Another councillor has resigned from the Conservative group at Maldon District Council.
Councillor Karl Jarvis is now listed as a non-aligned member of the council.
This now means the Independent Group have the majority by four.
There are now 13 Independent councillors, nine conservative and eight non-aligned councillors.
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