Buckhurst Hill West | |
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Electoral ward for the Epping Forest District Council | |
District | Epping Forest |
County | Essex |
Population | 7,023 (2021) [a] |
Electorate | 5,198 (2024) |
Major settlements | Buckhurst Hill |
Area | 2.659 square kilometres (1.027 sq mi) |
Current electoral ward | |
Created | 1979 |
Councillors | 3 |
GSS code |
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Buckhurst Hill West is an electoral ward in Epping Forest District, United Kingdom, since 1979. It is one of two wards that represents Buckhurst Hill. The ward returns three councillors to the Epping Forest District Council.
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Epping Forest in 2024 with all seats up for election that year.
The election took place on 2 May 2024. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Church | 819 | 46.6 | ||
Conservative | Ken Williamson | 800 | 45.5 | ||
Conservative | Smruti Patel | 706 | 40.2 | ||
Green | Rebecca Fricker | 581 | 33.0 | ||
Green | Kathryn Radley | 550 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | Tom Kasperkowicz | 419 | 23.8 | ||
EFIG | Lyubka Mihailova | 340 | 19.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ishvinder Matharu | 330 | 18.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,762 | 34 | |||
Registered electors | 5,198 | ||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Epping Forest in 2002 with all seats up for election that year. The subsequent election cycle for the first Buckhurst Hill West seat was 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. The cycle for the second seat was 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021. The cycle for the third seat was 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.
The election took place on 4 May 2023. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aniket Patel | 730 | 44.4 | –14.1 | |
Labour | Tom Kasperkowicz | 273 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Jo Share-Berina | 222 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ishvinder Matharu | 190 | 11.6 | –21.2 | |
Green | Alan Fricker | 147 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Lyubka Vesselinov | 51 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Shared Ground | Thomas Hall | 32 | 1.9 | –6.8 | |
Majority | 457 | 27.8 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,653 | 31.6 | –1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,226 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Smruti Patel | 1,006 | 58.5 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ishvinder 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 |
The election took place on 6 May 2021. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Williamson | 1,228 | 57.5 | 9.8 | |
Green | Anne Redelinghuys | 351 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Onike Gollo | 238 | 11.1 | 5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ish Singh | 200 | 9.3 | 34.2 | |
Young People's | Thomas Hall | 88 | 4.1 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 877 | 41.1 | 36.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,135 | 40.1 | 2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 2 May 2019. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aniket Patel | 977 | 47.7 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Barkham | 891 | 43.5 | 4.4 | |
Labour | Jill Bostock | 126 | 6.1 | New | |
Young People's | Thomas Hall | 51 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 86 | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,045 | 38.0 | 3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 3 May 2018. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jo Share-Bernia | 921 | 48.0 | 10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Barkham | 750 | 39.1 | 20.2 | |
Green | Roger Neville | 246 | 12.8 | 7.0 | |
Majority | 171 | 8.9 | 30.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,917 | 35% | 2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 5 May 2016. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gavin Chambers | 1,033 | 58.7 | −4.8 | |
Green | Elanor Furlong | 348 | 19.8 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Barkham | 333 | 18.9 | +3.3 | |
Young People's | Gerard Wadsworth | 46 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 685 | 38.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,760 | 33.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 7 May 2015. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aniket Patel | 2,450 | 63.3 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Greaves | 604 | 15.6 | 4.8 | |
Labour | Angela Ayre | 455 | 11.8 | 2.2 | |
Green | Roger Neville | 363 | 9.4 | 5.7 | |
Majority | 1,846 | 47.7 | 1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,872 | 72% | 37.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 22 May 2014. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sylvia Watson | 1,136 | 61.4 | +14.5 | |
Green | Roger Neville | 279 | 15.1 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Garry Sadler | 219 | 11.8 | –19.1 | |
Labour | Andrew Forsey | 178 | 9.6 | +1.7 | |
Young People's | Gerard Mark Wadsworth | 37 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 857 | 46.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,849 | 35.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 3 May 2012. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gavin Chambers | 765 | 46.9 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Hannah Unwin | 504 | 30.9 | −2.2 | |
UKIP | Gerard Wadsworth | 134 | 8.2 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Ben Spencer | 129 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Green | Steven Neville | 99 | 6.0 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 261 | 16.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,631 | 31.0 | −15.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The election took place on 5 May 2011. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 1,211 | 50.7 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Wiltshire | 793 | 33.2 | −12.7 | |
Green | Benjamin Wille | 163 | 6.8 | +3.9 | |
UKIP | Gerard Wadsworth | 162 | 6.8 | +2.8 | |
Independent | Andrew Forsey | 61 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 418 | 17.4 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,390 | 46.0 | −26.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 6 May 2010. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sylvia Watson | 1,827 | 47.2 | 1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,775 | 45.9 | 5.4 | |
UKIP | Gerard Wadsworth | 153 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Green | Ben Wille | 112 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,867 | 72.4 | 33.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The election took place on 1 May 2008. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jill Sutcliffe | 1,054 | 51.3 | 9.7 | |
Conservative | Bob Church | 1,000 | 48.7 | 10.0 | |
Majority | 54 | 2.6 | 14.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,054 | 38.6 | 5.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The election took place on 3 May 2007. [14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 1,003 | 58.4 | 19.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mick Spence | 714 | 41.6 | 19.7 | |
Majority | 289 | 16.8 | 5.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,717 | 33.0 | 9.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The election took place on 4 May 2006. [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,066 | 51.2 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Church | 1,015 | 48.8 | 0.5 | |
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 1,009 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Carol Taylor | 970 | |||
Turnout | 4,060 | 42.7 | 1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The election took place on 10 June 2004. [16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Heavens | 1,049 | 51.7 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 981 | 48.3 | 4.1 | |
Majority | 68 | 3.4 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,030 | 41.2 | 11.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The election took place on 1 May 2003. [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Goold | 803 | 55.8 | 1.4 | |
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 635 | 44.2 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 168 | 11.6 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,438 | 29.6 | 3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The election took place on 2 May 2002. [18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,002 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Heavens | 931 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Goold | 912 | |||
Conservative | Richard Watts | 840 | 45.6 | ||
Conservative | Neil Cohen | 824 | |||
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 741 | |||
Majority | 8.8 | ||||
Turnout | 5,250 | 26.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |
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