Epping Forest District Council elections

The district of Epping Forest is in the county of Essex in England. It was created on 1 April 1974, following the merger of Epping Urban District, Chigwell Urban District, Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, and part of Epping and Ongar Rural District.

Until 2002, Epping Forest District Council was represented by 59 councillors. In 2002 the ward boundaries were reorganised, resulting in the loss of one council seat, and since then the district has had 58 councillors representing 32 wards. Each ward is represented by one, two or three councillors, depending on the ward's population, so that each councillor represents a roughly equal proportion of the district's electorate.^[1]

Councillors serve for a four-year term. They are elected on a "cycle of thirds", i.e. one third of the Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

New ward boundaries are being prepared to take effect from the 2024 elections.^[2]

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	2004 ^[4]	2006 ^[5]	2007 ^[6]	2008 ^[7]	2010 ^[8]	2011 ^[9]	2012 ^[10]	2014 ^[11]	2015 ^[12]	2016 ^[13]	2018 ^[14]	2019 ^[15]	2021 ^[16]	2022 ^[17]
BNP	3	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Conservative	26	29	32	33	35	37	39	37	39	35	39	37	36	35
For Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	3
Independent	5	4	3	5	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Labour	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Democrats	14	13	11	9	8	6	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	4
Loughton Residents	6	5	5	6	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,388	36.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,094	28.9	−31.4
	Ratepayer	991	26.2	+26.2
	Labour	309	8.2	−0.3
Majority		294	7.8
Turnout		3,782	74.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,018	42.2	+16.3
	Independent	845	35.0	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	286	11.9	+1.7
	Labour	263	10.9	−9.2
Majority		173	7.2
Turnout		2,412	77.8
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	274	47.9	−8.3
	Conservative	253	44.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	44	7.7	+7.7
Majority		21	3.6
Turnout		571	16.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	633	60.2	+8.6
	Labour	336	31.9	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	83	7.9	+1.3
Majority		297	28.3
Turnout		1,052	18.2
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Epping Forest District Council elections

Summary of results since 2002

Council elections

Results maps

By-elections

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2014-2018

2022-2026

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	371	50.9	+23.3
	Liberal Democrats	276	37.9	−10.4
	Labour	82	11.2	−13.0
Majority		95	13.0
Turnout		729	32.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	621	51.8	−3.1
	Conservative	534	45.0	+8.7
	Labour	43	3.6	−5.2
Majority		97	6.8
Turnout		1,198
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	514	68.8	−6.7
	Conservative	138	18.5	−6.0
	Independent	60	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	35	4.7	+4.7
Majority		376	50.3
Turnout		747	19.2
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	711	69.2	+9.2
	Conservative	245	23.9	−5.2
	Labour	71	6.9	−3.4
Majority		466	46.0
Turnout		1,027	31.4
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Brooks	463	55.8	+27.5
	Conservative	David Porter	321	38.7	−33.0
	Labour	Fitzherbert Harewood	46	5.5	+5.5
Majority			142	17.1
Turnout			830	25.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Chadburn	287	56.5	+26.7
	Conservative	Margaret Williams	172	33.9	−36.3
	Labour	Marion Taylor	49	9.6	+9.6
Majority			115	21.6
Turnout			508	18.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Harding	208	70.7	−1.4
	Labour	Benjamin Slasberg	64	21.8	+21.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Rumble	22	7.5	−20.4
Majority			144	48.9
Turnout			294	18.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Scrutton	363	59.3	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lion	249	40.7	+29.2
Majority			114	18.6
Turnout			612	19.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kewal Chana	609	39.4	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lion	586	37.9	−4.9
	BNP	Jacqueline Carne	302	19.5	+19.5
	Labour	Roger Salmon	48	3.1	+3.1
Majority			23	1.5
Turnout			1,545	32.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Tony Frankland	393	32.2	−5.4
	Loughton Residents	Rose Brookes	367	30.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Woollcott	172	14.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Edward Stacey	163	13.3	−3.1
	Labour	Stephen Barnes	98	8.0	−5.2
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	28	2.3	+2.3
Majority			26	2.1
Turnout			1,221	36.7
	BNP hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane By-Election 4 June 2009^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Clark	719	49.0	−7.3
	BNP	Tony Frankland	372	25.4	+25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Chadburn	223	15.2	+15.2
	Labour	Mitch Diamond-Conway	152	10.4	+7.3
Majority			347	23.6
Turnout			1,466	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing By-Election 7 August 2014^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Glozier	155	50.5	−33.4
	UKIP	Ron McEvoy	122	39.7	+39.7
	Green	William Hartington	23	7.5	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Verrall	7	2.3	−3.9
Majority			33	10.7
Turnout			307
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Village By-Election 23 February 2017^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darshan Singh Sunger	453	76.0	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Alexander-Sefre	143	24.0	+24.0
Majority			310	52.0
Turnout			596
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Sheering By-Election 19 October 2017^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Stalker	220	80.9	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	52	19.1	+19.1
Majority			168	61.8
Turnout			272
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lion	453	52.4	−31.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Chambers	411	47.6	+31.1
Majority			42	4.8
Turnout			864	17.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Edwards	302	76.5	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	93	23.5	−0.7
Majority			209	53.0
Turnout			395	21.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Rod Butler	465	50.5	+50.5
	Conservative	Christine Ball	455	49.5	−13.7
Majority			10	1.0
Turnout			920
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Adams	607	43.3	+0.8
	Conservative	Nigel Avey	386	27.6	+6.5
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	339	24.2	−1.4
	Green	Anna Widdup	69	4.9	+0.5
Majority			221	15.8
Turnout			1,401
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Parsons	260	55.2	−13.9
	Green	David Plummer	211	44.8	+39.6
Majority			49	10.4
Turnout			471
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing