| Election Name: | 1987 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Basildon District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1988 Basildon District Council election |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1987 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 22 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 17,983 |
| Percentage1: | 32.5% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 20,221 |
| Percentage2: | 36.5% |
| Party3: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 11 |
| Popular Vote3: | 17,188 |
| Percentage3: | 31.0% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour Party |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 1987 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1987 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 1983. The Labour Party lost control of the council, which it had held since 1982; the council fell under no overall control.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 14| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 55,392| style="text-align: right;" |All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1983 election.