Key
* denotes sitting councillors.
Majority for wards with more than one seat equals difference between winner and first runner up. Results
Berechurch
Terry Sutton* (Lib Dem).....................1,024
Ian Yates (Lab)....................................928
Jayne Dingemans (Con)........................204
Maj: 96
Lib Dem hold
Turnout: 38 per cent
Boxted and Langham
Chris Garnett* (Con)...........................643
David Biggs (Lab).................................83
David Grocott (Lib Dem).....................69
Maj: 560
Con hold
Turnout: 41.9 per cent
Castle
Kenneth Jones (Lib Dem)........................834
Julia Thomas (Lab).................................666
Michael Coyne (Con)..............................384
Maj: 168
Lib Dem gain from Lab
Turnout: 32.3 per cent
Great and Little Horkesley
Christopher Arnold* (Con)..................574
Glyn Stacey (Lab).................................164
John Benjamin (Lib Dem).....................57
Maj: 410
Con hold
Turnout: 42 per cent
Great Tey
Dead heat. Result declared by the returning officer pulling a voting slip from the ballot box.
Andrew Phillips* (Lib Dem)...............357
Peter Chillingworth (Con)..................356
Geraldine Harris (Lab)........................66
Maj: 1
Lib Dem hold
Turnout: 44.7 per cent
Harbour
David Canning (Lab)...........................850
Andrew Canessa (Lib Dem)...............659
Sandra Rae (Con)..............................297
Maj: 191
Lab hold
Turnout: 29 per cent
Peter Crafford (Con)...........................1080
Barbara Williamson* (Lib Dem).........880
Edna Salmon (Lab)..............................165
Maj: 200
Con gain from Lib Dem
Turnout: 50.6 per cent
Mile End
Nicholas Taylor (Con)........................914
Kim Naish* (Lab)..............................857
Gerard Oxford (Lib Dem)..................824
Maj: 57
Con gain from Lab
Turnout: 25.5 per cent
Theresa Higgins (Lib Dem).....................885
Jean Quinn (Lab)....................................367
Angus Allan (Con).................................161
Maj: 518
Lib Dem hold
Turnout: 27.7
Prettygate
Paul Sheppard* (Lib Dem)..................988
Neil Stock (Con).................................825
Andrew Frost (Lab)...........................388
Maj: 163
Lib Dem hold
Turnout: 37.5 per cent
St Andrew's
Tim Young* (Lab)..............................872
Anthony Gant (Lib Dem).....................365
Richard Lamberth (Con).....................80
Maj: 507
Lab hold
Turnout: 24.5 per cent
St Anne's
Michael Hogg*(Lib Dem).....................1037
Tina Dopson (Lab).................................996
Deborah White (Con)...........................155
Maj: 41
Lib Dem hold
Turnout: 40.3 per cent
St John's
Paul Smith (Lib Dem)...........................1023
William Hooper (Con)..............................519
Edmund Chinnery (Lab)...........................299
Maj: 504
Turnout: 33.2 per cent
St Mary's
Bill Frame*(Lib Dem)..............................838
Sarah Stock (Con)....................................687
Paul McGillivray (Lab)..............................365
Maj: 151
Lib Dem hold
Turnout: 36 per cent
Shrub End
Frank Wilkin*(Lab)....................................557
John Fellows (Lib Dem)..............................458
Ronald Levy (Con).......................................204
Maj: 99
Lab hold
Turnout: 21.7 per cent
Peter Thompson (Lib Dem)........................1010
Ian McCord (Con).......................................628
Tania Rogers (Lab)....................................319
Maj: 382
Lib Dem hold
Turnout: ??
Alan Mogridge*(Lab)....................................652
Timothy Claydon (Con).................................512
Andrew Seaman (Lib Dem)...........................230
Maj: 140
Lab hold
Turnout: ??
West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green
Elizabeth Blundell (Con)..............................773
Honor Chamberlain* (Lib Dem)..................317
Derek Jones (Lab).......................................243
Maj: 456
Con gain from Lib Dem
Turnout: ??
West Mersea
John Bouckley* (Con)....................................1058
Bry Mogridge (Lab)..........................................383
Barbara Harrison (Lib Dem)...........................241
Maj: 675
Con hold
Turnout: 29.5 per cent
Wivenhoe
Philip Hawkins (Lab).......................................1006
David Adams (Con)..........................................794
Ingrid O'Mahoney (Lib Dem)...........................218
Maj: 212
Lab hold
Turnout: ??
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