Before (end of 1995) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 20 · Labour 16 · Other 13 · Liberal Democrats 10
After (end of 1996) (59 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 17 · Liberal Democrats 16 · Conservative 13 · Other 13
Ward results
Broadway1 seat · turnout 34.4%
| C. Baggarley | Labour | 1,156 |
| I Locks | Conservative | 224 |
Buckhurst Hill East1 seat · turnout 38.4%
| L. Martin | Liberal Democrats | 865 |
| J. Croke | Labour | 225 |
| R Watts | Conservative | 205 |
Buckhurst Hill West1 seat · turnout 33.6%
| Ann Haigh | Liberal Democrats | 1,032 |
| A Torgut | Conservative | 534 |
| L. Baddock | Labour | 146 |
Chigwell Village1 seat · turnout 28.4%
| J. Gilliham | Conservative | 601 |
| M Spence | Liberal Democrats | 185 |
| D Wing | Labour | 147 |
Debden Green1 seat · turnout 29.2%
| C Huckle | Labour | 882 |
| C. Flan | Conservative | 253 |
Epping Hemnall1 seat · turnout 38.9%
| Jon Whitehouse | Liberal Democrats | 806 |
| P. Burns | Conservative | 529 |
| B Johns | Labour | 272 |
| L. Barry | RES | 254 |
Epping Lindsey1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| T Norris | Labour | 455 |
| C. Whitbread | Conservative | 426 |
| J. Jones | RES | 420 |
| A Moss | Liberal Democrats | 221 |
Grange Hill1 seat
| S. Whiteford | Liberal Democrats | 846 ✓ |
| E Buttling | Conservative | 536 |
| D. Miller | Labour | 136 |
High Ongar1 seat
| Maggie McEwen | Conservative | 263 ✓ |
| K. Tait | Labour | 187 |
Loughton Forest1 seat
| K. Ellis | RES | 729 ✓ |
| J. Cantor | Conservative | 203 |
| J. Ormston | Labour | 127 |
Loughton Roding2 seats
| S. Goodwin | Labour | 987 ✓ |
| M. Boatman | Labour | 917 ✓ |
| A Jones | Conservative | 299 |
| L Daniel | Conservative | 256 |
| Lucille Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 186 |
| J. Netherclift | Liberal Democrats | 180 |
Loughton St John's1 seat
| R. Pearce | RES | 737 |
| S Metcalfe | Conservative | 468 |
| M. Juniper | Labour | 254 |
Loughton St. Marys1 seat · turnout 32.4%
| M. Wardle | RES | 635 |
| P. Lavin | Labour | 238 |
| P. Gooch | Conservative | 209 |
Passingford1 seat
| J Pledge | Conservative | 0 |
Paternoster1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| C. Sumner | Labour | 714 |
| L. Rowley | Conservative | 556 |
Roothing Country1 seat · turnout 56.8%
| D Kelly | Liberal Democrats | 287 |
| M. Wallis | Conservative | 266 |
| K. Percy | Independent | 153 |
Roydon1 seat · turnout 47.3%
| A. Vare | Independent | 356 |
| N. Castleden | Labour | 276 |
| C Bagnall | Liberal Democrats | 132 |
Sheering1 seat
| D. Yeo | Liberal Democrats | 370 ✓ |
| M. Ridgewell | Conservative | 211 |
| J. Finlay | Labour | 185 |
THEYDON BOIS1 seat
| C. Gillam | Independent | 634 ✓ |
| J. Axon | Conservative | 374 |
| S. Gymer | Labour | 290 |
| I. Black | Liberal Democrats | 147 |
Waltham Abbey East1 seat · turnout 34.1%
| E. Webster | Conservative | 934 |
| A. Liddell | Labour | 880 |
| P. Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
