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1998 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]
16 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1998 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1998 Basildon District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

1998 Basildon Local Election Result^[4]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	9	0	1	1	56.3	39.5	12,464	2.0
Conservative	5	4	0	5	31.3	35.0	11,046	6.8
Liberal Democrats	2	0	3	4	12.5	25.3	7,993	4.7
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	59	New

All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1994 election.

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Patrick^[6]	1,205	51.9%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Dowden	815	35.1%
	Labour	P. Reid	301	13.0%
Turnout				26.2%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Billericay West

Billericay West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Barr^[7]	1,231	46.0%
	Conservative	S. Horgan	1,196	44.7%
	Labour	R. Austin	248	9.3%
Turnout				25.7%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Burstead

Burstead^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Buckenham^[8]	1,061	45.8%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Taylor	908	39.2%
	Labour	M. Viney	348	15.0%
Turnout				26.4%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Fryerns Central

Fryerns Central^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Kirkman^[9]	1,424	72.1%
	Conservative	A. Hedley	324	16.4%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dickinson	226	11.4%
Turnout				24.7%
	Labour hold

Fryerns East

Fryerns East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Potter^[10]	1,261	73.1%
	Conservative	D. Morris	321	18.6%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lutton	144	8.3%
Turnout				22.4%
	Labour hold

Laindon

Laindon^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Payn^[11]	1,158	51.6%
	Conservative	D. Walsh	812	36.2%
	Liberal Democrats	V. Howard	275	12.2%
Turnout				23.2%
	Labour hold

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Hillier	1,191	45.3%
	Labour	M. Larkin	1,176	44.7%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Williams	261	9.9%
Turnout				27.4%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Lee Chapel

Lee Chapel^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nigel Smith^[12]	1,309	63.6%
	Conservative	M. Levey	474	23.0%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Dale	274	13.3%
Turnout				27.3%
	Labour hold

Nethermayne

Nethermayne^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Williams^[13]	1,431	54.2%
	Labour	T. Lomas	747	28.3%
	Conservative	S. Allen	460	17.4%
Turnout				38.7%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Pitsea East

Pitsea East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dave Marks^[14]	1,187
	Labour	R. Rackham	1,040
	Conservative	K. Blake	860
	Conservative	P. Turner	796
	Liberal Democrats	D. Birch	209
	Liberal Democrats	A. Ferriss	171
	Socialist Alliance	D. Murray	59
Turnout				21.6%
	Labour hold

Pitsea West

Pitsea West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Ballard	1,140	66.4%
	Conservative	C. Coombes	395	23.0%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Barr	183	10.7%
Turnout				20.4%
	Labour hold

Vange

Vange^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Kirkman	909
	Labour	L. Rossati	873
	Conservative	R. Cornish	349
	Conservative	S. Hillier	319
	Liberal Democrats	P. Jenkins	137
	Liberal Democrats	T. Marsh	124
Turnout				18.1%
	Labour hold

Wickford North

Wickford North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Ball^[15]	1,052	38.8%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Birch	1,042	38.5%
	Labour	C. Wilson	614	22.7%
Turnout				29.2%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Wickford South

Wickford South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sylvia Buckley^[16]	1,346	47.3%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pattison	857	30.1%
	Labour	A. Ede	642	22.6%
Turnout				25.1%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats