Key

* denotes sitting councillors.

Majority for wards with more than one seat equals difference between winner and first runner up. Results

Althorne

Bob Boyce*(Con) returned unopposed.

Burnham North (one seat)

Michael Wood* (Ind) ......336

David Greaves (Con) .....227

Pauline Wells (Lab) ......177

Maj ...............................109

Ind hold

Turnout............32 per cent

Burnham South (three seats)

Rosemary Buck (Con) ......702

Una Norman (Lab) ............504

John Smith*(Con) ............499

Peter Elliot (Con) .............415

Tony Martin *(Ind) ..........403

Terence Quinlan*(Lab) ...384

Mark Ellis (Gn) ................204

Maj ..................................287

Con gain, Lab and Con hold

Turnout ............26.8 per cent

Cold Norton (one seat)

John Archer*(Con) .........460

Paul Guppy (Lab) .............190

Maj ...................................270

Con hold

Turnout .........40.39 per cent

Goldhanger (one seat)

Robert Long*(Con) ...415

Jonathon King (Gn) ...174

Maj ............................241

Con hold

Turnout .....46.5 per cent

Great Totham (two seats)

Frank Delderfield*(Con) ...766

Rodney Bass*(Con) ...........750

Kathleen Mehrtens (Lab) ...268

Malcolm (Lab) ....................248

Maj .....................................498

Con hold

Turnout ............40.49 per cent

Heybridge East (one seat)

Bryan Harker (Con) .........491

Ian Mehrtens*(Lab) .........244

Maj ...................................247

Con gain

Turnout ..........26.22 per cent

Heybridge West (two seats)

Shelia Rosewarne (Con) ...289

Alan Cheshire (Con) .........244

Michael Bentley (Lab) ......226

Allan Josselyn (Lab) ........197

Michael Cole (Gn) .............157

Maj .....................................63

Two Con gain

Turnout ............23.42 per cent

Maldon East (two seats)

James Titmarsh (Lab) .........276

Paul Rew (Lab) ....................267

William Prior (Con) ............188

Anthony Payne (Con) ..........170

Richard Hornett (Ind Lab) ......85

Juliet Harpur (Gn) ..................76

Maj ..........................................88

Lab hold, Lab gain

Turnout ...............24.36 per cent

Maldon North West (three seats)

Roy Pipe*(Ind Con) ..................610

Brian Mead (Ind) .......................593

Alison Lamb*(Lab) ...................538

Christopher Danes (Lab) ..........443

Peter Nickolls (Con) ................333

James Mann (Con) .....................254

John Penny (Con) ......................222

Maj ................................................95

Ind gain, Lab hold and Ind Con hold

Turnout .....................31.25 per cent

Maldon South (two seats)

Thomas Kelly (Con) .....................483

Peter Roberts*(Lab) ...................336

Thomasina Moss (Con) ..................316

John Why (Lab) ............................294

Mary Curtis (Lib Dem) ..................204

Anthony Collinson (Ind) ................202

Eunice Downes (Lib Dem) .............198

Janet Carden (Gn) ...........................82

Maj ................................................167

Con gain, Lab hold

Turnout ........................21.57 per cent

Purleigh (one seat)

Lawrence Cooper*(Ind) ...277

Robert Davies (Con) .........182

Maj .......................................95

Ind hold

Turnout ............ 35.7 per cent

St. Lawrence (one seat)

Helen Brock*(Con) ............309

Valerie Quinlan (Lab) ........135

Maj .....................................174

Con hold

Turnout ..................35 per cent

Southminster (two seats)

Brian Beale*(Ind) ............561

Maureen Sullivan (Lab) ...374

Brian Cotton*(Con) .........220

Richard Kehoe (Con) ........210

Maj ...................................154

Lab gain, Ind hold

Turnout ............25.87 per cent

The Maylands (one seat)

Penelope Channer*(Con) ...491

Donald Abernethy (Ind) .....188

Alan Weeks (Lib Dem) .......109

Maj ......................................303

Con hold

Turnout ............31.62 per cent

Tillingham (one seat)

Richard Dewick*(Con) ...412

Norman Hunt (Lab) .........105

Maj ..................................307

Con hold

Turnout ............36.6 per cent

Tollesbury (two seats)

Barry McGhee*(Ind) ...556

Ronald Laurie*(Ind) ....533

Gerald Munson (Con) ...206

Maj ...............................350

Ind hold

Turnout ......31.14 per cent

Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Julia Peel*(Con) returned unopposed

Wickham Bishops (one seat)

David Howse*(Con) ......563

Geoffrey Baker (Lab) ...158

Maj ................................405

Con hold

Turnout ......44.72 per cent

Woodham (one seat)

Sheila Young*(Con) ...302

Jill Cole (Gn) ................97

Maj .............................205

Con hold

Turnout ...38.21 per cent

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