2022 Basildon Borough Council election

The 2022 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2022 Basildon Borough Council election

4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)
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

Results summary

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

Billericay East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nethermayne

Nethermayne: 20 July 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mo Larkin	909	62.7	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	233	16.1	−4.1
	Labour	Dylan Wright	169	11.7	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nice	102	7.0	+3.2
	Reform UK	Michael Kinnane	37	2.6	N/A
Majority			676	46.6	N/A
Turnout			1,450
	Independent gain from Independent