The 2024 Basildon Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the
other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 42 members to the council were up for election.
Background
The council usually elects members in thirds every year except the 4th in a four-year cycle.
However, due to a boundary review of the wards by the
Local Government Boundary Commission for England
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, all 42 seats to
Basildon Borough Council are up for election. At the previous election, held in 2023, the
Conservative Party increased their majority by 1 seat, for a total of 26 seats held by the party, keeping the council under Conservative control.
Summary
Prior to the election, the council was under
Conservative
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majority control.
Following the election, the council went under
no overall control
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, with
Labour being the largest party. Labour changed its group leader after the election, with Gavin Callaghan replacing Maryam Yaqub. He went on to be appointed
leader of the council
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at the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2024. A cabinet comprising seven Labour councillors and one independent was announced at the same meeting.
Candidate by party
Election result
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Basildon Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.
Billericay East
Billericay West
Burstead
Castledon & Crouch
Fryerns
Laindon Park
Langdon Hills
Lee Chapel North
Nethermayne
Pitsea North West
Pitsea South East
St. Martin's
Wickford North
Wickford Park
References
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Basildon Borough Council elections
Basildon
Basildon ( ) is a town in Borough of Basildon, the borough of the same name, in the county of Essex, England. It had a recorded population of 115,955 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. In 1931, the town had a population of 1,159.
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2020s in Essex