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2011 Basildon Borough Council election
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2011 UK local government election
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2011 Basildon District Council electionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view Council compositions by year The Elections Centrehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydUU1teG8zaGNOXzA/view Local Election Summaries 2011 The Elections Centrehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/18uc.stm England council elections BBC News England Parliamentary no yes 2010 Basildon District Council election 2010 2012 Basildon Borough Council election 2012 15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council 22 5 May 2011 Conservative Party (UK) 29 8 29 18,842 46.6% Labour Party (UK) 10 7 1 11 12,342 30.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 0 1 2 3,766 9.3% Basildon UK local election 2011 map.svg 300px Map of the results of the 2011 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2011. Council control Council control after election Conservative Party Conservative Party
The 2011 Basildon Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/22ub.stm England council elections BBC News 3 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110719151732/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/22ub.stm 19 July 2011 live
After the election, the composition of the council was
Conservative 29
Labour 11
Liberal Democrats 2https://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2011/may/05/local-elections-2011-localgovernment Election results 2011: English council summary results 6 May 2011 The Guardian 3 July 2011
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council after retaining all of the seats they had been defending.http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/echo/9011929.Tories_maintain_grip_on_Basildon/ Tories maintain grip on Basildon 6 May 2011 Southend Standard 3 July 2011 This left the Conservatives with 29 seats, compared to 11 for Labour.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13280072 Liberal Democrats lose 11 seats in Chelmsford 6 May 2011 BBC News 3 July 2011 Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to 2 councillors and the party lost vote share across the council.http://www.basildon-today.co.uk/News.cfm?id=16816&headline=Tories%20maintain%20control Tories maintain control 12 May 2011 Yellow Advertiser 3 July 2011 Overall turnout in the election was 35%.http://www.akserps.com/aksbasildon/election/2011/ataglance.html Election results at a glance Basildon Borough Council 3 July 2011
The only change in the election saw Labour gain 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats in Nethermayne, with the winning Labour candidate, Andrew Gordon, becoming the youngest councillor at the age of 18. Among the other winners was Daniel Munyambu for Labour in Vange, who became the second Kenyan to be elected as a councillor in the United Kingdom,http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000037474&cid=4 Breaking barriers to seek the political kingdom Njenga Felix 19 June 2011 The Standard 3 July 2011 and the former council leader Nigel Smith who returned to the council in Lee Chapel North.
2011 Basildon local election result
Conservative Party (UK)
8
0
0
53.3
46.0
19,430
2.8
Labour Party (UK)
7
1
0
1
46.7
32.1
13,532
9.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
0
0
1
1
0.0
8.9
3,766
4.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
0
0
0
0.0
8.2
3,475
7.0
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0.0
3.2
1,336
4.6
British National Party
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
356
11.2
National Front (United Kingdom)
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
244
New
None of The Above
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
63
New
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2007 election.
Ward results
Billericay East
thumb|150px|Location of Billericay East ward
Billericay East
Conservative Party (UK)
David Dadds
2,626
64.6
+3.5
Labour Party (UK)
Patricia Reid
567
13.9
+2.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Nigel Horn
528
13.0
-7.3
United Kingdom Independence Party
Susan McCaffery
346
8.5
+3.9
2,059
50.6
+9.9
4,067
44.2
-30
Conservative Party (UK)
Billericay West
thumb|150px|Location of Billericay West ward
Billericay West
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Horgan
2,416
59.3
-3.9
United Kingdom Independence Party
Terry Gandy
665
16.3
+12.7
Labour Party (UK)
Geoffrey Bores
584
14.3
+3.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John James
407
10.0
-8.6
1,751
43.0
-1.6
4,072
43.5
-30
Conservative Party (UK)
Burstead
thumb|150px|Location of Burstead ward
Burstead
Conservative Party (UK)
Kevin Blake
2,330
62.9
+4.6
Labour Party (UK)
Sandra Bennett
615
16.6
+5.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stewart Goshawk
393
10.6
-6.1
United Kingdom Independence Party
Cherry Young
367
9.9
+0.5
1,715
46.3
+4.8
3,705
43.6
-29
Conservative Party (UK)
Fryerns (2 seats)
thumb|150px|Location of Fryerns ward
Fryerns (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Allan Davies
1,365
27.6
Labour Party (UK)
David Kirkman
1,190
24.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Gwen Ball
806
16.3
Conservative Party (UK)
James Paton
588
11.9
United Kingdom Independence Party
David Sheppard
365
7.4
British National Party
Len Heather
356
7.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Arnold Lutton
269
5.4
4,939
30.1
-26
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Laindon Park
thumb|150px|Location of Laindon Park ward
Laindon Park
Conservative Party (UK)
Jilly Hyde
1,318
49.1
+6.0
Labour Party (UK)
John McCrea
1,166
43.4
+13.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Colin Grant
201
7.5
-9.3
152
5.7
-7.2
2,685
32.3
-27
Conservative Party (UK)
Lee Chapel North
thumb|150px|Location of Lee Chapel North ward
Lee Chapel North
Labour Party (UK)
Nigel Smith
1,408
54.9
+17.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Christine Hedley
740
28.8
-5.1
National Front (United Kingdom)
Thomas Beaney
244
9.5
+9.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Emma Peall
173
6.7
-10.9
668
26.0
+22.5
2,565
29.2
-26
Labour Party (UK)
Nethermayne
thumb|150px|Location of Nethermayne ward
Nethermayne
Labour Party (UK)
Andrew Gordon
926
30.2
+6.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Phil Jenkins
752
24.5
-11.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Foster
709
23.1
-8.1
United Kingdom Independence Party
Kerry Smith
619
20.2
+20.2
Independent (politician)
None of the Above X
63
2.1
+2.1
174
5.7
3,069
34.9
-28
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Pitsea North West
thumb|150px|Location of Pitsea North West ward
Pitsea North West
Labour Party (UK)
Keith Bobbin
1,111
47.3
+16.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Danny Lawrence
702
29.9
-4.2
United Kingdom Independence Party
Terry McBride
391
16.7
+7.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Martin Howard
143
6.1
-9.8
409
17.4
2,347
25.5
-27
Labour Party (UK)
Pitsea South East
thumb|150px|Location of Pitsea South East ward
Pitsea South East
Conservative Party (UK)
Mo Larkin
1,197
43.6
+3.9
Labour Party (UK)
Mark Walker
1,056
38.4
+6.6
United Kingdom Independence Party
Imelda Clancy
384
14.0
+5.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Vivien Howard
110
4.0
-7.6
141
5.1
-2.9
2,747
32.3
-26
Conservative Party (UK)
St Martin's
thumb|150px|Location of St Martin's ward
St Martin's
Labour Party (UK)
Patricia Rackley
1,004
57.8
+19.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Andrew Schrader
557
32.0
+3.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Dickinson
177
10.2
-1.3
447
25.7
+16.4
1,738
29.5
+6
Labour Party (UK)
Vange
thumb|150px|Location of Vange ward
Vange
Labour Party (UK)
Daniel Munyambu
1,089
52.3
+21.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Andrew Morris
554
26.6
-9.2
United Kingdom Independence Party
Kim Gandy
338
16.2
+16.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Elizabeth Grant
102
4.9
-1.4
535
25.7
2,083
30.6
+7
Labour Party (UK)
Wickford Castledon
thumb|150px|Location of Wickford Castleton ward
Wickford Castledon
Conservative Party (UK)
Sylvia Buckley
1,434
59.7
+0.4
Independent (politician)
Alan Ball
446
18.6
+18.6
Labour Party (UK)
Sarah Davies
397
16.5
-0.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Tony Morris
127
5.3
-11.6
988
41.1
-0.9
2,404
38.9
-30
Conservative Party (UK)
Wickford North
thumb|150px|Location of Wickford North ward
Wickford North
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Mowe
1,925
54.1
-4.0
Independent (politician)
Dave Harrison
890
25.0
+25.0
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Kirkman
590
16.6
+0.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Spriggs
155
4.4
-13.0
1,035
29.1
-11.6
3,560
37.3
-29
Conservative Party (UK)
Wickford Park
thumb|150px|Location of Wickford Park ward
Wickford Park
Conservative Party (UK)
Chris Jackman
1,528
68.8
+10.1
Labour Party (UK)
Andrew Buxton
464
20.9
+5.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John McGarrigle
229
10.3
-8.2
1,064
47.9
+7.7
2,221
32.1
-32
Conservative Party (UK)
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