Essex

  • Council Control: Con
  • Conservatives 49
  • Labour 5
  • Liberal Democrats 8
  • Green 1
  • Other 10
  • Vacant 2

Non-Aligned Group 8 (Independent 4, Residents for Uttlesford 2, Loughton Residents Association 1, Rochford District Residents 1; this group also includes the Green Party), Canvey Island Independent Party 2. East Anglian county, said to have been the home of the working class Thatcherite Conservative but also containing a rural area in the north.

Harlow South East has a byelection on 2 May (held by the Conservatives). Pitsea has a vacant seat (held by the Conservatives). Ross Playle (Witham Northern) moved from Conservative to Independent in February 2024.

Next local elections
2025

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
County

Address
Market Road, Chelmsford CM1 1QH

Phone
01245 492211

Website
http://www.essex.gov.uk/