CONSERVATIVES keep their lead following the local elections in Maldon.

There have been many changes in this year's election.

There are now ten Conservatives with seats on Maldon District Council, seven Independent Group councillors, seven independents, six Liberal Democrats and one Labour.

Maldon and Burnham Standard:

In the 2019 local elections, the Conservative group had 12 seats, followed by the Independent Group with 11 seats.

Non-aligned independent councillors had five seats, non-aligned Conservative councillors had two seats and the Liberal Democrats had one seat.

Here is a full rundown of the results.

Councillors who stood for re-election are marked with an asterisk.

Althorne

• Tony Fittock (Ind group) 675

• Mark Geoffrey Bassenger (Ind group) * 512

• Clint James Bardwell (Con) 390

• Peter Wynn (Lib Dem) 115

Burnham North

• Wendy Stamp (True ind) * 927

• Una Geraldine Courtenay Siddall- Norman (Lab) 391

• Anne Louise Hull (Con) * 362

• Blake Matthews (Lib Dem) 170

Burnham South

• Vanessa Jane Bell (Ind) * 531

• Doug Bown (Con) 358

• Jennie Donnelly (Ind) 296

• Jackie Brown (Lab) 168

• Stephen Charles Stratton (Ind) 105

• Claire Louise White (Green) 97

• James Piers Taylor (Green) 83

• Eileen Rowlands (Lib Dem) 67

• Joscelyn McInnes (Ind) 42

Great Totham

• Richard Henry Siddall (Ind group) * 670

• Jade Claire Hughes (Ind group) 591

• John Vernon Keyes (Con) * 427

• Nicholas John Snelling (Con) 345

• Isobel Jean Campbell Doubleday (Green) 243

• Deirdre Haslam (Lib Dem) 75

Heybridge East

• Nick Spenceley (Lib dem) 504

• Nikki Swindle (Lib dem) 441

• Anne Marie Beale (Con) * 316

• Colin Mark Hunter Edmond (Ind) 299

• Bruce Buchanan Heubner (Con) * 259

Heybridge West

• Paula Lorraine Spenceley (Lib dem) * 539

• Simon John Burwood (Lib dem) 475

• Hayley Jane Board (Con) 195

• Michael Ross Edwards (Ind group) * 174

Maldon East

• Andrew Mark Lay (Ind) (current Maldon town mayor) 153

• Christopher Swain (Ind group) * 130

• Robert James Roe (Con) 121

Maldon North

• Kevin Jennings (Lib Dem) 736

• Nigel Ronald Miller (Con) 401

• Carlie Mayes (Ind group) * 375

• Robert Michael Shrimpton (Lab) 248

Maldon South

• Kevin Michael Henry Lagan (Ind) * 528

• Jeanette Catherine Stilts (Ind group) * 424

• Martin Ronald Harvey (Con) 361

• Paul Robert Hole (Con) 264

• John Charles Main (Lib dem) 202

Maldon West

• John Driver (Lib dem) (Maldon town councillor) 552

• Flo Shaughnessy (Ind group) * 550

• Robert Jones (Lib dem) 432

• Jhual Hafiz (Con) (Maldon town councillor) 277

• Lisa Eileen Cullumbine (Ind) 271

• John Joyce (Lab) 124

• Tom Kelly (Ind) 89 Mayland

• Linda Joan Haywood (Ind) 617

• Wendy Jean Laybourn (Con) 390

• Linda Janette Pailing (Con) 278

• James Eley (Lib Dem) 225

Purleigh

• Sue White (Con) * 558

• Lisa Louisa Wiffen (Con) 481

• Pamela Calabro (Lab) 185

• Lynne Harrington (Lib Dem) 180

• Ashley Jones (Ind) 125

• Neil Page (Ind) 86

• Bridget Frances Eyre (Ind) 41

Southminster

• Adrian Fluker (Ind) * 533

• Ron Pratt (Con) 339

• Timothy David Aves (Lab) 182

• Ben Bhattacharya (Lib dem) 130

Tillingham (uncontested)

• Matthew Glen Neall (Ind)

Tollesbury

• Emma Louise Stephens (Ind group) * 468

• Deborah Keating (Con) 116

• Ross Woolfenden (Lib Dem) 39

Tolleshunt D’Arcy

• Maddie Thompson (Con) * 607

• Clive Peter Morley (Con) * 581

• John Beal (Lib Dem) 408

Wickham Bishops and Woodham

• Mark Frederick Lewis Durham (Con) * 644

• Simon John Neville Morgan (Con) * 635

• Jane Ann Williams (Lab) 260

• Anne Church (Lib Dem) 245

• David Ian Baker (Lab) 226