Before (end of 2008) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Liberal Democrats 23 · Labour 7 · Other 3
After (end of 2009) (60 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 27 · Liberal Democrats 23 · Labour 7 · Other 3
Ward results
Drury1 seat
| Jeremy Lucas | Conservative | 2,402 ✓ |
| John Loxley | Liberal Democrats | 2,383 |
| Sian Sarah Ford | Green | 563 |
| Michael Donnachie | Labour | 323 |
| Graham Carter | BNP | 238 |
Mersea And Tiptree1 seat
| John Jowers | Conservative | 3,004 ✓ |
| Jonathan Longman | Liberal Democrats | 900 |
| Kathy Bamforth | Green | 562 |
| Michael Newbury | BNP | 437 |
| John Wood | Labour | 395 |
Mile End And Highwoods1 seat
| Anne Turrell | Liberal Democrats | 2,509 ✓ |
| Brian David Henry Jarvis | Conservative | 1,337 |
| Matt Bryan | Green | 315 |
| Robert Fisher | Labour | 262 |
| Benjamin Jones | BNP | 209 |
| Theresa Margaret Anne Higgins | Liberal Democrats | 2,183 ✓ |
| Claire Arnold | Conservative | 1,183 |
| Maria Iacovou | Green | 419 |
| Gary Saveall | BNP | 328 |
| Adam Daniel Fox | Labour | 317 |
Wivenhoe St. Andrew1 seat
| Julie Young | Labour | 1,653 ✓ |
| Mark Alan Cory | Liberal Democrats | 1,220 |
| Eugene Kraft | Conservative | 1,064 |
| Carla Fox | Green | 580 |
| Samantha Paterson | BNP | 248 |