2015 Basildon Borough Council election

The 2015 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015, and took place alongside the UK General Election. One third of seats were up for election, with these seats last being contested in 2011. As a result of the election, the council remained in no overall control. The Conservative Party remained as the largest party, and formed a minority administration.

Results

Basildon Borough Council Election 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	0	0	0	57.1	42.6	31,401
	Labour	4	0	-2	-2	28.6	24.0	17,721
	UKIP	2	+2	0	+2	14.3	28.4	20,987
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	3,281
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	312
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	97

The turnout was 62.9%, and there were 376 ballots rejected.

Council Composition

Following the 2014 election, the composition of the council was:

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17	12	9	3	1
Conservative	UKIP	Labour	IND	L

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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18	11	9	2	1	1
Conservative	UKIP	Labour	IG	G	L

IND - Independent
IG - Independence Group
G - Green Party
L - Liberal Democrats

Ward Results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Billericay East

Billericay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Dadds*	4,085	60.6	−4.0
	UKIP	Herbert John Webb	1,076	16.0	+7.5
	Labour	Patricia Reid	878	13.0	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel John Horn	704	10.4	−2.6
Majority			3,009	44.6
Turnout			6,743	74.0	+29.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay West

Billericay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Lawrence	4,419	64.2	+4.9
	UKIP	Susan Patricia McCaffery	1,066	15.5	−0.8
	Labour	Andrew James Ansell	978	14.2	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Henry Richards	421	6.1	−3.9
Majority			3,353	48.7
Turnout			6,884	74.0	+30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstead

Burstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Blake*	3,898	62.4	−0.5
	UKIP	Paul John Downes	1,156	18.5	+8.6
	Labour	David Thomas Kirkman	828	13.3	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Williams	362	5.8	−4.8
Majority			43.9	2,742
Turnout			6,244	73.0	+29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fryerns

Fryerns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Robert Davies*	1,832	33.6	6.0
	UKIP	Cliff Hammans	1,749	32.1	+24.7
	Conservative	Sandra Elizabeth Hillier	1,638	30.1	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stanley Grant	169	3.1	+2.3
	TUSC	David James John Murray	58	1.1	N/A
Majority			83	1.5
Turnout			5,446	57.0	+26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Laindon Park

Laindon Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew James Barnes	1,871	35.2	−13.9
	UKIP	Anne Marie Waters	1,668	31.4	N/A
	Labour	Stephen Gillan	1,408	26.5	−16.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Francis Barnes-Challinor	226	4.3	−3.2
	Independent	Patricia Ann Rackley	136	2.6	N/A
Majority			203	3.8
Turnout			5,309	60.0	+27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Bennett	1,895	37.4	−17.5
	UKIP	Arthur John James	1,825	36.0	N/A
	Conservative	Nicole Carrie Schrader	1,131	22.3	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Nice	215	4.3	−2.4
Majority			70	1.4
Turnout			5,066	55.0	+25.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nethermayne

Nethermayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Stephen Michael Hodge	1,700	29.9	+9.7
	Conservative	Mark Anthony Coker	1,674	29.4	+6.3
	Labour	Andrew Forrest Gordon	1,518	26.7	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Jenkins	618	10.9	−13.6
	Independent	Pauline Patricia Kettle	176	3.1	N/A
Majority			26	0.5
Turnout			5,686	64.0	+29.1
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Gary Canham	1,731	35.2	+18.5
	Labour	Keith Bobbin*	1,611	32.8	−14.5
	Conservative	Ian David Dwyer	1,424	29.0	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Keith Howard	149	3.0	−3.1
Majority			120	2.4
Turnout			4,915	54.0	+28.5
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Louise Arnold	1,841	35.2	−8.4
	UKIP	Jose Carrion	1,637	31.3	+17.3
	Labour	David Edmund Burton-Sampson	1,572	30.1	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Jennifer Howard	177	3.4	−0.6
Majority			204	3.9
Turnout			5,227	60.0	+27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Martin's

St Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Charles Buxton	1,393	41.1	−16.7
	UKIP	Andrew Robert Morris	955	28.2	N/A
	Conservative	Stephanie Lucinda Hedley-Barnes	910	26.9	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Grant	130	3.8	−6.4
Majority			438	12.9
Turnout			3,388	56.0	+26.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Vange

Vange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melissa Anne McGeorge	1,289	36.0	−16.3
	UKIP	Michel May	1,136	31.7	+15.5
	Conservative	Tony Ball	1,009	28.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Mary Williams	110	3.0	−1.9
	TUSC	Samuel James Bennett	39	1.1	N/A
Majority			153	4.3
Turnout			3,583	53.0	+27.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wickford Castledon

Wickford Castledon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Morris	2,018	48.2	−11.5
	UKIP	Nigel de Lecq Le Gresley	1,529	36.5	N/A
	Labour	Jenefer Anne Taylor	641	15.3	−1.2
Majority			489	11.7
Turnout			4,188	68.0	29.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickford North

Wickford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Owen Mowe*	3,128	47.7	−6.4
	UKIP	Eunice Christine Brockman	2,285	34.8	N/A
	Labour	Albert Edward Ede	1,147	17.5	+0.9
Majority			843	12.7
Turnout			6,560	67.0	+29.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickford Park

Wickford Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Jackman*	2,355	51.7	−17.1
	UKIP	Derek Harrison	1,474	32.3	N/A
	Labour	Matthew Martin Whaley	731	16.0	−4.9
Majority			881	19.4
Turnout			4,560	55.0	+22.9
	Conservative hold		Swing