1976 Basildon District Council election

1976 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]
All 46 seats to Basildon District Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 1976 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 1976 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council, which fell under no overall control.

Overall results

1976 Basildon District Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	23	0	8	8	50.0	36.5	13,895	8.5
	Conservative	17	8	0	8	37.0	45.7	17,427	10.4
	Residents	6	0	0		13.0	14.2	5,447	0.5
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	680	0.7
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	348
	National Front	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	244	New
	Communist	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	66	0.2
Total		46						38,107

Burstead (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	B. Hooks	1,763
	Residents	C. Jones	1,736
	Residents	F. Young	1,710
	Conservative	M. Hawkins	960
	Conservative	C. Wilson	929
	Labour	P. Hepburn	257
	Labour	R. Prattle	245
	Liberal	M. Howard	239
	Labour	H. Wiles	238
	Liberal	P. Johnson	175
	Liberal	T. McCartan	169
Turnout				49.2%
	Residents hold
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Laindon (4)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Lynch	1,410
	Labour	B. Edwards	1,368
	Labour	G. Krejzl	1,323
	Conservative	G. Buckenham	1,295
	Labour	E. Lane	1,275
	Conservative	A. Borlase	1,253
	Conservative	D. Lovey	1,210
	Conservative	V. York	1,183
	Liberal	D. Field	237
	Liberal	R. Collins	234
	Liberal	D. Foskett	221
	Liberal	B. Roughley	212
Turnout				32.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Langdon Hills (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Cole	1,267
	Conservative	J. Hopkins	1,102
	Conservative	S. Blackbourn	1,078
	Labour	I. Harlow	876
	Labour	G. Lynch	858
	Labour	J. Jekyll	838
	Residents	I. Macdonald	220
	Residents	B. Simmons	200
Turnout				42.1%
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Lee Chapel North (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Costello	1,761
	Labour	R. Austin	1,441
	Labour	D. Austin	1,385
	Conservative	S. Copland	556
	Conservative	S. Wilson	546
	Conservative	B. Pennell	532
	Liberal	C. Collins	204
	Liberal	P. Tremain	161
	Liberal	B. Mavis	159
	Communist	B. Denny	66
Turnout				44.2%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Pitsea (3)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Amey	1,346
	Conservative	M. Davies	1,276
	Conservative	F. Laine	1,258
	Conservative	M. Stevens	1,246
	Labour	E. Dines	1,241
	Labour	A. Woolford	1,240
	National Front	B. Weedon	244
	National Front	G. Dudley	225
	National Front	L. Gardiner	203
Turnout				40.2%
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

Wickford (4)^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Ridley	2,348
	Conservative	L. Yorke	2,258
	Conservative	M. Ryan	2,235
	Conservative	P. Farmer	2,177
	Labour	M. Walsh	1,247
	Labour	L. Harrison	1,183
	Labour	B. Hurley	1,169
	Labour	J. Edwards	1,107
Turnout				47.9%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour