Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 12 · Conservative 11 · Labour 4 · The Liberal Party 3
Ward results
Cold Norton1 seat · turnout 57.5%
| B. Board | Independent | 314 |
| G. Hooper | Independent | 225 |
Goldhanger1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| Frost H. | Conservative | 397 |
| B. Thompson | Independent | 130 |
Great Totham2 seats · turnout 41.4%
| Rowena Bass | Conservative | 613 |
| F. Anderson | Conservative | 546 |
| T. Martin | Independent | 490 |
No. 1 (Maldon)7 seats · turnout 65.4%
| W. Hutchinson | Other | 1,473 ✓ |
| C. Dowsett | Conservative | 1,410 ✓ |
| R. Daws | Conservative | 1,331 ✓ |
| D. Sewell | Conservative | 1,224 ✓ |
| G. Hughes | Labour | 1,129 ✓ |
| N. Smith | The Liberal Party | 1,088 ✓ |
| E. Bannister | Labour | 1,076 ✓ |
| B. Manaton | The Liberal Party | 1,039 |
| O. Cruess | Conservative | 968 |
| K. Munnion | Conservative | 949 |
| G. Cockell | Labour | 932 |
| P. Roberts | Labour | 882 |
| C. Backus | Conservative | 863 |
| J. Lewis | Labour | 830 |
| R. Townsend | Conservative | 825 |
| N. Hutchings | Labour | 816 |
| H. Salt | Labour | 743 |
| J. Tilley | The Liberal Party | 624 |
| J. Tilley | The Liberal Party | 619 |
| J. Davies | The Liberal Party | 617 |
| W. Judd | The Liberal Party | 615 |
| M. Kinghorn | The Liberal Party | 570 |
No. 2 (Heybridge)3 seats · turnout 45.0%
| P. Darney | Labour | 461 |
| D. Hutchings | Labour | 439 |
| P. Manaton | LIB | 417 |
| I. Hillman | Labour | 387 |
| J. Church | LIB | 355 |
| P. Mann | Conservative | 352 |
| A. Tumilty | LIB | 344 |
| P. North | Conservative | 338 |
| P. Reeve | Conservative | 336 |
No. 3 (Burnham-On-Crouch)4 seats · turnout 34.1%
| J. Dowding | Independent | 1,132 |
| E. Samuel | Independent | 726 |
| M. Freeman | Independent | 726 |
| G. Worthington | Independent | 598 |
| L. Bavage | Conservative | 549 |
| G. Herbert | Conservative | 426 |
| A. Bacon | Independent | 383 |
| K. Staniland | Conservative | 346 |
| R. Berry | Independent | 340 |
No. 7 (Althorne & Mayland)1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| D Abernethy | Independent | 284 |
| L. Manley | Conservative | 260 |
No. 8 (Latchingdon)1 seat · turnout 40.4%
| D. Heritage | Conservative | 197 |
| P. Smith | Independent | 192 |
| A. Adkin | Independent | 81 |
Southminster2 seats · turnout 25.4%
| C. Kelly | LIB | 368 |
| D. Fisher | Independent | 341 |
| R. Penny | Independent | 252 |
| F. James | Independent | 161 |
St. Lawrence1 seat · turnout 38.8%
| R. Sennitt | Independent | 209 |
| G. Wager | Independent | 74 |
| A. Cottam | Independent | 44 |
Tillingham & Bradwell1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| K. Bruce | Independent | 171 ✓ |
| W. Proctor | Independent | 168 |
| R. Bennett | Conservative | 99 |
| G. Harrod | Independent | 58 |
Tollesbury2 seats · turnout 52.3%
| J. Madden | Conservative | 543 |
| Buttironi G. | Conservative | 393 |
| J. Jackson | Labour | 365 |
| J. Young | Labour | 268 |
| A. Langdon | Independent | 44 |
Tolleshunt D'Arcy1 seat · turnout 44.6%
| E. Peel | Conservative | 293 |
| M. Harker | Independent | 265 |
Wickham Bishops1 seat · turnout 46.3%
| L. Bass | Conservative | 371 |
| C. Greenhill | Independent | 239 |
Woodham1 seat · turnout 51.0%
| P. Herrmann | Independent | 353 |
| E. Ratcliffe | Independent | 240 |
