BASILDON Council remains in the hands of the Conservative administration after they enjoyed a series of good results at the polls.

Yesterday's (Thursday, 5 May) elections in 14 wards in the borough saw the Tories win ten. Labour were victorious in two and independents were elected in two others.

It was a poor night for Labour, whose leader Jack Ferguson lost his seat in Pitsea to the Conservatives.

Full results.

Billericay East

• Andrew Peter Schrader (Conservative) 2,062 67%   
• Laura Natalie Clark (Liberal Democrats) 604  20%   
• Peter Bunyan (Labour) 405 13% 

Billericay West

• Anthony Michael Hedley (Conservative) 2,005 57%   
• Timothy John Nicklin (Liberal Democrats) 1,329 38%
• Sally Bunyan (Labour) 206 6%

Burstead

• Andrew Simon Baggott (Conservative) 1,948 66%
• John Christopher Daffin (Liberal Democrats) 687 23%
• Malcolm Reid (Labour) 332 11%

Crouch

• Terri Lilian Joan Sargent (Conservative) 1,311 76%
• Tracey Hilton (Labour) 408 24%

Fryerns

• David Thomas Kirkman (Labour) 1,074 56%
• Sandeep Singh Sandhu (Conservative) 624 33%
• Vivien Jennifer Howard (Liberal Democrats) 209 11%

Laindon Park

• Jeff Henry (Conservative) 1,123 52%
• David John Goddard (Labour) 763 35%
• Stephen Edward McCarthy (Liberal Democrats) 136 6%
• Christopher David Bateman (British Democrats) 100 5%
• David Murray (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) 47 2%

Langdon Hills

• Walter Brown (Independent) 1,201 50% Elected
• Christopher Jason Lee Allen (Conservative) 883 37%
• Clarence Machipisa Zwengunde (Labour) 237 10%
• Christopher John May (Liberal Democrats) 68 3%

Lee Chapel North

• Susanna Caira-Neeson (Labour) 1006 56%
• Deepak Shukla (Conservative) 649 36%
• Norma Vivien Saggers (Reform UK) 157 9%

Nethermayne

• Kerry Smith (Independent) 1,946 70%
• Dylan Montgomery Wright (Labour) 402 14%
• Chima Okorafor (Conservative) 334 12%
• Stephen William Nice (Liberal Democrats) 106 4%

Pitsea North West

• Sam Gascoyne (Conservative) 931 47%
• Jack Anthony Ferguson (Labour) 911 46%
• Martin Keith Howard (Liberal Democrats) 13 37%

Pitsea South East

• Luke Arron Mackenzie (Conservative) 1,327 60%
• Michael Baker (Labour) 896 40%

Wickford Castledon

• Alex Myers (Conservative) 1,030 52%
• Matthew Klaus Wright (Labour) 458 23%
• Charles Terence Albert Sansom (Wickford Independents) 420 21%
• Stewart Adrian Mott (Liberal Democrats) 68 3%

Wickford North

• Peter John Holliman (Conservative) 1,224 42%
• Trevor Hammond (Wickford Independents) 1,115 38%
• Joseph David Nemeth (Labour) 415 14%
• Nicola Denise Hoad (Liberal Democrats) 188 6%

Wickford Park

• George Elliot Jeffery (Conservative) 874 48%
• Alan Ronald Ball (Wickford Independents) 598 33%
• Brenda Joyce Webb (Labour) 348 19%