An election to Essex County Council took place on 2 May 1985 as part of the 1985 United Kingdom local elections. 98 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.
Summary
Results
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| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total
| style="text-align: right;" | 98
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| style="text-align: right;" | 442547
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Results by Electoral Divisions
Basildon
District Summary
Division Results
Braintree
District Summary
Division Results
Brentwood
District Summary
Division Results
Castle Point
District Summary
Division Results
Chelmsford
District Summary
Division Results
Colchester
District Summary
Division Results
No Ecology candidate as previous (-6.4).
No Ecology candidate as previous (-6.0).