Election Name: | 1992 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 1991 Basildon District Council election |
Previous Year: | 1991 |
Next Election: | 1994 Basildon District Council election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | 15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
Majority Seats: | 22 |
Election Date: | 7 May 1992 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 17 |
Seats1: | 15 |
Seat Change1: | 9 |
Seats After1: | 26 |
Popular Vote1: | 35,878 |
Percentage1: | 61.7% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 21 |
Seats2: | 0 |
Seat Change2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 13 |
Popular Vote2: | 14,984 |
Percentage2: | 25.8% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 4 |
Seats3: | 0 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 7,244 |
Percentage3: | 12.5% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | No overall control |
After Election: | Conservative Party |
The 1992 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1992 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 1988. The Conservative Party won every seat up for election, and gained control of the council for the first time, which had previous been under no overall control.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 15| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 58,156| style="text-align: right;" |All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1988 election.