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
Butlin's Clacton the west of the town. After gaining the support of the local council, construction began and the camp opened on 11 June 1938. During the War years, all the Butlin's camps were requisitioned by the Government. Clacton was originally planned to be used as a POW camp, but it was spared this indignity and was used as a training site for the pioneer corps. However during its occupation, the camp suffered significant damage and substantial repairs had to be carried out to put the camp back into operation. It reopened to the public in 1946. In 1972, the Butlin's organisation