Voters will be going to the polls on May 2 to vote for their county councillors.
The Conservatives currently have 60 of the 75 seats at Essex County Council and the party has been in control of the council since 1997.
Local candidates (* denotes sitting councillor):
Bocking: John Baugh* (C), Andrea Bunn (G), Gordon Helm (UKIP), Pamela Hooper (LD) Lynn Watson (Lab)
Braintree Eastern: James Fleet (LD), John Key (BNP) John Malam (G), Patricia Newton (C), Philip Palij (UKIP), Moia Thorogood (Lab)
Braintree Town: Graham Butland* (C), Rod Challis (UKIP), Bill Edwards (Lab), Hayden Jeffrey Hooper (LD) Timothy Reeve (G)
Three Fields with Great Notley: Susan Hoye (UKIP), Derek Ray (LD), Roger Walters* (C), Juliet Walton (Lab), Robert Wright (G)
Witham North: James Abbott (G), Philip Barlow (Lab), David Hodges (UKIP), Michael Lager* (C), Peter Stone (BNP), David Toombs (LD)
Witham South: Celia Burne (Lab), Barry Fleet (LD), Philip Hughes (G), Derrick Louis* (C), Leonard Perry (BNP), Christopher Warner (UKIP)
Halstead: Bernard Dearlove (LD), Malcolm Fincken (Lab), Michael Ford (UKIP), Stephen Hicks (G), Paul Hooks (BNP), Joseph Pike* (C)
Hedingham: Steve Bolter (LD), Frank Ferguson (UKIP), David Finch* (C), Tina Gentry (BNP), Stephen Knight (Lab), Joyce Wells (G)
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