Before (end of 2000) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 18 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
After (end of 2001) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 18 · Liberal Democrats 4 · Other 0
Ward results
Basildon Crouch1 seat · turnout 58.5%
| D. Morris | Conservative | 3,575 |
| A Manning | Labour | 2,096 |
| J Myall | Liberal Democrats | 1,195 |
Basildon Fryerns1 seat · turnout 52.2%
| W. Archibald | Labour | 3,057 |
| W Marck | Conservative | 1,151 |
| J Lutton | Liberal Democrats | 637 |
Basildon Gloucester Park1 seat · turnout 55.5%
| P Kirkman | Labour | 3,555 |
| A Ball | Conservative | 1,763 |
| M. Dickinson | Liberal Democrats | 768 |
Basildon Laindon1 seat · turnout 49.2%
| R. Liebeschuetz | Labour | 2,478 |
| V. York | Conservative | 1,691 |
| R. Sargent | Liberal Democrats | 545 |
| A. Viccary | Independent | 103 |
Basildon Pitsea1 seat
| K. Bobbin | Labour | 4,256 |
| J. Blake | Conservative | 2,914 |
| Vivien Howard | Liberal Democrats | 878 |
Basildon Vange1 seat · turnout 48.7%
| Swatantra Nandanwar | Labour | 3,426 |
| T. Thomas | Conservative | 1,842 |
| Hersom M. | Liberal Democrats | 920 |
Basildon Westley Heights1 seat · turnout 60.9%
| D. Walsh | Conservative | 3,318 |
| R Sears | Labour | 3,014 |
| L. Williams | Liberal Democrats | 1,658 |
Billericay North1 seat · turnout 64.6%
| A. Hedley | Conservative | 5,290 |
| F Bellard | Liberal Democrats | 2,170 |
| G. Viney | Labour | 1,584 |
Billericay South1 seat
| K. Twitchen | Conservative | 4,016 |
| J. Edwardson | Liberal Democrats | 2,239 |
| Patricia Reid | Labour | 1,928 |
Wickford1 seat · turnout 57.5%
| I. Pummell | Conservative | 4,566 |
| C. Wilson | Labour | 2,934 |
| F Cummings | Liberal Democrats | 1,477 |