| Election Name: | 2014 Basildon District Council election[1] [2] [3] |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Basildon Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2015 Basildon Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
| Seats For Election: | 15 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 22 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 25 |
| Seats Before1: | 24 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,614 |
| Percentage1: | 35.0% |
| Party2: | UKIP |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
| Seats Before2: | 1 |
| Seats2: | 11 |
| Seat Change2: | 11 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 15,163 |
| Percentage2: | 39.0% |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 15 |
| Seats Before3: | 11 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 9 |
| Popular Vote3: | 8,092 |
| Percentage3: | 20.8% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election4: | 0 |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 36 |
| Percentage4: | 0.1% |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,846 |
| Percentage5: | 4.7% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative Party |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 2014 Basildon District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Basildon District Council in England.[4] This was on the same day as other local elections and elections to the European Parliament. This election was to elect one third of the council, plus one additional seat which was vacant. These seats were last up for election in 2010.
The turnout was 32.8%, and there were 160 ballots rejected. All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2010 election.
Prior to election, the composition of the council was:
| 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Labour | IND | L | UK |
After election, the composition of the council was:
| 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| Conservative | UKIP | Labour | IND | L |
The second vacancy was caused by the resignation of an Independent councillor who had been elected in 2012 as a Labour candidate. Malsbury will fill this seat, and will thus be up for re-election in May 2016. Ferguson will fill the seat that was ordinarily due for election in 2014, and will face re-election in 2018.
In December 2014, Kerry Smith, the then leader of the UKIP group and newly selected parliamentary candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock resigned from the party after the release of a tape recording of a private phone call in which he made offensive remarks about fellow UKIP members.[5] Imelda Clancy also left the party later that month, and the two sit as "Independence Group" members on the council, reducing UKIP's strength to ten seats, though they remain the second-largest party ahead of Labour on nine seats.[6]
A third independent councilor (originally elected as Labour) joined the Independence Group in January 2015.