1984 Basildon District Council election

1984 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]

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3 May 1984

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14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Alliance
Seats before	24	13	3
Seats won	9	4	1
Seats after	24	15	3
Seat change		2
Popular vote	19,288	15,612	9,450
Percentage	42.6%	34.5%	20.9%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1984 Basildon Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour Party

Council control after election

Labour Party

The 1984 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 1984 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1980. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held since 1982.

Overall results[edit]

1984 Basildon District Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	0	0		64.3	42.6	19,288	3.2
	Conservative	4	3	1	2	28.6	34.5	15,612	1.3
	Alliance	1	1	0	1	7.1	20.9	9,450	12.5
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	601	New
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	297	New
Total		14						45,248

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1980 election.

Ward results[edit]

Billericay East[edit]

Billericay East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Patrick	2,047	61.8%
	Labour	I. Harlow	646	19.5%
	Alliance	A. Edwards	618	18.7%
Turnout				38.4%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Billericay West[edit]

Billericay West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. White	2,163	64.9%
	Alliance	G. Taylor	778	23.3%
	Labour	A. Charley	394	11.8%
Turnout				41.1%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Burstead[edit]

Burstead^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. Leask	1,939	53.3%
	Alliance	G. Cronkshaw	1,044	28.7%
	Labour	M. Baker	656	18.0%
Turnout				43.7%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Fryerns Central[edit]

Fryerns Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. O'Brien	2,094	63.7%
	Independent Liberal	J. White	601	18.3%
	Conservative	R. Sheridan	591	18.0%
Turnout				%
	Labour hold

Fryerns East[edit]

Fryerns East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Harrison	1,860	71.9%
	Conservative	G. Penvere	526	20.3%
	Alliance	J. Smith	201	7.8%
Turnout				31.2%
	Labour hold

Laindon[edit]

Laindon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Rackley	1,602	48.7%
	Conservative	G. Buckenham	1,406	42.7%
	Alliance	B. Simmons	284	8.6%
Turnout				41.5%
	Labour hold

Langdon Hills[edit]

Langdon Hills^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Bielby	1,196	43.0%
	Alliance	P. Richardson	881	31.7%
	Conservative	R. Dutton	706	25.4%
Turnout				37.6%
	Labour hold

Lee Chapel North[edit]

Lee Chapel North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Fitzgibbon	1,996	61.1%
	Alliance	K. Neil	742	22.7%
	Conservative	J. Jenkinson	528	16.2%
Turnout				40.8%
	Labour hold

Nethermayne[edit]

Nethermayne^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Buckley	1,690	42.8%
	Alliance	G. Williams	1,310	33.2%
	Conservative	T. Hall	950	24.1%
Turnout				49.8%
	Labour hold

Pitsea East[edit]

Pitsea East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Hodge	2,106	64.7%
	Conservative	E. Dines	961	29.5%
	Alliance	R. Hawksworth	190	5.8%
Turnout				37.5%
	Labour hold

Pitsea West[edit]

Pitsea West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Marks	2,136	74.1%
	Conservative	P. Tomkins	554	19.2%
	Alliance	S. Saunders	194	6.7%
Turnout				32.6%
	Labour hold

Vange[edit]

Vange^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Witzer	1,527	66.7%
	Conservative	J. Coombs	529	23.1%
	Alliance	A. Scott	232	10.1%
Turnout				29.6%
	Labour hold

Wickford North[edit]

Wickford North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Britnell	1,570	46.8%
	Labour	C. Wilson	987	29.4%
	Alliance	M. Birch	801	23.9%
Turnout				40.3%
	Conservative hold

Wickford South[edit]

Wickford South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	G. Palmer	2,175	54.2%
	Conservative	G. Jones	1,142	28.5%
	Labour	D. Saxby	398	9.9%
	Ind. Conservative	D. Edwards	297	7.4%
Turnout				49.1%
	Alliance gain from Conservative

References[edit]

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1984". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Basildon District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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