2024 Basildon Borough Council election

2024 Basildon Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Maryam Yaqub Andrew Baggott Party Labour Conservative Last election 10 seats, 29.1% 26 seats, 38.8% Seats before 9 26 Seats won 18 13 Seat change 9 13 Popular vote 22,783 34,614 Percentage 25.5% 38.7% Swing 3.6% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Party Independent Wickford Ind. Last election 5 seats, 7.7% 1 seat, 7.7% Seats before 6 1 Seats won 6 5 Seat change 4 Popular vote 10,462 4,839 Percentage 11.7% 5.4% Swing 4.0% 2.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Basildon Borough Council election
Leader before election Andrew Baggott Conservative Leader after election Gavin Callaghan Labour No overall control

The 2024 Basildon Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 42 members to the council were up for election.

Background

The council usually elects members in thirds every year except the 4th in a four-year cycle. However, due to a boundary review of the wards by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, all 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council are up for election. At the previous election, held in 2023, the Conservative Party increased their majority by 1 seat, for a total of 26 seats held by the party, keeping the council under Conservative control.

Pre-Election Composition

Party		Seats
	Conservatives	26
	Labour	9
	Independents	6
	Wickford Independent	1

Summary

Prior to the election, the council was under Conservative majority control.

Following the election, the council went under no overall control, with Labour being the largest party. Labour changed its group leader after the election, with Gavin Callaghan replacing Maryam Yaqub. He went on to be appointed leader 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.

Candidate by party

Conservative Party (38/42)

Labour Party (26/42)

Liberal Democrats (20/42)

Green Party (12/42)

Independent (10/42)

TUSC (5/42)

Wickford Ind. (5/42)

Reform UK (1/42)

British Democratic (1/42)

Election result

2024 Basildon Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	18	9	42.9	0	18	42.9	22,783	25.5	–3.6
	Conservative	13	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	4	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 UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	447	0.5	+0.1

Ward results

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.

Billericay East

Billericay East (3 seats)

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
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Billericay West

Billericay West (3 seats)

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
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Burstead

Burstead (3 seats)

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
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Castledon & Crouch

Castledon & Crouch (3 seats)

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
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fryerns

Fryerns (3 seats)

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
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Laindon Park

Laindon Park (3 seats)

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
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills (3 seats)

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
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent win (new seat)

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North (3 seats)

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
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Independent

Nethermayne

Nethermayne (3 seats)

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
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West (3 seats)

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
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East (3 seats)

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
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

St. Martin's

St. Martin's (3 seats)

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
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold
	Labour win (new seat)

Wickford North

Wickford North (3 seats)

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 UK	Dave Collins	447	19.1
	Green	Penny Wright	337	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Manterfield	235	10.0
Registered electors			10,253
	Wickford Ind. hold
	Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative
	Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative

Wickford Park

Wickford Park (3 seats)

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 from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Wickford Ind. gain from Conservative