2017 Essex County Council election 2017 Essex County Council election Elections to Essex County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections. All 75 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions, which each returned either one or two councillors 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 elections in 2009 and 2014. No elections were held in Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. Brightlingsea Bocking Laindon Park and Fryerns Clacton East District Summary Division Results Between 2013
F.C. Clacton and a goal difference of –159. Despite the poor performance, they were not relegated as two clubs (AFC Sudbury and Bury Town) were promoted from the league and one club from Division One (Fulbourn Institute) were refused promotion. Although they improved the following season, finishing twenty-first with 38 points, they were relegated to Division One. On 15 June 2007 the club was reconstituted as F.C. Clacton, a community interest company. They returned to the Premier Division after finishing as Division One runners-up in 2009–10. Despite finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2012–13, the club were not relegated as two