2022 Epping Forest District Council election

2022 Epping Forest District Council election
20 of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council ; 30 seats needed for a majority
	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 ;

Last updated January 04, 2025

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.

Results summary

2022 Epping Forest District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	50.0	25	35	61.4	9,183	40.3	-7.9
	Loughton Residents	6		30.0	7	13	22.8	3,946	17.3	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	10.0	3	5	8.8	4,172	18.3	+7.0
	Green	1		5.0	2	3	5.3	763	3.4	-3.2
	Independent	1		5.0	0	1	1.8	1,348	5.9	+5.4
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,997	13.2	-0.1
	Young People's	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	150	0.7	+0.4
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.4	N/A
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	72	0.3	+0.1
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	27	0.1	-1.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	26	0.1	-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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Elizabeth-Rose Gabbett	677	62.3	+7.9
	Conservative	David Saunders	291	26.8	−10.3
	Labour	Alain Jose Laviolette	119	10.9	+2.7
Majority			386	35.5
Turnout			1,095	31.5
	Green hold		Swing	9.1

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Smruti Patel	1,006	58.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ishvinder Singh Matharu	564	32.8	+23.5
	Shared Ground	Thomas Hall	150	8.7	+4.6
Majority			442	25.7
Turnout			1,741	32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.3

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darshan Sunger	551	49.8	−20.2
	Independent	Priten Patel	365	32.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hume	114	10.1	N/A
	Green	Alison Garnham	86	7.6	−5.6
Majority			186	17.4
Turnout			1,118	32.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Basil Vaz	562	58.9	−0.6
	Labour	Timothy White	150	15.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Naomi Davies	144	15.1	−8.1
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	72	7.5	−9.7
	Reform UK	Peter Bell	26	2.7	N/A
Majority			412	43.2
Turnout			958	28.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whitehouse	1,149	62.8	+2.0
	Conservative	Peter Murray	520	28.4	−4.0
	Labour	Inez Collier	161	8.8	+2.2
Majority			629	34.4
Turnout			1,830	37.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.0

Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Burrows	929	47.2	−11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Griffiths	850	43.2	+12.2
	Labour	Simon Bullough	190	9.6	−0.6
Majority			79	4.0
Turnout			1,986	37.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.8

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lion	801	61.4	+3.1
	Labour	Sam Tankard	504	38.6	+18.2
Majority			297	22.8
Turnout			1,317	25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.6

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Ian Allgood	522	63.9	+5.2
	Labour	Angela Ayre	164	20.1	+1.4
	Conservative	Jan Ridding	120	14.7	−7.9
	For Britain	Eddy Butler	11	1.3	N/A
Majority			358	43.8
Turnout			817	24.5
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing	1.9

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Chris Pond	488	61.9	+8.0
	Labour	Onike Gollo	178	22.6	−0.3
	Conservative	Alan Weinberg	106	13.5	−6.5
	For Britain	Pat Richardson	16	2.0	−1.2
Majority			310	39.3
Turnout			791	23.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing	4.2

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Louise Mead	582	68.6	+5.2
	Labour	Paul Thomas	178	21.0	+1.5
	Conservative	Upen Patel	89	10.5	−6.5
Majority			404	47.6
Turnout			852	26.9
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing	1.9

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Roger Baldwin	748	62.3	+6.2
	Conservative	Jeff Probyn	335	27.9	−6.6
	Labour	Kenneth Turner	117	9.8	+0.6
Majority			413	34.4
Turnout			1,202	36.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing	6.4

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Murray	983	83.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Debbie Wild	116	9.8	−2.9
	Conservative	Varun Bhanot	83	7.0	−12.8
Majority			867	73.4
Turnout			1,188	33.3
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Bob Jennings	785	67.2	−0.6
	Conservative	Bob Church	223	19.1	−3.1
	Labour	Jill Bostock	160	13.7	+3.9
Majority			562	48.1
Turnout			1,171	34.3
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing	1.3

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Howard Kauffman	821	68.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Katharine Hawes	223	18.6	−3.4
	Labour	Gareth Rawlings	155	12.9	+1.2
Majority			598	49.9
Turnout			1,202	31.3
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing	4.6

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rhonda Pugsley	525	69.1	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Thatcher	235	30.9	+13.5
Majority			290	38.2
Turnout			768	22.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bolton	635	63.4	+9.9
	Labour	Alison Wingfield	194	19.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Barnard	173	17.3	−3.5
Majority			441	44.0
Turnout			1,011	27.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Amos	648	50.5	+15.9
	Conservative	Sue Jones	634	49.5	−10.1
Majority			14	1.0
Turnout			1,290	40.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	13.0

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stocker	616	58.9	+13.5
	Labour	David Moss	365	34.9	+15.7
	TUSC	Ian Pattinson	64	6.1	N/A
Majority			251	24.0
Turnout			1,058	23.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jodie Lucas	531	64.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Vaughan	295	35.7	+33.5
Majority			236	28.6
Turnout			832	26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.5

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shane Yerrell	403	59.9	+31.1
	Labour	Robert Greyson	246	36.6	+18.9
	TUSC	Bea Gardner	24	3.6	N/A
Majority			157	23.3
Turnout			678	19.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

By-elections

Source:^[3]

Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West: 14 October 2022
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	14.0
	Conservative gain from Green

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References

↑ "Partygate will be major problem for Tories at May elections, says polling guru". The Independent . 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
↑ "Local elections 2022: Statement of persons nominated". Epping Forest District Council . Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
↑ "Election result for Waltham Abbey South West" . Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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[1] "Partygate will be major problem for Tories at May elections, says polling guru". The Independent . 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[2] "Local elections 2022: Statement of persons nominated". Epping Forest District Council . Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[3] "Election result for Waltham Abbey South West" . Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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