2025 Essex County Council election

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2025 Essex County Council election
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  2021 1 May 2025 (2025-05-01)2029 

All 78 seats to Essex County Council
40 seats needed for a majority
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election52 seats, 48.8%8 seats, 13.8%5 seats, 17.1%
Current seats5186

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Party Independent R4U CIIP
Last election3 seats, 5.9%2 seats, 2.4%2 seats, 1.0%
Current seats322

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Party Green Loughton Residents Rochford Resident
Last election1 seat, 5.6%1 seat, 1.2%1 seat, 1.1%
Current seats111

Essex UK electoral division map 2025 (blank).svg
Map showing the new pattern of electoral divisions for the Essex County Council area.

Incumbent Leader

Kevin Bentley
Conservative



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. [1] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

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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 will be abolished, meaning all divisions will now elect only one councillor each. [2]

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References

  1. "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. "New electoral arrangements for Essex County Council - Final Recommendations" (PDF). LGBCE. July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.