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2022 Basildon Borough Council election

2022 UK local government election

2022 Basildon Borough Council election

← 2021 4 May 2022 (2022-05-04) 2023 →
14 out of 41 seats to Basildon Borough Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 22 seats, 48.7% 11 seats, 22.9% Seats won 10 2 Seats after 22 10 Seat change 1 Popular vote 16,325 7,861 Percentage 49.0% 23.6% Swing 0.3% 0.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Wickford Ind. Last election 6 seats, 10.0% 2 seats, 2.6% Seats won 2 0 Seats after 7 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 3,147 2,133 Percentage 9.5% 6.4% Swing 0.5% 3.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Basildon Borough Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2022 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Basildon Borough CouncilinEssex.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary[edit]

2022 Basildon Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10		71.4	12	22	53.7	16,325	49.0	+0.3
	Labour	2	1	14.3	8	10	24.4	7,861	23.6	+0.7
	Independent	2	1	14.3	5	7	17.1	3,147	9.5	-0.5
	Wickford Ind.	0		0.0	2	2	4.9	2,133	6.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,528	10.6	+1.6
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	157	0.5	-0.9
	British Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	100	0.3	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	47	0.1	N/A

Ward results[edit]

Billericay East[edit]

Billericay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Schrader	2,062	67.1	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Clark	604	19.7	+9.1
	Labour	Peter Bunyan	405	13.2	-3.8
Majority			1,458	47.4
Turnout			3,071	32.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Billericay West[edit]

Billericay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hedley	2,005	56.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Nicklin	1,329	37.5	-7.2
	Labour	Sally Bunyan	206	5.8	+0.5
Majority			676	19.1
Turnout			3,540	37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Burstead[edit]

Burstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Baggott	1,948	65.7	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Daffin	687	23.2	+11.7
	Labour	Malcolm Reid	332	11.2	-1.4
Majority			1,261	42.5
Turnout			2,967	33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.0

Crouch[edit]

Crouch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terri Sargent	1,311	76.3	+4.8
	Labour	Tracey Hilton	408	23.7	+8.1
Majority			903	52.6
Turnout			1,719	25.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Fryerns[edit]

Fryerns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Kirkman	1,074	56.3	+15.3
	Conservative	Sandeep Sandhu	624	32.7	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	209	11.0	+8.2
Majority			450	23.6
Turnout			1,907	18.2
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

Laindon Park[edit]

Laindon Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Henry	1,123	51.8	-2.8
	Labour	David Goddard	763	35.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen McCarthy	136	6.3	+2.8
	British Democrats	Christopher Bateman	100	4.6	N/A
	TUSC	David Murray	47	2.2	N/A
Majority			360	16.6
Turnout			2,169	21.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Langdon Hills[edit]

Langdon Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Walter Brown	1,201	50.3	+17.1
	Conservative	Christopher Allen	883	37.0	-6.0
	Labour	Clarence Zwengunde	237	9.9	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher May	68	2.8	-8.4
Majority			318	13.3
Turnout			2,389	34.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	11.6

Lee Chapel North[edit]

Lee Chapel North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susanna Caira-Neeson	1,006	55.5	+16.5
	Conservative	Deepak Shukla	649	35.8	-1.4
	Reform UK	Norma Saggers	157	8.7	+3.7
Majority			357	19.7
Turnout			1,812	17.9
	Labour hold		Swing	9.0

Nethermayne[edit]

Nethermayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kerry Smith	1,946	69.8	+24.1
	Labour	Dylan Wright	402	14.4	-2.2
	Conservative	Chima Okorafor	334	12.0	-8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nice	106	3.8	+0.2
Majority			1,544	55.4
Turnout			2,788	26.8
	Independent hold		Swing	13.2

Pitsea North West[edit]

Pitsea North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Gascoyne	931	47.1	+5.3
	Labour	Jack Ferguson	911	46.1	-0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	133	6.7	+4.0
Majority			20	1.0
Turnout			1,975	21.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	2.9

Pitsea South East[edit]

Pitsea South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Mackenzie	1,327	59.7	+12.6
	Labour	Michael Baker	896	40.3	-4.4
Majority			431	19.4
Turnout			2,223	24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.5

Wickford Castledon[edit]

Wickford Castledon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Myers	1,030	52.1	-1.9
	Labour	Matthew Wright	458	23.2	+11.1
	Wickford Ind.	Charles Sansom	420	21.3	-12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Mott	68	3.4	N/A
Majority			572	28.9
Turnout			1,976	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Wickford North[edit]

Wickford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Holliman	1,224	41.6	-1.0
	Wickford Ind.	Trevor Hammond	1,115	37.9	-7.0
	Labour	Joseph Nemeth	415	14.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Hoad	188	6.4	N/A
Majority			109	3.7
Turnout			2,942	28.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

Wickford Park[edit]

Wickford Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Jeffrey	874	48.0	+19.1
	Wickford Ind.	Alan Ball	598	32.9	-38.2
	Labour	Brenda Webb	348	19.1	N/A
Majority			276	15.1
Turnout			1,820	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	28.7

By-elections[edit]

Nethermayne[edit]

References[edit]