | ||||
Majority | 1093 | 41.8 | −8.82 | ||
Turnout | 2610 | 29 | −15.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.05 |
Billericay West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daniel Lawrence | 1,688 | 62.5 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Philip Turner | 1648 | |||
UKIP | Terrence Gandy | 574 | 21.3 | +18.0 | |
Labour | Santa Bennet | 380 | 18.1 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Andrew Buxton | 257 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John James | 321 | 11.9 | +0.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 18 | ||||
Majority | 1114 | 41.3 | −18.3 | ||
Turnout | 2701 | 29 | −14.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Burstead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Moore | 1,517 | 62.5 | −2.4 | |
UKIP | Cherry Young | 396 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Labour | Elaine McDonald | 359 | 14.8 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Williams | 155 | 6.4 | −6.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 13 | ||||
Majority | 1121 | 46.2 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 2427 | 28 | −15.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Crouch
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Allen | 888 | 61 | −1 | |
Labour | Sarah Davies | 299 | 20 | −4 | |
UKIP | Graham Starling | 279 | 19 | 19 | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | ||||
Majority | 589 | 40.2 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 1466 | 23 | −44 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Fryerns
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adele Brown | 1,097 | 55 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Tina Arnold | 399 | 20 | −5.5 | |
UKIP | David Sheppard | 366 | 18 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Arnold Lutton | 137 | 7 | −1.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Majority | 698 | ||||
Turnout | 2012 | 21 | −9.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Laindon Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Scarola | 867 | 41 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | Frank Tomlin | 691 | 33 | −16.1 | |
UKIP | Mark Ellis | 388 | 19 | 19 | |
British Freedom | Tony Harris | 87 | 4 | 4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Grant | 61 | 3 | −4.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 6 | ||||
Majority | 176 | ||||
Turnout | 2094 | 25 | −7.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Langdon Hills
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Hillier | 879 | 43 | −11 | |
Labour | Jenefer Taylor | 651 | 32 | 14 | |
UKIP | Andy Ager | 377 | 18 | 12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Grant | 108 | 5 | −11 | |
Independent | Matthew Ing | 44 | 2 | 2 | |
Rejected ballots | 3 | ||||
Majority | 228 | 11 | −24.8 | ||
Turnout | 2062 | 30 | −40 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.5 |
Lee Chapel North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynda Gordon | 1,048 | 54 | −0.9 | |
UKIP | Frank Ferguson | 359 | 18 | 18 | |
Conservative | Craig Rimmer | 343 | 18 | −10.8 | |
National Front | Thomas Beaney | 107 | 6 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Nice | 85 | 4 | −2.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Majority | 689 | ||||
Turnout | 1942 | 22 | −7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Nethermayne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Geoff Williams | 899 | 36 | 11.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Swatantra Nandanwar | 578 | 23 | −7.2 | |
UKIP | Kerry Smith | 573 | 23 | 2.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Schrader | 427 | 17 | −6.1 | |
X None of the Above | 36 | 1 | −1.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 2517 | ||||
Majority | 321 | ||||
Turnout | 2517 | 28 | −6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Pitsea North West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gavin Callaghan | 932 | 49 | 1.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Baggott | 564 | 29 | −0.9 | |
UKIP | Terry McBride | 323 | 17 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Howard | 97 | 5 | −1.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | ||||
Majority | 368 | ||||
Turnout | 1923 | 21 | −4.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Pitsea South East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Aidan McGurran | 933 | 41 | 2.6 | |
Conservative | Ann Blake | 876 | 39 | −4.6 | |
UKIP | Imelda Clancy | 375 | 16 | 2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Viv Howard | 91 | 4 | 0 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | ||||
Majority | 9 | ||||
Turnout | 2284 | 27 | −6.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Martin's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phillip William | 759 | 58 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Tony Low | 248 | 19 | −13 | |
UKIP | Peter Wood | 229 | 17 | 17 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clare Nice | 80 | 6 | −4.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | ||||
Majority | 511 | ||||
Turnout | 1322 | 22 | −7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vange
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Byron Taylor | 919 | 59 | 6.7 | |
Conservative | Luke MacKenzie | 320 | 20 | −6.6 | |
UKIP | Becky Ager | 274 | 18 | 1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Jenkins | 51 | 3 | −1.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | ||||
Majority | 599 | ||||
Turnout | 1564 | 23 | −7.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wickford North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carole Morris | 1,012 | 42 | −12.1 | |
Independent | Dave Harrison | 676 | 28 | 3 | |
Labour | Albert Ede | 409 | 17 | 0.4 | |
UKIP | Trevor Malsbury | 199 | 8 | 8 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Smith | 94 | 4 | 4 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | ||||
Majority | 336 | ||||
Turnout | 2399 | 25 | −12.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sources
[edit]https://web.archive.org/web/20120411150856/http://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3946&p=0 Statement of Persons Nominated
References
[edit]- ^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- ^ "Local Election Summaries 2012". The Elections Centre.
- ^ "England council elections". BBC News.