1991 Basildon District Council election

1991 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1990 2 May 1991 1992 →
15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1991 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour Party;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 1991 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 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 1987. An addition seat was up for election in Fryerns Central ward. The Labour Party lost control of the council, which it had gained only the previous year; the council fell back under no overall control.

Quick facts 15 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	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	0	3	46.7	44.8	24,678	8.5
	Labour	6	0	1	1	40.0	30.0	16,532	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	2	2	13.3	25.2	13,867	5.8
Total		15						55,077

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Lea	2,390	61.9%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Ferriss	908	23.5%
	Labour	E. Harrison	564	14.6%
Turnout				45.8%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Tomlin	2,901	67.8%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Johnson	945	22.1%
	Labour	V. Walker	435	10.2%
Turnout				45.6%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Buckenham	2,099	49.8%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Taylor	1,755	41.6%
	Labour	M. Viney	365	8.7%
Turnout				51.2%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Ballard	1,779
	Labour	J. Orpe	1,506
	Liberal Democrats	J. Smith	1,064
	Liberal Democrats	B. Wakeham	996
	Conservative	S. Allen	805
	Conservative	D. Allen	802
Turnout				44.7%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1991 Basildon District Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay West

Burstead

Fryerns Central (2 seats)

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	1,602	48.7%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lutton	875	26.6%
	Conservative	K. Boucher	811	24.7%
Turnout				40.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V. York	2,323	53.3%
	Labour	J. Field	1,498	34.4%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Martin	535	12.3%
Turnout				49.3%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Francois^[4]	2,550	54.6%
	Labour	P. Kirkman	1,658	35.5%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Jones	459	9.8%
Turnout				52.0%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Costello	1,794	51.5%
	Conservative	T. Fleet	1,221	35.0%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Low	471	13.5%
Turnout				45.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J. White	1,698	41.1%
	Conservative	S. Blackbourn	1,294	31.3%
	Labour	H. Bruce	1,140	27.6%
Turnout				56.3%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Sheridan	2,016	48.7%
	Labour	R. Llewellyn	1,633	39.5%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Williams	488	11.8%
Turnout				38.8%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Beaumont	1,654	52.0%
	Conservative	C. Coombes	1,080	33.9%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Mavis	449	14.1%
Turnout				36.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Bruce	1,450	51.5%
	Conservative	R. Cole	918	32.6%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Campbell	446	15.8%
Turnout				35.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Sharp	2,254	50.0%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Allen	1,690	37.5%
	Labour	H. Witzer	561	12.5%
Turnout				49.7%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Banton	2,084	46.3%
	Conservative	D. Harrison	2,016	44.8%
	Labour	A. Witzer	399	8.9%
Turnout				50.3%
	Liberal Democrats hold