1996 Basildon District Council election

1996 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]

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2 May 1996

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15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Seats before	16	12	14
Seats won	9	4	2
Seats after	24	16	2
Seat change	8	4	12
Popular vote	19,809	9,865	13,078
Percentage	45.9%	22.9%	30.3%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1996 Basildon Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour

The 1996 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party (UK) gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control, for the first time since 1991.

Overall results

1996 Basildon District Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	8	0	8	60.0	45.9	19,809	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	4	3	0	3	26.7	22.9	9,865	10.4
	Conservative	2	0	11	11	13.3	30.3	13,078	31.4
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	413	New
Total		14						43,165

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hersom	1,406	42.3%
	Conservative	W. Lea	1,298	39.1%
	Labour	R. Rackham	616	18.6%
Turnout				37.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Billericay West

Billericay West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Hatch	2,014	51.5%
	Conservative	F. Tomlin	1,426	36.4%
	Labour	P. Clark	474	12.1%
Turnout				38.0%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Burstead

Burstead^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Buckenham	1,197	60.3%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Fowler	539	27.1%
	Labour	K. Robertson	250	12.6%
Turnout				22.7%
	Conservative hold

Fryerns Central

Fryerns Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Adlam	2,378	74.8%
	Conservative	S. Allen	550	17.3%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Tyson	250	7.9%
Turnout				39.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Fryerns East

Fryerns East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Payn	1,997	73.5%
	Conservative	D. Allan	497	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lutton	224	8.2%
Turnout				35.3%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Laindon

Laindon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Borlase	1,723	52.0%
	Conservative	D. Schofield	1,080	32.6%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Bellard	307	9.3%
	Independent	S. Chaney	201	6.1%
Turnout				36.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Caira-Neeson	1,600
	Labour	I. White	1,448
	Conservative	S. Lake	1,148
	Conservative	S. Horgan	1,146
	Liberal Democrats	S. Evans	337
	Liberal Democrats	W. Kent	283
Turnout				35.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Keefe	1,945	68.7%
	Conservative	M. Amson	581	20.5%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Neale	183	6.5%
	Independent	M. Dale	121	4.3%
Turnout				37.8%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Nethermayne

Nethermayne^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Williams	1,447	40.9%
	Labour	S. Nandanwar	1,379	38.9%
	Conservative	S. Blackburn	715	20.2%
Turnout				51.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Pitsea East

Pitsea East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Woods	1,851	55.0%
	Conservative	K. Blake	1,145	34.0%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Birch	276	8.2%
	Independent	D. Murray	91	2.7%
Turnout				31.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pitsea West

Pitsea West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Llewellyn	1,902	74.5%
	Conservative	C. Coombes	447	17.5%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Ferris	203	8.0%
Turnout				30.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Vange

Vange^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Palmer	1,655	73.6%
	Conservative	S. Hillier	411	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dickinson	182	8.1%
Turnout				29.9%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Wickford North

Wickford North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hooker	1,449	40.9%
	Conservative	B. Pummell	1,147	32.3%
	Labour	C. Wilson	951	26.8%
Turnout				36.6%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Wickford South

Wickford South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Buckley	1,436	40.2%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Woods	1,337	37.4%
	Labour	L. Roe	799	22.4%
Turnout				34.2%
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1996". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Basildon District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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