Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 31 · Other 14 · Labour 11 · The Liberal Party 4
Ward results
Ardleigh1 seat · turnout 43.2%
| S. Simmonds | Independent | 467 |
| D. Bradbury | Labour | 146 |
Beaumont and Thorpe1 seat
| M. Wright | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Bradfield, Wrabness and Wix1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| D. Turberville | Conservative | 339 |
| P. Cutting | LIB | 302 |
Frinton3 seats
| P. Leaman | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| A. Morgan | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| H. Humphrey | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Great and Little Oakley1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| G. Thompson | Independent | 304 |
| G. Turner | Labour | 269 |
| G. Thomas | Independent | 53 |
Great Bentley1 seat · turnout 30.5%
| T. Nunn | LIB | 253 |
| G. Lord | Independent | 243 |
Great Bromley Little Bromley Etc.1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| R. Hayward | Conservative | 358 |
| Peter Bradbury | Labour | 127 |
Holland and Kirby2 seats
| H. Treloar | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| L. Payne | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Lawford & Manningtree2 seats · turnout 43.9%
| B. Norton | Labour | 593 |
| L Randall | Labour | 507 |
| L. Faircloth | Conservative | 486 |
| T. Judson | Independent | 337 |
| C. Porter | Independent | 294 |
Little Clacton1 seat
| A. Chappell | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Mistley1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| H. French | Conservative | 358 ✓ |
| A. Foster | Labour | 181 |
| A. Ward | LIB | 102 |
| L. Brown | Independent | 60 |
No. 1 (Harwich: East)2 seats · turnout 46.1%
| F. Good | Conservative | 594 |
| P. Holbrook | LIB | 593 |
| P. McCurry | Labour | 445 |
| R. Williams | Labour | 379 |
No. 10 (Clacton: West)6 seats
| H. Harvey-Williams | Conservative | 1,241 ✓ |
| A. Overton | Conservative | 1,233 ✓ |
| E. Link | Conservative | 1,154 ✓ |
| M. Watson | Conservative | 1,145 ✓ |
| J. Goldsmith | Conservative | 1,132 ✓ |
| A. Markham-Lee | Labour | 1,129 ✓ |
| C. Buckley | Conservative | 1,117 |
| F Baker | Labour | 1,110 |
| F. White | Labour | 1,057 |
| P. Hicks | Labour | 1,055 |
| W. Sweetland | Labour | 1,036 |
| K. Bellew | Labour | 1,016 |
No. 2 (Harwich: East Central)2 seats · turnout 36.6%
| G. Potter | Conservative | 482 |
| A. Thorn | Independent | 405 |
| I. Gough | Conservative | 388 |
| R. Stock | Labour | 364 |
No. 20 (Elmstead)1 seat · turnout 41.9%
| L. Parrish | Conservative | 338 |
| J. Bartington | Labour | 250 |
No. 21 (Alresford & Thorrington)2 seats · turnout 31.6%
| J. Howlett | Independent | 481 |
| D. Fitch | Independent | 473 |
| W. White | Labour | 223 |
| D. Presland | Conservative | 222 |
No. 3 (Harwich: West)2 seats · turnout 45.0%
| R. Knight | Labour | 839 |
| P. Vanner | Conservative | 659 |
| J Spall | Conservative | 622 |
| C. Thomas | Labour | 586 |
| D. Elleby | Ind LIB | 547 |
No. 4 (Harwich: West Central)2 seats · turnout 48.8%
| W. Bleakley | Conservative | 1,011 |
| T. Rutson | Conservative | 926 |
| P. Perera | Labour | 575 |
| Robson D. | Labour | 533 |
No. 5 (Brightlingsea)4 seats · turnout 42.6%
| W. Addison | LIB | 981 |
| T. Price | LIB | 952 |
| J. Atkinson | Labour | 889 |
| P. Patrick | Independent | 880 |
| L. Elliott | LIB | 824 |
| S. Clarke | Labour | 800 |
| E. Pomroy | Labour | 748 |
| G. Conway | Labour | 746 |
| W. Bottomley | Conservative | 729 |
| R. Hodgkinson | Conservative | 644 |
| E. Lomax | Conservative | 554 |
| B. Pingree | Conservative | 523 |
No. 6 (Clacton: Central)4 seats · turnout 23.9%
| E. Herbert | Conservative | 1,376 |
| B. Mathews | Conservative | 1,251 |
| L. King | Conservative | 1,249 |
| E. Cocks | Conservative | 1,226 |
| T. Macey | Labour | 514 |
No. 7 (Clacton: East)4 seats · turnout 37.5%
| C. Clowes | RES | 1,419 |
| C. Bufton | RES | 1,290 |
| E. Frost | RES | 1,276 |
| M. Holloway | Conservative | 1,040 |
| A. Thurston | RES | 1,032 |
| P. Reed | Conservative | 868 |
| N. Steadman | Conservative | 818 |
| A. Oswick | Labour | 538 |
No. 8 (Clacton: Jaywick)2 seats · turnout 29.3%
| P. Harding | Conservative | 677 |
| J. Hill | Conservative | 634 |
| F. Merrin | Labour | 461 |
| M. Wells | Independent | 261 |
No. 9 (Clacton: North)1 seat
| R. Smith | Labour | 2,005 ✓ |
| B. Mathews | Conservative | 1,777 |
No. 9 (Clacton: North)7 seats
| I Markham-Lee | Labour | 1,586 ✓ |
| Tim Jeffrey | Labour | 1,577 ✓ |
| L Smith | Labour | 1,575 ✓ |
| B Turner | Labour | 1,489 ✓ |
| M Catchpole | Conservative | 1,479 ✓ |
| K Langston | Labour | 1,461 ✓ |
| T Mallinson | Labour | 1,454 ✓ |
| B Edwards | Conservative | 1,437 |
| Ruth Ash | Conservative | 1,397 |
| G Ainsley | Labour | 1,391 |
| J Stephenson | Conservative | 1,384 |
| D Tarling | Conservative | 1,329 |
| D Divall | Conservative | 1,283 |
Ramsey and Parkeston1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| D. Masterson | Independent | 244 |
| F. Wilkinson | Independent | 223 |
| P. Fletcher | Labour | 193 |
St Osyth and Point Clear2 seats
| A. Smith | Independent | 368 |
| J. Parker | Independent | 349 |
| H. Stanley | Independent | 313 |
| N. Coe | LIB | 299 |
| J. Searl | Labour | 93 |
Tendring & Weeley1 seat · turnout 37.8%
| F. Everitt | Independent | 330 |
| A. Gleed | Conservative | 317 |
Walton3 seats
| E. Day | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| A. Rayner | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| G. Douglass | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
