The Conservatives have kept control of the newly-reformed Braintree District Council, holding 44 of the 49 seats.

Bocking Blackwater (first three elected): Stephen Canning (C) 2,575, Wendy Schmitt (C) 1,702, Lyn Walters (C) 1,560, Alan Rees (UKIP) 1,326, Richard Green (Lab) 880, Merle Morris (L) 727, Richard Parsons (L) 658, Paul Lemon (LD) 502, John Malam (Gn) 443. Maj: 234. Turnout: 65.9%.

Bocking North (first two elected): Stephanie Paul (C) 1,093, David Mann (L) 927, Tony Everard (L) 842, Michael Ford (UKIP) 753, Alan Scattergood (C) 663, Dawn Holmes (Gn) 223. Maj: 85. Turnout: 66.2%.

Bocking South (first two elected): John Baugh (C) 947, Moia Thorogood (L) 737, Lynn Watson (L) 695, Lene Shepherd (C) 670, Linda Campbell-Hunt (UKIP) 601, Michael Hunt (UKIP) 549, Simon Attwood (Gn) 240. Maj: 42. Turnout: 57.4%

Braintree Central & Beckers Green (first three elected): John Cunningham (C) 1,284, Andrew Hensman (C) 1,197, Mary Cunningham (C) 1,190, Agnes Bishop (L) 1,125, Norma Huxter (UKIP) 1,108, Colin Riches (L) 1,019, Celia Shute (L) 934, Dormer Andrews (Gn) 626. Maj: 65. Turnout: 57.5%.

Braintree South (first two elected): Alan Dunn (C) 1,437, Vanessa Santomauro (C) 1,126, Martin Green (L) 943, Edith Aganoke (L) 922. Maj: 183. Turnout: 59.7%

Braintree West (first two elected): John McKee (C) 1,840, Ronald Ramage (C) 1,179, Keith Johnson (UKIP) 948, Bill Edwards (L) 698, Juliet Walton (L) 623, Freddie Gerrard-Abbott (Gn) 384. Maj: 231. Turnout: 68.4%

Bumpstead: Robert Bolton (C) 1,082, Ian Gray (UKIP) 343, Christina Desborough (L) 325. Maj: 739. Turnout: 75.7%.

Coggeshall (first two elected): Patricia Newton (C) 1,796, Lynette Bowers-Flint (C) 1,470, Tom Wood (UKIP) 734, Gary Knights (L) 681, Tom Walsh (L) 554, Howard Reed (Gn) 467. Maj: 736. Turnout: 76.5%.

Gosfield & Greenstead Green: John O’Reilly-Cicconi (C) 1,167, Deborah Warren (L) 318, Jenny Bishop (Gn) 239. Maj: 849. Turnout: 77.9%.

Great Notley & Black Notley (first three elected): Graham Butland (C) 3,136, Tom Cunningham (C) 2,712, Frankie Ricci (C) 2,590, Rowland Pudney (UKIP) 1,191, Jacqueline Thurgood (L) 711, David Rice (L) 693, Steven Goodfellow (L) 672, Howard Bills (Gn) 664. Maj: 1,399. Turnout: 71.3%.

Halstead St Andrews (first two elected): David Hume (HRA) 1,172, Stephen Kirby (C) 991, Jennie Sutton (C) 788, Andy Munday (HRA) 700, Stephen Knight (L) 452, Donna Tuck (L) 280, Nicholas Scales (Gn) 226. Maj: 203. Turnout: 65.2%.

Halstead Trinity (first two elected): Jackie Pell (HRA) 1,286, Julia Allen (C) 1,134, Malcolm Fincken (L) 788, David Huxter (UKIP) 788, Garry Warren (L) 504. Maj: 346. Turnout: 60.1%.`

Hatfield Peverel & Terling (first two elected): David Bebb (C) 1,801, Daryn Hufton-Rees (C) 1,448, Garry Cockrill (UKIP) 859, David Hodges (UKIP) 528, Maureen Bennett (L) 440, Jonathan Barker (Gn) 339, Neil Coughlan (L) 312, Les Priestley (Ind) 289. Maj: 589. Turnout: 73.3%.

Hedingham (first two elected): Jo Beavis (C) 1,351, Hylton Johnson (C) 1,126, Bernie Chilten (UKIP) 757, Fred Swallow (UKIP) 524, Neil Fawkes (L) 459, Stuart Scrivens (L) 457. Maj: 369. Turnout: 66.6%.

Kelvedon & Feering (first two elected): John Elliott (C) 2,003, Robert Mitchell (C) 1,905, Ian Marshall (L) 756, Tony Lewis (L) 721, Daniel Shadbolt (Gn) 688. Maj: 1,149. Turnout: 76.4%.

Rayne: Mike Banthorpe (C) 996, Sean Carter (UKIP) 331, Nigel Gibson (L) 177, Poppy Gerrard-Abbott (Gn) 109. Maj: 665. Turnout: 72.7%.

Silver End & Cressing (first two elected): James Abbott (Gn) 1,597, Kevin Bowers (C) 1,038, Bob Wright (Gn) 913, Brian Day (UKIP) 736, Jane Hayward (L) 407, Greta Tew (L) 312. Maj: 125. Turnout: 68.6%.

Stour Valley North: Iona Parker (C) 1,084, Ray Richards (UKIP) 379, Peter Long (L) 271. Maj: 705. Turnout: 76.6%.

Stour Valley South: Wendy Scattergood (C) 1,119, Stephen Bolter (LD) 289, Philip Palij (UKIP) 271, Fred Hearn (L) 234. Maj: 830. Turnout: 78.8%.

The Colnes (first two elected): Chris Siddall (C) 2,033, Gabrielle Spray (C) 1,606, Felix Preston (L) 624, Alan Sheppard (Gn) 616, Tony Gore (L) 336. Maj: 982. Turnout: 72.8%.

Three Fields (first two elected): Peter Tattersley (C) 1,862, Peter Schwier (C) 1,613, Angie Jamison (UKIP) 945, Margaret Lynch (L) 532, Andrew Bennett (L) 403, Ursula Riedl (Gn) 392. Maj: 686. Turnout: 75.3%.

Witham Central (first two elected): Sue Wilson (C) 1,181, Angela Kilmartin (C) 1,140, Brian Pereira (L) 582, Duncan Wood (L) 495, Stephen Hicks (Gn) 438, Barry Fleet (LD) 426, Helen Waring (LD) 294. Maj: 558. Turnout: 60.8%.

Witham North (first two elected): Christopher Bailey (C) 1,227, John Goodman (C) 1,140, Phil Barlow (L) 992, Eileen Davidson (L) 756, Michelle Weeks (Gn) 645, Pamela Hooper (LD) 295, Derek Ray (LD) 198. Maj: 148. Turnout: 61.3%.

Witham South (first two elected): Janet Money (C) 1,395, Corinne Thompson (C) 1,249, Paul Heath (L) 715, Francis MacDonald (L) 506, Nelson Brunton (Gn) 287, Bernard Dearlove (LD) 245, Hayden Hooper (LD) 201. Maj: 534. Turnout: 62.0%.

Witham West (first two elected): Patrick Horner (C) 1,478, Bill Rose (C) 1,351, Lucy Barlow (L) 912, Tony Bennett (L) 865, Philip Hughes (Gn) 459, James Fleet (LD) 368. Maj: 439. Turnout: 62.5%.

Yeldham: Richard Van Dulken (C) 872, Sam Cowie (UKIP) 400, Noel Owen (L) 288. Maj: 472. Turnout: 73.1%.

Key: C – Conservative; G – Green; HRA – Halstead Residents’ Association; Ind – Independent; Lab – Labour; LD – Liberal Democrats; UKIP – UK Independence Party.