Before (end of 2000) (39 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Labour 5 · Other 0
After (end of 2001) (51 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 32 · Labour 12 · Liberal Democrats 7 · Other 0
Ward results
Belfairs3 seats
| S. Aylen | Conservative | 2,061 ✓ |
| J. Cushion | Conservative | 1,856 ✓ |
| M. Evans | Conservative | 1,800 ✓ |
| C. Charles | Liberal Democrats | 1,515 |
| M Grimwade | Liberal Democrats | 1,510 |
| H Gibeon | Liberal Democrats | 1,321 |
| A. Francis | Labour | 709 |
| Cheryl Nevin | Labour | 679 |
| J Grindley | Labour | 657 |
Blenheim Park3 seats
| G Longley | Liberal Democrats | 1,657 ✓ |
| Jim Clinkscales | Liberal Democrats | 1,613 ✓ |
| B Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,559 ✓ |
| D Angus | Conservative | 1,514 |
| Michael Longden | Conservative | 1,375 |
| P Collins | Conservative | 1,372 |
| M Doody | Labour | 960 |
| R. Merton | Labour | 936 |
| E Webb | Labour | 840 |
Chalkwell3 seats
| Lesley Salter | Conservative | 1,950 ✓ |
| C. Latham | Conservative | 1,875 ✓ |
| R. Brown | Conservative | 1,830 ✓ |
| R. Fisher | Liberal Democrats | 1,067 |
| R Alexander | Liberal Democrats | 1,022 |
| D. Holiday | Liberal Democrats | 815 |
| J. Mapp | Labour | 708 |
| L. Sookias | Labour | 602 |
| S. Sookias | Labour | 510 |
Eastwood Park3 seats
| Chris Walker | Conservative | 1,958 ✓ |
| R. Weaver | Conservative | 1,922 ✓ |
| A. Moring | Conservative | 1,766 ✓ |
| N. Goodman | Liberal Democrats | 1,579 |
| D. Wells | Liberal Democrats | 1,244 |
| M. Howell | Liberal Democrats | 1,126 |
| J. Felton | Labour | 724 |
| M. Doogan-Turner | Labour | 714 |
| J. Richards | Labour | 635 |
Kursaal3 seats
| D Garne | Labour | 1,349 ✓ |
| S. George | Labour | 1,304 ✓ |
| Judith McMahon | Labour | 1,295 ✓ |
| G Johnson | Conservative | 958 |
| L. Judd | Conservative | 860 |
| J. Smithson | Conservative | 838 |
| R. Day | Liberal Democrats | 435 |
| C. Read | Liberal Democrats | 421 |
Leigh3 seats
| Alan Crystall | Liberal Democrats | 1,685 ✓ |
| Peter Wexham | Liberal Democrats | 1,656 ✓ |
| N Baker | Liberal Democrats | 1,564 ✓ |
| R Carlile | Conservative | 1,459 |
| J. Lambert | Conservative | 1,403 |
| J. Rowswell | Conservative | 1,369 |
| V Norman | Labour | 801 |
| Katrina Karen Campbell | Labour | 710 |
| C Campbell | Labour | 702 |
Milton3 seats
| Raymond Davy | Conservative | 1,355 ✓ |
| Jonathan Mark Garston | Conservative | 1,344 ✓ |
| A. Robertson | Conservative | 1,310 ✓ |
| W. Chesworth | Labour | 1,285 |
| L. Felton | Labour | 1,214 |
| M. Shaw | Labour | 1,192 |
| A. Spraggs | Liberal Democrats | 490 |
| R. Wiggins | Liberal Democrats | 466 |
Prittlewell3 seats
| R. Price | Conservative | 1,702 ✓ |
| M. Foster | Conservative | 1,626 ✓ |
| A Waite | Conservative | 1,509 ✓ |
| J Adams | Liberal Democrats | 1,349 |
| S Cox | Liberal Democrats | 1,277 |
| Barry Godwin | Liberal Democrats | 1,223 |
| M. Borton | Labour | 1,105 |
| E Tarff | Labour | 992 |
| B. Chalk | Labour | 936 |
| A. Black | Green | 408 |
Shoeburyness3 seats
| D. Ascroft | Conservative | 1,877 ✓ |
| P. Rayner | Conservative | 1,536 ✓ |
| A. Chalk | Labour | 1,485 ✓ |
| Andrew John Cole | Conservative | 1,415 |
| G. Saville | Labour | 1,264 |
| L. Cook | Labour | 1,148 |
| J. Porter | Liberal Democrats | 419 |
| Granville Stride | Liberal Democrats | 347 |
Southchurch3 seats
| D. Garston | Conservative | 2,462 ✓ |
| Ann Holland | Conservative | 2,301 ✓ |
| Bex Kelly | Conservative | 2,203 ✓ |
| G Farrer | Labour | 1,003 |
| R. Jarvis | Labour | 920 |
| J. Haisman | Labour | 878 |
| J. Davis | Liberal Democrats | 564 |
| M. Woolcott | Liberal Democrats | 475 |
St Laurence3 seats
| S. Gorham | Conservative | 1,576 ✓ |
| M. Dolby | Conservative | 1,561 ✓ |
| B Houssart | Conservative | 1,492 ✓ |
| M. Betson | Liberal Democrats | 1,361 |
| C. Roast | Liberal Democrats | 1,269 |
| M. Lubel | Liberal Democrats | 1,245 |
| J. Hellyer | Labour | 1,006 |
| C. Assen | Labour | 958 |
| P White | Labour | 907 |
St. Luke's3 seats
| R. Copley | Labour | 1,837 |
| Kevin Robinson | Labour | 1,680 |
| M Royston | Labour | 1,538 |
| Eileen Hodgson | Conservative | 1,311 |
| M. Day | Conservative | 1,307 |
| Steptoe M. | Conservative | 1,263 |
| M Clark | Liberal Democrats | 557 |
| M. Boulton | Liberal Democrats | 532 |
| A Hedges | Green | 498 |
Thorpe3 seats · turnout 63.8%
| S. Carr | Conservative | 2,893 ✓ |
| A. Delaney | Conservative | 2,738 ✓ |
| David White | Conservative | 2,708 ✓ |
| E. Townsend | Labour | 877 |
| J Townsend | Labour | 794 |
| J. Townsend | Labour | 698 |
| T Ray | Liberal Democrats | 606 |
| Liz Smith | Liberal Democrats | 583 |
Victoria3 seats
| C Dandridge | Labour | 1,621 ✓ |
| David Norman | Labour | 1,395 ✓ |
| Jane Norman | Labour | 1,371 ✓ |
| P Jones | Conservative | 1,039 |
| A Smithson | Conservative | 854 |
| A Khwaja | Conservative | 753 |
| D. Collins | Liberal Democrats | 514 |
| P Collins | Liberal Democrats | 489 |
West Leigh3 seats
| Jo Lamb | Conservative | 2,541 ✓ |
| H. Briggs | Conservative | 2,455 ✓ |
| Gwendoline Horrigan | Conservative | 2,439 ✓ |
| J Pilgrim | Liberal Democrats | 1,389 |
| Wren A. | Liberal Democrats | 1,365 |
| R. Collins | Liberal Democrats | 1,232 |
| T. Adams | Labour | 505 |
| S. Gardner | Labour | 498 |
| C. Elliott | Labour | 474 |
West Shoebury3 seats
| A. North | Conservative | 2,328 ✓ |
| D. Jarvis | Conservative | 2,236 ✓ |
| V. Wilson | Conservative | 2,135 ✓ |
| J. Jarvis | Labour | 1,173 |
| J. Hodgkins | Labour | 1,146 |
| D. Yallop | Labour | 989 |
| C Spraggs | Liberal Democrats | 550 |
| G. Goldsmith | Liberal Democrats | 466 |
Westborough3 seats
| J. Sibley | Liberal Democrats | 1,164 ✓ |
| M. Velmurugan | Labour | 990 ✓ |
| T. Merrison | Labour | 928 ✓ |
| C Willis | Labour | 846 |
| C Ritchie | Liberal Democrats | 839 |
| S Newton | Liberal Democrats | 807 |
| M. Newman | Conservative | 796 |
| D. Nicklin | Conservative | 779 |
| K. Meager | Conservative | 695 |
| M. Flewitt | Independent | 672 |
| Martin Terry | Independent | 616 |