Constituency profile

Basildon and Billericay

East of England · Borough constituency · Basildon borough

Mr Richard Holden MP
Sitting MP

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative

First elected December 2019Shadow: Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
Borough constituency, Basildon council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
67.1% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +15.2pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +21.2pp
Vulnerability score 10/10 (Conservative projected to lose)
SouthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Basildon and Billericay constituency

Basildon and Billericay is a borough constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Mr Richard Holden (Conservative), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 30.6% to 30.6% for Labour, a majority of 20 votes on a 54.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 43.9% and the Conservatives on 22.7%, a margin of 21.2 points - a projected change of hands from the Conservatives.

Who lives in Basildon and Billericay? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
67.1%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
25.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
20.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
61.9%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
37.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
38.6
UK median ~40
Age 65+
20.7%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
30.8%
UK average ~28%

How did Basildon and Billericay vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Con hold · majority 20 votes (0.0pp) · turnout 54.8%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Basildon and Billericay

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Basildon and Billericay within Basildon

Basildon and Billericay sits entirely within Basildon Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. In addition, the Essex County Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2026; the county-division results covering this seat are shown below. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Basildon
63 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Essex County Council election, Thursday 7 May 2026

The county council is a separate tier of local government from the district council and from Westminster. These are the results for the county divisions covering this seat; vote shares are computed from the declared per-candidate ballots.

DivisionWinnerTop 3 vote sharesTurnout
Billericay NorthConCon 48% Ref 30% Grn 10%53.6%
BursteadConCon 43% Ref 37% Lab 8%50.5%
Gloucester ParkRefRef 41% Lab 34% Con 13%34.7%
Laindon TownRefRef 44% Lab 26% Con 16%34.3%
Wickford East & Bowers GiffordRefRef 48% Con 31% Grn 9%45.1%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Billericay EastConservative 41.0%vs Labour 25.1%May 2026 Conservative 44.9%vs Reform 31.9%
Conservative share
+3.9pp
54.8%
Billericay WestConservative 37.6%vs Reform 25.8%May 2026 Conservative 50.7%vs Reform 28.7%
Conservative share
+13.1pp
53.2%
BursteadConservative 39.7%vs Reform 26.0%May 2026 Conservative 45.1%vs Reform 37.0%
Conservative share
+5.4pp
52.8%
Castledon & CrouchConservative 36.0%vs Reform 26.5%May 2026 Reform 50.5%vs Conservative 24.4%
Conservative→Reform
+17.8pp
49.8%
FryernsLabour 37.8%vs Reform 28.1%May 2026 Reform 44.4%vs Labour 33.0%
Labour→Reform
+10.5pp
34.0%
Laindon ParkLabour 34.5%vs Conservative 28.2%May 2026 Reform 46.5%vs Labour 22.3%
Labour→Reform
+16.0pp
36.5%
Lee Chapel NorthLabour 38.0%vs Reform 27.0%May 2026 Reform 43.2%vs Labour 32.7%
Labour→Reform
+10.7pp
32.8%
NethermayneReform 34.3%vs Labour 29.1%May 2026 Reform 39.0%vs Others 24.2%
Reform share
+4.7pp
33.4%
Pitsea South EastLabour 33.9%vs Reform 28.0%May 2026 Reform 47.2%vs Labour 23.0%
Labour→Reform
+15.0pp
36.7%
St Martin'sLabour 36.9%vs Reform 31.4%May 2026 Reform 40.9%vs Labour 36.2%
Labour→Reform
+5.1pp
32.6%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Basildon and Billericay at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Basildon and Billericay at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdJohn Baron23.1%52.7%15.7%3.8% UKIP-4.7%12,33863.4%
2015Con holdJohn Baron23.7%52.7%3.8%19.8% UKIP--12,48264.9%+1.5
2017Con holdJohn Baron31.1%61.0%3.4%4.5% UKIP--13,40065.0%+0.1
2019notionalConservative winnerJohn Baron 2019 MP, pre-review boundary21.6%65.9%8.4%-3.0%1.1%20,74960.9%-4.1
2024Con holdRichard Holden30.6%30.6%5.4%27.0% Ref5.0%1.3%2054.8%-6.1

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

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Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Basildon and Billericay. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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