Basildon District Council election, 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003.

The 2003 Basildon District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 23
Labour 14
Liberal Democrats 3
Basildon Independent Residents 2^[2]

Background

The previous election in 2002 saw the Conservatives win exactly half of the seats, but Labour remained in control of the council with the support of the Liberal Democrats.^[3] However 6 months before the 2003 election 2 Labour councillors defected and the Conservatives took over the administration of the council.^[4]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win a majority for only the second time in the history of Basildon council.^[5]

Following the election the Labour leader on the council Nigel Smith was replaced by his group with Paul Kirkman.^[4]

Basildon Local Election Result 2003^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	0	+2	57.1	45.3	12,090	-2.7%
	Labour	5	0	2	-2	35.7	27.9	7,441	-6.5%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	7.1	19.7	5,255	+3.1%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	1,104	+3.9%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	510	+1.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	299	+1.1%

Ward results

Billericay East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Dadds	1,563	66.2
	Liberal Democrat	James Edwards	526	22.3
	Labour	Patricia Reid	272	11.5
Majority			1,037	43.9
Turnout			2,361
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Horgan	1,712	69.5
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Taylor	514	20.9
	Labour	Geoffrey Viney	238	9.7
Majority			1,198	48.6
Turnout			2,464
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstead^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Blake	1,213	51.6
	Liberal Democrat	Belinda Jackson	902	38.4
	Labour	Margaret Viney	234	10.0
Majority			311	13.2
Turnout			2,349
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fryerns^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julia Woods	966	43.4
	BNP	William Bake	487	21.9
	Conservative	Kenneth Evens	427	19.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Lutton	223	10.0
	Green	Adam Ellis	124	5.6
Majority			479	21.5
Turnout			2,227
	Labour hold		Swing

Laindon Park^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Walsh	844	43.6
	Labour	Anthony Borlase	780	40.3
	Liberal Democrat	Dorothy Edwards	163	8.4
	Independent	Jason Richardson	97	5.0
	Independent	Michael Payne	51	2.6
Majority			64	3.3
Turnout			1,935
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lee Chapel North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Rackham	766	40.6
	Conservative	Richard Hyland	434	23.0
	BNP	Sidney Chaney	285	15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Martin	207	11.0
	Green	Ernest Humphries	114	6.0
	Independent	Steven Denne	80	4.2
Majority			332	17.6
Turnout			1,886
	Labour hold		Swing

Nethermayne^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Williams	1,168	48.1
	Labour	Lynda Gordon	672	27.7
	Conservative	Henry Tucker	586	24.2
Majority			496	20.4
Turnout			2,426
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Pitsea North West^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Rackley	738	48.3
	Conservative	Mark Levey	541	35.4
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Howard	248	16.2
Majority			197	12.9
Turnout			1,527
	Labour hold		Swing

Pitsea South East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Geddes	771	36.1
	Labour	Michael Plant	717	33.6
	BNP	David King	332	15.5
	Liberal Democrat	Vivien Howard	169	7.9
	Independent	Raymond Abrahall	87	4.1
	Green	David Wilkinson	61	2.9
Majority			54	2.5
Turnout			2,137
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Martin's^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Payn	563	47.0
	Conservative	Deborah Allen	351	29.3
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Dickinson	178	14.8
	Independent	Alfred Viccary	107	8.9
Majority			212	17.7
Turnout			1,199
	Labour hold		Swing

Vange^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Swatantra Nandanwar	507	41.9
	Conservative	Philip Johnson	452	37.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hersom	163	13.5
	Independent	John Cord	88	7.3
Majority			55	4.5
Turnout			1,210
	Labour hold		Swing

Wickford Castledon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sylvia Buckley	1,121	68.1
	Labour	Andrew Powderly	269	16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Fane Cummings	256	15.6
Majority			852	51.8
Turnout			1,646
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickford North^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Mowe	1,396	63.4
	Labour	Clive Thomas	451	20.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Robertson	355	16.1
Majority			945	42.9
Turnout			2,202
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wickford Park^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Jackson	679	60.1
	Labour	Christopher Wilson	268	23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Woods	183	16.2
Majority			411	36.4
Turnout			1,130
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
↑ "Basildon: Lower taxes at top of Tories' agenda". Southend Standard. 16 May 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
↑ "Basildon: Nigel is appointed leader". Southend Standard. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
1 2 "Basildon: Labour ousts Smith as leader". Southend Standard. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
↑ "South Essex: It's a blue day as Tories run riot". Southend Standard. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "27.1 Basildon". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

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