The 2023 Basildon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The council remained under Conservative control.^[2]

2023 Basildon Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	42.9	20	26	59.1	11,111	38.8	–10.2
	Labour	6		42.9	4	10	22.7	8,342	29.1	+5.5
	Independent	1		7.1	4	5	15.9	2,202	7.7	–1.8
	Wickford Ind.	1	1	7.1	0	1	2.3	2,219	7.7	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,808	13.3	+2.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	526	1.1	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	184	0.6	+0.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	120	0.4	–0.1
	British Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	89	0.3	±0.0
	Breakthrough Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	55	0.2	N/A

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Basildon Borough Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.^[3]

Billericay East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dadds*	1,703	60.4	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Clark	592	21.0	+1.3
	Labour	Peter Bunyan	525	18.6	+5.4
Majority			1,111	39.4	–8.0
Turnout			2,831	30.0	–2.5
Registered electors			9,432
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.0

Billericay West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Lawrence*	1,523	51.4	–5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris May	1,062	35.9	–1.6
	Labour	Gillian Palmer	208	7.0	+1.2
	Green	Andrew Brennan	168	5.7	N/A
Majority			461	15.5	–3.6
Turnout			2,980	31.6	–6.0
Registered electors			9,429
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Burstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Blake*	1,574	60.7	–5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Daffin	533	20.6	–2.6
	Labour	Malcolm Reid	318	12.3	+1.1
	Green	Stewart Goshawk	166	6.4	N/A
Majority			1,041	40.1	–2.4
Turnout			2,607	29.8	–4.1
Registered electors			8,760
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

Fryerns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Davies*	1,165	63.6	+7.3
	Conservative	Saneep Sandhu	505	27.6	–5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	161	8.8	–2.2
Majority			660	36.0	+12.4
Turnout			1,849	17.5	–0.7
Registered electors			10,580
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

Laindon Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Joseph	754	35.4	+0.2
	Conservative	Christopher Allen	729	34.3	–17.5
	Independent	Tina Arnold	307	14.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen McCarthy	101	4.7	–1.6
	Green	Oliver McCarthy	93	4.4	N/A
	British Democrats	Christopher Bateman	89	4.2	N/A
	Breakthrough Party	Phil Rackley	55	2.6	N/A
Majority			25	1.1	N/A
Turnout			2,135	21.4	–0.3
Registered electors			9,979
	Labour hold		Swing	8.9

Lee Chapel North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Webb	954	59.6	+20.6
	Conservative	Martyn Mordecai	468	29.2	–8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Chandler	180	11.2	+6.6
Majority			486	30.4	+28.6
Turnout			1,619	15.9	–8.3
Registered electors			10,163
	Labour hold		Swing	14.3

Nethermayne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mo Larkin*	1,560	66.3	–3.5
	Labour	Calum Caira-Neeson	450	19.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Stanley Edemakhiota	226	9.6	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nice	116	4.9	+1.1
Majority			1,110	47.2	–8.2
Turnout			2,363	22.3	–4.5
Registered electors			10,592
	Independent hold		Swing	4.1

Pitsea North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Reid*	872	49.3	+3.2
	Conservative	Mark Cottrell	675	38.2	–8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	121	6.8	+0.1
	Green	Rainbow Serina	99	5.6	N/A
Majority			197	11.1	N/A
Turnout			1,781	19.3	–2.0
Registered electors			9,245
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

Pitsea South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Rimmer*	915	40.9	–18.8
	Labour	Matthew Wright	896	40.1	–0.2
	Independent	Iurie Cojocaru	335	15.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lancaster	90	4.0	N/A
Majority			19	0.8	–18.6
Turnout			2,247	24.7	+0.5
Registered electors			9,088
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.3

St Martin's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maryam Yaqub*	628	51.6	+13.3
	Conservative	Deepak Shukla	322	26.4	–13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	149	12.2	+7.5
	TUSC	Andrew Buxton	119	9.8	N/A
Majority			306	25.2	+24.0
Turnout			1,225	17.5	–7.7
Registered electors			7,003
	Labour hold		Swing	13.2

Vange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melissa McGeorge*	630	52.5	+13.6
	Conservative	Lewis Smith	436	36.4	–8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Smith	68	5.7	+2.7
	TUSC	Dave Murray	65	5.4	N/A
Majority			194	16.1	N/A
Turnout			1,209	17.1	–6.4
Registered electors			7,061
	Labour hold		Swing	11.1

Wickford Castledon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Morris*	668	37.8	–14.3
	Wickford Ind.	David Harrison*	442	25.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Mott	390	22.1	+18.7
	Labour	Francesca Rothery	266	15.1	–8.1
Majority			226	12.8	–16.1
Turnout			1,766	27.4	–1.0
Registered electors			6,439
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.0

Wickford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wickford Ind.	Eunice Brockman*	1,180	45.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Mike Metcalfe	754	28.9	–12.7
	Labour	James Wood	389	14.9	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Hoad	162	6.2	–0.2
	Reform UK	Dave Collins	120	4.6	N/A
Majority			426	16.4	N/A
Turnout			2,609	25.4	–3.0
Registered electors			10,288
	Wickford Ind. hold		Swing	10.1

Wickford Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Child	613	38.8	–9.2
	Wickford Ind.	Trevor Hammond	597	37.8	+4.9
	Labour	Dylan Wright	287	18.2	–0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Blake	83	5.3	N/A
Majority			16	1.0	–14.1
Turnout			1,585	21.6	–3.0
Registered electors			7,342
	Conservative gain from Wickford Ind.		Swing	7.1