Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 19 · Other 0 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Canvey Island Central3 seats · turnout 44.8%
| G. Pickett | Labour | 1,124 |
| J. Collisson | Labour | 752 |
| G. Prince | Labour | 633 |
| T. Fletcher | Ind Lab | 623 |
| E. Rendall | Conservative | 548 |
| E. Clark | Conservative | 524 |
| P. Brown | Conservative | 497 |
| G. Blackwell | Independent | 487 |
Canvey Island East3 seats · turnout 30.5%
| M. Luker | Labour | 651 |
| E. Luker | Labour | 645 |
| J. Lewis | Labour | 636 |
| W. Ashworth | Conservative | 615 |
| W. Macdonnell | Conservative | 598 |
| W. Balch | Conservative | 577 |
Canvey Island South2 seats · turnout 35.8%
| H. King | Conservative | 740 |
| B. Beasley | Conservative | 637 |
| C. Davis | Labour | 347 |
| K. Bandey | Labour | 343 |
No. 1 (Benfleet: Boyce)4 seats · turnout 43.1%
| J. Selby | Conservative | 1,345 |
| J. Pike | Conservative | 1,332 |
| K. Griffin | Conservative | 1,312 |
| E. Hunt | Conservative | 1,304 |
| G. Auvache | Labour | 1,161 |
| J. Nisbet | Labour | 1,143 |
| J. Acklaw | Labour | 1,110 |
| M. Blythe | Labour | 1,097 |
No. 11 (Canvey Island: West)2 seats · turnout 38.7%
| R. Howard | Conservative | 880 |
| J. Bowden | Conservative | 772 |
| R. Lawrence | Labour | 468 |
| H. Whitcomb | Labour | 468 |
No. 12 (Canvey Island: Wintergardens)2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| D. Shaw | Labour | 607 |
| A. Hurd | Labour | 607 |
| A. Boss | Conservative | 320 |
| J. Whiting | Conservative | 300 |
| N. Crabb | Labour | 1,037 |
| L. Ives | Labour | 1,016 |
| J. Cooke | Labour | 1,012 |
| D. Wells | Labour | 984 |
| M. Holloway | Conservative | 644 |
| Sanders O. | Conservative | 629 |
| M. Howard | Conservative | 626 |
| R. Rimmer | Conservative | 622 |
No. 3 (Benfleet: St. James)4 seats · turnout 35.9%
| R. Williams | Conservative | 1,444 ✓ |
| R Williams | Conservative | 1,444 |
| G Goddard | Conservative | 1,410 |
| G. Goddard | Conservative | 1,410 ✓ |
| F Millbank | Conservative | 1,405 ✓ |
| M. Willis | Conservative | 1,374 ✓ |
| Matthew Willis | Conservative | 1,374 |
| P. Ottino | Labour | 497 |
| P Ottino | Labour | 497 |
| P. Wright | Labour | 496 |
| P Wright | Labour | 496 |
| A Ingold | Labour | 486 |
| P. Ingold | Labour | 474 |
| P Ingold | Labour | 474 |
No. 4 (Benfleet: St. Marys)4 seats · turnout 36.5%
| A. Wright | Labour | 1,246 |
| J. Lesser | Labour | 1,164 |
| D. Nisbet | Labour | 1,147 |
| S. Clark | Labour | 1,139 |
| A. Partridge | Conservative | 1,129 |
| A. Beck | Conservative | 1,053 |
| E. Farmer | Conservative | 1,038 |
| V. Elcome | Conservative | 980 |
No. 5 (Benfleet: St. Peters)4 seats · turnout 40.2%
| D James | Labour | 1,210 ✓ |
| R Sanders | Labour | 1,141 |
| R. Sanders | Labour | 1,141 ✓ |
| D Watson | Labour | 1,110 |
| D. Watson | Labour | 1,110 ✓ |
| P. Saunders | Conservative | 1,091 ✓ |
| P Saunders | Conservative | 1,091 |
| A Dawson | Labour | 1,076 |
| G Detmaur | Conservative | 1,030 |
| G. Detmaur | Conservative | 1,030 |
| P Hurn | Conservative | 1,014 |
| P. Hurn | Conservative | 1,014 |
| D Hurn | Conservative | 997 |
| D. Hurn | Conservative | 997 |
No. 6 (Benfleet: Victoria)4 seats · turnout 35.2%
| E. Gallienne | Conservative | 1,430 ✓ |
| E Gallienne | Conservative | 1,430 |
| J Hackling | Conservative | 1,411 |
| J. Hackling | Conservative | 1,411 ✓ |
| S Amos | Conservative | 1,384 |
| S. Amos | Conservative | 1,384 ✓ |
| L. Laffan | Conservative | 1,361 ✓ |
| L Laffan | Conservative | 1,361 |
| G Gilbert | Labour | 634 |
| G. Gilbert | Labour | 634 |
| J. Newman | Labour | 625 |
| J Newman | Labour | 625 |
| Bernard Mills | Labour | 606 |
| H. Mills | Labour | 597 |
| H. Mills | Labour | 597 |
No. 9 (Canvey Island: North)3 seats · turnout 31.9%
| H. Tibbles | Conservative | 606 |
| F. Wood | Conservative | 570 |
| D. Kennedy | Labour | 546 |
| M. Cox | Labour | 541 |
| D. Allen | Conservative | 535 |
| C. Traveller | Labour | 528 |
| S. Alterman | Independent | 471 |
