Essex

  • Council Control: Con
  • Conservatives 49
  • Labour 6
  • Liberal Democrats 8
  • Green 1
  • Other 9
  • Vacant 1

Non-Aligned Group 7 (Independent 2, Residents for Uttlesford 2, Loughton Residents Association 1, Reform UK 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.

Stock is vacant (held by the Conservatives). Labour gained Pitsea from the Conservatives at a byelection on 4 July. Jaymey McIvor (Ongar and Rural) moved from Conservative to Independent in June 2024, to Reform UK in October 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/