Before (end of 1998) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 37 · Conservative 10 · Other 7 · Liberal Democrats 6
After (end of 1999) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Labour 31 · Conservative 16 · Other 9 · Liberal Democrats 4
Ward results
Black Notley1 seat · turnout 32.1%
| P. Turner | Liberal Democrats | 673 |
| P. Goddard | Conservative | 399 |
| B. Jagniaszek | Labour | 145 |
Bocking North3 seats
| D Mann | Labour | 847 ✓ |
| M Allard | Labour | 761 ✓ |
| F Card | Labour | 738 ✓ |
| P Walsh | Conservative | 341 |
| E Gask | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
| Peter Braley | Liberal Democrats | 189 |
Bocking South3 seats
| G Warne | Labour | 786 ✓ |
| Lynn Green | Labour | 744 ✓ |
| D Taylor | Labour | 703 ✓ |
| G Field | Conservative | 345 |
| Neil Birks | Conservative | 336 |
| M Martin | Liberal Democrats | 175 |
| Stuart Seymour | Liberal Democrats | 135 |
| H Seymour | Liberal Democrats | 125 |
| Wendy Partridge | Green | 96 |
| Duncan Stewart | Green | 83 |
Braintree Central3 seats
| P Keeble | Labour | 655 ✓ |
| A Millam | Labour | 636 ✓ |
| J Unsworth | Labour | 591 ✓ |
| I Roel | Conservative | 265 |
| L Walters | Conservative | 257 |
| Sarah Dennis | Liberal Democrats | 207 |
| Terence Graystone | Liberal Democrats | 206 |
| Robert McDermott | Liberal Democrats | 187 |
| D. Andrews | Green | 105 |
Braintree East3 seats
| E Bishop | Labour | 764 ✓ |
| D Green | Labour | 654 ✓ |
| A. Thompson | Labour | 644 ✓ |
| D Messer | Conservative | 376 |
| D. Reid | Conservative | 362 |
| P. Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 305 |
| P. Lemon | Liberal Democrats | 290 |
| T. Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 283 |
Braintree West3 seats
| Roy Cavinder | Liberal Democrats | 638 ✓ |
| Bob Buchan | Labour | 609 ✓ |
| Cath Bacon | Labour | 607 ✓ |
| L. Beckett | Liberal Democrats | 591 |
| A Martin | Liberal Democrats | 564 |
| Michael Shirvington | Labour | 552 |
| G Killick | Conservative | 542 |
| J. McKee | Conservative | 532 |
| B Kirsch | Conservative | 526 |
Bumpstead1 seat · turnout 32.8%
| J. Collar | Conservative | 376 |
| J. Marsden | Labour | 241 |
Castle Hedingham1 seat · turnout 44.1%
| H. Allfrey | Conservative | 475 |
| S. Scrivens | Labour | 162 |
Coggeshall3 seats
| N Edey | Conservative | 730 ✓ |
| C. Joyce | Labour | 714 ✓ |
| Eddie Jones | Labour | 702 ✓ |
| Thomas McMillan | Conservative | 684 |
| Peter Geoffrey Smith | Labour | 663 |
| J Papworth | Liberal Democrats | 335 |
| D. Sibley | Liberal Democrats | 283 |
Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green1 seat · turnout 39.9%
| A. Shelton | Conservative | 367 |
| S Knight | Labour | 137 |
Cressing1 seat · turnout 33.7%
| Lynette Flint | Independent | 271 |
| A Final | Labour | 106 |
| M. Boutell | Liberal Democrats | 53 |
Earls Colne2 seats
| S. Boyce | Independent | 645 ✓ |
| A. Mascall | Independent | 568 ✓ |
| T. Fyfe | Labour | 248 |
| S. Heppolette | Labour | 212 |
Gosfield1 seat
| Barry Broyd | Conservative | 436 ✓ |
| L Webb | Labour | 163 |
Halstead Holy Trinity3 seats
| J. Pell | RES | 702 ✓ |
| R. Mayes | Labour | 629 ✓ |
| M Fincken | Labour | 535 ✓ |
| Gaynor Warren | Labour | 440 |
| T. McArdle | Conservative | 234 |
| B. Mison | Conservative | 208 |
| C. Whybrow | Liberal Democrats | 148 |
| C. Forder | Liberal Democrats | 122 |
| M. Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 112 |
Halstead St Andrew's2 seats · turnout 32.7%
| B. Gage | Residents | 522 ✓ |
| M. Gage | Residents | 515 ✓ |
| B. Carr | Labour | 396 |
| G. McCoyd | Labour | 345 |
| L. Dye | Conservative | 240 |
| M. Mison | Conservative | 211 |
| O. Forder | Liberal Democrats | 149 |
| J. Barnes | Liberal Democrats | 128 |
Halstead St. Andrews2 seats
| B Gage | RES | 522 |
| M Gage | RES | 515 |
| B Carr | Labour | 396 |
| Grahame McCoyd | Labour | 345 |
| L Dye | Conservative | 240 |
| M Mison | Conservative | 211 |
| O Forder | Liberal Democrats | 149 |
| J. Barnes | Liberal Democrats | 128 |
Hatfield Peverel2 seats
| Keith Bigden | Conservative | 633 ✓ |
| J. Jarvis | Conservative | 621 ✓ |
| E. Royffe | Independent | 368 |
| J Glasman | Labour | 329 |
| P Heath | Labour | 227 |
Kelvedon3 seats
| Ian Alexander Marshall | Labour | 779 ✓ |
| E. Davidson | Labour | 779 ✓ |
| J Fyfe | Labour | 711 ✓ |
| S. Gibbs | Conservative | 663 |
| S Openshaw | Conservative | 610 |
| J Hackworth | Conservative | 609 |
| G Raison | Independent | 508 |
| M. Ashby | Liberal Democrats | 211 |
| P Leatherdale | Green | 138 |
Sible Hedingham2 seats
| C. Tanner | Conservative | 316 ✓ |
| J Brown | Conservative | 314 ✓ |
| T. Ellis | Liberal Democrats | 248 |
| J Turner | Liberal Democrats | 173 |
| N Owen | Labour | 126 |
| Frederick Hearn | Labour | 118 |
Stour Valley Central1 seat · turnout 35.6%
| D. Finch | Conservative | 273 |
| P. Owen | Labour | 189 |
Stour Valley North1 seat
| N. Harley | Conservative | 348 ✓ |
| L Scrivens | Labour | 185 |
Stour Valley South1 seat
| V. Acheson | Conservative | 444 ✓ |
| C. Kotz | Labour | 131 |
| C. Savill | Liberal Democrats | 115 |
Terling1 seat
| M. Galione | Conservative | 280 ✓ |
| M. Williams | Labour | 242 |
| D. Barber | Liberal Democrats | 51 |
Three Fields2 seats
| R. Hawkins | Conservative | 736 ✓ |
| J Finbow | Conservative | 714 ✓ |
| P. Johnson | Labour | 270 |
| Adrian Axtell | Labour | 244 |
Upper Colne1 seat · turnout 42.4%
| R. Bolton | Conservative | 429 |
| D. Dyson | Labour | 179 |
Witham Central1 seat · turnout 35.7%
| H. Pitchforth | Independent | 385 |
| M Lager | Conservative | 285 |
| M. Jones | Labour | 162 |
Witham Chipping Hill2 seats
| P. Barlow | Labour | 432 ✓ |
| K. Boylan | Labour | 423 ✓ |
| N. Andrews | Conservative | 162 |
| G. Peck | Conservative | 145 |
| P. Verrall | Liberal Democrats | 129 |
| K. Verrall | Liberal Democrats | 116 |
| Susan Ransome | Green | 56 |
| N Brunton | Green | 52 |
Witham North3 seats
| Robert Neil Evans | Labour | 605 ✓ |
| John Gyford | Labour | 586 ✓ |
| I Pinton | Labour | 567 ✓ |
| B Farrow | Conservative | 191 |
| Patricia Brunton | Green | 134 |
| J MS Jones | Green | 102 |
| Kevin Peterson | Green | 93 |
| James Abbott | Green | 715 ✓ |
| Philip John Hughes | Green | 554 ✓ |
| B. Tate | Labour | 551 |
| Greta Tew | Labour | 496 |
| E. Fierheller | Liberal Democrats | 204 |
| J. Dean | Independent | 84 |
Witham South2 seats
| J. Martin | Labour | 583 ✓ |
| R. Tincknell | Labour | 526 ✓ |
| D. Haggerty | Conservative | 271 |
| N. Lightfoot | Conservative | 265 |
| B Fleet | Liberal Democrats | 174 |
| C. May | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
| A. Pickett | Green | 78 |
| N Scales | Green | 73 |
Witham West2 seats
| Kathleen Tearle | Labour | 432 ✓ |
| J. Reekie | Labour | 426 ✓ |
| J. Jarvis | Conservative | 260 |
| R Wacey | Conservative | 237 |
| C. May | Liberal Democrats | 124 |
| C. Gerrard | Green | 77 |
| C. Hobbs-Waller | Green | 77 |
