2015 Basildon Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election August 2015 August 2015 2015 Basildon Borough Council election Parliamentary no yes 2014 Basildon Borough Council election 2014 2016 Basildon Borough Council election 2016 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon Borough Council 23 7 May 2015 Conservative Party (UK) 17 17 8 1 18 31,401 42.6% UKIP 12 10 2 1 11 20,987 28.4% Labour Party (UK) 9 9 4 2 9 17,721 24.0% Independent (politician) 0 2 0 2 312 0.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 0 1 3,281 4.5% Basildon UK local election 2015 map.svg 300px Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2015 Basildon Borough Council elections. Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control The 2015 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015, as part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections, 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 summary 2015 Basildon Borough Council Election Conservative Party (UK) 8 1 0 1 57.1 42.6 31,401 3.4 Labour Party (UK) 4 0 2 2 28.6 24.0 17,721 8.1 UK Independence Party 2 2 1 1 14.3 28.4 20,987 20.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 4.5 3,281 4.4 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 312 2.8 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 97 New The turnout was 62.9%, and there were 376 ballots rejected. All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2011 election. Council composition Following the 2014 election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 17 12 9 3 1 Conservative UKIP Labour IND L On the eve of the 2015 election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 17 10 9 3 2 1 Conservative UKIP Labour IND IG L After the election, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 18 11 9 2 1 Conservative UKIP Labour IG L IND - Independent IG - Independence Group L - Liberal Democrats Ward results An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election. Billericay East thumb|150px|Location of Billericay East ward Billericay Easthttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=138&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Billericay East, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) David John Dadds* 4,085 60.6 -4.0 UK Independence Party Herbert John Webb 1,076 16.0 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Reid 878 13.0 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nigel John Horn 704 10.4 -2.6 3,009 44.6 6,743 74.0 +29.8 Conservative Party (UK) Billericay West thumb|150px|Location of Billericay West ward Billericay Westhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=139&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Billericay West, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Lawrence 4,419 64.2 +4.9 UK Independence Party Susan Patricia McCaffery 1,066 15.5 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Andrew James Ansell 978 14.2 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Henry Richards 421 6.1 -3.9 3,353 48.7 6,884 74.0 +30.6 Conservative Party (UK) Burstead thumb|150px|Location of Burstead ward Bursteadhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=140&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Burstead, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Blake* 3,898 62.4 -0.5 UK Independence Party Paul John Downes 1,156 18.5 +8.6 Labour Party (UK) David Thomas Kirkman 828 13.3 -3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ben Williams 362 5.8 -4.8 43.9 2,742 6,244 73.0 +29.4 Conservative Party (UK) Fryerns thumb|150px|Location of Fryerns ward Fryernshttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=142&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Fryerns, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Labour Party (UK) Allan Robert Davies* 1,832 33.6 6.0 UK Independence Party Cliff Hammans 1,749 32.1 +24.7 Conservative Party (UK) Sandra Elizabeth Hillier 1,638 30.1 +13.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Stanley Grant 169 3.1 +2.3 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition David James John Murray 58 1.1 N/A 83 1.5 5,446 57.0 +26.9 Labour Party (UK) Laindon Park thumb|150px|Location of Laindon Park ward Laindon Parkhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=143&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Laindon Park, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew James Barnes 1,871 35.2 -13.9 UK Independence Party Anne Marie Waters 1,668 31.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Stephen Gillan 1,408 26.5 -16.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Francis Barnes-Challinor 226 4.3 -3.2 Independent (politician) Patricia Ann Rackley 136 2.6 N/A 203 3.8 5,309 60.0 +27.7 Conservative Party (UK) Lee Chapel North thumb|150px|Location of Lee Chapel North ward Lee Chapel Northhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=145&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Lee Chapel North, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Labour Party (UK) Alan Bennett 1,895 37.4 -17.5 UK Independence Party Arthur John James 1,825 36.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Nicole Carrie Schrader 1,131 22.3 -2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steve Nice 215 4.3 -2.4 70 1.4 5,066 55.0 +25.8 Labour Party (UK) Nethermayne thumb|150px|Location of Nethermayne ward Nethermaynehttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=146&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Nethermayne, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 UK Independence Party Stephen Michael Hodge 1,700 29.9 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Anthony Coker 1,674 29.4 +6.3 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Forrest Gordon* 1,518 26.7 -3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Phil Jenkins 618 10.9 -13.6 Independent (politician) Pauline Patricia Kettle 176 3.1 N/A 26 0.5 5,686 64.0 +29.1 UK Independence Party Labour Party (UK) Pitsea North West thumb|150px|Location of Pitsea North West ward Pitsea North Westhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=147&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Pitsea North West, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 UK Independence Party Gary Canham 1,731 35.2 +18.5 Labour Party (UK) Keith Bobbin* 1,611 32.8 -14.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ian David Dwyer 1,424 29.0 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Keith Howard 149 3.0 -3.1 120 2.4 4,915 54.0 +28.5 UK Independence Party Labour Party (UK) Pitsea South East thumb|150px|Location of Pitsea South East ward Pitsea South Easthttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=148&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Pitsea South East, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Amanda Louise Arnold 1,841 35.2 -8.4 UK Independence Party Jose Carrion 1,637 31.3 +17.3 Labour Party (UK) David Edmund Burton-Sampson 1,572 30.1 -8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivien Jennifer Howard 177 3.4 -0.6 204 3.9 5,227 60.0 +27.7 Conservative Party (UK) St Martin's thumb|150px|Location of St Martin's ward St Martin'shttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=152&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for St Martin's, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Charles Buxton 1,393 41.1 -16.7 UK Independence Party Andrew Robert Morris 955 28.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Stephanie Lucinda Hedley-Barnes 910 26.9 -5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liz Grant 130 3.8 -6.4 438 12.9 3,388 56.0 +26.5 Labour Party (UK) Vange thumb|150px|Location of Vange ward Vangehttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=153&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Vange, 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Labour Party (UK) Melissa Anne McGeorge 1,289 36.0 -16.3 UK Independence Party Michel May 1,136 31.7 +15.5 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Ball 1,009 28.2 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Mary Williams 110 3.0 -1.9 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Samuel James Bennett 39 1.1 N/A 153 4.3 3,583 53.0 +27.3 Labour Party (UK) Wickford Castledon thumb|150px|Location of Wickford Castleton ward Wickford Castledonhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=149&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Wickford Castledon, 7 May 2015 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Don Morris 2,018 48.2 -11.5 UK Independence Party Nigel de Lecq Le Gresley 1,529 36.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) Jenefer Anne Taylor 641 15.3 -1.2 489 11.7 4,188 68.0 29.1 Conservative Party (UK) Note: The ward had been won by the Conservatives at the last regular election in 2011, but gained by UKIP in a by-election in 2013.http://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=114&RPID=10240615 Election results for Wickford Castledon, 2 May 2013 2 May 2013 www.basildonmeetings.info Wickford North thumb|150px|Location of Wickford North ward Wickford Northhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=150&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Wickford North, 7 May 2015 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Owen Mowe* 3,128 47.7 -6.4 UK Independence Party Eunice Christine Brockman 2,285 34.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Albert Edward Ede 1,147 17.5 +0.9 843 12.7 6,560 67.0 +29.1 Conservative Party (UK) Wickford Park thumb|150px|Location of Wickford Park ward Wickford Parkhttp://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=151&RPID=11964239 Basildon Council - Election results for Wickford Park, 7 May 2015 7 May 2015 basildonmeetings.info 4 August 2016 Conservative Party (UK) Chris Jackman* 2,355 51.7 -17.1 UK Independence Party Derek Harrison 1,474 32.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Matthew Martin Whaley 731 16.0 -4.9 881 19.4 4,560 55.0 +22.9 Conservative Party (UK) References Basildon Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom 2015 Category:2010s in Essex