Before (end of 1975) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 12 · Conservative 11 · Labour 4 · The Liberal Party 3
After (end of 1976) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Other 9 · Labour 1 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Cold Norton1 seat · turnout 61.7%
| B. Board | Independent | 400 |
| R. Ledger | Conservative | 195 |
Goldhanger1 seat · turnout 65.1%
| Frost H. | Conservative | 379 |
| S. Kelly | LIB | 296 |
Great Totham2 seats · turnout 48.2%
| F. Anderson | Conservative | 790 |
| Rowena Bass | Conservative | 789 |
| T. Lazell | Independent | 368 |
No. 1 (Maldon)7 seats · turnout 43.6%
| R. Daws | Conservative | 1,858 ✓ |
| C. Dowsett | Conservative | 1,800 ✓ |
| R. Pipe | Conservative | 1,632 ✓ |
| D. Sewell | Conservative | 1,622 ✓ |
| K. Munnion | Conservative | 1,460 ✓ |
| W. Hutchinson | Other | 1,338 ✓ |
| G. Hughes | Labour | 1,315 ✓ |
| C. Backus | Conservative | 1,234 |
| K. Ward | Conservative | 1,207 |
| C. Tait | Labour | 1,082 |
| N. Smith | The Liberal Party | 978 |
| E. Bannister | Labour | 974 |
| P. Locke | Labour | 807 |
| J. Lewis | Labour | 758 |
| H. Salt | Labour | 713 |
| J. Finch | The Liberal Party | 694 |
No. 2 (Heybridge)3 seats · turnout 45.6%
| R. May | Conservative | 554 |
| D. Newell | Conservative | 498 |
| R. Thomas | Conservative | 483 |
| D. Scott | LIB | 482 |
| P. Darney | Labour | 458 |
| W. Fletcher | LIB | 403 |
| A. Joyce | Labour | 381 |
| P. Mead | LIB | 363 |
| D. Darney | Labour | 335 |
No. 3 (Burnham-On-Crouch)4 seats · turnout 51.6%
| J. Dowding | Independent | 1,174 ✓ |
| S. Hull | Independent | 1,140 ✓ |
| M. Wood | Conservative | 1,063 ✓ |
| M. Freeman | Conservative | 1,052 ✓ |
| V. Cowperthwaite | Conservative | 768 |
| A. Brown | Conservative | 565 |
| J. Sharp | Independent | 558 |
| E. Samuel | Independent | 477 |
| J. Kendall | Labour | 313 |
| E. Cottis | Labour | 257 |
No. 7 (Althorne & Mayland)1 seat · turnout 57.1%
| D Abernethy | Independent | 451 |
| A. Mayhew | Conservative | 403 |
No. 8 (Latchingdon)1 seat · turnout 59.8%
| D. Heritage | Conservative | 372 |
| R. Cole | Independent | 207 |
| J. Roberts | Labour | 79 |
Purleigh1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| G. Barber | Independent | 334 |
| J. De Grey Warter | LIB | 203 |
Southminster2 seats · turnout 27.7%
| D. Fisher | Ind Con | 424 |
| J. Cottam | Conservative | 397 |
| C. Kelly | LIB | 373 |
St. Lawrence1 seat
| R. Sennitt | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Tillingham & Bradwell1 seat
| W. Proctor | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Tollesbury2 seats · turnout 41.6%
| J. Madden | Conservative | 637 |
| Buttironi G. | Conservative | 535 |
| J. Young | Labour | 296 |
Tolleshunt D'Arcy1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| E. Peel | Conservative | 454 |
| W. Bathe | Independent | 125 |
Wickham Bishops1 seat · turnout 62.5%
| L. Bass | Conservative | 463 |
| K. Spratley | LIB | 362 |
Woodham1 seat · turnout 60.6%
| P. Herrmann | Independent | 480 |
| B. Chalk | Conservative | 229 |
