1988 Basildon District Council election

1988 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1987 5 May 1988 1990 →
14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1988 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 1988 Basildon District Council election took place on 5 May 1988 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 1984. The council remained under no overall control.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	1	1	57.1	37.8	18,116	4.8
	Conservative	6	2	0	2	42.9	40.2	19,283	5.7
	SLD	0	0	1	1	0.0	22.0	10,531	1.1
Total		14						47,930

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Patrick	2,106	64.0%
	Labour	J. Morley	678	20.6%
	SLD	G. Viney	508	15.4%
Turnout				37.9%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Lees	2,638	70.6%
	SLD	G. Taylor	761	20.4%
	Labour	J. Orpe	338	9.0%
Turnout				40.8%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. White	1,967	47.8%
	SLD	G. Bellard	1,773	43.1%
	Labour	M. Davis	374	9.1%
Turnout				48.8%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Webb	2,459	69.8%
	Conservative	S. Allen	793	22.5%
	SLD	P. Jenkins	272	7.7%
Turnout				40.5%
	Labour hold

1988 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	E. Gelder	1,687	49.2%
	SLD	J. Lutton	1,030	30.0%
	Conservative	R. Sheridan	712	20.8%
Turnout				41.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Rackley	1,776	47.4%
	Conservative	G. Buckenham	1,649	44.0%
	SLD	M. Hammond	319	8.5%
Turnout				42.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Kennard	1,082	39.5%
	Labour	J. Gardner	833	30.4%
	SLD	S. Dean-Wiley	823	30.1%
Turnout				32.8%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Fitzgibbon	1,903	61.8%
	Conservative	J. Woods	827	26.9%
	SLD	S. Saunders	349	11.3%
Turnout				39.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Wilson	1,390	36.5%
	SLD	S. Blackbourn	1,260	33.1%
	Conservative	H. Tucker	1,160	30.4%
Turnout				51.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Baker	2,124	60.3%
	Conservative	J. Harrington	1,399	39.7%
Turnout				33.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Marks	1,912	69.3%
	Conservative	P. Cleland	664	24.1%
	SLD	J. Smith	184	6.7%
Turnout				31.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Cowie	1,653	62.0%
	Conservative	S. Ryder	842	31.6%
	SLD	B. Wakeham	169	6.3%
Turnout				33.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Pummell	1,681	43.7%
	SLD	D. Harrison	1,523	39.6%
	Labour	E. Harrison	639	16.6%
Turnout				44.0%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Buckley	1,763	48.0%
	SLD	G. Palmer	1,390	37.8%
	Labour	T. Hazlewood	520	14.2%
Turnout				39.9%
	Conservative gain from SLD