2022 Epping Forest District Council election

2022 Epping Forest District Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
20 of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chris Whitbread Caroline Pond Jon Whitehouse Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common Loughton St. John's Epping Hemnall Last election 36 seats, 48.1% 13 seats, 18.0% 3 seats, 11.3% Seats before 36 13 3 Seats won 35 13 4 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,183 3,946 4,172 Percentage 40.3% 17.3% 18.3% Swing 7.9% 0.8% 7.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Steven Neville (Outgoing) None Julian Leppert Party Green Independent For Britain Leader's seat Buckhurst Hill East N/A Waltham Abbey Paternoster Last election 3 seats, 6.6% 2 seats, 0.5% 1 seat, 1.3% Seats before 3 2 1 Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change Popular vote 763 1,348 27 Percentage 3.4% 5.9% 0.1% Swing 3.2% 5.4% 1.2%
Map showing the results of the 2022 Epping Forest District Council election (by-election in Waltham Abbey North East not included)
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2022 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The results were seen as a crucial test for the strength of the Conservative Party in the district following the allegations of Coronavirus rule-breaking in Number 10 by Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.^[1]

Before the election, one Conservative councillor had the whip removed from her, whilst a seat was made vacant in Waltham Abbey North East due to the resignation of the previous councillor for that ward.