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Phoenix FM’s Mike Jones was at the count and talked to Karen Chilvers, Louise McKinlay, Russell Quirk and James Tumbridge about their evenings.
There were few surprises – both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats gained one seat from each other, Labour held onto Brentwood South after a recount and UKIP failed to make any inroads.
James Tumbridge regained Shenfield for the Conservatives, which they lost in 2012 after their candidate, former mayor Margaret Brehaut, moved out of the area.
Hairdresser Nigel Clarke, who defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives while serving as a councillor in 2012, gained Warley for the Lib Dems after another former mayor, David Tee, decided not to stand.
Here are the results. All wards elected one councillor except Tipps Cross who elected two.
Brentwood North
Alison Fulcher (LD) 966
Paul Yarwood (Con) 410
Helen Witty (Lab) 167
John Hamilton (Green) 97
Brentwood South
Julie Morrissey (Lab) 486
Catherine Tierney (Con) 478
Wilfred Southgate (UKIP) 246
Dominic Naylor (LD) 225
Brentwood West
Karen Chilvers (LD) 886
Peter Freeman (Con) 536
Deborah Foster (Lab) 159
Paul Jeater (Green) 86
Brizes and Doddinghurst
Roger McCheyne (Con) 963
Peter Sceats (Ind) 187
Jay Laplain (LD) 166
Emma Benson (Lab) 163
Hutton Central
John Kerslake (Con) 623
Grace Bell (LD) 150
Susan Kortlandt (Lab) 116
Hutton North
Louise McKinlay (Con) 790
Liam Preston (Lab) 167
Dave Green (LD) 111
Hutton South
Mark Reed (Con) 691
David Watt (UKIP) 185
Toby Blunsten (Lab) 108
Colin Brown (LD) 71
Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing
Thomas Bridge (Con) 1000
Alison Heales (UKIP) 336
Jane Winter (Lab) 256
Rebecca Coleman-Bennett (LD) 139
Pilgrims Hatch
David Kendall (LD) 960
Bryan Finegan (UKIP) 296
Aaron Hardy (Con) 284
Cameron Ball (Lab) 118
Shenfield
James Tumbridge (Con) 1016
Linda Price (LD) 430
Richard Briggs (UKIP) 165
Richard Millwood (Lab) 96
Tipps Cross
Roger Keeble (Ind) 687
Aimi Middlehurst (Con) 498
Gordon Cowley (Con) 355
Tracey Thomas (Ind) 280
Michele Wigram (Lab) 65
Eric Watts (Lab) 53
Warley
Nigel Clarke (LD) 771
Sim Owolabi (Con) 699
Wilfred Southgate (UKIP) 246
Tim Barrett (Lab) 176
Wendy Stephen (Green) 102
