2000 Basildon District Council election

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.[3]

2000 Basildon District Council election[1][2]
4 May 2000
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

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives make gains from both Labour and Liberal Democrats[5] to go from 11 to 18 seats on the council.[6] This deprived Labour of a majority on the council after 5 years[5] and reduced Labour's lead over the Conservatives to just 2 seats.[6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost half their seats to fall to have just 4 councillors,[6] but were left with the balance of power.[5]

The Conservatives gained marginal seats in Basildon from Labour including Laindon, Langdon Hills and Pitsea East.[6] They also took all the seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Billericay and Wickford.[6]

Following the election the Liberal Democrat leader Geoff Williams said "issues will be decided on their merit and not on party politics".[6]

2000 Basildon Local Election Result[7]
Party 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
Location of Billericay East ward
Billericay East[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Alabaster[9] 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
Location of Billericay West ward
Billericay West[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Anthony Hedley[10] 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
Location of Burstead ward
Burstead[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Christopher Jackman[11] 1,551 64.3%
Liberal Democrats G. Bellard 542 22.5%
Labour M. Viney 319 13.2%
Turnout 27.9%
Conservative hold

Fryerns Central
Location of Fryerns Central ward
Fryerns Central[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Julia Palmer[12] 946 53.8%
Conservative W. Marck 558 31.7%
Liberal Democrats S. Dickinson 255 14.5%
Turnout 22.4%
Labour hold

Fryerns East
Location of Fryerns East ward
Fryerns East[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Janet Payn[13] 737
Labour Anthony Borlase[13] 703
Conservative D. Allen 519
Conservative R. Hyland 410
Liberal Democrats J. Lutton 194
Turnout 19.2%
Labour hold
Labour hold

Laindon
Location of Laindon ward
Laindon[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stuart Allen[14] 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
Location of Langdon Hills ward
Langdon Hills[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stephen Hillier[15] 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
Location of Lee Chapel North ward
Lee Chapel North[8]
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
Location of Nethermayne ward
Nethermayne[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Ben Williams[16] 1,067 45.5%
Conservative D. Walsh 647 27.6%
Labour A. Manning 631 26.9%
Turnout 34.2%
Liberal Democrats hold

Pitsea East
Location of Pitsea East ward
Pitsea East[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kevin Blake[17] 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
Location of Pitsea West ward
Pitsea West[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Richard Llewellyn[18] 919 57.6%
Conservative B. Larwood 677 42.4%
Turnout 19.7%
Labour hold

Vange
Location of Vange ward
Vange[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Phil Rackley[19] 645 48.1%
Conservative G. Johnson 528 39.3%
Liberal Democrats L. Williams 169 12.6%
Turnout 17.3%
Labour hold

Wickford North
Location of Wickford North ward
Wickford North[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Carole Morris[20] 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
Location of Wickford South ward
Wickford South[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Malcolm Buckley[21] 2,094 67.8%
Labour A. Ede 570 18.4%
Liberal Democrats W. Fane 426 13.8%
Turnout 25.5%
Conservative hold

References
  1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
  2. "Local Election Summaries 2000". The Elections Centre.
  3. "Basildon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  4. "Election special: Results". The Guardian. 6 May 2000. p. 8.
  5. "South Essex: Tories back in Southend after six years". Southend Standard. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  6. "Election round-up: Labour lose control in Basildon". Southend Standard. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  7. "Election results: local councils". The Times. 6 May 2000. p. 10.
  8. "Basildon District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. "Billericay East". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. "Billericay West". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  11. "Burstead". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 7 July 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  12. "Fryerns Central". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 24 February 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  13. "Fryerns East". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  14. "Laindon". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  15. "Langdon Hills". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  16. "Nethermayne". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  17. "Pitsea East". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  18. "Pitsea West". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  19. "Vange". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 24 May 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  20. "Wickford North". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  21. "Wickford South". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 6 October 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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