2005 Essex County Council election

2005 Essex County Council election
All 75 seats to Essex County Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
	Results by electoral division.Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Community Representatives Party in pink and Loughton Residents Association in green.
Majority party before election; Conservative;	Majority party after election ; Conservative;

An election to Essex County Council took place on 9 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 75 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were redrawn for this election.

The Conservative Party retained control with an increased majority, winning 52 of the 75 seats. Labour and the Liberal Democrats both lost seats.

Previous composition

2001 election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	49
	Labour	19
	Liberal Democrats	10
	Loughton Residents	1
Total		79

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	48
	Labour	18
	Liberal Democrats	11
	Loughton Residents	1
	Community Representative	1
Total		79

Results

Essex County Council election, 2005^[2]^[3]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	52	4	44.5	285,899	+2.8
	Labour	13	5	24.3	156,561	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	8	3	22.9	147,561	+1.4
	Community Representative	1	1	0.9	6,003	+0.3
	Loughton Residents	1		0.4	2,734
	Green	0		5.6	35,696	+3.7
	UKIP	0		0.6	4,112	N/A
	Independent	0		0.3	2,070	−0.3
	BNP	0		0.2	1,391	N/A
	English Democrat	0		0.1	825	N/A
	Veritas	0		>0.1	158	N/A
Total		75

Election of Group Leaders

Paul White (Stock) was re elected leader of the Conservative Group, Tom Smith-Hughes (Chelmsford North) was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Group and Paul Kirkman (Pitsea) was elected leader of the Labour Group.

Election of Leader of the Council

Paul White the leader of the conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a conservative administration.

Results by District

Basildon

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5		57,459	45.8	+2.8
Labour	4	1	39,537	31.5	−7.8
Liberal Democrat	0		22,787	18.2	+0.8
Green	0		5,101	4.1	+4.1
English Democrats	0		457	0.4	+0.4

Division results

Basildon Westley Heights
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Schofield	3,654	37.9	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Williams *	2,753	28.6	+7.8
	Labour	Swatantra Nadanwar *	2,489	25.8	−11.9
	English Democrat	Kim Gandy	457	4.7	New
	Green	Ernest Humphries	283	2.9	New
Majority			901	9.3	+5.5
Turnout			9,636	62.9	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.7

Between 2001 and 2005, the seat was won by the Liberal Democrats candidate in a by-election, however it is shown as a hold as it is compared to the previous full council election.

Billericay and Burstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Headley *	10,933	65.8
	Conservative	Kay Twitchen *	8,418	50.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gilda Bellard	3,868	23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Raylor	3,718	22.4
	Labour	Patricia Reid	2,674	16.1
	Labour	Margaret Viney	2,369	14.3
	Green	Annie Humphries	1,269	7.6
Turnout			18,490	69.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Laindon Park and Fryerns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Archibald *	6,707	54.3
	Labour	Rachel Liebeschuetz *	5,349	43.3
	Conservative	Terry Fleet	4,107	33.3
	Conservative	Terri Sargent	3,904	31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Williams	1,903	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Myall	1,539	12.5
	Green	Adam Ellis	1,177	9.5
Turnout			12,343	55.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pitsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Bobbin *	6,968	50.3
	Labour	Paul Kirkman *	6,181	44.6
	Conservative	David Abrahall	4,910	35.4
	Conservative	Andrew Baggott	4,271	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	2,229	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	1,964	14.2
	Green	David Wilkinson	1,189	8.6
Turnout			13,856	51.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wickford Crouch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Morris *	8,841	56.9
	Conservative	Iris Pummell *	8,421	54.2
	Labour	Wendy Aitken	3,927	25.3
	Labour	Christopher Wilson	3,873	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	2,444	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Woods	2,369	15.3
	Green	Dean Hall	1,183	7.6
Turnout			15,529	62.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Braintree

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	6		29,212	43.2	+3.1
Labour	2	1	20,732	30.7	−5.1
Liberal Democrat	0		11,808	17.5	+0.2
Green	0		4,613	6.8
UKIP	0		1,256	1.9	+1.9

Division results

Bocking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Watson	3,231	40.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Jean Schmitt	3,010	37.4	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence Brooks	1,362	16.9	+4.1
	Green	Wendy Partridge	449	5.6	−0.8
Majority			221	2.7
Turnout			8,052	61.7	−3.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.1

Braintree Eastern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Edey *	3,688	43.0
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	2,878	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Braley	1,251	14.6
	Green	Duncan Stewart	414	4.8
	UKIP	Barbara Coutts	338	3.9
Majority			810	9.5
Turnout			8,569	69.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Braintree Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop	2,700	35.9
	Conservative	Graham Butland	2,485	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Rice	1,730	23.0
	Green	Philip Hughes	327	4.4
	UKIP	Heather Sheehan	273	3.6
Majority			215	2.9
Turnout			7,515	60.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Halstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Pike *	4,378	47.0	+2.7
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	2,486	26.7	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Bayley	1,887	20.3	+2.0
	Green	Nelson Brunton	560	6.0	+1.7
Majority			1,892	20.3	+9.1
Turnout			9,311	63.8	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Hedingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Finch *	4,959	52.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	2,182	23.1	+0.8
	Labour	John Kotz	1,722	18.2	−7.1
	Green	Robert Kenney	590	6.2	+1.4
Majority			2,777	29.4	+7.0
Turnout			9,453	69.4	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

Three Fields with Great Notley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Walters *	4,045	51.9
	Labour	William Edwards	1,682	21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Beckett	1,475	18.9
	Green	Kevin Peterson	316	4.1
	UKIP	Michael Baker	278	3.6
Majority			2,363	30.3
Turnout			7,796	70.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Witham Northern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lager	3,108	37.8	+8.7
	Labour	Phillip Barlow *	2,878	35.0	−7.0
	Green	James Abbott	1,376	16.7	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Ashby	490	6.0	−6.0
	UKIP	Bryan Smith	367	4.5	New
Majority			230	2.6
Turnout			8,883	65.3	+4.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.9

Witham Southern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Louis	3,539	40.7	−1.1
	Labour	Jacqueline Martin	3,155	36.2	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Fleet	1,431	16.4	+3.0
	Green	Stephen Hicks	581	6.7	+0.9
Majority			384	4.4	+1.7
Turnout			8,706	63.5	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

Brentwood

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4		17,868	49.3	+7.8
Liberal Democrat	0	1	10,750	29.6	−3.5
Labour	0		4,665	12.9	−3.4
UKIP	0		1,930	5.3	+5.3
Green	0		1,054	2.9	−0.2

Division results

Brentwood Hutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roberts *	5,734	57.8	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Davies	2,292	23.1	−3.4
	Labour	Bernadette Pavitt	1,332	13.4	−3.6
	UKIP	Derek Camp	563	5.7	New
Majority			3,442	34.7	+12.5
Turnout			9,921	68.8	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.3

Brentwood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Baker *	4,102	46.7	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Suckling	2,687	30.6	−3.7
	Labour	Michele Wigram	1,143	13.0	−1.0
	Green	Frank Seckleman	431	4.9	+1.9
	UKIP	Yvonne Maguire	419	4.8	New
Majority			1,415	16.1	+14.7
Turnout			8,782	67.8	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.3

Brentwood Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Dyson *	4,751	49.7	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Aspinell *	3,060	32.0	−5.5
	Labour	Vicki Hann	834	8.7	−2.5
	UKIP	Michael Heaslip	616	6.4	New
	Green	Beryl Lankaster	298	3.1	−0.2
Majority			1,691	17.7	+14.5
Turnout			9,559	71.1	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.3

Brentwood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Lee *	3,281	41.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Kendall	2,711	33.9	+2.2
	Labour	Michael Le-Surf	1,356	16.9	−7.8
	UKIP	Jeanette Gulleford	332	4.1	New
	Green	Dean Swift	325	4.1	−0.8
Majority			570	7.1	+0.0
Turnout			8,005	65.2	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.0

Castle Point

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	1	20,774	50.2	+1.4
Labour	0	2	14,185	34.3	−5.6
Liberal Democrat	0		4,470	10.8	+0.3
Green	0		1,936	4.7	+3.9

Division results

Canvey Island East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Howard	3,944	45.3	+4.8
	Labour	Dennis Williams *	3,645	41.9	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Wood	718	8.2	+0.5
	Green	Christopher Keane	397	4.6	+0.5
Majority			299	3.4
Turnout			8,704	56.4	+3.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.2

Canvey Island West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Howard *	3,727	50.8	−4.9
	Labour	Vincent Heatherson	2,782	37.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Howe	556	7.6	+1.3
	Green	Irene Willis	269	3.7	New
Majority			945	12.9	−4.8
Turnout			7,334	52.7	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.4

Hadleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Reeves *	4,998	55.6	+1.4
	Labour	Jacqueline Reilly	2,229	24.8	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	1,028	11.4	−4.9
	Green	Vikki Copping	735	8.2	New
Majority			2,769	30.8	+6.2
Turnout			8,990	65.6	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

South Benfleet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Riley	4,226	50.4
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	2,627	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Newman	1,357	16.2
	Green	Nanine Pachy	175	2.1
Majority			1,599	19.1
Turnout			8,385	63.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thundersley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dick *	3,879	48.8	−0.2
	Labour	Joseph Cooke	2,902	36.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Westlake	811	10.2	−2.6
	Green	Eileen Peck	360	4.5	New
Majority			977	12.3	+1.6
Turnout			7,952	63.1	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Chelmsford

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Liberal Democrat	5	1	25,143	31.7	+0.4
Conservative	4		34,553	43.6	+3.4
Labour	0	1	14,265	18.0	−6.6
Green	0		3,927	5.0	+1.1
SWFCTA	0		807	1.0	+1.0
UKIP	0		464	0.6	+0.6
Veritas	0		158	0.2	+0.2

Division results

Broomfield and Writtle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Aldridge	4,271	45.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Hunnable	2,565	27.2	−3.4
	Labour	Prudence Jones	1,603	17.0	−5.0
	Green	Andrew Tinsley	513	5.4	+1.8
	UKIP	Charles Cole	464	4.9	New
Majority			1,706	18.1	+5.0
Turnout			9,416	66.4	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Chelmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Martin *	5,364	53.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteing	2,280	22.7
	Labour	David Howell	1,737	17.3
	Green	Eleanor Burgess	650	6.5
Majority			3,084	30.7
Turnout			10,031	63.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelmsford Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Francis	2,785	38.0
	Conservative	David Lee	2,584	35.3
	Labour	John Leslie	1,531	20.9
	Green	Douglas Copping	430	5.9
Majority			201	2.7
Turnout			7,330	62.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chelmsford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Smith-Hughes *	3,276	39.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Delmas Ashford	2,726	32.6	+3.9
	Labour	Joan Bliss	2,031	24.3	−5.9
	Green	Angela Thomson	341	4.1	+1.5
Majority			550	6.6	−1.8
Turnout			8,374	60.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−1.7

Chelmsford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gale *	2,876	36.0	+3.6
	Conservative	Amar Bajaj	2,365	29.6	+3.4
	Labour	Neil Spurgeon *	2,161	27.1	−11.0
	Green	Clifford Hughes	426	5.3	+2.0
	Veritas	Stephen Stratton	158	2.0	New
Majority			511	6.4	+0.8
Turnout			7,986	56.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+7.3

Great Baddow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Miller *	3,774	39.3	−3.5
	Conservative	David Stevenson	3,571	37.2	+4.8
	Labour	Peter Dixon	1,803	18.8	−2.4
	Green	Colin Budgey	449	4.7	+1.1
Majority			203	2.1	−8.4
Turnout			9,597	63.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−4.2

South Woodham Ferrers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Hume *	3,950	51.5
	Labour	Robert Jones	1,403	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jenifer Goldfinch	1,260	16.4
	SWFCTA	Ian Roberts	807	10.5
	Green	Valerie Thompson	251	3.3
Majority			2,547	33.2
Turnout			7,671	59.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Springfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mackrory	4,095	41.5	+13.7
	Conservative	John Spence	3,778	38.3	−6.4
	Labour	William Horslen	1,996	20.2	−2.7
Majority			317	3.2
Turnout			9,869	62.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.1

Stock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul White *	5,944	65.7	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Robinson	2,232	24.7	+9.2
	Green	Dawn Holmes	867	9.6	+5.0
Majority			3,712	41.0	+14.9
Turnout			9,043	66.4	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

Colchester

District summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	27,580	37.4	−1.0
Liberal Democrat	3	23,089	31.3	−0.6
Labour	2	16,940	23.0	−5.4
Green	0	4,845	6.6	+5.4
Independent	0	1,263	1.7	+1.7

Division results

Abbey division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fisher *	3,384	42.9
	Labour	Scott Harris	1,846	23.4
	Conservative	David Adams	1,806	22.9
	Green	Peter Lynn	852	10.8
Majority			1,538	19.5
Turnout			7,888	52.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Constable division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover *	4,943	50.1	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Stevens	2,333	23.6	−3.0
	Labour	John Wood	1,925	19.5	−1.9
	Green	Roger Bamforth	673	6.8	New
Majority			2,610	26.5	+1.1
Turnout			9,874	67.7	+0.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Drury division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas *	4,049	43.9	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gwendoline Ilott	3,030	32.9	−5.4
	Labour	David Hough	1,517	16.5	−4.1
	Green	Timothy Glover	618	6.7	New
Majority			1,019	11.0	+8.0
Turnout			9,214	67.8	+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

Maypole division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Bourne *	2,226	34.8	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Frame	2,035	31.8	−4.3
	Conservative	Robert Davidson	1,837	28.7	+1.8
	Green	Philippa Lane	299	4.7	New
Majority			191	3.0	+2.2
Turnout			6,397	52.8	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Mersea and Tiptree division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press *	4,129	44.8
	Labour	Audrey Spencer	1,916	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Sutton	1,491	16.2
	Independent	Jonathan Longman	1,263	13.7
	Green	Howard Mettler	428	4.6
Majority			2,213	24.0
Turnout			9,227	64.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mile End and Highwoods division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Turrell *	2,646	38.1
	Conservative	Donald Henshall	2,619	37.7
	Labour	Richard Bingley	1,282	18.4
	Green	Mary Bryan	403	5.8
Majority			27	0.4
Turnout			6,950	57.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Parsons Heath and East Gates division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Higgins *	3,312	43.4
	Conservative	Simon Smith	2,280	29.9
	Labour	Kim Naish	1,647	21.6
	Green	Maria Iacovou	390	5.1
Majority			1,032	13.5
Turnout			7,629	60.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stanway and Pyefleet division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Jowers	4,036	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah James	2,739	30.0
	Labour	John Spademan	1,825	20.0
	Green	Patience Rogers	514	5.6
Majority			1,297	14.3
Turnout			9,114	65.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wivenhoe St. Andrew division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Young *	2,756	37.1	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Jacobs	2,119	28.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Neil Stock	1,881	25.3	−4.3
	Green	Christopher Fox	668	9.0	New
Majority			637	8.6	−4.9
Turnout			7,424	50.9	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.7

Epping Forest

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	6	1	28,519	49.1	+3.0
Loughton Residents	1		2,734	4.7	+0.4
Liberal Democrat	0	2	13,167	22.7	−1.8
Labour	0		10,171	17.5	−7.5
Green	0		1,712	2.9	+2.9
BNP	0		1,391	2.4	+2.4
English Democrats	0		368	0.6	+0.6

Division results

Buckhurst Hill and Loughton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Finn *	4,780	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Haigh *	3,438	35.1
	Labour	Paul Bostock	1,580	16.1
Majority			1,342	13.7
Turnout			9,798	65.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chigwell and Loughton Broadway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Tomkins *	3,748	49.8
	Labour	Thomas Owen	1,551	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spencer	1,349	17.9
	BNP	Thomas Richardson	623	8.3
	Green	Gillian Askew	255	3.4
Majority			2,197	29.2
Turnout			7,526	60.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Epping and Theydon Bois
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terence Spencer	3,496	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whitehouse *	3,375	40.4
	Labour	Michael Sellears	827	9.9
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	368	4.4
	Green	Korinna Willis	284	3.4
Majority			121	1.4
Turnout			8,350	66.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Loughton Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Loughton Residents	Chris Pond	2,734	35.2
	Conservative	Matthew Hayday	2,175	28.0
	Labour	Margaret Owen	1,331	17.2
	BNP	Patricia Richardson	768	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	483	6.2
	Green	Jennifer Hart	269	3.5
Majority			559	7.2
Turnout			7,760	61.6
	Loughton Residents win (new seat)

North Weald and Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Jackson *	5,301	58.3	−0.9
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	1,654	18.2	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Hedges	1,623	17.9	+3.9
	Green	Peter Goldsmith	511	5.6	New
Majority			3,647	40.1	+7.6
Turnout			9,089	69.9	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Ongar and Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerard McEwan *	4,397	59.6
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Jacobs	1,729	23.4
	Labour	Sheila Spring	1,254	17.0
Majority			2,668	36.2
Turnout			7,380	67.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waltham Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Webster *	4,622	56.6	+3.4
	Labour	Peter Sheen	1,974	24.2	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Brooks	1,170	14.3	+3.0
	Green	Barry Johns	393	4.8	New
Majority			2,648	32.5	+14.8
Turnout			8,159	53.2	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.4

Harlow

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	3	2	20,154	41.4	−3.5
Conservative	1	1	18,094	37.2	+5.3
Liberal Democrat	0		8,368	17.2	−6.0
Green	0		2,011	4.1	+4.1

Division results

Harlow North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Sztumpf *	3,863	42.1
	Conservative	Jane Steer	3,095	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Millington	1,716	18.7
	Green	Miles Willis	495	5.4
Majority			768	8.4
Turnout			9,169	63.6
	Labour win (new seat)

Harlow South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Johnson	3,552	41.5
	Labour	Patricia Larkin	3,224	37.6
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Pailing	1,479	17.3
	Green	Michael Gould	311	3.6
Majority			328	3.8
Turnout			8,566	61.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harlow West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Durcan *	6,568	42.5
	Labour	Jenny Holland *	6,499	42.1
	Conservative	Christopher Ford	5,807	37.6
	Conservative	Joshua Jolles	5,640	36.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	2,696	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Macy	2,477	16.0
	Green	Robert Wight	1,205	7.8
Turnout			15,446	56.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Maldon

District summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	3	15,622	51.3	+2.8
Labour	0	7,235	23.8	−5.1
Liberal Democrat	0	5,233	17.2	+1.0
Green	0	2,351	7.7	+1.2

Division results

Heybridge and Tollesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rodney Bass *	5,305	51.4
	Labour	Norman Hunt	2,162	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Townshead	1,905	18.5
	Green	Jonathan King	943	9.1
Majority			3,143	30.5
Turnout			10,315	68.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Mead *	4,588	49.2	+2.4
	Labour	Michael Bentley	2,461	26.4	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Janetta Sosin	1,603	17.2	+3.3
	Green	Michael Cole	672	7.2	+0.7
Majority			2,127	22.8
Turnout			9,324	65.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Boyce *	5,729	53.0	+3.6
	Labour	Mary Feakins	2,612	24.2	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Hutchon	1,725	16.0	+1.2
	Green	Robert King	736	6.8	+0.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford

District summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	20,369	50.1	+3.0
Labour	0	9,504	23.4	−4.0
Liberal Democrat	0	8,353	20.5	−1.8
Green	0	2,463	6.1	+6.1

Division results

Rayleigh North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Castle *	3,815	44.7	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Black	2,908	34.1	+1.9
	Labour	Stephen Hinde	1,382	16.2	−3.8
	Green	Neil Kirsh	432	5.1	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rayleigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mavis Webster *	4,180	53.9	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Budden	1,617	20.9	−11.3
	Labour	Hilary Dyer	1,577	20.3	+0.3
	Green	Peggy-Jane Smith	376	4.9	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tracey Chapman *	4,262	51.8	+8.7
	Labour	Allan Davies	1,809	22.0	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Leach	1,555	18.9	+1.3
	Green	Andrew Vaughan	607	7.4	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Pearson *	3,324	46.8	−0.2
	Labour	Graham Fox	2,460	34.6	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Masek	867	12.2	+0.2
	Green	Robin Hume	453	6.4	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rochford West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hart *	4,788	52.8	−0.7
	Labour	Michael Hoy	2,276	25.1	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Pearson	1,406	15.5	−1.6
	Green	Gabrielle Yeadell	595	6.6	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tendring

District summary

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5		28,408	40.9	+3.4
Labour	2	1	18,857	27.2	−9.4
CRP	1	1	6,003	8.6	+3.2
Liberal Democrat	0		13,072	18.8	−0.9
Green	0		3,101	4.5	+4.1

Division results

Brightlingsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Robinson *	4,157	45.1	+3.9
	Labour	Colin Olivier	2,327	25.2	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Scott	2,258	24.5	−1.1
	Green	Nicholas Scales	478	5.2	+2.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clacton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pierre Oxley	4,330	51.3	+11.2
	Labour	Roy Raby	2,427	28.8	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Brown	1,206	14.3	+1.4
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	263	3.1	New
	Community Representative	Fraser Leeks	207	2.5	−11.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clacton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Baker *	2,809	39.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Paul Honeywood	2,200	30.8	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Harold Shearing	1,746	24.5	−7.1
	Community Representative	Kevin Watson	204	2.9	New
	Green	Patricia Brunton	174	2.4	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Clacton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Representative	Roy Smith *	2,109	30.8	*New*
	Conservative	Christopher Griffiths	1,988	29.1	+0.2
	Labour	Maurice Alexander	1,863	27.2	−33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Shearing	747	10.9	+0.6
	Green	Rachel Brunton	136	2.0	New
Majority
Turnout
	Community Representative gain from Labour		Swing

Frinton and Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Page	6,112	56.8	+1.2
	Labour	Richard Hebborn	2,633	24.5	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Harrison	1,658	15.4	−0.7
	Green	Walter Schwartz	358	3.3	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Double *	3,847	42.3	−2.8
	Community Representative	Steven Henderson	2,847	31.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Denzil Watson	1,887	20.7	−0.3
	Green	Ketherine Bamforth	519	5.7	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tendring Rural East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Cossens	3,805	40.5	+0.2
	Labour	Lawrence Payne	2,951	31.4	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Bevan	2,142	22.8	+0.7
	Green	Samuel Elliott	289	3.1	New
	Community Representative	John Brown	208	2.2	−3.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tendring Rural West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Candy *	3,929	45.9	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Elvin	3,315	38.7	+7.2
	Green	Michael Mealing	884	10.3	New
	Community Representative	David Smy	428	5.0	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Uttlesford

District summary

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	18,095	48.3	+0.4
Liberal Democrat	0	12,724	34.0	+1.7
Labour	0	3,587	9.6	−8.8
Green	0	2,582	6.9	+5.5
UKIP	0	462	1.2	+1.2

Division results

Dunmow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Flack *	5,498	55.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harris	3,520	35.7
	Green	Michael Earley	842	8.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Saffron Walden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Chambers *	4,299	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Dawson	3,237	31.5
	Labour	Simon Trimnell	1,570	15.3
	Green	Trilby Roberts	700	6.8
	UKIP	Raymond Tyler	462	4.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stansted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Gooding	3,932	43.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilcock	3,779	41.9
	Labour	Betty McGregor	904	10.0
	Green	Sanjukta Ghosh	411	4.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thaxted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Walsh	4,366	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingard	2,188	26.4
	Labour	Yvonne Morton	1,113	13.4
	Green	Susan Halsted	629	7.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Brentwood Rural

Brentwood Rural: 13 July 2006^[4]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,062	61.5	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	1,150	34.3	+2.3
	Labour	142	4.2	–4.5
Majority		912	27.2	+9.5
Turnout		3,354
	Conservative hold	Swing	4.8

No UKIP (6.4%) or Green (3.1%) candidates as previous.

References

^ "Clacton: Councillor suspended from party". gazette-news.co.uk/. Daily Gazette. 26 February 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ "Essex". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ "Elections". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ "Brentwood Rural Division - Essex". Andrew Teale. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[1] "Clacton: Councillor suspended from party". gazette-news.co.uk/. Daily Gazette. 26 February 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[2] "Essex". Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[3] "Elections". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[4] "Brentwood Rural Division - Essex". Andrew Teale. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

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