Essex County Council Election 2026 Results
Reform UK won a majority on Essex County Council with 53 of 78 seats, gaining 52 seats.
| Party | Actual | Previous | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 13 | 49 | -36 |
| Labour | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 7 | -2 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 53 | 1 | +52 |
| Others | 4 | 14 | -10 |
Election type: All 78 seats up for election
Control: Conservative to Reform UK
Last election (2021)
Conservative 52, Labour 5, Liberal Democrats 8, Green 1, Others 9
Conservative 48.7% Labour 17.1% Liberal Democrats 13.7% Green 5.6% Reform UK 0.7% Others 14.2%
2026 ward results
| Ward | Elected | Con | Lab | LD | Grn | Ref | Oth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billericay North | Conservative 1 | 48.1 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 10.1 | 30.2 | 0.0 |
| Bocking | Reform UK 1 | 24.6 | 12.4 | 4.9 | 14.1 | 44.0 | 0.0 |
| Braintree Eastern | Green 1 | 15.0 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 46.2 | 31.7 | 0.0 |
| Braintree Town | Reform UK 1 | 21.0 | 12.6 | 4.9 | 17.8 | 43.7 | 0.0 |
| Brentwood Hutton | Reform UK 1 | 35.5 | 5.7 | 12.6 | 6.9 | 39.3 | 0.0 |
| Brentwood North | Reform UK 1 | 18.6 | 3.9 | 34.6 | 6.7 | 36.2 | 0.0 |
| Brentwood Rural | Reform UK 1 | 32.3 | 3.1 | 13.8 | 5.3 | 45.4 | 0.0 |
| Brentwood South | Reform UK 1 | 16.5 | 9.8 | 31.4 | 8.8 | 33.6 | 0.0 |
| Brightlingsea | Reform UK 1 | 13.2 | 3.1 | 19.8 | 7.4 | 32.1 | 24.4 |
| Broomfield Writtle | Conservative 1 | 38.0 | 4.0 | 13.7 | 9.9 | 34.4 | 0.0 |
| Burnham Southminster | Independent 1 | 9.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 39.5 | 41.2 |
| Burstead | Conservative 1 | 43.0 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 37.2 | 0.3 |
| Canvey Island East | Reform UK 1 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 58.3 | 18.5 |
| Canvey Island West | Reform UK 1 | 15.1 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 55.3 | 18.2 |
| Castledon Crouch | Reform UK 1 | 26.8 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 6.1 | 48.6 | 0.0 |
| Chelmer | Reform UK 1 | 25.1 | 3.9 | 28.7 | 7.8 | 34.5 | 0.0 |
| Chelmsford Central | Liberal Democrats 1 | 13.2 | 4.0 | 48.2 | 8.8 | 25.1 | 0.6 |
| Chelmsford North | Liberal Democrats 1 | 12.2 | 3.8 | 46.3 | 7.9 | 29.8 | 0.0 |
| Chelmsford West | Liberal Democrats 1 | 13.1 | 3.2 | 46.4 | 9.5 | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| Chigwell Buckhurst Hill East | Conservative 1 | 32.7 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 15.0 | 32.5 | 11.2 |
| Clacton North | Reform UK 1 | 9.4 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 56.9 | 17.7 |
| Clacton South | Reform UK 1 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 8.1 | 55.4 | 19.4 |
| Clacton West St Osyth | Reform UK 1 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 60.8 | 11.3 |
| Colchester Abbey | Labour 1 | 7.9 | 36.0 | 7.2 | 22.1 | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| Colchester Lexden | Conservative 1 | 37.7 | 15.1 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| Colchester Maypole | Reform UK 1 | 9.9 | 30.6 | 14.7 | 10.6 | 34.2 | 0.0 |
| Colchester North | Liberal Democrats 1 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 35.2 | 21.7 | 22.1 | 0.0 |
| Colchester St Johns | Reform UK 1 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 30.1 | 10.7 | 34.1 | 0.0 |
| Constable | Conservative 1 | 39.9 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| Danbury The Hanningfields | Reform UK 1 | 31.2 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 43.1 | 8.5 |
| Dunmow | Reform UK 1 | 29.5 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 39.1 | 11.0 |
| Epping Theydon Bois | Reform UK 1 | 29.4 | 3.6 | 29.0 | 0.0 | 35.4 | 2.6 |
| Frinton Walton | Reform UK 1 | 18.5 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 46.7 | 19.4 |
| Gloucester Park | Reform UK 1 | 13.0 | 33.9 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 40.9 | 0.9 |
| Great Baddow Galleywood | Reform UK 1 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 34.1 | 6.5 | 34.6 | 8.7 |
| Hadleigh | The People's Independent Party 1 | 18.1 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 33.5 | 35.3 |
| Halstead | Reform UK 1 | 28.3 | 9.9 | 4.1 | 15.4 | 42.4 | 0.0 |
| Harlow Common Church Langley | Conservative 1 | 54.9 | 11.4 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 24.0 | 0.0 |
| Harlow Netteswell | Conservative 1 | 45.3 | 16.7 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| Harlow Parndon Toddbrook | Conservative 1 | 41.8 | 21.2 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 22.6 | 0.0 |
| Harlow South West | Conservative 1 | 61.4 | 11.5 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 16.6 | 0.4 |
| Harwich | Reform UK 1 | 9.3 | 38.0 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 43.9 | 0.0 |
| Hedingham | Reform UK 1 | 25.2 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 36.8 | 27.5 |
| Laindon Town | Reform UK 1 | 16.3 | 26.0 | 3.5 | 8.9 | 44.5 | 0.9 |
| Loughton North | Reform UK 1 | 9.5 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 10.6 | 37.1 | 34.5 |
| Loughton South Buckhurst Hill West | Reform UK 1 | 21.0 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 13.9 | 29.7 | 27.2 |
| Maldon Rural North | Reform UK 1 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 41.6 | 0.0 |
| Maldon Rural South | Reform UK 1 | 27.8 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 42.6 | 16.7 |
| Maldon Town Heybridge | Reform UK 1 | 26.1 | 2.8 | 24.0 | 7.6 | 33.0 | 6.5 |
| Mersea Tiptree | Reform UK 1 | 36.4 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 12.9 | 38.5 | 0.0 |
| North Weald Nazeing | Reform UK 1 | 31.9 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 49.8 | 0.0 |
| Old Harlow | Conservative 1 | 54.2 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 7.5 | 26.4 | 0.6 |
| Ongar Rural | Reform UK 1 | 27.1 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 56.1 | 1.3 |
| Pitsea | Reform UK 1 | 14.1 | 26.6 | 2.6 | 8.5 | 47.1 | 1.1 |
| Rayleigh South | Reform UK 1 | 26.9 | 3.7 | 21.2 | 6.3 | 38.6 | 3.4 |
| Rayleigh West | Reform UK 1 | 17.8 | 3.9 | 26.6 | 6.0 | 39.7 | 6.0 |
| Rochford East | Reform UK 1 | 33.8 | 8.0 | 4.9 | 10.0 | 43.4 | 0.0 |
| Rochford North | Reform UK 1 | 17.4 | 4.6 | 21.6 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 16.9 |
| Rochford South | Reform UK 1 | 20.1 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 42.4 | 17.4 |
| Saffron Walden | Residents for Uttlesford 1 | 17.8 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 13.9 | 18.6 | 38.0 |
| South Benfleet | Reform UK 1 | 30.5 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 34.6 | 24.3 |
| Stansted | Conservative 1 | 30.1 | 5.0 | 17.1 | 8.7 | 25.4 | 13.6 |
| Stanway Marks Tey | Reform UK 1 | 24.0 | 5.8 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 32.7 | 18.9 |
| Takeley | Reform UK 1 | 37.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 39.6 | 7.5 |
| Tendring Rural East | Reform UK 1 | 38.5 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 47.7 | 0.0 |
| Tendring Rural West | Reform UK 1 | 24.9 | 6.2 | 24.0 | 11.3 | 33.7 | 0.0 |
| Thaxted | Reform UK 1 | 24.7 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 31.4 | 27.1 |
| Three Fields Great Notley | Reform UK 1 | 28.9 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 37.9 | 19.9 |
| Thundersley | Reform UK 1 | 16.4 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 5.6 | 40.2 | 30.5 |
| Vange | Reform UK 1 | 8.5 | 31.0 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 42.7 | 7.3 |
| Waltham Abbey | Reform UK 1 | 26.6 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 49.6 | 0.0 |
| Westley Heights | Independent 1 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 30.7 | 39.4 |
| Wickford East Bowers Gifford | Reform UK 1 | 31.3 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 8.6 | 47.9 | 0.0 |
| Witham Town | Conservative 1 | 39.5 | 8.9 | 2.7 | 18.6 | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| Witham West Rural | Reform UK 1 | 25.9 | 10.1 | 4.5 | 16.3 | 43.2 | 0.0 |
| Wivenhoe St Andrew | Liberal Democrats 1 | 4.7 | 16.6 | 43.3 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| Woodham Ferrers | Reform UK 1 | 32.0 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 41.0 | 6.1 |
Councillors elected in each ward, and each party's share of the votes cast in that ward (%).