2022 Epping Forest District Council election

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2022 Epping Forest District Council election
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  2021 5 May 2022 2023  

20 of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderChris WhitbreadCaroline PondJon Whitehouse
Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatEpping Lindsey and Thornwood Common Loughton St Johns Epping Hemnall
Last election36 seats, 48.1%13 seats, 18.0%3 seats, 11.3%
Seats before35133
Seats won35134
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote9,1833,9464,172
Percentage40.317.318.3
SwingDecrease2.svg7.9Decrease2.svg0.8Increase2.svg7.0

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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LeaderSteven NevilleNoneJulian Leppert
Party Green Independent For Britain
Leader's seat Buckhurst Hill East NoneWaltham Abbey Paternoster
Last election3 seats, 6.6%2 seats, 0.5%1 seat, 1.3%
Seats before331
Seats won321
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote7631,34827
Percentage3.45.90.1
SwingDecrease2.svg3.2Increase2.svg5.4Decrease2.svg1.2

2022 Epping Forest election.svg
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.

Contents

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.

Results summary

2022 Epping Forest District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 10Decrease2.svg 150.0253561.49,18340.3-7.9
  Loughton Residents 6Steady2.svg30.071322.83,94617.3-0.8
  Liberal Democrats 2Increase2.svg 110.0358.84,17218.3+7.0
  Green 1Steady2.svg5.0235.37633.4-3.2
  Independent 1Steady2.svg5.0011.81,3485.9+5.4
  Labour 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,99713.2-0.1
  Young People's 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01500.7+0.4
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0880.4N/A
  English Democrat 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0720.3+0.1
  For Britain 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0270.1-1.2
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0260.1-0.1

Ward results

Detailed below are all of the candidates nominated to stand in each ward in the upcoming election. Figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election. [2]

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Elizabeth-Rose Gabbett 677 62.3 +7.9
Conservative David Saunders29126.8-10.3
Labour Alain Jose Laviolette11910.9+2.7
Majority38635.5
Turnout 1,09531.5
Green hold Swing Increase2.svg9.1

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Smruti Patel 1,006 58.5 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Ishvinder Singh Matharu56432.8+23.5
Shared GroundThomas Hall1508.7+4.6
Majority44225.7
Turnout 1,74132.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.3

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darshan Sunger 551 49.8 -20.2
Independent Priten Patel36532.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hume11410.1N/A
Green Alison Garnham867.6-5.6
Majority18617.4
Turnout 1,11832.6
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Basil Vaz 562 58.9 -0.6
Labour Timothy White15015.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Naomi Davies14415.1-8.1
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 727.5-9.7
Reform UK Peter Bell262.7N/A
Majority41243.2
Turnout 95828.3
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Whitehouse 1,149 62.8 +2.0
Conservative Peter Murray52028.4-4.0
Labour Inez Collier1618.8+2.2
Majority62934.4
Turnout 1,83037.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg3.0

Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Les Burrows 929 47.2 -11.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Griffiths85043.2+12.2
Labour Simon Bullough1909.6-0.6
Majority794.0
Turnout 1,98637.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.8

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Lion 801 61.4 +3.1
Labour Sam Tankard50438.6+18.2
Majority29722.8
Turnout 1,31725.4
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.6

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Ian Allgood 522 63.9 +5.2
Labour Angela Ayre16420.1+1.4
Conservative Jan Ridding12014.7-7.9
For Britain Eddy Butler111.3N/A
Majority35843.8
Turnout 81724.5
Loughton Residents hold Swing Increase2.svg1.9

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Chris Pond 488 61.9 +8.0
Labour Onike Gollo17822.6-0.3
Conservative Alan Weinberg10613.5-6.5
For Britain Pat Richardson 162.0-1.2
Majority31039.3
Turnout 79123.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing Increase2.svg4.2

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Louise Mead 582 68.6 +5.2
Labour Paul Thomas17821.0+1.5
Conservative Upen Patel8910.5-6.5
Majority40447.6
Turnout 85226.9
Loughton Residents hold Swing Increase2.svg1.9

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Roger Baldwin 748 62.3 +6.2
Conservative Jeff Probyn33527.9-6.6
Labour Kenneth Turner1179.8+0.6
Majority41334.4
Turnout 1,20236.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing Increase2.svg6.4

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Murray 983 83.2 N/A
Labour Debbie Wild1169.8-2.9
Conservative Varun Bhanot837.0-12.8
Majority86773.4
Turnout 1,18833.3
Independent hold Swing N/A

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Bob Jennings 785 67.2 -0.6
Conservative Bob Church22319.1-3.1
Labour Jill Bostock16013.7+3.9
Majority56248.1
Turnout 1,17134.3
Loughton Residents hold Swing Increase2.svg1.3

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Loughton Residents Howard Kauffman 821 68.5 +5.8
Conservative Katharine Hawes22318.6-3.4
Labour Gareth Rawlings15512.9+1.2
Majority59849.9
Turnout 1,20231.3
Loughton Residents hold Swing Increase2.svg4.6

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rhonda Pugsley 525 69.1 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Elaine Thatcher23530.9+13.5
Majority29038.2
Turnout 76822.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.9

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Bolton 635 63.4 +9.9
Labour Alison Wingfield19419.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Edward Barnard17317.3-3.5
Majority44144.0
Turnout 1,01127.8
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Amos 648 50.5 +15.9
Conservative Sue Jones63449.5-10.1
Majority141.0
Turnout 1,29040.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg13.0

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Stocker 616 58.9 +13.5
Labour David Moss36534.9+15.7
TUSC Ian Pattinson646.1N/A
Majority25124.0
Turnout 1,05823.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.1

Waltham Abbey North East

This by-election was called due to the resignation of the previous sitting Conservative councillor, Ann Mitchell.

Waltham Abbey North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jodie Lucas 531 64.3 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Timothy Vaughan29535.7+33.5
Majority23628.6
Turnout 83226.5
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg16.5

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shane Yerrell 403 59.9 +31.1
Labour Robert Greyson24636.6+18.9
TUSC Bea Gardner243.6N/A
Majority15723.3
Turnout 67819.8
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg6.1

By-elections

Source: [3]

Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West: 14 October 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Parsons 260 55.2 -13.9
Green David Plummer21144.8+39.6
Majority4910.4
Turnout 47114.0
Conservative gain from Green

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