TENDRING councillors have promised to repay the trust placed in them by voters and be a voice for residents across the district after being elected. Elections designed to determine the make-up of Essex County Council took place on Thursday with results filtering in overnight and on Friday afternoon. In total there were 75 seats up for grabs throughout the county, of which there were a total of eight Tendring divisions being contested. These were Brightlingsea, Frinton and Walton, Harwich, Clacton East, Clacton North, Clacton West, Tendring Rural East, and Tendring Rural West. Following the counts on Friday morning at the Clacton Leisure Centre, the district’s new Essex County Council representatives were officially revealed.
TENDRING councillors have promised to repay the trust placed in them by voters and be a voice for residents across the district after being elected. Elections designed to determine the make-up of Essex County Council took place on Thursday with results filtering in overnight and on Friday afternoon. In total there were 75 seats up for grabs throughout the county, of which there were a total of eight Tendring divisions being contested. These were Brightlingsea, Frinton and Walton, Harwich, Clacton East, Clacton North, Clacton West, Tendring Rural East, and Tendring Rural West. Following the counts on Friday morning at the Clacton Leisure Centre, the district’s new Essex County Council representatives were officially revealed.
The election count at Colchester.
- Credit: Colchester Borough Council
The Conservatives remained firmly in control at Essex County Council after securing a healthy majority in Thursday s local elections.
There were few changes with the electoral make-up of the county, with opposition split between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats - with a handful of residents groups and independents.
The Conservatives won 52 of the 75 seats on the authority, with the next largest group being the eight-strong Liberal Democrats - whose main strength is in the Colchester and Chelmsford areas.
One of the key decisions for the new Conservative administration at County Hall in Chelmsford will be to choose a new council leader.