Before (end of 2002) (30 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 18 · Other 7 · Labour 5 · Liberal Democrats 0
After (end of 2003) (31 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 21 · Other 8 · Labour 2 · Liberal Democrats 0
Ward results
Althorne2 seats · turnout 29.3%
| Robert Boyce | Conservative | 473 ✓ |
| Michael Helm | — | 406 ✓ |
| Richard French | — | 379 |
| Nigel Butt | Conservative | 368 |
| Claire Lovett | Labour | 158 |
Burnham On Crouch North2 seats · turnout 29.4%
| Margaret Wood | Independent | 493 ✓ |
| John Russell Smith | Conservative | 407 ✓ |
| Neil Reginald Pudney | Conservative | 359 |
| Pauline Wells | Labour | 273 |
| Mary Feakins | Labour | 190 |
Burnham-on-Crouch South2 seats · turnout 28.2%
| Peter Elliott | Conservative | 486 ✓ |
| Una Norman | Labour | 392 ✓ |
| Carole Anne Noble | Conservative | 391 |
| Terence Quinlan | Labour | 237 |
| Mark Ellis | Green | 200 |
Great Totham2 seats · turnout 29.7%
| Frank Delderfield | Conservative | 699 ✓ |
| Rodney Bass | Conservative | 689 ✓ |
| Robert King | Green | 251 |
Heybridge East2 seats
| Alison Warr | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| Bryan Edmund Harker | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Heybridge West2 seats · turnout 22.1%
| Sheila Rosewarne | Conservative | 383 ✓ |
| Aimee Patricia Cheshire | Conservative | 352 ✓ |
| Thomas Benson | — | 174 |
| Valerie Quinlan | Labour | 157 |
| Michael Cole | Green | 150 |
Maldon East1 seat · turnout 25.7%
| Paul Rew | Labour | 231 ✓ |
| Stephen John Savage | Conservative | 166 |
Maldon North2 seats · turnout 23.3%
| William Stichbury | — | 529 ✓ |
| Brian Mead | Conservative | 493 ✓ |
| Dennis Keighley | Conservative | 368 |
Maldon South2 seats · turnout 20.0%
| Brenda Keighley | Conservative | 386 ✓ |
| Andrew Cain | Conservative | 349 ✓ |
| Peter Roberts | Labour | 247 |
| Liz Grimwade | Green | 206 |
Maldon West2 seats
| Tom Kelly | Conservative | 521 ✓ |
| William Prior | Conservative | 435 ✓ |
| Michael Bentley | Labour | 309 |
| Janet Carden | Green | 254 |
Mayland2 seats · turnout 32.5%
| Penelope Channer | Conservative | 680 ✓ |
| Carol Ellmers | Conservative | 567 ✓ |
| David Horner | — | 360 |
| Sylvia Izzard | Green | 144 |
| Norman Hunt | Labour | 116 |
Purleigh2 seats · turnout 27.6%
| John Archer | Conservative | 546 ✓ |
| Lawrence Cooper | Independent | 436 ✓ |
| Robert Roe | — | 311 |
| Pauline Hallanzy | Labour | 114 |
Southminster2 seats · turnout 29.1%
| Brian Sidney Beale | Independent | 556 ✓ |
| P. Ryall | Ind DA | 460 ✓ |
| Paulette Ryall | — | 261 ✓ |
| Gordon Ellmers | Conservative | 259 |
| Rodney Eastham | Labour | 187 |
Tillingham1 seat · turnout 42.2%
| Richard Dewick | — | 460 ✓ |
| Cherie Archer | Labour | 117 |
| Anthony Cussen | Conservative | 117 |
Tollesbury1 seat · turnout 32.0%
| Ronald Laurie | Independent | 315 ✓ |
| Arthur Mullin | Conservative | 187 |
Tolleshunt D'Arcy2 seats · turnout 39.8%
| Marion Peel | Conservative | 618 ✓ |
| Robert Joseph Stanley Long | Conservative | 563 ✓ |
| Julian Dawson | — | 500 |
| Barry McGhee | Independent | 444 |
| Jonathan Peter King | Green | 266 |
Wickham Bishops & Woodham2 seats · turnout 35.9%
| David Howse | Conservative | 698 ✓ |
| Sheila Patricia Young | Conservative | 614 ✓ |
| Graham Finch | Independent | 420 |
| Jill Cole | Green | 247 |