THE nationwide surge for the Conservatives was mirrored in elections in the Basildon area for seats on Essex County Council.

The Tories continue to dominate the council, and took six of the nine seats available in Basildon. Labour took two and the remaining seat was retained by independent Kerry Smith.

Local results were:

Billericay and Burstead

Anthony Michael Hedley (Con) 6,311 34% Elected

Richard Andrew Moore (Con) 5364 29% Elected

Edward Krishan Sainsbury (Lib Dem) 2,751 15%

Laura Natalie Clark (Lib Dem) 1,695 9%

Tracey Hilton (Lab) 1,165 6%

Malcolm Reid (Lab) 930 5%

Susan Patricia McCaffery (UKIP) 315 2%

Laindon Park and Fryerns

Jeff Henry (Con) 3,206 25% Elected

Adele Brown (Lab) 2,668 20% Elected

Andrew Peter Schrader (Con) 2,558 20%

Allan Robert Davies (Lab) 2,358 18%

Tony Mark Low (Ind) 493 4%

Lewis John Fripp (Reform UK) 413 3%

Fred Southgate (UKIP) 369 3%

Norma Vivien Saggers (Reform UK) 331 3%

Vivien Jennifer Howard (Lib Dem) 324 2%

Michael Chandler (Lib Dem) 321 2%

Pitsea]

Luke Arron Mackenzie (Con) 3,573 25% Elected

Aidan McGurran (Lab) 3,257 23% Elected

Patricia Reid (Lab) 3,115 22%

Craig Ronald Rimmer (Con) 3,091 21%

Daniel Charles Raymond Tooley (Reform UK) 501 3%

Martin Keith Howard (Lib Dem) 454 3%

Philip Edward Jenkins (Lib Dem) 422 3%

Westley Heights

Kerry James Daryl Luke Smith (Ind) 3,655 61% Elected

Charles Terence Albert Sansom (Con) 1,404 23%

Olukayode Adekunle Adeniran (Lab) 627 10%

Timothy John Nicklin (Lib Dem) 205 3%

None Of The Above X 98 2%

David James John Murray (Trade Un & Soc Coalition) 49 1%

Wickford Crouch

Tony Ball (Con) 5,752 36% Elected

Malcolm Robert Buckley (Con) 4,472 28% Elected

Eunice Christine Brockman (Wick Ind Free of Party Politics) 1,660 10%

Mark Burton-Sampson (Lab) 1,131 7%

Gillian Palmer (Lab) 1,001 6%

Sean Alfred William Barlow (Ind) 836 5%

Nicola Denise Hoad (Lib Dem) 386 2%

Simon Andrew Blake (Lib Dem) 376 2%

Neil Trevor Owen Huntley (Reform UK) 234 1%