Before (end of 1999) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 19 · Liberal Democrats 12 · Labour 8 · Other 0
After (end of 2000) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Labour 5 · Other 0
Ward results
Belfairs1 seat · turnout 37.4%
| H. Briggs | Conservative | 2,337 |
| C Ritchie | Liberal Democrats | 713 |
| C Willis | Labour | 331 |
Blenheim1 seat · turnout 32.3%
| P Collins | Conservative | 1,367 |
| C. Mallam | Liberal Democrats | 1,010 |
| T. Merrison | Labour | 324 |
| D. Stephens | UK Ind | 233 |
Chalkwell1 seat
| Lesley Salter | Conservative | 1,633 ✓ |
| R. Fisher | Liberal Democrats | 623 |
| R. Jarvis | Labour | 285 |
| D. Cooper-Walker | UK Ind | 179 |
Eastwood1 seat · turnout 29.8%
| R. Weaver | Conservative | 1,997 |
| M. Howell | Liberal Democrats | 818 |
| D Garne | Labour | 334 |
Leigh1 seat · turnout 35.2%
| P. Wexham | Liberal Democrats | 1,515 |
| J. Lambert | Conservative | 1,356 |
| Jane Norman | Labour | 197 |
| M. Smith | UK Ind | 167 |
Milton1 seat · turnout 25.0%
| Garston J. | Conservative | 1,096 |
| S. George | Labour | 782 |
| A. Smith | Liberal Democrats | 150 |
| P. Clark | Independent | 146 |
Prittlewell2 seats
| C. Kerr | Conservative | 1,638 ✓ |
| A Waite | Conservative | 1,557 ✓ |
| N Baker | Liberal Democrats | 975 |
| S Newton | Liberal Democrats | 902 |
| S Groom | Labour | 357 |
| A. Chalk | Labour | 342 |
Shoebury1 seat · turnout 22.2%
| A. North | Conservative | 2,282 |
| P. Griffiths | Labour | 802 |
| Stride G. | Liberal Democrats | 232 |
Southchurch1 seat · turnout 28.2%
| Ann Holland | Conservative | 1,882 |
| C. Van-Assen | Labour | 397 |
| M. Woolcott | Liberal Democrats | 209 |
St. Luke's1 seat
| M. Day | Conservative | 780 |
| J. Mapp | Labour | 627 |
| M Clark | Liberal Democrats | 126 |
| A Hedges | Green | 78 |
Thorpe1 seat · turnout 27.0%
| A. Delaney | Conservative | 2,059 |
| J Townsend | Labour | 409 |
| Liz Smith | Liberal Democrats | 224 |
Westborough1 seat · turnout 24.2%
| M. Lubel | Liberal Democrats | 911 |
| M Samuel | Conservative | 661 |
| R. Hales | Labour | 507 |
