1991 Epping Forest District Council election
1991 UK local government election
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The 1991 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England. 20 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex were elected. The council remained under Conservative majority control.
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2 May 1991
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20 out of 59 seats to Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.png) Winner of each seat at the 1991 Epping Forest District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
The 1991 Epping Forest District Council election took place during a period of ongoing economic difficulty and political transition in the United Kingdom. The country remained in recession, with unemployment reaching 2,175,000 by May, the highest level since late 1988, and exceeding the European average for the first time since 1987. Many voters were concerned about job security, particularly in manufacturing and financial services, as redundancies continued to rise.
Nationally, the Conservative government, now led by Prime Minister John Major, was managing the unpopular legacy of the Community Charge, or "poll tax," which had sparked protests, non-payment campaigns, and riots in the previous year. The government had announced plans to replace it with the Council Tax in 1993, an effort to mitigate public dissatisfaction while maintaining local government finance. Opinion polls in the months leading up to the election showed Labour gaining ground, with one MORI poll in May placing Labour six points ahead of the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats were also consolidating support, having trebled their national vote share in the fifteen months prior.
Local political issues also reflected these national trends. Voters in Epping Forest were presented with competitive contests across multiple wards, with seats contested by Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, the remnants of the Social Democrats, and local Residents or Ratepayers groups.
Summary
| 1991 Epping Forest District Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 8 |  6 |
40.0 | 22 | 30 | 50.8 | 10,500 | 36.9 | 2.5 | |
| Labour | 5 |  1 |
25.0 | 8 | 13 | 22.0 | 8,722 | 30.6 | 0.8 | |
| Loughton Residents | 1 |  |
5.0 | 6 | 7 | 11.8 | 1,509 | 5.3 | 1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 |
10.0 | 3 | 5.0 | 4,508 | 15.8 | 3.9 | ||
| SDP | 1 | 1 |
5.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.3 | 1,340 | 4.7 | 1.2 | |
| Epping Residents | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,163 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 |
5.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 | 1,119 | 3.9 | N/A | |
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | |
5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Results
Source:[2]
Buckhurst Hill East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP | G. Dunseath | 802 | 43.0 | 1.2 | |
| Conservative | M. Bell* | 496 | 26.6 | 2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. Spencer | 368 | 19.7 | 2.7 | |
| Labour | Ms L. Baddock | 201 | 10.8 | 3.6 | |
| Majority | 306 | 16.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,867 | 47.3 | 10.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,947 | ||||
| SDP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Buckhurst Hill West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Beattie* | 940 | 48.4 | 10.4 | |
| SDP | P. Mason | 538 | 27.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | D. Jenkinson | 337 | 17.3 | 10.2 | |
| Labour | B. Mooney | 129 | 6.6 | 7.1 | |
| Majority | 402 | 20.7 | 10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,944 | 40.4 | 6.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,812 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Chipping Ongar
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | K. Wright | 409 | 52.9 | 11.8 | |
| Conservative | F. Love* | 280 | 36.2 | 13.7 | |
| Labour | R. Gross | 84 | 10.9 | 1.8 | |
| Majority | 129 | 16.7 | 5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 773 | 58.1 | 1.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,330 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Debden Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ms C. Baggarley | 924 | 66.8 | 4.4 | |
| Conservative | L. Daniel | 309 | 22.3 | 1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | D. Weldon | 151 | 10.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 615 | 44.4 | 3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,384 | 35.5 | 10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,899 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Epping Hemnall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ms D. Collins | 890 | 42.8 | 0.2 | |
| Epping Residents | Ms J. Jones* | 412 | 19.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ms S. Mann | 403 | 19.4 | 8.4 | |
| Labour | B. Green | 375 | 18.0 | 8.4 | |
| Majority | 478 | 23.0 | 8.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,080 | 45.8 | 1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,541 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Epping Lindsey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Residents | A. O'Brien* | 751 | 34.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | P. Jones | 589 | 27.0 | 12.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Page | 444 | 20.4 | 1.6 | |
| Labour | D. Shenfield | 396 | 18.2 | 14.4 | |
| Majority | 162 | 7.4 | 0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,180 | 45.6 | 3.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,781 | ||||
| Epping Residents gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Grange Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ms C. Barrack | 939 | 49.2 | 0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | I. Gold | 811 | 42.5 | 2.7 | |
| Labour | A. Wembourne | 159 | 8.3 | 3.5 | |
| Majority | 128 | 6.7 | 1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,909 | 41.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,656 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Greensted & Marden Ash
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | D. Jacobs | 628 | 63.7 | 24.1 | |
| Conservative | W. White | 289 | 29.3 | 20.4 | |
| Labour | Ms G. Huckle | 69 | 7.0 | 3.7 | |
| Majority | 339 | 34.4 | 44.5 | ||
| Turnout | 986 | 52.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,896 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
High Beech
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Antony Watts* | 629 | 68.1 | 14.6 | |
| Labour | P. Chittock | 294 | 31.9 | 14.6 | |
| Majority | 335 | 36.3 | 29.0 | ||
| Turnout | 923 | 42.7 | 0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,162 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lambourne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Cutler | 383 | 41.2 | 18.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | K. Easlea | 354 | 38.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | C. Pereira | 193 | 20.8 | 4.0 | |
| Majority | 29 | 3.1 | 32.1 | ||
| Turnout | 930 | 63.7 | 4.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,460 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ms J. Davis | 1,225 | 71.8 | 4.8 | |
| Conservative | Ms I. Holman | 350 | 20.5 | 0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ms J. Netherclift | 131 | 7.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 875 | 51.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,706 | 41.4 | 14.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,121 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Loughton Roding
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Baddock | 760 | 41.9 | 0.2 | |
| Loughton Residents | Ms P. Meadows | 592 | 32.6 | 2.1 | |
| Conservative | T. Morris* | 464 | 25.6 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | 168 | 9.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,816 | 44.6 | 8.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,072 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Loughton St. Johns
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loughton Residents | R. Curtis* | 917 | 55.5 | 4.3 | |
| Conservative | Ms S. Creswell | 497 | 30.1 | 1.9 | |
| Labour | P. Turner | 239 | 14.5 | 2.3 | |
| Majority | 420 | 25.4 | 6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,653 | 41.0 | 5.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,032 | ||||
| Loughton Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Moreton & Matching
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. Conservative | R. Morgan* | N/A | 100.0 | 21.5 | |
| Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,566 | ||||
| Ind. Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Nazeing
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ms E. Downes* | 1,119 | 72.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | D. Mills | 436 | 28.0 | 6.6 | |
| Majority | 683 | 43.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,555 | 44.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,471 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
North Weald Bassett
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Cousins | 901 | 55.8 | 3.5 | |
| Labour | I. Standfast | 417 | 25.8 | 7.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Ward | 297 | 18.4 | 4.1 | |
| Majority | 484 | 30.0 | 11 | ||
| Turnout | 1,615 | 37.4 | 7.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,318 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Shelley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. Barnes* | 434 | 63.1 | 2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | E. Notman | 175 | 25.4 | 11.6 | |
| Conservative | Ms D. Swann | 79 | 11.5 | 14.1 | |
| Majority | 259 | 37.6 | 2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 688 | 48.8 | 3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,410 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Waltham Abbey East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Spinks* | 1,081 | 55.8 | 18.3 | |
| Labour | P. Withers | 858 | 44.2 | 8.4 | |
| Majority | 223 | 11.5 | 9.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,939 | 41.5 | 12.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,672 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Waltham Abbey Paternoster
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. Hewins* | 887 | 62.0 | 5.7 | |
| Conservative | Ms Y. Greensall | 544 | 38.0 | 15.5 | |
| Majority | 343 | 24.0 | 9.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,431 | 41.9 | 0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,415 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Waltham Abbey West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Taylor | 840 | 56.7 | 31.0 | |
| Labour | F. Harewood | 642 | 43.3 | 3.0 | |
| Majority | 198 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,482 | 39.7 | 10.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,733 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||