2000 Basildon District Council election

2000 UK local government election

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats before	23	11	8
Seats won	8	6	1
Seats after	20	18	4
Seat change	3	7	4
Popular vote	9,333	16,705	5,120
Percentage	29.5%	52.8%	16.2%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2000 Basildon Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2000 Basildon District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was the following:

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives make gains from both Labour and Liberal Democrats to go from 11 to 18 seats on the council. This deprived Labour of a majority on the council after 5 years and reduced Labour's lead over the Conservatives to just 2 seats. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost half their seats to fall to have just 4 councillors, but were left with the balance of power.

The Conservatives gained marginal seats in Basildon from Labour including Laindon, Langdon Hills and Pitsea East. They also took all the seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Billericay and Wickford.

Following the election, the Liberal Democrat leader Geoff Williams said "issues will be decided on their merit and not on party politics".

2000 Basildon Local Election Result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	6	0	6	53.3	52.8	16,705	22.5
Labour	6	0	3	3	40.0	29.5	9,333	16.4
Liberal Democrats	1	0	3	3	6.7	16.2	5,120	6.7
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	447	New
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	37	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1996 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Alabaster	1,675	66.3%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Bellard	583	23.1%
	Labour	P. Reid	269	10.6%
Turnout				28.4%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Billericay West

Billericay West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Hedley	2,022	66.7%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Taylor	800	26.4%
	Labour	L. Howard	210	6.9%
Turnout				28.6%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burstead

Burstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Jackman	1,551	64.3%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Bellard	542	22.5%
	Labour	M. Viney	319	13.2%
Turnout				27.9%
	Conservative hold

Fryerns Central

Fryerns Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julia Palmer	946	53.8%
	Conservative	W. Marck	558	31.7%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Dickinson	255	14.5%
Turnout				22.4%
	Labour hold

Fryerns East

Fryerns East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Payn	737
	Labour	Anthony Borlase	703
	Conservative	D. Allen	519
	Conservative	R. Hyland	410
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lutton	194
Turnout				19.2%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Laindon

Laindon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Allen	1,299	48.9%
	Conservative	W. Aitken	1,003	37.8%
	Liberal Democrats	V. Howard	276	10.4%
	Independent	A. Viccary	76	2.9%
Turnout				26.7%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	1,609	60.6%
	Labour	P. Garrad	725	27.3%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hersom	218	8.2%
	Independent	J. Richardson	67	2.5%
	Socialist Alternative	D. Murray	37	1.4%
Turnout				26.8%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Keefe	820	45.3%
	Conservative	S. Cleasby	632	34.9%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Williams	171	9.4%
	Independent	S. Chaney	123	6.8%
	Independent	M. Dale	64	3.5%
Turnout				24.3%
	Labour hold

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Williams	1,067	45.5%
	Conservative	D. Walsh	647	27.6%
	Labour	A. Manning	631	26.9%
Turnout				34.2%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Pitsea East

Pitsea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Blake	1,225	51.8%
	Labour	K. Woods	1,024	43.3%
	Independent	N. Richardson	117	4.9%
Turnout				22.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Pitsea West

Pitsea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Llewellyn	919	57.6%
	Conservative	B. Larwood	677	42.4%
Turnout				19.7%
	Labour hold

Vange

Vange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phil Rackley	645	48.1%
	Conservative	G. Johnson	528	39.3%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Williams	169	12.6%
Turnout				17.3%
	Labour hold

Wickford North

Wickford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carole Morris	1,669	64.1%
	Labour	C. Wilson	515	19.8%
	Liberal Democrats	I. Robertson	419	16.1%
Turnout				28.1%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Wickford South

Wickford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Buckley	2,094	67.8%
	Labour	A. Ede	570	18.4%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Fane	426	13.8%
Turnout				25.5%
	Conservative hold

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"Pitsea West". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
"Vange". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 24 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
"Wickford North". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
"Wickford South". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 6 October 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

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