Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 22 · Other 11 · Labour 7 · The Liberal Party 2
Ward results
Ashdon1 seat · turnout 54.6%
| R. Cooper | Labour | 206 |
| D. Collins | Independent | 156 |
| R. Heath | Independent | 69 |
Birchanger1 seat · turnout 54.4%
| D. Haagerwood | Conservative | 234 |
| D. Cooke | Labour | 208 |
Clavering1 seat
| E. Abrahams | Ind Con | 0 ✓ |
Elsenham1 seat · turnout 56.7%
| J. Hurwitz | Conservative | 324 |
| R. Shaw | Labour | 184 |
Felsted2 seats · turnout 25.8%
| J. Franklyn | Conservative | 346 |
| W. Wright | Conservative | 244 |
| J. Guthrie-Dow | Independent | 229 |
| G. Savage | Independent | 178 |
| J. Barrington Bull | Independent | 108 |
Great Hallingbury1 seat
| A. Streeter | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Hatfield Broad Oak1 seat · turnout 44.5%
| L. Silverston | Conservative | 253 |
| B. Clark | Labour | 134 |
Hatfield Heath1 seat · turnout 52.7%
| E. Dearlove | Conservative | 284 |
| R. Howard | Labour | 215 |
| R. Parkinson | Independent | 65 |
Henham1 seat
| J. Maitland | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Little Hallingbury1 seat
| W. Dorman | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Littlebury1 seat · turnout 52.4%
| J. Northridge | Conservative | 245 |
| I. Haig | Labour | 133 |
Newport1 seat
| H. Reynolds | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 1 (Saffron Walden)8 seats · turnout 67.3%
| Peter Preece | Labour | 2,034 |
| P. Preece | Labour | 2,034 ✓ |
| D. Weaver | Labour | 1,903 ✓ |
| D Weaver | Labour | 1,903 |
| David Joseph Miller | Conservative | 1,864 |
| D. Miller | Conservative | 1,864 ✓ |
| R Green | Labour | 1,633 |
| R. Green | Labour | 1,633 ✓ |
| K Wilson | Labour | 1,630 |
| K. Wilson | Labour | 1,630 ✓ |
| Sally Louise Neville | Conservative | 1,609 |
| S. Neville | Conservative | 1,609 ✓ |
| Patricia Collins | Conservative | 1,594 |
| P. Collins | Conservative | 1,594 ✓ |
| J Wakeford | Conservative | 1,574 ✓ |
| F. Brooke | Conservative | 1,461 |
| F Brooke | Conservative | 1,461 |
| P Tinnion | Labour | 1,432 |
| P. Tinnion | Labour | 1,432 |
| D Benson | LIB | 1,353 |
| D. Benson | The Liberal Party | 1,353 |
| K. Tinnion | Labour | 1,319 |
| K Tinnion | Labour | 1,319 |
| E. McCleod | Conservative | 1,309 |
| E McCleod | Conservative | 1,309 |
| G Scrivener | Labour | 1,308 |
| G. Scrivener | Labour | 1,308 |
| Richard Bower | Conservative | 1,252 |
| R. Bower | Conservative | 1,252 |
| M. Stayner | Conservative | 1,113 |
| M Stayner | Conservative | 1,113 |
| A. Bird | Labour | 1,109 |
| Anthony Bird | Labour | 1,109 |
No. 21 (Stort Valley)1 seat · turnout 48.8%
| D. Collins | Conservative | 213 |
| R Clark | Labour | 124 |
| P. Hawes | Independent | 106 |
No. 4 (Great Dunmow)4 seats · turnout 64.0%
| M Davey | Conservative | 926 |
| M. Davey | Conservative | 926 ✓ |
| J. Garrett | The Liberal Party | 790 ✓ |
| J Garrett | LIB | 790 |
| H Wright | Labour | 759 |
| H. Wright | Labour | 759 ✓ |
| V. Culf | Conservative | 687 ✓ |
| V Culf | Conservative | 687 |
| D Lloyd-Jones | Conservative | 672 |
| D. Lloyd-Jones | Conservative | 672 |
| S Hopkins | Conservative | 618 |
| C. Monk | Labour | 514 |
| C Monk | Labour | 514 |
| G. Jones | Labour | 457 |
| G Jones | Labour | 457 |
| F. Brown | Labour | 361 |
| F Brown | Labour | 361 |
Rickling1 seat · turnout 61.8%
| P. Wawn | Conservative | 174 |
| D. Wraith | LIB | 145 |
| J. Brooke-Smith | Independent | 135 |
Stansted Mountfitchet3 seats · turnout 58.8%
| P Clark | LIB | 661 |
| P. Clark | The Liberal Party | 661 ✓ |
| G Clark | Conservative | 503 |
| G. Clark | Conservative | 503 ✓ |
| C. Dimond | Labour | 440 ✓ |
| C Dimond | Labour | 440 |
| A. Snudden | Conservative | 435 |
| A Snudden | Conservative | 435 |
| H Sanders | Independent | 421 |
| H. Sanders | Independent | 421 |
| D. Honour | The Liberal Party | 354 |
| D Honour | LIB | 354 |
| R Clifford | LIB | 346 |
| R. Clifford | The Liberal Party | 346 |
| M Colton | Conservative | 344 |
| M. Colton | Conservative | 344 |
| P. Saban | Labour | 232 |
| P Saban | Labour | 232 |
Stebbing1 seat · turnout 62.2%
| E. Kiddle | Independent | 400 |
| H. Wiseman | Conservative | 223 |
Takeley2 seats
| H. Bradford | Independent | 0 ✓ |
| W. Dudgeon | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Thaxted2 seats · turnout 50.9%
| H. Craig | Independent | 580 |
| I. Barnard | Independent | 565 |
| G. Fraenkel | Labour | 398 |
| K. Cowell | Labour | 294 |
The Canfields1 seat · turnout 57.0%
| K. Fidler | Independent | 442 |
| K. Tetley-Jones | Conservative | 270 |
The Chesterfords1 seat
| J. Moore | Independent | 0 ✓ |
The Eastons1 seat · turnout 60.3%
| F. Askew | Conservative | 351 |
| A. Proudley | LIB | 200 |
The Rodings1 seat
| K. Tivendale | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
The Sampfords1 seat · turnout 60.9%
| Hugh Hughes | Independent | 266 ✓ |
| K. Baker | Conservative | 265 |
| Sleeman S. | Labour | 80 |
| R. Bassett | Independent | 62 |
Wenden Lofts1 seat · turnout 43.9%
| B. Erith | Independent | 230 |
| S. Cooper | Independent | 179 |
Wimbish and Debden1 seat · turnout 39.9%
| J. Tomblin | Conservative | 329 |
| D. Fowler-Dixon | Labour | 111 |
