Before (end of 1975) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 45 · Labour 10 · Other 4 · The Liberal Party 0
After (end of 1976) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 56 · Other 2 · Labour 1 · The Liberal Party 0
Ward results
Chipping Ongar1 seat · turnout 45.8%
| T. Butler | Conservative | 429 |
| B. King | Labour | 110 |
Greensted & Marden Ash1 seat · turnout 55.3%
| A. Sutherland | Conservative | 540 |
| G. Leach | Labour | 397 |
High Beech1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| H. Taylor | Conservative | 633 |
| P. O'Hear | Labour | 223 |
High Ongar1 seat · turnout 54.5%
| D. Morton | Conservative | 390 |
| M. Bacon | Labour | 136 |
Moreton & Matching1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| P. Gould | Independent | 486 |
| R. Clark | Conservative | 289 |
| W. Hartnell | Labour | 114 |
Nazeing2 seats · turnout 44.9%
| M. Welch | Conservative | 1,190 |
| K. Judd | Conservative | 1,104 |
| W. Stringer | Labour | 391 |
| J. Jermain | Labour | 355 |
No. 1 (Buckhurst Hill)7 seats
| I Beattie | Conservative | 2,064 ✓ |
| C Perry | Conservative | 2,029 ✓ |
| N Croucher | Conservative | 1,989 ✓ |
| R Garner | Conservative | 1,986 ✓ |
| Edward Perry | Conservative | 1,975 ✓ |
| A Welch | Conservative | 1,957 ✓ |
| V Milner | Conservative | 1,889 ✓ |
| E Miller | Labour | 559 |
| R Eveling | LIB | 555 |
| G Castleman | Labour | 543 |
| James Blagden | Labour | 517 |
| Robin Cornell | Labour | 512 |
| Viki Miller | Labour | 510 |
| J Fryer | Labour | 502 |
| F Underhill | Labour | 494 |
| H King | LIB | 491 |
| G Chapman | LIB | 473 |
| T Dickinson | LIB | 470 |
| J West | LIB | 466 |
| M Clyne | LIB | 453 |
| G Watts | LIB | 439 |
No. 13 (Passingford)1 seat
| J. Pledge | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 14 (Lambourne)1 seat · turnout 62.0%
| R. Amanet | Conservative | 821 |
| C. Huckle | Labour | 514 |
No. 15 (Theydon Bois)2 seats
| R. Daniels | Conservative | 1,265 |
| J. Wainwright | Conservative | 1,186 |
| S. Gymer | Labour | 272 |
| F. Davy | Labour | 209 |
No. 18 (Epping Upland)1 seat
| G. Padfield | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
No. 2 (Chigwell)6 seats
| S Gordon | Conservative | 2,047 ✓ |
| A Booth | Conservative | 2,021 ✓ |
| N Risdon | Conservative | 2,016 ✓ |
| C Davie | Conservative | 1,990 ✓ |
| B Gunby | Conservative | 1,984 ✓ |
| O Smith | Conservative | 1,950 ✓ |
| D Wilkinson | Labour | 594 |
No. 22 (Hastingwood & Thornwood)1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| B. Greenhill | Conservative | 381 |
| J. Bednall | Labour | 175 |
No. 23 (North Weald Village)1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| C. Kent | Conservative | 678 |
| J. Edwards | Labour | 295 |
| C. Rush | LIB | 153 |
No. 3 (Loughton North)8 seats
| M Denne | Conservative | 2,108 ✓ |
| A Escott | Conservative | 2,076 ✓ |
| M Aldis | Conservative | 2,070 ✓ |
| D Sanders | Conservative | 2,059 ✓ |
| Elaine Hammond | Conservative | 2,050 ✓ |
| A Skidmore | Conservative | 2,007 ✓ |
| D Monro-Smith | Conservative | 2,001 ✓ |
| S Knight | Conservative | 1,861 ✓ |
| J Davis | Labour | 1,581 |
| B Archer | Labour | 1,563 |
| Bernie Mooney | Labour | 1,538 |
| A Hilton | Labour | 1,503 |
| H Worby | Labour | 1,502 |
| L Timpson | Labour | 1,458 |
| A Wendrop | Labour | 1,451 |
| B Whitlock | Labour | 1,437 |
| P Knight | LIB | 859 |
| W Randall | LIB | 452 |
No. 4 (Loughton South)8 seats
| M Croucher | Conservative | 2,482 ✓ |
| T Swallow | Conservative | 2,436 ✓ |
| G Claridge | Conservative | 2,425 ✓ |
| D James | Conservative | 2,403 ✓ |
| J Martin | Conservative | 2,365 ✓ |
| L Scott | Conservative | 2,342 ✓ |
| D Crilley | Conservative | 2,335 ✓ |
| R O'Malley | Conservative | 2,318 ✓ |
| N Chapman | Labour | 1,367 |
| J Cross | Labour | 1,366 |
| S Palfreman | Labour | 1,349 |
| M Taylor | Labour | 1,306 |
| Kama McKenzie | Labour | 1,283 |
| P Kelly | Labour | 1,280 |
| Norman Jacobs | Labour | 1,280 |
| S Riley | Labour | 1,232 |
| N Macey | LIB | 660 |
| R Ball | LIB | 631 |
No. 5 (Epping)6 seats · turnout 37.2%
| A. Miller | Conservative | 2,157 ✓ |
| F Limer | Conservative | 2,116 ✓ |
| H Mead | Conservative | 2,066 ✓ |
| M Aldworth | Conservative | 2,040 ✓ |
| R Dulwich | Conservative | 1,998 ✓ |
| A O'Brien | Conservative | 1,947 ✓ |
| H Cliffe | Labour | 1,089 |
| Aaron James Michael Miles | Labour | 1,069 |
| W Garrett | Labour | 1,003 |
| C Morris | Labour | 995 |
| R Bunting | Labour | 986 |
| I Standfast | Labour | 933 |
No. 8 (Waltham Abbey)5 seats
| J Patching | Conservative | 1,715 ✓ |
| R Knibb | Conservative | 1,618 ✓ |
| Howard Smith | Conservative | 1,613 ✓ |
| D Esau | Conservative | 1,609 ✓ |
| Ross Playle | Conservative | 1,534 ✓ |
| D Berry | Labour | 1,250 |
| D Sherman | Labour | 1,249 |
| A Taylor | Labour | 1,226 |
| J Popely | Labour | 1,187 |
| G Taylor | Labour | 1,163 |
Passingford1 seat
| J. Pledge | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Paternoster1 seat · turnout 36.9%
| C. Hewins | Labour | 459 |
| T. Brock | Conservative | 405 |
Roothing Country1 seat
| T. East | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Sheering1 seat
| S. Langton | Independent | 0 ✓ |
