Before (end of 1998) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 19 · Conservative 14 · Other 5 · Labour 4
After (end of 1999) (42 seats, Elections Centre)
Liberal Democrats 18 · Conservative 16 · Other 6 · Labour 2
Ward results
Ashdon1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| R Tyler | Independent | 259 ✓ |
| C. Howe Browne | Labour | 118 |
| R Albrow | Liberal Democrats | 56 |
Birchanger1 seat · turnout 40.7%
| D. Haggerwood | Conservative | 232 ✓ |
| J. Loughlin | Liberal Democrats | 88 |
Clavering1 seat · turnout 36.3%
| E. Abrahams | Independent | 454 ✓ |
| W Ratcliffe | Liberal Democrats | 66 |
Elsenham1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| M. Dean | Liberal Democrats | 364 ✓ |
| J. Hurwitz | Conservative | 297 |
Felsted2 seats · turnout 42.9%
| D. Gregory | Liberal Democrats | 587 ✓ |
| A. Thawley | Liberal Democrats | 566 ✓ |
| J Moore | Conservative | 437 |
| S. Evans | Conservative | 413 |
Great Dunmow North2 seats · turnout 33.7%
| M. Gayler | Liberal Democrats | 455 ✓ |
| G. Powers | Liberal Democrats | 342 ✓ |
| H. Powell | Conservative | 260 |
| H Wright | Labour | 232 |
| L. Collonson | Conservative | 218 |
| P Holloway | Labour | 169 |
Great Dunmow South2 seats · turnout 31.2%
| R. Copping | Liberal Democrats | 686 ✓ |
| C. Little | Liberal Democrats | 670 ✓ |
| D James | Conservative | 366 |
| Esme Hicks | Conservative | 362 |
Great Hallingbury1 seat · turnout 44.3%
| A. Streeter | Independent | 170 ✓ |
| Shirley Wilcock | Liberal Democrats | 59 |
Hatfield Broad Oak1 seat · turnout 48.1%
| R. Merrion | Conservative | 260 ✓ |
| P. Westlake | Liberal Democrats | 190 |
Hatfield Heath1 seat · turnout 37.3%
| P. Lewis | Conservative | 269 ✓ |
| W McCarthy | Labour | 185 |
| M. Johnson | Liberal Democrats | 34 |
Henham1 seat · turnout 47.7%
| D Morson | Liberal Democrats | 384 ✓ |
| R Braeckman | Conservative | 218 |
Little Hallingbury1 seat · turnout 34.5%
| A. Row | Conservative | 295 ✓ |
| G Heald | Liberal Democrats | 102 |
Littlebury1 seat · turnout 43.8%
| J. Menell | Conservative | 347 ✓ |
| K. Drinkwater | Liberal Democrats | 63 |
Rickling1 seat · turnout 56.2%
| Wilcock P. | Liberal Democrats | 312 ✓ |
| R Homer | Conservative | 160 |
Saffron Walden Audley2 seats · turnout 44.7%
| M. Hibbs | Liberal Democrats | 541 ✓ |
| D. Miller | Conservative | 475 ✓ |
| A. Walters | Conservative | 424 |
| N Reed | Liberal Democrats | 351 |
| D Stacey | Independent | 258 |
| J. Evans | Labour | 167 |
| S Lake | Labour | 124 |
Saffron Walden Castle2 seats · turnout 39.0%
| R O’Neill | Conservative | 411 ✓ |
| D. Cornell | Labour | 404 ✓ |
| P Preece | Labour | 395 |
| J. Lupton | Conservative | 393 |
| J. Porter | Liberal Democrats | 385 |
| R. Freeman | Liberal Democrats | 344 |
Saffron Walden Plantation2 seats · turnout 33.6%
| A. Ketteridge | Conservative | 467 ✓ |
| C. Bayley | Liberal Democrats | 393 ✓ |
| C. Maran | Conservative | 374 |
| S. Sault | Liberal Democrats | 364 |
| M. Green | Labour | 309 |
| Yvonne Lily Morton | Labour | 246 |
Saffron Walden Shire2 seats · turnout 31.6%
| R. Green | Labour | 444 ✓ |
| R. Dean | Conservative | 409 ✓ |
| G Maxwell | Conservative | 371 |
| R. Lefever | Liberal Democrats | 211 |
| J. Dawson | Liberal Democrats | 180 |
Stansted Mountfitchet3 seats · turnout 27.4%
| R. Clifford | Liberal Democrats | 846 ✓ |
| A. Dean | Liberal Democrats | 793 ✓ |
| G. Sell | Liberal Democrats | 768 ✓ |
| B. Gott | Conservative | 594 |
| W Stiles | Conservative | 568 |
Stebbing1 seat · turnout 38.7%
| C. Cant | Liberal Democrats | 325 ✓ |
| M Brackenbury | Conservative | 148 |
Stort Valley1 seat · turnout 43.4%
| E Hill | Liberal Democrats | 303 ✓ |
| E. Oliver | Conservative | 193 |
Takeley2 seats · turnout 28.4%
| J. Cheetham | Conservative | 497 ✓ |
| D Jones | Conservative | 416 ✓ |
| L. Flawn | Liberal Democrats | 221 |
| E. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 191 |
Thaxted2 seats · turnout 49.4%
| M. Caton | Independent | 653 ✓ |
| M. Foley | Liberal Democrats | 522 ✓ |
| Y. De Bono | Liberal Democrats | 313 |
| E. Walsh | Conservative | 289 |
| B Clark | Conservative | 196 |
| P. Leeder | Independent | 196 |
| T Frostick | Independent | 98 |
The Canfields1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| R. Smith | Independent | 336 ✓ |
| S. Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 99 |
The Chesterfords1 seat · turnout 41.0%
| G. Brown | Conservative | 290 ✓ |
| E. Tealby-Watson | Liberal Democrats | 249 |
The Eastons1 seat · turnout 48.6%
| C. Down | Conservative | 239 ✓ |
| D. Bedding | Liberal Democrats | 208 |
| G Murray | Labour | 51 |
| L Overy-Owen | Independent | 36 |
The Rodings1 seat · turnout 57.1%
| S. Flack | Conservative | 304 ✓ |
| F. Cummings | Liberal Democrats | 282 |
The Sampfords1 seat · turnout 40.0%
| S. Schneider | Conservative | 289 ✓ |
| D. Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 258 |
Wendon Lofts1 seat · turnout 55.8%
| R. Chambers | Conservative | 395 ✓ |
| R. Harcourt | Liberal Democrats | 280 |
Wimbish and Debden1 seat · turnout 41.5%
| R Stone | Independent | 374 ✓ |
| G Hallett | Liberal Democrats | 144 |
