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image captionColchester Borough Council had been run by a Liberal Democrat coalition with Labour prior to Thursday s elections
The Conservatives are due to take control of Colchester Borough Council for the first time in 13 years.
The authority had been run by a Liberal Democrat coalition with Labour prior to Thursday s elections.
After the vote, the Tories failed to make any gains but remained the largest party with 23 councillors.
But talks concluded on Monday to form a joint administration with the Highwoods independents group, which gives them a majority of one.
Paul Dundas, leader of the Conservative Group, said: We have had extremely productive discussions over the last few days and found we have a great deal in common in our visions for Colchester.