# 2023 Chelmsford City Council election

The 2023 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The Liberal Democrats retained their majority on the council.

## Overview

The Liberal Democrats went into the election holding a majority of the council's seats, having taken control from the Conservatives at the previous election in 2019. At the 2023 election the Liberal Democrats increased their majority, making a net gain of two extra seats at the expense of local party the South Woodham Ferrers Council Taxpayers Association, which lost both of the seats it had held on the council.
A new record was set for the youngest person ever to serve on the council with the election of 22-year-old Liberal Democrat candidate Kieron Franks in the Great Baddow East ward.

### Election result

The overall results were:
2023 Chelmsford City Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 57 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 57.9 | 41.7 | 39,567 | +1.9 |
| Conservative | 51 | 21 | 1 | 1 | | 36.8 | 39.8 | 37,771 | –0.7 |
| Independent | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4,111 | 0.0 |
| Labour | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 9.2 | 8,737 | +2.5 |
| Green | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2,445 | –2.5 |
| South Woodham Ferrers Council Taxpayers Association | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2,003 | –0.3 |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | | | |
| Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 193 | N/A |
| TUSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 85 | N/A |
Independent Network candidates are included with the independents in the summary above, but candidates who stood under that banner are recorded as such in the detailed ward results below.

## Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Chelmsford City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. The ward results were as follows, with sitting councillors standing in their previous wards marked with asterisks(*) and sitting councillors standing in different wards marked with double daggers(‡):

### Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield

Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sue Dobson* | 777 | 67.9 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | Mark Taylor | 740 | 64.7 | –10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Wilson | 279 | 24.4 | –6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Stevens | 258 | 22.5 | –3.7 |
| | Labour | Maria Blakemore | 235 | 20.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.1 | –2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Boreham and the Leighs

Boreham and the Leighs (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Raven* | 697 | 61.5 | –0.4 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Canning | 669 | 59.0 | –15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Beckett | 366 | 32.3 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jyothi Kurra | 317 | 28.0 | +7.9 |
| | Labour | John Devane | 219 | 19.3 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.0 | –2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Broomfield and the Walthams

Broomfield and the Walthams (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Steel* | 1,148 | 47.0 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Philip Wilson | 889 | 36.4 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Bugbee | 870 | 35.6 | +18.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Johnson | 850 | 34.8 | +17.7 |
| | Conservative | Colin Todd | 841 | 34.4 | –0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tayo Udoh | 716 | 29.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | Wendy Daden* | 691 | 28.3 | –31.8 |
| | Labour | Kuldeep Golla | 357 | 14.6 | –5.4 |
| | Labour | Peter Dixon | 342 | 14.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Mike Thompson | 333 | 13.6 | –16.4 |
| | Labour | David Howell | 295 | 12.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park

Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rose Moore* | 1,177 | 49.1 | –2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Hall | 1,092 | 45.6 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Susan Sullivan | 1,083 | 45.2 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | Sunil Gupta | 1,026 | 42.8 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Geoff Walker | 1,025 | 42.8 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Jeffreys | 1,025 | 42.8 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Louis Dearmer | 304 | 12.7 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | David Sweeney | 262 | 10.9 | +0.5 |
| | Heritage | Eloise Schultz | 193 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.1 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Chelmsford Rural West

Chelmsford Rural West (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicolette Chambers* | 573 | 69.3 | –6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Olly Fenwick | 135 | 16.3 | –7.7 |
| | Labour | Steve Maclean | 119 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 827 | 34.4 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Galleywood

Galleywood (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Janette Potter* | 740 | 57.9 | +1.3 |
| | Ind. Network | Richard Hyland* | 552 | 43.2 | –3.2 |
| | Conservative | Alan Chambers | 530 | 41.5 | –2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Gale | 213 | 16.7 | –5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Hay | 180 | 14.1 | –3.4 |
| | Labour | Robert Croft | 179 | 14.0 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Alan Haines | 162 | 12.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.6 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Ind. Network hold | Ind. Network hold | Ind. Network hold | Ind. Network hold | Ind. Network hold |

### Goat Hall

Goat Hall (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Mascot* | 845 | 56.0 | –9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Clark | 790 | 52.4 | –4.5 |
| | Conservative | Christine Garrett | 529 | 35.1 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Spence | 480 | 31.8 | –1.3 |
| | Labour | Joy Chandler | 145 | 9.6 | –0.2 |
| | Green | Jeremy Crook | 122 | 8.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Thomas Medici | 105 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.3 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Great Baddow East

Great Baddow East (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kieron Franks | 871 | 50.5 | –3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pete Davey | 869 | 50.4 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sosin* | 829 | 48.1 | –0.7 |
| | Conservative | Anthony McQuiggan | 671 | 38.9 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Carol Spingthorpe | 617 | 35.8 | +9.6 |
| | Ind. Network | Mary Cordeiro | 534 | 31.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Lynne Wye | 327 | 19.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Nicola Hesper | 275 | 16.0 | +8.1 |
| | UKIP | Nigel Carter | 178 | 10.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.0 | –5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Great Baddow West

Great Baddow West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Young* | 702 | 60.4 | +10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jannetta Sosin* | 637 | 54.8 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Renga Subramanian | 512 | 44.0 | +1.2 |
| | Ind. Network | Andy Graham | 309 | 26.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Jessica Peacock | 166 | 14.3 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.8 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Steph Scott | 1,499 | 72.7 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Jacob Armstrong | 1,466 | 71.1 | –1.0 |
| | Conservative | Julia Jeapes | 1,432 | 69.4 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Baker | 508 | 24.6 | –3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Whiteing | 455 | 22.1 | –0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annette Longford | 421 | 20.4 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Stephen Capper | 205 | 9.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Conor Hicks | 202 | 9.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.1 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Marconi

Marconi (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jude Deakin* | 771 | 60.8 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Smita Rajesh* | 631 | 49.8 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | John Scott | 283 | 22.3 | –5.4 |
| | Labour | Paul Bishop | 273 | 21.5 | –5.7 |
| | Green | Ronnie Bartlett | 192 | 15.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Jonathan Legg | 177 | 14.0 | –9.6 |
| | Ind. Network | Kevin Daines | 124 | 9.8 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Tony O'Donnell | 85 | 6.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.4 | –1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Moulsham and Central

Moulsham and Central (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marie Goldman* | 1,737 | 58.8 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlene Adutwim | 1,491 | 50.5 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Pooley* | 1,392 | 47.1 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | Kim Gisby | 914 | 30.9 | –6.4 |
| | Conservative | Liz Hall | 903 | 30.6 | –5.3 |
| | Conservative | Seena Shah | 871 | 29.5 | –2.9 |
| | Green | Sally Kershaw | 474 | 16.0 | –2.1 |
| | Labour | Philip Etheridge | 385 | 13.0 | –2.7 |
| | Labour | Edward Massey | 368 | 12.5 | –2.0 |
| | Labour | Richard Parry | 330 | 11.2 | –1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.3 | –2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Moulsham Lodge

Moulsham Lodge (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Goldman | 742 | 47.9 | –16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashley Thompson | 691 | 44.7 | –13.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert Gisby* | 676 | 43.7 | +14.8 |
| | Conservative | Jake Smith | 625 | 40.4 | +16.2 |
| | Labour | Tim Wright | 188 | 12.1 | +3.3 |
| | Green | Claire Young | 173 | 11.2 | –4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.3 | –6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Both Moulsham Lodge seats had been won by Liberal Democrats in 2019, but Robert Gisby had won one of the seats for the Conservatives in a by-election in May 2021. He stood for re-election but was defeated. Seat recorded as a Liberal Democrat hold to allow for comparison with 2019 election.

### Patching Hall

Patching Hall (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Davidson* | 1,104 | 59.1 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Foster | 1,076 | 57.6 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Vetri Pappa | 984 | 52.6 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | Mike Holoway | 926 | 49.5 | +14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Manley | 821 | 43.9 | –4.3 |
| | Green | Angela Thompson | 361 | 19.3 | +7.0 |
| | Labour | Adam Kenningham–Brown | 336 | 18.0 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.0 | –1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |

### Rettendon and Runwell

Rettendon and Runwell (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Paul Clark* | 800 | 55.7 | –8.7 |
| | Independent | Steve Davis | 729 | 50.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Jim Knight | 545 | 38.0 | –18.7 |
| | Conservative | Dave Phillips | 534 | 37.2 | –18.9 |
| | Labour | Yvonne Waterhouse | 142 | 9.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jenifer Goldfinch | 73 | 5.1 | –17.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Pennicard | 48 | 3.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.2 | –5.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |

### South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting

South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Grundy* | 1,000 | 79.9 | –1.0 |
| | Conservative | Roy Whitehead* | 938 | 75.0 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerhard Petri | 221 | 17.7 | –6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maike Windhorst | 205 | 16.4 | –4.6 |
| | Labour | Mark Reilly | 139 | 11.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.8 | –3.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### South Woodham Ferrers – Chetwood and Collingwood

South Woodham Ferrers – Chetwood and Collingwood (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bob Massey* | 708 | 57.8 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Sismey* | 656 | 53.6 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Ashley John* | 534 | 43.6 | –5.2 |
| | SWFCTA | Jackie Birch | 527 | 43.1 | ±0.0 |
| | SWFCTA | Scott Wilson | 495 | 40.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Jonathan Gatenby | 218 | 17.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Powling | 205 | 16.7 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Powling | 170 | 13.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Regnier–Wilson | 159 | 13.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.7 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### South Woodham Ferrers – Elmwood and Woodville

South Woodham Ferrers – Elmwood and Woodville (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donna Eley | 618 | 49.9 | +28.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry Sherlock | 582 | 47.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Murrough O'Brien | 527 | 42.5 | +17.2 |
| | SWFCTA | Keith Bentley* | 518 | 41.8 | –11.6 |
| | SWFCTA | Ian Roberts* | 463 | 37.4 | –14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dee Davey | 435 | 35.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Scott Wilson | 396 | 32.0 | +7.8 |
| | Labour | Anthony Weaver | 179 | 14.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 24.9 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA | Liberal Democrats gain from SWFCTA |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Springfield North

Springfield North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dan Clark‡ | 943 | 44.9 | –12.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Fuller* | 925 | 44.0 | –13.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chloe Tron* | 897 | 42.7 | –8.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Hutchinson | 893 | 42.5 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Emmanuel Aluko | 781 | 37.2 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | John Pioli | 767 | 36.5 | +8.6 |
| | Ind. Network | Martin Lovett | 245 | 11.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Steven Haigh | 236 | 11.2 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Karen Kennedy | 222 | 10.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Russell Kennedy | 210 | 10.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Reza Hossain | 187 | 8.9 | –7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.6 | –1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
‡Dan Clark was a sitting councillor for Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park ward before the election.

### St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Davidson* | 1,161 | 70.9 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson* | 1,155 | 70.5 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Hawkins | 1,104 | 67.4 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Peter Cousins | 555 | 33.9 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Chloe Ahmed | 398 | 24.3 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Megan Francis | 297 | 18.1 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Mark Thornley | 246 | 15.0 | –0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### The Lawns

The Lawns (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Lee* | 854 | 53.0 | –3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Natacha Dudley* | 821 | 50.9 | –6.6 |
| | Conservative | Joel Alderman | 581 | 36.0 | –3.8 |
| | Conservative | Jane Edwards | 555 | 34.4 | –3.5 |
| | Labour | Diane McDermott | 169 | 10.5 | +2.2 |
| | Ind. Network | Beata Chadwick | 127 | 7.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Luke Wotton | 118 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.5 | –1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Trinity

Trinity (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Frascona* | 889 | 59.1 | +13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Sampson‡ | 809 | 53.8 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | Bob Adams | 564 | 37.5 | +11.3 |
| | Conservative | David Kimberlin | 543 | 36.1 | +12.1 |
| | Labour | Sarah Jones | 205 | 13.6 | +6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.7 | –0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
‡Eleanor Sampson was a sitting councillor for Waterhouse Farm ward before the election.

### Waterhouse Farm

Waterhouse Farm (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennie Lardge* | 732 | 49.5 | –16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nora Walsh‡ | 641 | 43.3 | –18.2 |
| | Labour | Penny Richards | 494 | 33.4 | +15.5 |
| | Labour | Pankaj Sharma | 467 | 31.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Brian Jeapes | 337 | 22.8 | –5.4 |
| | Conservative | Gilbert Smith | 288 | 19.5 | –7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.7 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
‡Nora Walsh was a sitting councillor for Great Baddow East ward before the election.

### Writtle

Writtle (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Thorpe–Apps* | 796 | 54.5 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Barry Knight‡ | 749 | 51.3 | –16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Loxton | 552 | 37.8 | –6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sanjeev Valdaya | 507 | 34.7 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Robert Jordan | 158 | 10.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Sandra Massey | 157 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.0 | –7.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
‡Barry Knight was a sitting councillor for Broomfield and the Walthams ward before the election.

## Changes 2023–2027
### Affiliation changes

* Barry Knight (Writtle) and Mark Taylor (Bicknacre & East and West Hanningfield), both elected as Conservatives, left the party in November 2023 to sit as independents.