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The 2025 Essex County Council election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Essex County Council in Essex, England. This will be on the same day as other local elections.

Background
At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won an outright majority of seats on the council, maintaining overall control of the authority for second consecutive term. Kevin Bentley (Stanway & Pyefleet), leader of the Conservative group, was appointed Leader of the Council and formed a Conservative administration.

Boundary changes
Following a local government boundary review, there will be an increase in the number of councillors from 75 to 78, and a new pattern of electoral division boundaries will be used. As part of the changes, all two-member divisions were abolished, meaning all divisions will now elect only one councillor each.

Election result
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Billericay North
New seat, created out of parts of the abolished two-seat Billericay & Burstead division.

The division consists of the following Basildon borough wards:


 * Billericay East (BB & BD polling districts only)
 * Billericay West

Burstead
New seat, created from parts of the abolished Billericay & Burstead, Wickford Crouch and Laindon Park & Fryerns divisions.

The division consists of the following Basildon borough wards:


 * Billericay East (BA & BC polling districts only)
 * Burstead
 * Laindon Park (CB polling district only)

Castledon & Crouch
New seat, created from parts of the abolished two-seat Wickford Crouch division.

The division consists of the following Basildon borough wards:


 * Castledon & Crouch
 * Wickford Park (EF & EG polling districts only)

Gloucester Park
New seat, created out of parts of the abolished two-seat Laindon Park & Fryerns and Pitsea divisions.

The division consists of the following Basildon borough wards:


 * Fryerns (BW, BY, BX & BZ polling districts only)
 * Lee Chapel North (CG polling district only)
 * Pitsea North West (DN polling district only)
 * St Martins (CK polling district only)

Laindon Town
New seat, created out of parts of the abolished two-seat Laindon Park & Fryerns division.

The division consists of the following Basildon borough wards:


 * Laindon Park (CA, CB, CC & CE polling districts only)
 * Lee Chapel North (CF, CH & CI polling districts only)

Colchester Abbey
Moderate boundary changes. Parts of Castle ward are removed to the new Colchester North division. The remaining part of Old Heath & The Hythe ward is added from the abolished Stanway & Pyefleet division.

The division consists of the following wards:


 * Castle (AF polling district only)
 * New Town & Christ Church (AX & AZ polling districts only)
 * Old Heath & The Hythe

Colchester Lexden
This is the sucessor seat to the old Drury division. Part of Lexden & Braiswick ward was added from the abolished Mile End & Highwoods division.

The division consists of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Lexden & Braiswick (AQ, AS & AT polling districts only)
 * New Town & Christ Church (AI & AJ polling districts only)
 * Prettygate

Colchester Maypole
Minor boundary changes. Part of Berechurch ward is added from the abolished Stanway & Pyefleet division.

The division consists of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Berechurch
 * Shrub End

Colchester North
New seat created out of parts of the old Abbey and abolished Mile End & Highwoods divisions.

The division will consist of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Castle (excluding AF polling district)
 * Mile End

Colchester St John's
New seat, created out of parts of Mile End & Highwoods and Parsons Heath & East Gates divisions.

The division will consist of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Greenstead (BJ & BM polling districts only)
 * Highwoods (AN & part of AO polling districts only)
 * St Anne's & St John's

Constable
Minor changes to division composition.

The division will consist of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Highwoods (AP & parts of AO polling district only)
 * Lexden & Braiswick (EJ, ET & EU polling districts only)
 * Rural North

Mersea & Tiptree
The division consists of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Marks Tey & Layer (GC, GD, GG, GI & GJ polling districts only)
 * Mersea & Pyefleet
 * Tiptree

Stanway & Marks Tey
The division consists of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Marks Tey & Layer (GA, GB, GE, GF, GL, GM, GN & GO polling districts only)
 * Stanway

Wivenhoe St Andrew's
No boundary changes.

The division will consist of the following Colchester city wards:


 * Greenstead (BH & BI polling districts only)
 * Wivenhoe

Brightlingsea
Moderate changes to division boundaries. St Osyth ward was removed to the new Clacton West & St Osyth division and the remainder of Arlesford & Elmstead ward was added from the Tendring Rural East division. The division now consists of the following Tendring district wards:


 * Alresford & Elmstead
 * The Bentleys & Frating (CG polling district only)
 * Brightlingsea

Clacton North
New boundaries have significantly altered the composition of this division, effectively making it a new seat. The division will now consist of the following Tendring district wards:


 * Bluehouse (AC & AD polling districts only)
 * Burrsville
 * Cann Hall
 * St John's

Clacton South
Clacton South is a new seat, created out of the majority of the abolished Clacton East division, with small additions from the old Clacton West and Clacton North divisions.

The division consists of the following Tendring district wards:


 * Coppins (AJ & AL polling districts only)
 * Eastcliff
 * Pier
 * St Bartholomew's
 * St James (AK polling district only)
 * St Paul's

Clacton West & St Osyth
This is the sucessor division to the abolished Clacton West division. There were moderate changes to the division composition, with Pier ward being removed to the new Clacton South division, and part of Bluehouse ward being removed to the new Clacton North division. Another part of Bluehouse ward, and part of Coppins ward, were added to the division, along with the whole of St Osyth ward.

The division consists of the following Tendring district wards:


 * Bluehouse (AA polling district only)
 * Coppins (AM polling district only)
 * St James (excluding AK polling district)
 * St Osyth
 * West Clacton & Jaywick Sands

Frinton & Walton
Small changes to division composition, with the Kirby Cross ward being removed to the Tendring Rural East division.

The division will consist of the following Tendring district wards:


 * Frinton
 * Homelands
 * Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford
 * Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland (BO polling district only)
 * Walton

Harwich
Small changes to division composition, with the addition of the remainder of Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston ward from Tendring Rural West.

The division consists of the following Tendring district wards:


 * Dovercourt All Saints
 * Dovercourt Bay
 * Dovercourt Tollgate
 * Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston
 * Harwich & Kingsway

Tendring Rural East
Moderate changes to divison composition. Burrsville ward and a part of St John's ward were removed to the new Clacton North division. Parts of Weeley & Tendring and The Bentleys & Frating wards were added from Tendring Rural West, along with the Kirby Cross ward from Frinton & Walton.

The division consists of the following Tendring district wards:


 * The Bentleys & Frating (CH polling district only)
 * Little Clacton
 * The Oakleys & Wix
 * Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland (excluding BO polling district)
 * Weeley & Tendring

Tendring Rural West
Moderate changes to division composition. A part of Alresford & Elmstead ward was removed to Brightlingsea division, with parts of The Bentleys & Frating, Weeley & Tendring and The Oakleys & Wix wards removed to Tendring Rural West. The rest of the Stour Valley ward was added from Tendring Rural East division.

The division consists of the following Tendring district wards:


 * Alresford & Elmstead (CC polling district only)
 * Ardleigh & Little Bromley
 * The Bentleys & Frating (CJ polling district only)
 * Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley
 * Stour Valley