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Basildon Borough Council Elections
One third of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 42 councillors have been elected from 16 wards. Council elections * 1973 Basildon District Council election * 1976 Basildon District Council election * 1979 Basildon District Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1980 Basildon District Council election * 1982 Basildon District Council election * 1983 Basildon District Council election * 1984 Basildon District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1986 Basildon District Council election * 1987 Basildon District Council election * 1988 Basildon District Council election * 1990 Basildon District Council election *1991 Basildon District Council election The 1991 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council, Basildon District Council in Essex, England. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basildon Borough Council
Basildon ( ) is the largest town in the borough of Basildon, within the county of Essex, England. It has a population of 107,123. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1159. It lies east of Central London, south of the city of Chelmsford and west of Southend-on-Sea. Nearby smaller towns include Billericay to the north-west, Wickford to the north-east and South Benfleet to the south-east. It was created as a New towns in the United Kingdom, new town after World War II in 1948, to accommodate the London overspill, London population overspill from the conglomeration of four small villages, namely Pitsea, Laindon, Basildon (the most central of the four) and Vange. The local government district of Basildon, which was formed in 1974 and received Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in 2010, encapsulates a larger area than the town itself; the two neighbouring towns of Billericay and Wickford, as well as rural villages and smaller settlements set among the surroundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Basildon District Council Election
The 1992 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1992 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 1988. The Conservative Party won every seat up for election, and gained control of the council for the first time, which had previous been under no overall control. Overall results , - , colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" , Total , style="text-align: right;" , 15 , colspan=5 , , style="text-align: right;" , 58,156 , style="text-align: right;" , All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1988 election. Ward results Billericay East Billericay West (2 seats) Burstead Fryerns Central Fryerns East Laindon Langdon Hills Lee Chapel North Nethermayne Pitsea East Pitsea West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Basildon District Council Election
The 2008 Basildon District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Basildon (district), Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative Party (UK), Conservative 29 *Labour Party (UK), Labour 10 *Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats 3 Candidates The Conservative, Labour Party (UK), Labour and British National Party, British National parties stood in all 14 seats contested, which was an increase from 11 at the 2007 Basildon Council election, 2007 election for the British National party. The Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats stood in 13 Wards of the United Kingdom, wards, just not contesting Pitsea North West, while there were 4 United Kingdom Independence Party, 3 Green Party of England and Wales, Green and 3 Independent (politician), independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Basildon District Council Election
The 2007 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative 28 *Labour 11 * Liberal Democrats 3 Campaign The election saw the British National Party stand in 11 of the 14 wards being contested, an increase from 6 in 2006 and more than the Liberal Democrats who only stood in 9 seats. There was controversy during the election over comments by the Conservative candidate in Vange, Luke Mackenzie, in an election leaflet where he called for voters who did not want asylum seekers to get council houses to vote Conservative. Other parties called on the Conservatives to disown Mackenzie, who was standing against the only ethnic minority councillor in Basildon, saying he was "peddling scare stories" and that the comments were "inflamma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Basildon District Council Election
The 2006 Basildon District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative 27 *Labour 12 * Liberal Democrats 3 Election result The results saw the Conservative party increase their majority to 12 seats after gaining 3 seats from Labour. The Conservatives gains came in the wards of Laindon Park, Pitsea Pitsea is a small town and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Basildon, in south Essex, England. It comprises five sub-districts: Eversley, Northlands Park Neighbourhood (previously known as Felmores), Chalvedon, Pitsea Mount and B ... North West and Pitsea South East enabling the party to win 11 of the 14 seats contested. Overall turnout in the election was 33.5%. Ward results Billericay East Billericay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Basildon District Council Election
The 2004 Basildon District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative 25 *Labour 14 * Liberal Democrats 3 Election result All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2000 election. Ward results Billericay East Billericay West Burstead Crouch Fryerns Laindon Park Langdon Hills Lee Chapel North Nethermayne Pitsea North West Pitsea South East St Martin's Vange Wickford North References {{United Kingdom local elections, 2004 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Basildon District Council Election
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. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative 23 *Labour 14 * Liberal Democrats 3 *Basildon Independent Residents 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. However 6 months before the 2003 election 2 Labour councillors defected and the Conservatives took over the administration of the council. Election result The results saw the Conservatives win a majority for only the second time in the history of Basildon council. Following the election the Labour leader on the council Nigel Smith was replaced by his group with Paul Kirkman. Ward resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news. The website contains international news coverage, as well as British, entertainment, science, and political news. Many reports are accompanied by audio and video from the BBC's television and radio news services, while the latest TV and radio bulletins are also available to view or listen to on the site together with other current affairs programmes. BBC News Online is closely linked to its sister department website, that of BBC Sport. Both sites follow similar layout and content options and respective journalists work alongside each other. Location information provided by users is also shared with the website of BBC Weather to provide local content. From 1998 to 2001 the site was named best news website at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Basildon District Council Election
The 2002 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The council stayed under no overall control. Background A review of the boundaries on Basildon council made changes for this election leading to the whole council being elected. Several new wards were created for the election including Crouch, Pitsea South East and St Martin's. Before the election both the Labour and Conservative parties had 19 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had 4 seats and Labour led a minority administration. Several councillors stood down at the election including the Labour leader of the council John Potter. Candidates standing in the election included the first member of the British National Party to do so, Matthew Single in Vange ward. Election result The results saw the Conservatives become the largest party on the council w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Basildon District Council 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. After the election, the composition of the council was the following: *Labour 20 *Conservative 18 * Liberal Democrats 4 Election result The results saw the Conservatives make gains from both Labour and Liberal Democrats to go from 11 to 18 seats on the council. This deprived Labour of a majority on the council after 5 years and reduced Labour's lead over the Conservatives to just 2 seats. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost half their seats to fall to have just 4 councillors, but were left with the balance of power. The Conservatives gained marginal seats in Basildon from Labour including Laindon, Langdon Hills and Pitsea East. They also took all the seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Billericay and Wick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Basildon District Council Election
The 1999 Basildon District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Labour 23 *Conservative 11 * Liberal Democrats 8 Election result The results saw Labour keep their majority after retaining all the seats they had been defending in Basildon. The Conservatives became the main opposition on the council after gaining seats from the Liberal Democrats in Billericay and Wickford. Overall turnout in the election was 24.3%. All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1995 election. Ward results Billericay East Billericay West Burstead Fryerns Central Fryerns East Laindon Langdon Hills Lee Chapel Nethermayne Pitsea East Pitsea West Vange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Basildon District Council Election
The 1998 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Labour 23 * Liberal Democrats 13 *Conservative 6 Election result All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election. Ward results Billericay East Billericay West Burstead Fryerns Central Fryerns East Laindon Langdon Hills Lee Chapel Nethermayne Pitsea East Pitsea West Vange Wickford North Wickford South References {{United Kingdom local elections, 1998 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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