CONSERVATIVES have retaken control of Basildon Borough Council after winning ten of the available 15 seats in Thursday's election.

Altogether the Tories took 49 per cent of the total vote with Labour's share slipping to 23 per cent.

Three seats changed from Labour to Conservative and that was enough to break the control of the Labour – Independent alliance which had run the council since 2019.

The bad result for Labour brought about an immediate resignation of its local leadership by Cllr Gavin Callaghan, who managed to retain his seat in Pitsea North West but quickly announced he was stepping down from the helm of the council, recognising the change of numbers, and also the leadership of his group.

Among those who lost a seat was Basildon mayor David Burton-Sampson, who was ousted from his St Martin's seat.

He said: "I am obviously gutted to have lost my seat. However, I have been privileged to have helped so many residents over the last five years and to have had a part in driving some real positive change in Basildon. Onwards to the next chapter!"

How the votes were cast

Billericay East

Stuart Bryan Sullivan (Con) 2,412 70% Elected

Tracey Hilton (Lab) 585 17%

Karen Taurina Joy Manterfield (Lib Dem) 364 11%

Susan Patricia McCaffery (UKIP) 88 3%

Billericay West

Philip Charles Turner (Con)1,885 50% Elected

Edward Krishan Sainsbury (Lib Dem) 1,687 45%

David Goddard (Lab) 199 5%

Burstead

Richard Andrew Moore (Con) 2,394 76% Elected

Malcolm Reid (Lab) 397 13%

Laura Natalie Clark (Lib Dem) 362 11%

Crouch

Stuart Johns Allen (Con) 1,428 72% Elected

Mark Burton-Sampson (Lab) 312 16%

Simon Andrew Blake (Lib Dem) 100 5%

Sean Alfred William Barlow (Ind) 90 5%

Neil Trevor Owen Huntley (Reform UK) 67 3%

Fryerns

Adele Brown (Lab) 974 41% Elected

Sandeep Singh Sandhu (Con) 786 33%

Jim Howard (Bas Community Res Party) 337 14%

Max David Woodrow (Reform UK) 210 9%

Viv Howard (Lib Dem) 66 3%

Laindon Park

Kevin Wingfield (Con) 1,545 55% Elected

Angela Stanbrook (Lab) 765 27%

Tony Mark Low (Ind) 155 5%

Mark Anthony Samuel Dale (Bas Community Res Party) 144 5%

Stephen Edward McCarthy (Lib Dem) 100 4%

Fred Southgate (UKIP) 65 2%

Christopher David Bateman (For Britain Movement) 57 2%

Langdon Hills

Val Robbins (Ind) 1,023 23% Elected

Christopher Jason Lee Allen (Con) 949 21% Elected

Charles Terence Albert Sansom (Con) 840 19%

Walt Brown (Ind) 732 16%

Derrick William John Fellowes 363 8%

Clarence Machipisa Zwengunde (Lab) 276 6%

Timothy John Nicklin (Lib Dem) 248 6%

None Of The Above X 46 1%

Lee Chapel North

Alex Harrison (Lab) 966 39% Elected

Deepak Shukla (Con) 921 37%

Kay Quested (Bas Community Res Party) 354 14%

Lewis John Fripp Reform UK 123 5%

Michael Chandler (Lib Dem) 113 5%

Nethermayne

Hazel Patricia Green (Ind) 1,448 46% Elected

Mark Richard Cottrell (Con) 646 20%

Michael Baker (Lab) 527 17%

Lauren Fay Whitwell (Bas Community Res Party) 394 12%

Stephen William Nice (Lib Dem) 113 4%

Norma Vivien Saggers (Reform UK) 39 1%

Pitsea North West

Gavin Callaghan (Lab) 1,101 47% Elected

Stuart James Burke Terson (Con) 987 42%

Jake Hogg (Bas Community Res Party) 213 9%

Martin Keith Howard (Lib Dem) 63 3%

Pitsea South East

Gary Canham (Con) 1,305 47% Elected

Andrew Ansell (Lab) 1,238 45%

Daniel Charles Raymond Tooley (Reform UK) 95 3%

Peter Geoffrey Lancaster (Lib Dem) 73 3%

Simon John Breedon (Ind) 61 2%

St Martin's

Davida Ominira Ademuyiwa (Con) 697 40% Elected

David Burton-Sampson (Lab) 675 38%

Patricia Ann Rackley (Bas Community Res Party) 309 18%

Philip Edward Jenkins (Lib Dem) 83 5%

Vange

Yetunde Juliet Oyebola Adeshile (Con) 749 45%

Aidan McGurran (Lab) 648 39%

Phil Rackley (Bas Community Res Party) 220 13%

Peter John Harle Smith (Lib Dem) 50 3%

Wickford North

Carole Morris (Con) 1,611 52% Elected

Alan Ronald Ball Wickford (Ind) 1,035 34%

Gillian Palmer (Lab) 328 11%

Nicola Denise Hoad (Lib Dem) 104 3%

There was also an election for Billericay Town Council West Ward.

Results were:

Jim Devlin (Con) 1,179 14% Elected

Edward Krishan Sainsbury (Lib Dem) 1,124 14% Elected

Mark Richard Thomas (Con) 1,085 13% Elected

Christopher John May (Lib Dem) 753 9% Elected

Laura Natalie Clark (Lib Dem) 623 8% Elected

Marie Anne Dear 596 7% Elected

Richard Simon Clark (Independent) 503 6% Elected

Christine Smith (Lib Dem) 502 6% Elected

Gareth Talbot 478 6% Elected

Peter John Harle Smith [Lib Dem) 475 6% Not elected

Kathy Herlock 452 6% Not elected

Robin Mohseni 311 4% Not elected

James Henry Tutton 99 1% Not elected