| Election Name: | 2000 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1999 Basildon District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1999 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Basildon District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2000 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 23 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,333 |
| Percentage1: | 29.5% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 18 |
| Popular Vote2: | 16,705 |
| Percentage2: | 52.8% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 8 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,120 |
| Percentage3: | 16.2% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 2000 Basildon District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was the following:
The results saw the Conservatives make gains from both Labour and Liberal Democrats[5] to go from 11 to 18 seats on the council.[6] This deprived Labour of a majority on the council after 5 years[5] and reduced Labour's lead over the Conservatives to just 2 seats.[6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost half their seats to fall to have just 4 councillors,[6] but were left with the balance of power.[5]
The Conservatives gained marginal seats in Basildon from Labour including Laindon, Langdon Hills and Pitsea East.[6] They also took all the seats the Liberal Democrats had been defending in Billericay and Wickford.[6]
Following the election, the Liberal Democrat leader Geoff Williams said "issues will be decided on their merit and not on party politics".[6]
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1996 election.