Year	Labour	Conservative	UKIP	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (39 seats)
1973	33	3	–	0	3		Labour
1976	25	11	–	0	3		Labour
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
1979	18	15	–	0	6		No overall control
1980	19	13	–	0	7		No overall control
1982	21	10	–	1	7		Labour
1983	23	10	–	1	5		Labour
1984	27	10	–	0	2		Labour
1986	29	7	–	0	3		Labour
1987	28	9	–	0	2		Labour
1988	29	8	–	0	2		Labour
1990	31	7	–	0	1		Labour
1991	33	6	–	0	0		Labour
1992	29	9	–	0	1		Labour
1994	29	7	0	0	3		Labour
1995	32	4	0	0	3		Labour
1996	38	1	0	0	0		Labour
Thurrock becomes aunitary authority; new ward boundaries (39 seats)
1997	36	3	0	0	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (49 seats)
1999	45	1	0	0	3^[b]		Labour
2000	38	11	0	0	0		Labour
2001	37	10	0	0	2		Labour
2002	37	9	0	1	2		Labour
New ward boundaries (49 seats)
2004	19	28	0	0	2		Conservative
2006	21	26	0	0	2		Conservative
2007	22	24	0	0	3		No overall control
2008	22	24	0	0	3^[c]		No overall control
2010	22	23	0	0	4^[d]		No overall control
2011	24	22	0	0	3		No overall control
2012	25	21	1	0	2		Labour
2014	23	18	6	0	2		No overall control
2015	18	17	13	0	1		No overall control
2016	14	17	17	0	1		No overall control
2018	17	20	0	0	12^[e]		No overall control
2019	17	22	0	0	10^[f]		No overall control
2021	16	29	0	0	4^[g]		Conservative
2022	14	30	0	0	5^[h]		Conservative
2023	19	26	0	0	4^[i]		Conservative
2024	27	13	0	0	9		Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Watts	578	56.9	−1.8
	Conservative	Pauline Campbell	304	30.0	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Ashdown	133	13.1	+13.1
Majority			274	26.9
Turnout			1,015
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McMahon	269	52.5	−11.5
	Conservative	Kazimierz Rytter	154	30.1	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Livermore	89	17.4	+8.1
Majority			115	22.4
Turnout			512	8.0
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Everett	490	46.9	−0.4
	Labour	Denise Cooper	419	40.1	−12.5
	Independent	James Mallon	71	6.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Coward	64	6.1	+6.1
Majority			71	6.8
Turnout			1,044	17.4
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Pearce	454	64.8	+25.7
	Green	Dean Hall	247	35.2	+31.9
Majority			207	29.6
Turnout			701	12.5
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Purkiss	623	67.6	+67.6
	Labour	David Gooding	139	15.1	−49.6
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	135	14.6	−20.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Coward	25	2.7	+2.7
Majority			484	52.5
Turnout			922	21.4
	Independentgain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Churchman	803	58.7	+19.5
	Labour	Wahidur Rahman	451	32.9	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Lathan	85	6.2	−17.7
	Green	Dean Hall	31	2.3	−1.0
Majority			351	25.8
Turnout			1,370	24.0
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Maney	362	45.4	−16.7
	Labour	Eunice Southam	274	34.3	+6.1
	Independent	Geoffrey Slocock	117	14.7	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Meechan	45	5.7	−4.0
Majority			88	11.1
Turnout			798	20.8
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Barrett	358	72.9	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Coward	70	14.3	+14.3
	Conservative	Jean Watts	63	12.9	−4.9
Majority			288	58.6
Turnout			491	13.0
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Hipsey	511	40.3	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Thompson	428	33.8	+33.8
	Labour	Julian Norris	329	25.9	−26.6
Majority			83	6.5
Turnout			1,268	29.4
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Grays Riverside By-Election 4 September 2003^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nicholas Geri	552	38.2	+38.2
	Conservative	Nicholas Edwards	382	26.4	−3.3
	Labour	Remia Sear	374	25.9	−25.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Livermore	137	9.5	−9.7
Majority			170	11.8
Turnout			1,445	22.0
	BNPgain fromLabour		Swing

Grays Riverside By-Election 1 December 2005^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Morris-Cook	575	42.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Sharon Ponder	348	25.7	−7.2
	BNP	Emma Colgate	340	25.1	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Livermore	92	6.8	+6.8
Majority			227	16.7
Turnout			1,355	20.0
	Labourhold		Swing

The Homesteads By-Election 1 December 2005^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Salvatore Benson	661	42.2	−1.1
	Conservative	Pauline Tolson	534	34.1	−22.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Riley	220	14.1	+14.1
	BNP	John Cotter	150	9.6	+9.6
Majority			127	8.1
Turnout			1,565	23.2
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing

Stifford Clays By-Election 17 October 2013^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Shinnick	646	36.8	−8.3
	Conservative	Danny Nicklen	570	32.5	+5.6
	UKIP	Clive Broad	504	28.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mulroue	35	2.0	−1.5
Majority			76	4.3
Turnout			1,755
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Brookes	903	50.3	+3.0
	UKIP	Russell Cherry	621	34.6	+0.5
	Conservative	John Rowles	270	15.1	−0.2
Majority			282	15.7
Turnout			1,794
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Tim Aker	747	41.0	−6.2
	Conservative	Teresa Webster	520	28.5	−1.2
	Labour	John O'Regan	338	18.6	+2.4
	Independent	Eddie Stringer	217	11.9	+11.9
Majority			227	12.5
Turnout			1,822
	UKIPhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cliff Holloway	629	43.0	−3.9
	UKIP	Helen Adams	450	30.8	+1.9
	Conservative	Tony Coughlin	384	26.2	+2.0
Majority			179	12.2
Turnout			1,463
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Jefferies	696	36.1
	Labour	Les Strange	696	36.1
	Thurrock Ind.	Jack Duffin	531	28.8
Majority			0
Turnout
	Conservativegain fromUKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Van Day	773	43.6	+16.4
	Thurrock Ind.	Alan Field	551	31.1	−12.1
	Labour	Charles Curtis	394	22.2	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tomas Pilvelis	55	3.1	+3.1
Majority			222	12.5
Turnout			1,773
	Conservativegain fromUKIP		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Reform	Alan Benson	1,214
Reform	Russell Cherry	1,138
Conservative	Sue Johnson	533
Labour	Shalini Bhatt	478
Conservative	Graham Snell	439
Labour	Haruna Hamza	438
Green	Ri Goodyear	93
Green	Daniel Fallows	86
Liberal Democrats	Brad Hayman	74
Independent	Kameel Mohammed	47
Reformgain fromConservative		Swing
Reformgain fromLabour		Swing

v t e Council elections inEssex
Essex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1965 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Colchester City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Southend-on-Sea City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also:Wards Boundary changes

v t e Unitary authorities of England
Areas	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire East Surrey † Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire West Surrey † Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire East Surrey † Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire West Surrey † Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
Elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Buckinghamshire Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Cumberland Darlington Derby Dorset East Riding of Yorkshire East Surrey † Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Westmorland and Furness West Northamptonshire West Surrey † Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York
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