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2012 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]^[3]
15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2012 Basildon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2012.
Council control before election; Conservative Party;	Council control after election ; Conservative Party;

The 2012 Basildon Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council seats was to be elected.

Overall results

2012 Basildon Local Election Result
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	0	4	4	46.7	38.4	11,354	7.1
	Labour	7	4	0	4	46.7	32.6	9,614	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0		6.7	8.1	2,401	3.4
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	17.3	5,121	15.3
	British Freedom	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	87	13.8
	English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	94	New
	National Front	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	107	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.6	756	0.7
Total		15						35,967

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2008 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Bryan	1,502	57.5	−6.6
	UKIP	Susan McCaffery	409	15.7	+7.5
	Labour	Patricia Reid	383	14.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Horn	316	12.1	−1
Rejected ballots			10
Majority			1093	41.8	−8.82
Turnout			2610	29	−15.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.05

Billericay West

Billericay West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Lawrence	1,688	62.5	−8.6
	Conservative	Philip Turner	1648
	UKIP	Terrence Gandy	574	21.3	+18.0
	Labour	Santa Bennet	380	18.1	+10.2
	Labour	Andrew Buxton	257
	Liberal Democrats	John James	321	11.9	+0.9
Rejected ballots			18
Majority			1114	41.3	−18.3
Turnout			2701	29	−14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.5

Burstead

Burstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Moore	1,517	62.5	−2.4
	UKIP	Cherry Young	396	16.3	+16.3
	Labour	Elaine McDonald	359	14.8	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Williams	155	6.4	−6.1
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			1121	46.2	−5.2
Turnout			2427	28	−15.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.1

Crouch

Crouch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Allen	888	61	−1
	Labour	Sarah Davies	299	20	−4
	UKIP	Graham Starling	279	19	19
Rejected ballots			7
Majority			589	40.2	−6.5
Turnout			1466	23	−44
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.5

Fryerns

Fryerns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adele Brown	1,097	55	+11.8
	Conservative	Tina Arnold	399	20	−5.5
	UKIP	David Sheppard	366	18	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Lutton	137	7	−1.5
Rejected ballots			11
Majority			698
Turnout			2012	21	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Laindon Park

Laindon Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Scarola	867	41	2.4
	Conservative	Frank Tomlin	691	33	−16.1
	UKIP	Mark Ellis	388	19	19
	British Freedom	Tony Harris	87	4	4
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Grant	61	3	−4.5
Rejected ballots			6
Majority			176
Turnout			2094	25	−7.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	879	43	−11
	Labour	Jenefer Taylor	651	32	14
	UKIP	Andy Ager	377	18	12
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Grant	108	5	−11
	Independent	Matthew Ing	44	2	2
Rejected ballots			3
Majority			228	11	−24.8
Turnout			2062	30	−40
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.5

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynda Gordon	1,048	54	−0.9
	UKIP	Frank Ferguson	359	18	18
	Conservative	Craig Rimmer	343	18	−10.8
	National Front	Thomas Beaney	107	6	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Nice	85	4	−2.7
Rejected ballots			11
Majority			689
Turnout			1942	22	−7.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Nethermayne

Nethermayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Williams	899	36	11.5
	Labour Co-op	Swatantra Nandanwar	578	23	−7.2
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	573	23	2.8
	Conservative	Andrew Schrader	427	17	−6.1
		X None of the Above	36	1	−1.1
Rejected ballots			2517
Majority			321
Turnout			2517	28	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pitsea North West

Pitsea North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Callaghan	932	49	1.7
	Conservative	Andrew Baggott	564	29	−0.9
	UKIP	Terry McBride	323	17	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	97	5	−1.1
Rejected ballots			7
Majority			368
Turnout			1923	21	−4.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pitsea South East

Pitsea South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aidan McGurran	933	41	2.6
	Conservative	Ann Blake	876	39	−4.6
	UKIP	Imelda Clancy	375	16	2
	Liberal Democrats	Viv Howard	91	4	0
Rejected ballots			9
Majority			9
Turnout			2284	27	−6.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Martin's

St Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip William	759	58	−0.2
	Conservative	Tony Low	248	19	−13
	UKIP	Peter Wood	229	17	17
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Nice	80	6	−4.2
Rejected ballots			5
Majority			511
Turnout			1322	22	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Vange

Vange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Byron Taylor	919	59	6.7
	Conservative	Luke MacKenzie	320	20	−6.6
	UKIP	Becky Ager	274	18	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Jenkins	51	3	−1.9
Rejected ballots			11
Majority			599
Turnout			1564	23	−7.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wickford North

Wickford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Morris	1,012	42	−12.1
	Independent	Dave Harrison	676	28	3
	Labour	Albert Ede	409	17	0.4
	UKIP	Trevor Malsbury	199	8	8
	English Democrat	Stephen Smith	94	4	4
Rejected ballots			9
Majority			336
Turnout			2399	25	−12.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sources

https://web.archive.org/web/20120411150856/http://www.basildon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3946&p=0 Statement of Persons Nominated

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 2012". The Elections Centre.
^ "England council elections". BBC News.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 2012". The Elections Centre.

[3] "England council elections". BBC News.

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2012 Basildon Borough Council election