1998 Epping Forest District Council election

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1998 Epping Forest District Council election
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  1996 7 May 1998 1999  

19 seats to Epping Forest District Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29.4%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election18 seats15 seats15 seats
Seats won171615
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote6,5488,1024,449
Percentage29.6%36.7%20.1%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Loughton Residents Chigwell Residents Epping Residents
Last election7 seats0 seats2 seats
Seats won711
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,988660354
Percentage9.0%3.0%1.6%

Composition of the Epping Forest District Council 1998.png
Council composition following the election

Council control before election

No overall control
Labour largest party

Council control after election

No overall control
Labour largest party

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29.4%.

Contents

This election marks the last time the Labour Party were the largest party on the council. By 2015, they would have no representation in the council chamber.

Ward results

Broadway

Broadway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Bostock85678.9Decrease2.svg4.9
Conservative Ian Locks22921.1Increase2.svg4.9
Majority 62757.8Decrease2.svg9.7
Turnout 1,08526.6Decrease2.svg7.8
Labour hold Swing

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Robinson68764.2Decrease2.svg2.6
Conservative Ronald Braybrook24222.6Increase2.svg6.8
Labour Sidney Miller14113.2Decrease2.svg2.6
Majority 44541.6Decrease2.svg7.8
Turnout 1,07031.9Decrease2.svg6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thompson98959.6Decrease2.svg0.7
Conservative James Brokenshire 56534.0Increase2.svg2.8
Labour Janice Croke1066.4Decrease2.svg2.1
Majority 42425.6Decrease2.svg3.5
Turnout 1,66032.5Increase2.svg1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chigwell Row

Chigwell Row
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Brooks39057.9Increase2.svg6.8
Conservative Raymond Warner28342.1Decrease2.svg6.8
Majority 10715.8Increase2.svg13.6
Turnout 67337.6Decrease2.svg10.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Chigwell Residents AssociationJohn Knapman66062.2N/A
Conservative Brian Sandler33831.9Decrease2.svg32.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Spence635.9Decrease2.svg13.9
Majority 32230.3Decrease2.svg13.3
Turnout 1,06131.6Increase2.svg3.2
Chigwell Residents Association gain from Conservative

Debden Green

Debden Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Barnes70576.1Decrease2.svg1.6
Conservative Lorne Daniel22123.9Increase2.svg1.6
Majority 48452.2Decrease2.svg3.2
Turnout 92623.9Decrease2.svg5.3
Labour hold Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Allan Boydon99859.3Increase2.svg 16.0
Conservative Jean Ashbridge49429.4Increase2.svg1.0
Labour Barry Johns19111.3Decrease2.svg3.3
Majority 50429.9Decrease2.svg9.9
Turnout 1,68335.1Increase2.svg20.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Epping Lindsey

Epping Lindsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Whitbread51136.3Increase2.svg8.3
Labour Roger Fitz-Gibbon37826.9Decrease2.svg3.0
Epping Residents AssociationJune O'Brien35425.2Decrease2.svg2.6
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black16411.7Decrease2.svg2.2
Majority 1339.4Increase2.svg7.5
Turnout 1,40729.4Decrease2.svg2.7
Conservative gain from Epping Residents Association Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bateman60751.4Increase2.svg16.1
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Spong57448.6Decrease2.svg7.1
Majority 332.8Decrease2.svg17.6
Turnout 1,18127.1Decrease2.svg6.6
Conservative hold Swing

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Leslie Harris54350.5Decrease2.svg18.3
Conservative Stephen Metcalfe 35933.4Increase2.svg14.2
Labour Jennifer Hart14213.2Increase2.svg1.2
Liberal Democrats Lucille Thompson312.9N/A
Majority 18417.1Decrease2.svg17.6
Turnout 1,07534.0Decrease2.svg0.7
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Murray98169.9Increase2.svg2.8
Loughton Residents Leonard Parsons20714.7N/A
Conservative Justine Greening 15210.8Decrease2.svg9.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Netherclift644.6Decrease2.svg8.0
Majority 77455.2Increase2.svg9.5
Turnout 1,40433.4Decrease2.svg3.7
Labour hold Swing

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Dorothy Paddon62553.9Increase2.svg3.4
Conservative Colin Finn28224.3Decrease2.svg7.8
Labour Lionel Murray25221.7Decrease2.svg0.3
Majority 34329.6Increase2.svg11.2
Turnout 1,15927.5Decrease2.svg6.9
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Ronald Heath61359.7Increase2.svg1.0
Conservative Roseanne Serrelli24023.4Increase2.svg1.4
Labour Thomas Owen17416.9Decrease2.svg2.4
Majority 37336.3Decrease2.svg0.4
Turnout 1,02730.6Decrease2.svg1.8
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Nazeing

Nazeing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Welch62663.9Increase2.svg40.0
Labour Desmond Clifton35436.1Increase2.svg18.7
Majority 27227.8Increase2.svg25.7
Turnout 98026.5Decrease2.svg18.5
Conservative hold Swing

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Grigg78064.4Increase2.svg26.2
Labour John Childs43135.6Increase2.svg2.5
Majority 34928.8Increase2.svg26.7
Turnout 1,21126.8Decrease2.svg18.2
Conservative hold Swing

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Padfield63462.9Increase2.svg37.0
Liberal Democrats Monica Richardson25925.7Increase2.svg15.5
Labour Ian Standfast11511.4Decrease2.svg8.7
Majority 37537.2Increase2.svg19.2
Turnout 1,00832.0Decrease2.svg2.1
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey East

Waltham Abbey East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Brownjohn80451.6Increase2.svg3.9
Labour John Langer65141.8Decrease2.svg3.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Hutchings1026.6Decrease2.svg0.8
Majority 1539.8Increase2.svg7.0
Turnout 1,55726.9Decrease2.svg7.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barckley Sumner50258.2Increase2.svg2.0
Conservative Glenn Harper31937.0Decrease2.svg6.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Whitehouse414.8N/A
Majority 18321.2Increase2.svg8.8
Turnout 86224.8Decrease2.svg10.8
Labour hold Swing

Waltham Abbey West

Waltham Abbey West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Pennell56953.1Decrease2.svg10.1
Conservative Harold Taylor41638.8Decrease2.svg2.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Whitehouse878.1N/A
Majority 15314.3Decrease2.svg12.8
Turnout 1,07225.7Increase2.svg7.0
Labour hold Swing

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