2014 Epping Forest District Council election

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2014 Epping Forest District Council election
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  2012 22 May 2014 2015  

19 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.0% (Increase2.svg6.0%) [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderChris WhitbreadCaroline PondJon Whitehouse
Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatEpping Lindsey and Thornwood Common Loughton St Johns Epping Hemnall
Last election39 seats, 46.0%12 seats, 17.0%4 seats, 13.0%
Seats before38124
Seats won37123
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote9,7254,1632,945
Percentage37.3%16.0%11.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg8.7%Decrease2.svg1.0%Decrease2.svg1.7%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
LeaderRod ButlerPeter GodeSteven Neville
Party UKIP Labour Green
Leader's seat Waltham Abbey Honey Lane Shelley Buckhurst Hill East
Last election0 seats, 2.0%1 seat, 15.0%0 seats, 3.0%
Seats before110
Seats won211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote3,7642,0891,944
Percentage14.4%8.0%7.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg12.4%Decrease2.svg7.0%Increase2.svg4.4%

2014 Epping Forest Council election results.svg
Results of the 2014 District Council elections

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Council composition following the election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2014 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections and the European Parliament elections.

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By-elections

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane by-election

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane by-election, 2 May 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Rod Butler46550.5N/A
Conservative Christine Jane Ball45548.5–14.6
Majority102.0
Turnout 92021.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Ward results

Detailed below are all of the candidates nominated to stand in each ward in the 2014 district election. Most figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election:

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Steven Neville63541.1+23.3
Conservative Aniket Patel57437.4–5.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Greaves21013.7–8.2
Labour Pamela Griffin1157.5–9.9
Majority614.0N/A
Turnout 1,53444.0
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sylvia Watson1,13661.4+14.5
Green Roger Neville27915.1+9.0
Liberal Democrats Garry Sadler21911.8–19.1
Labour Andrew Forsey1789.6+1.7
Young People's Gerard Mark Wadsworth372.0N/A
Majority85746.3
Turnout 1,84935.0
Conservative hold Swing

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lesley Wagland68262.4–1.3
UKIP Kane Khan18717.1–1.7
Labour Isuru Perera12311.3+1.2
Green Christopher Lord635.8+0.5
Liberal Democrats George Lund383.5+1.1
Majority49545.3
Turnout 1,09333.0
Conservative hold Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted & Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted & Marden Ash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Surtees42129.5–1.9
Conservative Nigel Bedford41328.9–13.9
UKIP Michael McGough41128.8N/A
Green Nicola Harris14810.4+4.1
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 362.5–7.0
Majority80.5
Turnout 1,42941.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Whitehouse84742.5–6.8
UKIP Andrew Smith51125.6+12.0
Conservative Jonathan Kent42021.1–5.8
Labour Lorraine Collier1286.4–3.8
Green Anne Widdup874.4N/A
Majority33616.9
Turnout 1,99340.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Epping Lindsay & Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsay & Thornwood Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Breare-Hall71937.6–16.7
UKIP Barbara Robertson56629.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black26714.0+5.3
Labour Simon Bullough23212.1–15.5
Green William Hartington1306.8–2.6
Majority1538.0
Turnout 1,91438.0
Conservative hold Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gagan Mohindra 81554.4–6.6
Green Alison Lord35523.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Pesh Kapasiawala32821.9+5.1
Majority46030.7
Turnout 1,49830.0
Conservative hold Swing

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Chris Roberts64357.8+0.7
Conservative Chris Criscione19417.4+2.4
Labour Angela Ayre14713.2–0.9
Independent Paul Morris1059.4–0.4
Liberal Democrats Bhupendra Patel242.2+1.1
Majority44940.4
Turnout 1,11333.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Chris Pond 42341.1–10.1
UKIP Barry Johns35734.7N/A
Labour Margaret Owen15714.3+0.4
Conservative Robert Luchford1029.9–3.4
Majority666.3
Turnout 1,03932.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Louise Mead52350.4–3.5
UKIP Ronald McEvoy26225.3N/A
Conservative Ryan Sparrowhawk15314.8+0.4
Labour Ben Spencer999.6–9.9
Majority26125.1
Turnout 1,03731.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Sharon Weston75555.7+11.7
Conservative Andrew Kovler48836.0–14.0
Labour Janice Cooke745.5+1.1
Liberal Democrats Elonor Spencer382.8+1.6
Majority26719.7
Turnout 1,35540.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Murray1,20781.5+18.1
Conservative Joanne Share-Bernia16411.1–10.1
Labour Tom Owen594.0–11.4
Green Benjamin Wille503.4N/A
Majority1,04370.4
Turnout 1,48042.0
Independent hold Swing

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Bob Jennings90469.8+7.4
Conservative Neil Cohen27421.2–5.4
Labour Jill Bostock937.2–0.4
Liberal Democrats Enid Robinson292.1N/A
Majority63048.6
Turnout 1,29538.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Howard Kauffman91567.1+17.0
Conservative Ivan Kovler31623.2–15.1
Labour Laurence Morter1037.6+0.6
Liberal Democrats Enid Robinson292.1N/A
Majority59943.9
Turnout 1,36337.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yolanda Knight80669.0–0.4
Green Barry Phillips19716.9+12.3
Labour Kelvin Morris16514.1–1.5
Majority60952.1
Turnout 1,16836.0
Conservative hold Swing

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Stallan74458.8–17.8
UKIP Paul Stevens43834.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Arnold Verrall836.6–1.5
Majority30624.2
Turnout 1,26534.0
Conservative hold Swing

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Jones89870.4+29.9
Liberal Democrats Annie Wood37829.6–11.3
Majority52040.8
Turnout 1,27640.0
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Rod Butler60444.7N/A
Conservative Sam Kane49936.9–30.9
Labour Joanna Skinner24818.4–2.4
Majority1057.7
Turnout 1,35129.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Dorrell42844.7N/A
Conservative Jodie Lucas32834.2–28.8
Labour Robert Grayson16817.5–9.5
Liberal Democrats Phil Chadburn343.6–6.4
Majority10010.4
Turnout 95828.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

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