1987 Basildon District Council election

1987 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1986 7 May 1987 1988 →
14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1987 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour Party;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 1987 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 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 1983. The Labour Party lost control of the council, which it had held since 1982; the council fell under no overall control.

Quick facts 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council 22 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	0	2	2	42.9	32.5	17,983	4.2
	Conservative	4	0	2	2	28.6	36.5	20,221	3.5
	Alliance	4	4	0	4	28.6	31.0	17,188	8.0
Total		14						55,392

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Lea	2,458	58.0%
	Alliance	S. Moore	1,255	29.6%
	Labour	A. Knight	525	12.4%
Turnout				48.4%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Tomlin	2,960	64.5%
	Alliance	J. Morley	1,292	28.2%
	Labour	J. Orpe	336	7.3%
Turnout				50.6%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Dines	2,353	50.1%
	Alliance	G. Bellard	1,944	41.4%
	Labour	J. Kemp	397	8.5%
Turnout				55.4%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Ballard	2,108	58.6%
	Alliance	G. Humfrey	778	21.6%
	Conservative	A. Elliott	714	19.8%
Turnout				42.0%
	Labour hold

1987 Basildon District Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay West

Burstead

Fryerns Central

Fryerns East

Laindon

Langdon Hills

Lee Chapel North

Nethermayne

Pitsea East

Pitsea West

Vange

Wickford North

Wickford South

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Dove	1,850	51.2%
	Alliance	J. Lutton	1,076	29.8%
	Conservative	R. Sheridan	688	19.0%
Turnout				42.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V. York	2,009	45.4%
	Labour	D. Roe	1,835	41.5%
	Alliance	S. Furlong	579	13.1%
Turnout				50.8%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	K. Neil	1,555	46.7%
	Labour	M. Baker	949	28.5%
	Conservative	B. Weedon	825	24.8%
Turnout				42.5%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Costello	1,856	52.6%
	Alliance	S. Saunders	941	26.6%
	Conservative	H. Tucker	734	20.8%
Turnout				44.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	J. White	1,963	42.9%
	Labour	E. Gelder	1,498	32.7%
	Conservative	P. Hedges	1,114	24.3%
Turnout				58.8%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Webb	1,801	47.4%
	Conservative	T. Hall	1,274	33.5%
	Alliance	B. Jeffery	728	19.1%
Turnout				37.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Amey	2,026	59.9%
	Conservative	W. Lockhart	853	25.2%
	Alliance	D. Richardson	506	14.9%
Turnout				37.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Miller	1,567	55.1%
	Conservative	J. Dolby	817	28.7%
	Alliance	B. Wakeham	461	16.2%
Turnout				35.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	L. Banton	2,022	44.1%
	Conservative	B. Pummell	1,869	40.7%
	Labour	C. Wilson	699	15.2%
Turnout				54.2%
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	A. Banton	2,088	50.0%
	Conservative	C. Ball	1,553	37.2%
	Labour	E. Harrison	536	12.8%
Turnout				45.9%
	Alliance gain from Conservative