| Election Name: | 2001 Essex County Council election |
| Country: | Essex |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1997 Essex County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1997 |
| Next Election: | 2005 Essex County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
| Seats For Election: | All 79 seats to Essex County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 40 |
| Election Date: | 7 June 2001 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 40 seats, 38.9% |
| Seats Before1: | 37 |
| Seats1: | 49 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 257,991 |
| Percentage1: | 41.7% |
| Swing1: | 2.8% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 23 seats, 31.7% |
| Seats Before2: | 24 |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 189,122 |
| Percentage2: | 30.6% |
| Swing2: | 1.1% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 15 seats, 26.6% |
| Seats Before3: | 13 |
| Seats3: | 10 |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Popular Vote3: | 150,224 |
| Percentage3: | 24.3% |
| Swing3: | 2.3% |
| Party4: | Loughton Residents Association |
| Last Election4: | 1 seats, 0.7% |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,734 |
| Percentage4: | 0.4% |
| Swing4: | 0.3% |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | No Overall Control |
| After Election: | Conservative |
An election to Essex County Council took place on 7 June 2001 as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections. 79 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 1997.[1]
The Conservative Party retained control of Essex County Council in the 2001 local elections, with an increased majority.
Going in to the election the Conservatives had run the Council in a minority government since 2000.
| Party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | |||
| 23 | |||
| 15 | |||
| 1 | |||
| Total | 79 | ||
| Party | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | |||
| 24 | |||
| 13 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 1 | |||
| Total | 79 | ||
|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 79| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 618,785| style="text-align: right;" | |-|}
Paul White (Stock) was re elected leader of the Conservative Group, Paul Sztumpf (Harlow North) was elected leader of the Labour Group and Kenneth Jones (Park) was re elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Group.
Paul White the leader of the conservative group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a conservative administration.
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 29,975 | 43.0 | +5.6 | |||
| 5 | 27,380 | 39.3 | −0.6 | |||
| 0 | 12,112 | 17.4 | −5.2 | |||
| 0 | 206 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |||
Division results
Between 1997 and 2001, the seat was won by Labour in a by-election, however it is shown as a Conservative hold as it is compared to the previous full council election.
District summary[2]
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 26,044 | 40.1 | +2.9 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 23,236 | 35.8 | −1.5 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 11,259 | 17.3 | −4.1 | ||
| 0 | 4,409 | 6.8 | +2.7 | |||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 15,251 | 41.5 | −2.3 | ||||
| 1 | 12,151 | 33.1 | −2.8 | ||||
| 0 | 5,983 | 16.3 | style="color:red" | -3.0 | |||
| 0 | 2,197 | 6.0 | +6.0 | ||||
| 0 | 1,150 | 3.1 | +2.2 | ||||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 19,247 | 48.8 | +3.6 | |||
| 2 | 15,715 | 39.9 | −0.5 | |||
| 0 | 4,126 | 10.5 | −4.0 | |||
| 0 | 320 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |||
Division results
District summary[3]
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 30,166 | 40.2 | +1.2 | |||
| 4 | 23,531 | 31.3 | −3.3 | |||
| 1 | 18,464 | 24.6 | +2.3 | |||
| 0 | 2,941 | 3.9 | +1.4 | |||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 27,089 | 38.4 | +4.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 22,542 | 31.9 | −1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 20,076 | 28.4 | −0.6 | ||
| 0 | 874 | 1.2 | +0.8 | |||
Division results
No Independent candidate as previous (−24.3).
District summary[4]
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 25,480 | 46.1 | +2.9 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 13,506 | 24.5 | +4.7 | ||
| 1 | 2,395 | 4.3 | −3.2 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 13,837 | 25.1 | −4.4 | ||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 15,621 | 44.9 | −9.0 | |||
| 0 | 11,100 | 31.9 | +2.8 | |||
| 0 | 8,084 | 23.2 | +7.3 | |||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 13,960 | 48.5 | +6.1 | |||
| 0 | 8,303 | 28.9 | +4.2 | |||
| 0 | 4,645 | 16.2 | −7.5 | |||
| 0 | 1,862 | 6.5 | +2.2 | |||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 17,719 | 47.1 | +6.4 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 10,316 | 27.4 | −0.7 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 8,400 | 22.3 | −8.8 | ||
| 0 | 1,158 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 24,737 | 37.5 | +1.8 | ||
| 3 | 24,146 | 36.6 | −1.0 | |||
| 0 | 1 | 13,021 | 19.7 | −4.8 | ||
| Community Representatives | 0 | 3,547 | 5.4 | +5.4 | ||
| 0 | 286 | 0.4 | −1.7 | |||
| 0 | 255 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |||
Division results
District summary
| Party | Seats | +/- | Votes | % | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 16,775 | 47.9 | +4.1 | |||
| 0 | 11,323 | 32.3 | −1.2 | |||
| 0 | 6,449 | 18.4 | −2.1 | |||
| 0 | 477 | 1.4 | +0.8 | |||
Division results