| Election Name: | 2011 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] [3] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2010 Basildon District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Basildon Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2011 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 29 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Popular Vote1: | 18,842 |
| Percentage1: | 46.6% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 11 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,342 |
| Percentage2: | 30.5% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,766 |
| Percentage3: | 9.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative Party |
| After Election: | Conservative Party |
The 2011 Basildon Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[4]
After the election, the composition of the council was
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council after retaining all of the seats they had been defending.[6] This left the Conservatives with 29 seats, compared to 11 for Labour.[7] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to 2 councillors and the party lost vote share across the council.[8] Overall turnout in the election was 35%.[9]
The only change in the election saw Labour gain 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats in Nethermayne, with the winning Labour candidate, Andrew Gordon, becoming the youngest councillor at the age of 18.[8] Among the other winners was Daniel Munyambu for Labour in Vange, who became the second Kenyan to be elected as a councillor in the United Kingdom,[10] and the former council leader Nigel Smith who returned to the council in Lee Chapel North.[8]
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2007 election.