Labour has become the largest party on Basildon Council after a shocking midday local election count that saw the Conservatives lose 11 seats.
Labour gained 10 seats with a total of 18 councillors elected today while the Tories watched their 24 seat majority administration slip away, leaving them with 13 councillors.
Here is a full rundown of the day's results listed:
* - Former seat holder
* - Former seat holder
Fryerns Ward (Labour Hold)
- Andrew Ansell - (Lab) - 1,142 - Elected
- Adele Jane Brown* - (Lab)- 1,160 - Elected
- Allan Davies* - (Lab) - 1053 - Elected
- Olamide Dawodu - (Con) - 529
- Eleanor Donne - (Trade Unionist and Socialist) - 218
- Vivien Howard - (Lib Dem) - 329
Pitsea South East (Labour Gain)
- Yetunde Adeshile - (Con) - 895
- Gary Canham* - (Con) - 907
- Linda Harrison - (Ind) - 301
- Christopher Hilleard - (Lab) - 1093 - Elected
- Gillian Palmer - (Lab) - 1082 - Elected
- Craig Rimmer* - (Con) - 938
- Steven Spowart - (Lib Dem) - 193
- Ben Westwick - (Lab) - 1001 - Elected
- Steven Willis - (Green) - 272
Nethermayne (Independent Hold)
- Ann Blake (Con) - 313
- Lewis Chambers (Lib Dem) - 266
- *Mo Larkin (Ind) - 1307 - Elected
- Dave Martin (Con) - 251
- Yanik Moyet (Lab) - 576
- Eddie Murphy (Ind) - 1168 - Elected
- *Kerry Smith (Ind) - 1490 - Elected
- Maz Uluhan (Con) - 163
Wickford Park (Independent Gain)
- Alan Ball (Wickford Ind) - 881 - Elected
- Simon Blake (Lib Dem) - 395
- Peter Bunyan (Lab) - 629
- *Yvonne Child (Con) - 747
- David Harrison (Wickford Ind) - 831 - Elected
- *George Jeffery (Con) - 853 - Elected
- Gary Tagg (Con) - 666
St Martin's (Labour Gain)
- *Davida Ademuyiwa (Con) - 532
- Simon Breedon (Ind) - 305
- Andrew Buxton (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 190
- Gavin Callaghan (Lab) - 990 - Elected
- Jack Ferguson (Lab) - 965 - Elected
- Phil Jenkins (Lib Dem) - 243
- Ellie Matthewman (Green) - 319
- Deepak Roy (Con) - 514
- *Maryam Yaqub (Lab) - 820 Elected
Langdon Hills (Independent Hold)
- Chris Allen (Con) - 718
- *Walter Brown (Ind) - 1842 - Elected
- Stanley Edemakhiota (Con) - 439
- Elizabeth Grant (Green) - 355
- *Hazel Green (Ind) - 1855 - Elected
- Stephen Nice (Lib Dem) - 286
- *Valerie Robbins (Ind) - 1850 - Elected
- Sandeep Sandhu (Con) - 496
- Dean Sharpe (Lab) - 583
Pitsea North West (Labour Gain)
- Michael Baker (Lab) - 1026 - Elected
- *Stuart Terson (Con) - 706
- Emma Callaghan (Lab) - 1012 - Elected
- Mark Cottrell (Con) - 558
- Martin Howard (Lib Dem) - 200
- Jack Huggins (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 137
- *Pat Reid (Lab) - 965 - Elected
- Lewis Smith (Con) - 605
Burstead (Conservative Hold)
- *Andrew Baggott (Con) - 1785 - Elected
- Leslie Banks (Lab) - 933
- *Kevin Blake (Con) - 1515 - Elected
- Idriss Chraibi (Green) - 485
- Chris Daffin (Lib Dem) - 786
- Andy Fryd (Lib Dem) - 481
- Daniel Mcgarry (Green) - 485
- *Richard Moore (Con) - 1716 - Elected
Billericay East
- Andy Barnes (Con) - 1680 - Elected
- Andrew Brennan (Green) - 922
- Sally Bunyan (Lab) - 424
- Laura Clark (Lib Dem) - Lib Dem - 447
- Stewart Goshawk (Green) - 784
- Martyn Mordecai (Con) - 1523 - Elected
- *Andrew Schrader (Con) - 1713 - Elected
- Peter Smith (Lib Dem) - 333
- Andy Tatman (Green) - 737
Wickford North (Wickford Independent Gain)
- David Aldridge (Wickford Ind) - 963 - Elected
- *Eunice Brockman (Wickford Ind) - 1228 - Elected
- Dave Collins (Reform UK) - 447
- Trevor Hammond (Wickford Ind) - 936 - Elected
- *Peter Holliman (Con) - 872
- Karen Manterfield (Lib Dem) - 235
- *Carole Morris (Con) - 794
- *Don Morris (Con) - 720
- Joe Nemeth (Lab) - 493
- Penny Wright (Green) - 337
Laindon Park (Labour Gain)
- Iurie Cojocaru (Ind) - 358
- *Samuel Gascoyne (Con) - 761
- *Jeff Henry (Con) - 863
- *Victoria Joseph (Lab) - 1013 - Elected
- Eugene McCarthy (Green) - 312
- Stephen McCarthy (Lib Dem) - 218
- David Murray (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 137
- Jessica Power (Lab) - 972 - Elected
- *Terry Webb (Lab) - 880 - Elected
- *Kevin Wingfield (Con) - 845
Lee Chapel North (Labour Hold)
- Mike Chandler (Lib Dem) - 289
- *Alex Harrison (Lab) - 1148 - Elected
- Elaine McDonald (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 227
- *Melissa McGeorge (Lab) - 1005 - Elected
- Aidan McGurran (Lab) - 900 - Elected
- Deepak Shukla (Con) - 474
- Joanna Wingfield (Con) - 472
Castledon and Crouch (Con Hold)
- *Stuart Allen (Con) - 987 - Elected
- Christopher David (British Democrats) - 475
- Gillian Gurney (Green) - 399
- Nicola Hoad (Lib Dem) - 793
- Stewart Mott (Lib Dem) - 869
- *Alex Myers (Con) - 1084 - Elected
- *Terri Sargent (Con) - 992 - Elected
- Angela Stanbrook (Lab) - 498
- Michael Woods (Lib Dem) - 477
Billericay West (Con Hold)
- Scion Butler (Green) - 412
- Brian Button (Lab) - 420
- *Anthony Hedley (Con) - 1712 - Elected
- Peter Lancaster (Lib Dem) - 691
- *Daniel Lawrence (Con) - 1609 - Elected
- Chris May (Lib Dem) - 964
- Tim Nicklin (Lib Dem) - 627
- *Philip Turner (Con) - 1667 -Elected
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