2007 Basildon District Council election

2007 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 2007 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-5RleSBydcHpNMUtEQmV1QkU/view Local Election Summaries 2007 The Elections Centrehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/18uc.stm English local elections 2007 BBC News England Parliamentary no yes 2006 Basildon District Council election 2006 2008 Basildon District Council election 2008 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council 22 3 May 2007 Conservative Party (UK) 27 8 1 28 14,823 43.2% Labour Party (UK) 12 5 1 11 7,656 22.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 1 3 4,411 12.9% Basildon UK local election 2003 map.svg 300px Map of the results of the 2007 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007. Council control Council control after election Conservative Party Conservative Party The 2007 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Basildon District 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://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2007/councils/html/22ub.stm Basildon BBC News 30 June 2011 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 28 Labour 11 Liberal Democrats 3http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2007/RP07-047.pdf Local and Mayoral elections 2007 19 July 2007 House of Commons Library 1 July 2011 Campaign The election saw the British National Party stand in 11 of the 14 wards being contested,http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1629526.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20080516235659/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1629526.ece dead 16 May 2008 Tory candidate accused of echoing the BNP message Coates Sam 9 April 2007 The Times London 1 July 2011 an increase from 6 in 2006 and more than the Liberal Democrats who only stood in 9 seats.http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/echo/1312968.BNP_candidates_will_outnumber_Lib_Dems/ BNP candidates will outnumber Lib Dems Austin Jon 6 April 2007 Southend Standard 1 July 2011 There was controversy during the election over comments by the Conservative candidate in Vange, Luke Mackenzie, in an election leaflet where he called for voters who did not want asylum seekers to get council houses to vote Conservative. Other parties called on the Conservatives to disown Mackenzie, who was standing against the only ethnic minority councillor in Basildon, saying he was "peddling scare stories" and that the comments were "inflammatory". However Mackenzie denied increasing racial tension, saying voters felt immigration was "entirely out of control" and that a shortage of housing was caused by people from outside of Basildon, and was defended by the leaders of the Conservative group in Basildon.http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/echo/1319422.Race_hate_row_over_election_leaflet/ Race-hate row over election leaflet Austin Jon 11 April 2007 Southend Standard 1 July 2011 Election result The results saw the Conservative hold control of the council after gaining one seat from Labour.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/6616003.stm Councillor, 18, 'youngest in UK' 4 May 2007 BBC News 1 July 2011 The Conservatives took Laindon Park, but narrowly failed to take the targeted wards of Pitsea North West and Vange from Labour, by 19 and 68 votes respectively.http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/archive/2007/05/04/Basildon+News+%28basildon_news%29/1378341.Tories_fail_to_make_clean_sweep/ Tories fail to make clean sweep Austin Jon 4 May 2007 Southend Standard 1 July 2011 The Conservative share of the vote was down on the 2006 election at 43%, while Labour won 22%. Overall turnout in the election was 30%, a decline from the 33.5% recorded in 2006. 2007 Basildon local election resulthttp://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1521&p=0 District Council election Basildon District Council 30 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120604095230/http://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1521&p=0 4 June 2012 dead Conservative Party (UK) 8 1 0 1 57.1 43.2 14,823 2.1 Labour Party (UK) 5 0 1 1 35.7 22.3 7,656 5.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 0 0 7.1 12.9 4,411 6.8 British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 12.0 4,114 7.9 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.8 2,661 5.9 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 397 New Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 211 0.5 All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2003 election. Ward results Billericay East thumb|150px|Location of Billericay East ward Billericay East Conservative Party (UK) David Dadds 1,373 44.2 -28.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) John James 1,095 35.3 +16.7 British National Party Laurence Long 377 12.1 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Reid 259 8.3 -0.6 278 9.0 -44.9 3,104 34.2 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) Billericay West thumb|150px|Location of Billericay West ward Billericay West Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Horgan 2,017 65.7 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Taylor 473 15.4 +0.3 British National Party Michael Bateman 337 11.0 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Viney 244 7.9 +0.1 1,544 50.3 +1.2 3,071 32.7 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Burstead thumb|150px|Location of Burstead ward Burstead Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Blake 1,886 62.9 -6.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Haeger 455 15.2 -4.4 British National Party Linda Henry 334 11.1 +11.1 Labour Party (UK) Santa Bennett 325 10.8 +0.2 1,431 47.7 -2.5 3,000 36.2 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Fryerns thumb|150px|Location of Fryerns ward Fryerns Labour Party (UK) Allan Davies 1,092 42.1 -1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Coker 603 23.2 +4.2 British National Party Leonard Heather 595 22.9 -2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Lutton 305 11.8 -0.2 489 18.8 +0.3 2,595 28.3 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) Laindon Park thumb|150px|Location of Laindon Park ward Laindon Park Conservative Party (UK) Jilly Hyde 850 33.3 -11.2 Labour Party (UK) Barbara Croft 624 24.5 -11.3 Independent (politician) Victor York 613 24.0 +24.0 British National Party David King 295 11.6 -8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jon Myall 91 3.6 +3.6 Green Party of England and Wales Annie Humphries 77 3.0 +3.0 226 8.9 +0.2 2,550 30.8 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lee Chapel North thumb|150px|Lee Chapel North ward in Basildon 2002 Lee Chapel North Labour Party (UK) Richard Rackham 875 39.5 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Morris 627 28.3 +4.3 British National Party Jay Slaven 361 16.3 -5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steve Nice 218 9.8 +1.5 Green Party of England and Wales Ernest Humphries 134 6.0 +0.0 248 11.2 -4.5 2,215 25.4 -4.6 Labour Party (UK) Nethermayne thumb|150px|Location of Nethermayne ward Nethermayne Liberal Democrats (UK) Ben Williams 1,451 51.0 +9.0 Conservative Party (UK) Steve Foster 874 30.7 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) Julian Ware-Lane 520 18.3 -5.7 577 20.3 +12.3 2,845 33.0 -2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pitsea North West thumb|150px|Location of Pitsea North West ward Pitsea North West Labour Party (UK) Keith Bobbin 734 34.3 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Coxshall 714 33.4 -11.0 British National Party Geoffrey McCarthy 362 16.9 +16.9 United Kingdom Independence Party Terry McBride 167 7.8 +7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Howard 162 7.6 -9.4 20 0.9 2,139 23.2 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) Pitsea South East thumb|150px|Location of Pitsea South East ward Pitsea South East Conservative Party (UK) Maureen Larkin 1,151 46.7 -12.4 Labour Party (UK) Emma Collins 767 31.1 -9.8 British National Party Sidney Chaney 375 15.2 +15.2 United Kingdom Independence Party Imelda Clancy 174 7.1 +7.1 384 15.6 -2.5 2,467 28.4 -2.4 Conservative Party (UK) St Martin's thumb|150px|Location of St Martin's ward St Martin's Labour Party (UK) Patricia Rackley 625 41.3 +4.7 Conservative Party (UK) James Devlin 346 22.9 -0.5 British National Party Philip Howell 325 21.5 -5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mike Dickinson 161 10.6 -2.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Terry Wood 56 3.7 +3.7 279 18.4 +8.6 1,513 26.6 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) Vange thumb|150px|Location of Vange ward Vange Labour Party (UK) Danny Nandanwar 704 38.7 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Luke MacKenzie 636 34.9 +5.9 British National Party Rodney Leveridge 481 26.4 +3.7 68 3.7 -2.7 1,821 27.9 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Wickford Castledon thumb|150px|Location of Wickford Castleton ward Wickford Castledon Conservative Party (UK) Sylvia Buckley 1,058 47.3 -8.9 Independent (politician) Alan Ball 677 30.3 +6.2 British National Party Anthony Gladwin 272 12.2 +12.2 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Wilkins 229 10.2 -1.5 381 17.0 -15.1 2,236 36.9 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Wickford North thumb|150px|Location of Wickford North ward Wickford North Conservative Party (UK) Michael Mowe 1,592 52.7 -23.9 Independent (politician) David Harrison 1,021 33.8 +33.8 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Wilson 409 13.5 -9.9 571 18.9 -34.4 3,022 32.6 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Wickford Park thumb|150px|Location of Wickford Park ward Wickford Park Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Jackman 1,096 64.7 -3.7 Independent (politician) Derek Paffett 350 20.6 +20.6 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Borlase 249 14.7 +1.4 746 44.0 -6.1 1,695 24.9 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) References 2007 Category:2007 English local elections Category:2000s in Essex