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The 2007 Basildon District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of
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District Council in
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, 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: *
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28 * Labour 11 * Liberal Democrats 3


Campaign

The election saw the
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stand in 11 of the 14
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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
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, Luke Mackenzie, in an election leaflet where he called for voters who did not want
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s to get
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s to vote Conservative. Other parties called on the Conservatives to disown Mackenzie, who was standing against the only
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in Basildon, saying he was "peddling scare stories" and that the comments were "inflammatory". However Mackenzie denied increasing racial tension, saying voters felt
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was "entirely out of control" and that a shortage of housing was caused by people from outside of Basildon, and was defended by the leaders of the Conservative group in Basildon.


Election result

The results saw the Conservative hold control of the council after gaining one seat from Labour. The Conservatives took
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Park, but narrowly failed to take the targeted wards of
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North West and Vange from Labour, by 19 and 68 votes respectively. The Conservative share of the vote was down on the 2006 election at 43%, while Labour won 22%. Overall turnout in the election was 30%, a decline from the 33.5% recorded in 2006. All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2003 election.


Ward results


Billericay East


Billericay West


Burstead


Fryerns


Laindon Park


Lee Chapel North


Nethermayne


Pitsea North West


Pitsea South East


St Martin's


Vange


Wickford Castledon


Wickford North


Wickford Park


References

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