2008 Epping Forest District Council election

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2008 Epping Forest District Council election
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  2007 1 May 2008 2010  

21 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.4 (Increase2.svg4.1%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats
Last election32 seats, 57.0%6 seats, 9.7%11 seats, 24.9%
Seats before32510
Seats won3569
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote12,4544,0295,763
Percentage47.0%15.2%21.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg10.0%Increase2.svg5.5%Decrease2.svg3.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party BNP Labour
Last election6 seats, 6.0%1 seat, 4.9%
Seats before61
Seats won41
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote2,3911,120
Percentage9.0%4.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.0%Decrease2.svg0.7%

2008 Epping Forest District Council election results.png
Results of the 2008 District Council elections

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Council composition following the election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained in Conservative control.

Contents

This election saw the largest Green competition. The Chigwell Residents Association's sole councillor, John Knapman, defected to join the Conservatives and won his seat of Chigwell Village. The Loughton Residents Association gained a seat, whilst the BNP lost almost half its representation, despite reaching a record high vote share in the district.

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing, Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village, Lambourne, Lower Nazeing, Lower Sheering, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, Shelley, Waltham Abbey High Beach or Waltham Abbey Paternoster.

By-elections

Loughton Alderton by-election

Loughton Alderton By-Election 30 August 2007 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Tony Frankland39332.2Decrease2.svg5.4
Loughton Residents Rose Brookes36730.1Increase2.svg1.0
Liberal Democrats Neil Woollcott17214.1Increase2.svg10.5
Conservative Edward Stacey16313.3Decrease2.svg3.1
Labour Stephen Barnes988.0Decrease2.svg5.2
UKIP Andrew Smith282.3N/A
Majority 262.1Decrease2.svg6.4
Turnout 1,22136.7Decrease2.svg6.6
BNP hold Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane by-election

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane By-Election 4 June 2009 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Clark71949.0Decrease2.svg7.3
BNP Tony Frankland37225.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Phil Chadburn22315.2N/A
Labour Mitch Diamond-Conway15210.4Increase2.svg7.3
Majority 34723.6Increase2.svg12.7
Turnout 1,46632.0Increase2.svg1.8
Conservative hold Swing

Grange Hill by-election

Grange Hill By-Election 8 October 2009 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Lion45352.4Decrease2.svg31.1
Liberal Democrats Gavin Chambers41147.6Increase2.svg31.1
Majority 424.8Decrease2.svg4.0
Turnout 86417.2Decrease2.svg20.8
Conservative hold Swing

Lower Sheering by-election

Lower Sheering By-Election 5 November 2009 [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlotte Edwards30276.5Increase2.svg0.7
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black9323.5Decrease2.svg0.7
Majority 20953.0Increase2.svg1.6
Turnout 39521.4Decrease2.svg11.2
Conservative hold Swing

Results

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dev Dodeja64849.4Decrease2.svg3.2
Conservative Marshall Vance52740.2Increase2.svg6.3
BNP Graham Cater13710.4Decrease2.svg3.1
Majority 1219.2Decrease2.svg9.5
Turnout 1,31238.6Decrease2.svg2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jill Sutcliffe1,05451.3Increase2.svg9.7
Conservative Bob Church1,00048.7Decrease2.svg10.0
Majority 542.6Decrease2.svg14.2
Turnout 2,05438.6Increase2.svg5.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chigwell Row

Chigwell Row
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Sandler57380.5Increase2.svg21.1
Liberal Democrats Connie Lye9913.9Decrease2.svg26.7
Green Robert Steel405.6N/A
Majority 47266.6Increase2.svg19.1
Turnout 71239.6Increase2.svg8.0
Conservative hold Swing

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Knapman88882.1N/A
Green Chris Lord10810.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Arnold Verrall867.9Decrease2.svg32.7
Majority 78072.1Increase2.svg34.2
Turnout 1,08234.0Decrease2.svg3.9
Conservative gain from Chigwell Residents Association

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Whitehouse91546.0Increase2.svg6.8
Conservative Matthew Daniel84042.2Increase2.svg3.5
BNP James Butler1185.9Decrease2.svg1.2
Labour Paul Handford673.4Decrease2.svg1.2
Green Jessica Barnecutt512.6N/A
Majority 753.8Increase2.svg3.3
Turnout 1,99141.6Decrease2.svg1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Whitbread90551.0Increase2.svg2.1
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Collier53129.9Increase2.svg3.8
BNP Tony Bentley1327.4Decrease2.svg2.1
Labour Simon Bullough1206.8N/A
Green Robert Jones874.9N/A
Majority 37421.1Decrease2.svg1.7
Turnout 1,77537.6Decrease2.svg2.7
Conservative hold Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bateman1,26283.5Increase2.svg21.3
Liberal Democrats Pamela Okonkwo24916.5Decrease2.svg13.1
Majority 1,01367.0Increase2.svg34.4
Turnout 1,51131.2Increase2.svg3.5
Conservative hold Swing

High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings

High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret McEwen46976.5Increase2.svg5.9
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 6110.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Brian Surtees538.6Decrease2.svg19.8
Green Amy Barnecutt304.9N/A
Majority 40866.5Increase2.svg23.3
Turnout 61336.5Decrease2.svg4.2
Conservative hold Swing


Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Rosemary Brookes64248.9Increase2.svg26.0
BNP Tony Frankland41231.4Increase2.svg3.4
Conservative Roger Taylor14811.3Decrease2.svg11.0
Labour Margaret Owen725.5Decrease2.svg14.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Woollcott382.9Decrease2.svg4.2
Majority 23017.5Increase2.svg12.4
Turnout 1,31239.2Increase2.svg4.6
Loughton Residents gain from BNP Swing

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Patricia Richardson46939.7Increase2.svg6.1
Labour Roger Salmon34629.3Increase2.svg2.1
Conservative Valerie Metcalfe25021.2Decrease2.svg2.2
Green Jesse Briton695.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Eleonor Spencer474.0Decrease2.svg10.9
Majority 12310.4Increase2.svg4.0
Turnout 1,18137.4Increase2.svg1.6
BNP hold Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents David Wixley52344.6Increase2.svg18.0
BNP Alexander Copland33028.2Increase2.svg1.6
Conservative Ben Glassman16914.4Decrease2.svg3.2
Labour Matthew Hartley12210.4Decrease2.svg11.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Sinfield282.4Decrease2.svg6.5
Majority 19316.5Increase2.svg15.2
Turnout 1,17236.6Increase2.svg5.2
Loughton Residents gain from BNP Swing

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Hart69846.7Decrease2.svg1.3
Conservative Rebecca Cohen685
Loughton Residents Chris Pond 59239.6Increase2.svg2.5
Loughton Residents David White537
Labour Thomas Owen795.3Decrease2.svg4.8
Labour John Game66
BNP Paul Evans664.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Sinfield593.9Decrease2.svg1.0
Majority 1067.1Decrease2.svg3.8
Turnout 2,78346.1Increase2.svg1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Loughton Residents Swing

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Kenneth Angold-Stephens76350.8Decrease2.svg1.2
Conservative Lorne Daniel34422.9Increase2.svg4.5
BNP Tom Richardson18012.0N/A
Labour Angela Ayre15310.2Decrease2.svg4.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Fuller634.2Decrease2.svg9.7
Majority 41927.9Decrease2.svg16.7
Turnout 1,50343.1Decrease2.svg1.5
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Caroline Pond81557.3Increase2.svg4.3
Conservative Nigel Wagland41028.8Increase2.svg5.5
BNP Lynne Turpin896.3N/A
Labour Jill Bostock715.0Decrease2.svg2.7
Liberal Democrats David Roderick382.7Decrease2.svg2.6
Majority 40.528.5Increase2.svg9.8
Turnout 1,42342.2Increase2.svg2.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Rodney Barrett69450.9Decrease2.svg4.4
Conservative Edward Stacey44932.9Increase2.svg4.0
BNP Edward Butler916.7N/A
Labour Martin Lawford906.6Decrease2.svg1.8
Liberal Democrats Mick Spence221.6Decrease2.svg5.8
UKIP Mick McGough181.3N/A
Majority 24518.0N/A
Turnout 1,36443.1Increase2.svg3.6
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Moreton and Fyfield

Moreton and Fyfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Boyce32945.3Increase2.svg9.0
Liberal Democrats Douglas Kelly31543.4Decrease2.svg6.2
English Democrat Anne Palmer8211.3Decrease2.svg2.8
Majority 141.9Decrease2.svg11.4
Turnout 72642.1Decrease2.svg6.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Passingford

Passingford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Collins53789.1Increase2.svg6.3
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black6610.9Decrease2.svg6.3
Majority 47178.1Increase2.svg12.5
Turnout 60343.1Steady2.svg
Conservative hold Swing

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Philip77147.7Increase2.svg1.0
Liberal Democrats George Howard61037.7Decrease2.svg15.6
BNP Terry Howard1096.7N/A
UKIP Andrew Smith764.7N/A
Green Nicola Barnecutt523.2N/A
Majority 16110.0Increase2.svg3.4
Turnout 1,61851.3Increase2.svg2.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathon Collier67655.8Decrease2.svg2.0
Liberal Democrats Christine Akers27722.9Increase2.svg1.1
BNP Garry Martin25821.3Increase2.svg0.9
Majority 39932.9Decrease2.svg3.1
Turnout 1,21126.3Increase2.svg2.0
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeane Lea73565.8Increase2.svg15.0
Liberal Democrats Phil Chadburn41035.8Decrease2.svg15.0
Majority 32528.4Increase2.svg26.8
Turnout 1,14535.0Increase2.svg3.0
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Prior47465.8Increase2.svg2.3
Liberal Democrats Peggy Ayre15521.5Decrease2.svg15.0
UKIP Martin Harvey9112.6N/A
Majority 31944.3Increase2.svg17.3
Turnout 72023.6Decrease2.svg1.0
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Election results for Loughton Alderton". Epping Forest District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. "Election results for Waltham Abbey Honey Lane". Epping Forest District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. "Election results for Grange Hill". Epping Forest District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. "Tories defend stronghold in latest council by-election". 24dash.com. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  5. "Lower Sheering Election Result of Poll". Epping Forest District Council. 6 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2009.