2000 UK local government election
The 2000 Basildon District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was the following:
Labour 20 Conservative 18 Liberal Democrats 4[4] Election result The results saw the Conservatives make gains from both Labour and Liberal Democrats[5] to go from 11 to 18 seats on the council.[6] This deprived Labour of a majority on the council after 5 years[5] and reduced Labour's lead over the Conservatives to just 2 seats.[6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost half their seats to fall to have just 4 councillors,[6] but were left with the balance of power.[5]
The Conservatives gained marginal seats in Basildon from Labour including Laindon, Langdon Hills and Pitsea East.[6] They also took all the seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Billericay and Wickford.[6]
Following the election, the Liberal Democrat leader Geoff Williams said "issues will be decided on their merit and not on party politics".[6]
2000 Basildon Local Election Result[7] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 8 6 0 6 53.3 52.8 16,705 22.5 Labour 6 0 3 3 40.0 29.5 9,333 16.4 Liberal Democrats 1 0 3 3 6.7 16.2 5,120 6.7 Independent 0 0 0 0.0 1.4 447 New Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 37 New
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1996 election .
Ward results Billericay East Location of Billericay East ward Billericay East[8] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative John Alabaster[9] 1,675 66.3% Liberal Democrats F. Bellard 583 23.1% Labour P. Reid 269 10.6% Turnout 28.4% Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Billericay West Location of Billericay West ward Billericay West[8] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Anthony Hedley[10] 2,022 66.7% Liberal Democrats G. Taylor 800 26.4% Labour L. Howard 210 6.9% Turnout 28.6% Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Burstead Location of Burstead ward Burstead[8] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Christopher Jackman[11] 1,551 64.3% Liberal Democrats G. Bellard 542 22.5% Labour M. Viney 319 13.2% Turnout 27.9% Conservative hold
Fryerns Central Location of Fryerns Central ward Fryerns Central[8] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Julia Palmer[12] 946 53.8% Conservative W. Marck 558 31.7% Liberal Democrats S. Dickinson 255 14.5% Turnout 22.4% Labour hold
Fryerns East Location of Fryerns East ward Fryerns East[8] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Janet Payn[13] 737 Labour Anthony Borlase[13] 703 Conservative D. Allen 519 Conservative R. Hyland 410 Liberal Democrats J. Lutton 194 Turnout 19.2% Labour hold Labour hold
Laindon Location of Laindon ward Laindon[8] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Stuart Allen[14] 1,299 48.9% Conservative W. Aitken 1,003 37.8% Liberal Democrats V. Howard 276 10.4% Independent A. Viccary 76 2.9% Turnout 26.7% Conservative gain from Labour
Langdon Hills Location of Langdon Hills ward Langdon Hills[8] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Stephen Hillier[15] 1,609 60.6% Labour P. Garrad 725 27.3% Liberal Democrats M. Hersom 218 8.2% Independent J. Richardson 67 2.5% Socialist Alternative D. Murray 37 1.4% Turnout 26.8% Conservative gain from Labour
Lee Chapel North Location of Lee Chapel North ward Lee Chapel North[8] Party Candidate Votes % Labour D. Keefe 820 45.3% Conservative S. Cleasby 632 34.9% Liberal Democrats S. Williams 171 9.4% Independent S. Chaney 123 6.8% Independent M. Dale 64 3.5% Turnout 24.3% Labour hold
Nethermayne Location of Nethermayne ward Nethermayne[8] Party Candidate Votes % Liberal Democrats Ben Williams[16] 1,067 45.5% Conservative D. Walsh 647 27.6% Labour A. Manning 631 26.9% Turnout 34.2% Liberal Democrats hold
Pitsea East Location of Pitsea East ward Pitsea East[8] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Kevin Blake[17] 1,225 51.8% Labour K. Woods 1,024 43.3% Independent N. Richardson 117 4.9% Turnout 22.5% Conservative gain from Labour
Pitsea West Location of Pitsea West ward Pitsea West[8] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Richard Llewellyn[18] 919 57.6% Conservative B. Larwood 677 42.4% Turnout 19.7% Labour hold
Vange Location of Vange ward Vange[8] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Phil Rackley[19] 645 48.1% Conservative G. Johnson 528 39.3% Liberal Democrats L. Williams 169 12.6% Turnout 17.3% Labour hold
Wickford North Location of Wickford North ward Wickford North[8] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Carole Morris[20] 1,669 64.1% Labour C. Wilson 515 19.8% Liberal Democrats I. Robertson 419 16.1% Turnout 28.1% Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Wickford South Location of Wickford South ward Wickford South[8] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Malcolm Buckley[21] 2,094 67.8% Labour A. Ede 570 18.4% Liberal Democrats W. Fane 426 13.8% Turnout 25.5% Conservative hold
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