2016 Epping Forest District Council election

2016 Epping Forest District Council election
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21 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council; 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	29.0% (29.5%)
	Results of the 2016 District Council elections
	Council composition following the election
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2016 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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This election saw the most seats won by the Loughton Residents Association winning 13 out of 14 Loughton seats, barring one seat in Loughton Roding where long-term incumbent Stephen Murray sits.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simon Heap	656	45.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Neville Wright	593	40.9	+3.5
	UKIP	Simon Hearn	201	13.9	N/A
Majority			63	4.3
Turnout			1,450	41.0
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Chambers	1033	58.7	−4.8
	Green	Elanor Furlong	348	19.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Barkham	333	18.9	+3.3
	Young People's	Gerard Wadsworth	46	2.6	N/A
Majority			685	38.9
Turnout			1,760	33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Sandler	372	62.9	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Alexander-Sefre	176	29.8	+24.4
	Green	Rupert Nelson	43	7.3	−3.5
Majority			196	33.1
Turnout			591	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Knapman	743	75.1	+12.7
	Green	Christopher Lord	124	12.5	+6.7
	Labour	Isuru Perera	123	12.4	+1.1
Majority			619	62.6
Turnout			990	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Whitehouse	1,026	56.8	+24.5
	Conservative	Daniel Spillman	619	34.3	−4.7
	Labour	Inez Collier	160	8.9	+0.3
Majority			407	22.5
Turnout			1,805	37.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2016 Epping Forest District Council election

Ward results

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill West

Chigwell Row

Chigwell Village

Epping Hemnall

Epping Lindsay & Thornwood Common

Grange Hill

High Ongar, Willingdale and the Rodings

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Forest

Loughton Roding

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St. Mary's

Moreton & Fyfield

Passingford

Theydon Bois

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey South West

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Holly Whitbread	927	54.9	−6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cherry McCredie	388	23.0	+7.2
	Labour	Simon Bullough	252	14.9	+6.0
	Green	Rhys Martin	121	7.2	+2.3
Majority			539	31.9
Turnout			1,688	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lion	876	65.1	+9.8
	Green	Alison Garnham	470	34.9	N/A
Majority			406	30.2
Turnout			1,346	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maggie McEwen	323	71.5	−1.1
	UKIP	Llyris Stebbings	95	21.0	N/A
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	34	7.5	−5.4
Majority			228	50.5
Turnout			452	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Debra Roberts	554	63.8	+6.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Hunter	168	19.4	+2.0
	Labour	Angela Ayre	146	16.8	+3.6
Majority			386	44.5
Turnout			868	25.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Leon Girling	574	68.7	+28.0
	UKIP	Barry Johns	186	22.3	−12.2
	Conservative	Darshan Sungar	75	9.0	+0.8
Majority			388	46.4
Turnout			835	25.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	David Wixley	689	84.9	+34.5
	Conservative	Ryan Sparrowhawk	123	15.2	+0.4
Majority			566	69.7
Turnout			812	25.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Amy Beales	696	28.5	N/A
	Loughton Residents	Roger Baldwin	659	27.0	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Porcas	512	21.0	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Criscione	473	20.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rissbrook	94	3.8	N/A
Majority			37	1.5
Turnout			2,434	38.0
	Loughton Residents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Rose Brooks	1,063	84.1	N/A
	Conservative	Sam Clark	201	15.9	−5.2
Majority			862	68.2
Turnout			1,264	35.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Caroline Pond	982	81.8	+12.0
	Conservative	Bob Church	218	18.2	−3.0
Majority			764	63.6
Turnout			1,200	35.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Judy Jennings	901	69.0	+1.9
	Conservative	Jaswinder Phull	327	25.1	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Ridgwell	77	5.9	+3.8
Majority			574	43.9
Turnout			1,305	34.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glynis Shiell	607	57.6	−20.3
	Labour	Mitch Diamond-Conway	303	28.8	N/A
	Green	Linda Johnson-Laird	144	13.7	N/A
Majority			304	28.8
Turnout			1,054	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeane Lea	510	57.6	−15.2
	UKIP	Barbara Robertson	229	25.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Vaughan	79	8.9	−18.3
	Green	Elliot Seymour	67	7.6	N/A
Majority			281	34.7
Turnout			806	27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Boyce	378	75.5	−0.2
	UKIP	David Mills	123	24.6	N/A
Majority			255	50.9
Turnout			501	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Brady	Unopposed
Majority			N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Phillip	831	76.6	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	George Lund	254	23.4	−6.2
Majority			577	53.2
Turnout			1,085	33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Kane	309	41.6	−4.4
	UKIP	Ron McEvoy	259	34.9	+3.5
	Green	Dave Plummer	175	23.6	+10.2
Majority			50	6.7
Turnout			743	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing