On these pages you can find out what successful candidates said when asked questions before the elections on our key concerns.
They are broken down by councils where the successful candidates have responsed to our questions.
Please note elections took place in other councils in the region, including Basildon, Brentwood, Broxbourne, Cambridge city, Castle point, Colchester, Epping forest, Great Yarmouth, Harlow, Hertsmere, North Hertsfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Rochford, South Cambridgeshire, Southend, St Albans, Stevenage, Three Rivers, Thurrock, Watford, Waveney and Welwyn Hatfield. However no candidates elected in these councils responded to our questions.