Before (end of 1989) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 20 · Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 0
After (end of 1990) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 23 · Conservative 14 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Billericay East1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| A. Archer | Conservative | 2,629 |
| A. Ferriss | SLD | 844 |
| J. Orpe | Labour | 826 |
Billericay West1 seat · turnout 47.6%
| F. Ferguson | Conservative | 2,835 ✓ |
| P. Johnson | SLD | 767 |
| A Final | Labour | 568 |
| M. O'Regan | Green | 282 |
Fryerns Central1 seat · turnout 46.6%
| M. Cregg | Labour | 2,478 ✓ |
| S. Allen | Conservative | 886 |
| J. Smith | SLD | 525 |
| F. Benwell | Green | 147 |
Fryerns East1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| J. Potter | Labour | 2,156 |
| J. Lutton | SLD | 767 |
| K. Boucher | Conservative | 712 |
Laindon1 seat · turnout 50.2%
| D. Keeffe | Labour | 1,978 |
| W. Lockhart | Conservative | 1,906 |
| M. Martin | SLD | 531 |
Langdon Hills1 seat · turnout 49.8%
| Chris Webb | Labour | 2,051 ✓ |
| M. Francois | Conservative | 1,973 |
| I. White | SLD | 289 |
| A. Macdougall | Green | 188 |
Lee Chapel North1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| R. Austin | Labour | 2,379 ✓ |
| T Fleet | Conservative | 1,043 |
| P. Jenkins | SLD | 327 |
| M. Thomas | Green | 189 |
Nethermayne1 seat · turnout 61.3%
| G. Wiliams | SLD | 1,655 |
| Hilary Bruce | Labour | 1,547 |
| V. Robbins | Conservative | 1,354 |
Pitsea East1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| R. Fallon | Labour | 2,177 ✓ |
| P. Cleland | Conservative | 1,413 |
| L. Davies | Green | 274 |
| L. Williams | SLD | 269 |
Pitsea West1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| J. Carty | Labour | 2,422 ✓ |
| P. Cleland | Conservative | 923 |
| B. Mavis | SLD | 300 |
| T. Davies | Green | 153 |
Vange1 seat · turnout 39.3%
| J. Payn | Labour | 1,869 ✓ |
| Cole R. | Conservative | 827 |
| B. Wakeham | SLD | 247 |
| M. Benwell | Green | 181 |
Wickford North1 seat · turnout 52.9%
| Sylvia Buckley | Conservative | 2,091 |
| M. Birch | SLD | 1,853 |
| S. Harness | Labour | 922 |
Wickford South1 seat · turnout 52.7%
| D. Morris | Conservative | 2,055 ✓ |
| F. Bellard | SLD | 1,878 |
| E. Harrison | Labour | 716 |
| G. Collins | Green | 175 |
