Epping Forest District Council election, 2004

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Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

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Election result

Epping Forest Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 11 3 1 +2 45.8 42.7 12,612 -10.1%
  Liberal Democrat 5 1 2 -1 20.8 30.8 9,073 -2.0%
  Loughton Residents Association 4 1 1 0 16.7 12.8 3,788 +12.8%
  BNP 3 3 0 +3 12.5 3.8 1,109 +3.8%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 4.2 3.2 949 -3.6%
  Labour 0 0 4 -4 0 4.6 1,360 -0.9%
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 363 +1.2%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 249 -0.5%

Ward results

Buckhurst Hill East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Woollard 699 52.6
Conservative Alan Kilbey 450 33.9
BNP Peter Turpin 179 13.5
Majority 249 18.7
Turnout 1,328 41.3 +5.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Buckhurst Hill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing
Chigwell Row
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Sandler 460 59.4 +8.9
Liberal Democrat Margaret Heavens 315 40.6 -8.9
Majority 145 18.8 +17.8
Turnout 775 47.5 +9.9
Conservative hold Swing
Chigwell Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Chigwell Residents John Knapman 949 84.2
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Stollar 178 15.8
Majority 771 68.4
Turnout 1,127 37.9 +6.4
Independent hold Swing
Epping Hemnall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Whitehouse 916
Conservative Susan Perry 880
Liberal Democrat Janet Hedges 873
Conservative Terence Spencer 806
English Democrat Clare Crawford 247
Turnout 3,722 42.0 +12.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Whitbread 1,135 61.7 +14.0
Liberal Democrat Ingrid Black 455 24.7 -12.8
Green Robert Jones 249 13.5 +6.0
Majority 680 37.0 +26.8
Turnout 1,839 40.5 +5.2
Conservative hold Swing
Grange Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Bateman 977 53.9 +14.1
Liberal Democrat Alan Lion 835 46.1 -14.1
Majority 142 7.8
Turnout 1,812 38.9 +10.6
Conservative hold Swing
High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret McEwen 477 71.6 -2.4
Liberal Democrat Susan Miller 189 28.4 +2.4
Majority 288 43.2 -4.8
Turnout 666 40.7 +6.5
Conservative hold Swing
Loughton Alderton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BNP Terence Farr 315 28.0
Loughton Residents Association Rosemary Brookes 258 22.9
Conservative Matthew Daniel 251 22.3
Labour Peter Sheen 223 19.8
Liberal Democrat James Cuming 80 7.1
Majority 57 5.1
Turnout 1,127 34.6 +10.8
BNP gain from Labour Swing
Loughton Broadway
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BNP Thomas Richardson 357 33.6
Labour Margaret Owen 289 27.2
Conservative Lorne Daniel 259 24.4
Liberal Democrat Christopher Spence 158 14.9
Majority 68 6.4
Turnout 1,063 35.8 +9.3
BNP gain from Labour Swing
Loughton Fairmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BNP Patricia Richardson 258 26.6
Loughton Residents Association Chris Pond 245 25.3
Labour Albert Farren 209 21.6
Conservative Gagan Mohindra 171 17.6
Liberal Democrat Neil Woolcott 86 8.9
Majority 13 1.3
Turnout 969 31.4 +10.9
BNP gain from Labour Swing
Loughton Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Hart 670 48.0
Loughton Residents Association Peter House 518 37.1
Labour Thomas Owen 141 10.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Sinfield 68 4.9
Majority 152 10.9
Turnout 1,397 44.3 +6.3
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Loughton Roding
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Loughton Residents Association Kenneth Angold-Stephens 665 53.0
Conservative Gaurav Mohindra 231 18.4
Labour Paul Bostock 184 14.7
Liberal Democrat Peter Spencer 175 13.9
Majority 434 44.6
Turnout 1,255 38.2 -0.7
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Loughton St Johns
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Loughton Residents Association Caroline Pond 681 53.0
Conservative Anthony Barritt 441 34.3
Labour Jill Bostock 94 7.3
Liberal Democrat Enid Robinson 68 5.3
Majority 240 18.7
Turnout 1,284 40.2 +7.7
Independent hold Swing
Loughton St Marys (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Loughton Residents Association Anthony Lee 734
Loughton Residents Association Mitchell Cohen 687
Conservative Andrea Stephenson 383
Labour Marion Taylor 112
Labour John McNamara 108
Liberal Democrat Lucille Thompson 98
Turnout 2,122 39.5 +7.3
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Moreton and Fyfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Douglas Kelly 407 49.6 -10.8
Conservative Derek Bates 298 36.3 -3.3
English Democrat Robin Tillbrook 116 14.1 +14.1
Majority 109 13.3 -7.5
Turnout 821 48.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Passingford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Diana Collins 554 82.8 -5.3
Liberal Democrat John Clark 115 17.2 +17.2
Majority 439 65.6 -10.6
Turnout 669 43.1 +11.6
Conservative hold Swing
Theydon Bois
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Patricia Rush 798 53.3
Conservative Matthew Hayday 700 46.7
Majority 98 6.6
Turnout 1,498 48.4 +7.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter McMillan 745
Conservative Demitrous Demetriou 703
Liberal Democrat Peggy Ayre 355
Liberal Democrat Marlis Creevy 324
Turnout 2,127 26.6 +8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Waltham Abbey North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jeane Lea 617 56.5 +15.7
Liberal Democrat Christine Akers 476 43.5 -15.7
Majority 141 13.0
Turnout 1,093 35.8 +9.0
Conservative hold Swing
Waltham Abbey South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ryan D'souza 423 54.3 +1.9
Liberal Democrat Philip Chadburn 356 45.7 -1.9
Majority 67 8.6 +3.8
Turnout 779 28.8 +6.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

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