Before (end of 2002) (58 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 24 · Liberal Democrats 15 · Other 10 · Labour 9
After (end of 2003) (48 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 23 · Other 10 · Labour 9 · Liberal Democrats 6
Ward results
Ash1 seat · turnout 31.3%
| K. Wright | Liberal Democrats | 576 ✓ |
| G Pritchard | Conservative | 413 |
Buckhurst Hill West1 seat · turnout 43.6%
| Robert Goold | Liberal Democrats | 803 ✓ |
| Haluk Ulkun | Conservative | 635 |
| Chipping Ongar Greensted | & Marden | 0 |
Epping Hemnall1 seat · turnout 60.1%
| Monica Phyllis Richardson | Liberal Democrats | 666 ✓ |
| Jean Ashbridge | Conservative | 593 |
| Robert Sheen | Labour | 98 |
| Andrew Green | Conservative | 731 ✓ |
| Janet Hedges | Liberal Democrats | 574 |
| Thomas Norris | Green | 115 |
| Louis Appiah | Labour | 111 |
Grange Hill1 seat · turnout 27.1%
| Gavin Stollar | Liberal Democrats | 779 ✓ |
| Cheryl-Anne Kashket | Conservative | 516 |
| Hastingwood Matching | & Sheering | 0 |
LAMBOURNE1 seat · turnout 46.5%
| Stephen Metcalfe | Conservative | 452 ✓ |
| Colin John Huckle | Labour | 283 |
Lower Nazeing1 seat · turnout 31.5%
| Daphne Borton | Independent | 495 ✓ |
| Dennis Ramshaw | Conservative | 262 |
| Martin Harvey | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 120 |
| Kelvin Morris | Labour | 96 |
| Peter Spencer | Liberal Democrats | 34 |
Lower Sheering1 seat · turnout 18.9%
| John Harrington | Conservative | 207 ✓ |
| Enid Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 80 |
North Weald Bassett1 seat · turnout 24.8%
| Anne Grigg | Conservative | 677 ✓ |
| John Rumble | Liberal Democrats | 98 |
| Brian Johns | Green | 71 |
Roydon1 seat
| Mary Stewart Sartin | Conservative | 371 ✓ |
| Ronald Hoare | Conservative | 357 ✓ |
| Ian Caldwell | Liberal Democrats | 225 |
| Vincent Coen | Independent | 119 |
Shelley1 seat · turnout 26.2%
| Peter Gode | Labour | 223 ✓ |
| Frank Love | Conservative | 89 |
| Brian Lawrence Surtees | Liberal Democrats | 59 |
Waltham Abbey High Beach1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| Sydney-Anne Stavrou | Conservative | 456 ✓ |
| Lynne Christine Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 67 |
Waltham Abbey North East1 seat · turnout 25.1%
| Patricia Brooks | Liberal Democrats | 476 ✓ |
| Anthony Watts | Conservative | 328 |
Waltham Abbey Paternoster1 seat · turnout 19.9%
| Richard Haines | Conservative | 564 ✓ |
| Peter Sinfield | Liberal Democrats | 114 |
| Results | — | 0 |
Waltham Abbey South West1 seat · turnout 21.8%
| Ulrike Gadsby | Conservative | 324 ✓ |
| Christine Akers | Liberal Democrats | 294 |
