Epping Forest District Council elections

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The district of Epping Forest is in the county of Essex in England. It was created on 1 April 1974, following the merger of Epping Urban District, Chigwell Urban District, Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, and part of Epping and Ongar Rural District.

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Until 2002, Epping Forest District Council was represented by 59 councillors. In 2002 the ward boundaries were reorganised, resulting in the loss of one council seat, and since then the district has had 58 councillors representing 32 wards. Each ward is represented by one, two or three councillors, depending on the ward's population, so that each councillor represents a roughly equal proportion of the district's electorate. [1]

Councillors serve for a four-year term. They are elected on a "cycle of thirds", i.e. one third of the Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

New ward boundaries are being prepared to take effect from the 2024 elections. [2]

Summary of results since 2002

The table below summarises the number of seats held by each party after each year's elections (no elections took place in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017). The council returned to Conservative control following the gain of a seat in a by-election in December 2006 [3] after being under no overall control since 1994.

Party
2004
[4]
2006
[5]
2007
[6]
2008
[7]
2010
[8]
2011
[9]
2012
[10]
2014
[11]
2015
[12]
2016
[13]
2018
[14]
2019
[15]
2021
[16]
2022
[17]
BNP
3
6
6
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Conservative
26
29
32
33
35
37
39
37
39
35
39
37
36
35
For Britain
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Green
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
Independent
5
4
3
5
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
Labour
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Liberal Democrats
14
13
11
9
8
6
4
3
2
3
2
3
3
4
Loughton Residents
6
5
5
6
11
10
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
UKIP
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0

Council elections

Results maps

By-elections

1994-1998

Buckhurst Hill West By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,38836.7+5.5
Liberal Democrats 1,09428.9−31.4
Ratepayer99126.2+26.2
Labour 3098.2−0.3
Majority2947.8
Turnout 3,78274.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Theydon Bois By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,01842.2+16.3
Independent 84535.0−8.9
Liberal Democrats 28611.9+1.7
Labour 26310.9−9.2
Majority1737.2
Turnout 2,41277.8
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Paternoster By-Election 3 July 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 27447.9−8.3
Conservative 25344.3+0.5
Liberal Democrats 447.7+7.7
Majority213.6
Turnout 57116.3
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002

Waltham Abbey East By-Election 22 October 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 63360.2+8.6
Labour 33631.9−9.9
Liberal Democrats 837.9+1.3
Majority29728.3
Turnout 1,05218.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sheering By-Election 25 February 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 37150.9+23.3
Liberal Democrats 27637.9−10.4
Labour 8211.2−13.0
Majority9513.0
Turnout 72932.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Grange Hill By-Election 24 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 62151.8−3.1
Conservative 53445.0+8.7
Labour 433.6−5.2
Majority976.8
Turnout 1,198
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Debden Green By-Election 11 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 51468.8−6.7
Conservative 13818.5−6.0
Independent 608.0+8.0
Liberal Democrats 354.7+4.7
Majority37650.3
Turnout 74719.2
Labour hold Swing
Buckhurst Hill East By-Election 6 July 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 71169.2+9.2
Conservative 24523.9−5.2
Labour 716.9−3.4
Majority46646.0
Turnout 1,02731.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002-2006

Waltham Abbey North East By-Election 7 November 2002 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Brooks46355.8+27.5
Conservative David Porter32138.7−33.0
Labour Fitzherbert Harewood465.5+5.5
Majority14217.1
Turnout 83025.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Waltham Abbey South West By-Election 7 November 2002 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Chadburn28756.5+26.7
Conservative Margaret Williams17233.9−36.3
Labour Marion Taylor499.6+9.6
Majority11521.6
Turnout 50818.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Lower Sheering By-Election 23 June 2005 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heather Harding20870.7−1.4
Labour Benjamin Slasberg6421.8+21.8
Liberal Democrats John Rumble227.5−20.4
Majority14448.9
Turnout 29418.5
Conservative hold Swing
Chigwell Village By-Election 30 June 2005 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Scrutton36359.3+12.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Lion24940.7+29.2
Majority11418.6
Turnout 61219.7
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Grange Hill By-Election 14 December 2006 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kewal Chana60939.4−12.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Lion58637.9−4.9
BNP Jacqueline Carne30219.5+19.5
Labour Roger Salmon483.1+3.1
Majority231.5
Turnout 1,54532.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Loughton Alderton By-Election 30 August 2007 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Tony Frankland39332.2−5.4
Loughton Residents Rose Brookes36730.1+1.0
Liberal Democrats Neil Woollcott17214.1+10.5
Conservative Edward Stacey16313.3−3.1
Labour Stephen Barnes988.0−5.2
UKIP Andrew Smith282.3+2.3
Majority262.1
Turnout 1,22136.7
BNP hold Swing
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane By-Election 4 June 2009 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Clark71949.0−7.3
BNP Tony Frankland37225.4+25.4
Liberal Democrats Phil Chadburn22315.2+15.2
Labour Mitch Diamond-Conway15210.4+7.3
Majority34723.6
Turnout 1,46632.0
Conservative hold Swing
Grange Hill By-Election 8 October 2009 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Lion45352.4−31.1
Liberal Democrats Gavin Chambers41147.6+31.1
Majority424.8
Turnout 86417.2
Conservative hold Swing
Lower Sheering By-Election 5 November 2009 [38] [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlotte Edwards30276.5+0.7
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black9323.5−0.7
Majority20953.0
Turnout 39521.4
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane By-Election 2 May 2013 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Rod Butler46550.5+50.5
Conservative Christine Ball45549.5−13.7
Majority101.0
Turnout 920
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

2014-2018

Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing By-Election 7 August 2014 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Glozier15550.5−33.4
UKIP Ron McEvoy12239.7+39.7
Green William Hartington237.5−2.4
Liberal Democrats Arnold Verrall72.3−3.9
Majority3310.7
Turnout 307
Conservative hold Swing
Epping Hemnall By-Election 7 August 2014 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kim Adams60743.3+0.8
Conservative Nigel Avey38627.6+6.5
UKIP Andrew Smith33924.2−1.4
Green Anna Widdup694.9+0.5
Majority22115.8
Turnout 1,401
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Chigwell Village By-Election 23 February 2017 [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darshan Singh Sunger45376.0+0.9
Liberal Democrats Joanne Alexander-Sefre14324.0+24.0
Majority31052.0
Turnout 596
Conservative hold Swing
Lower Sheering By-Election 19 October 2017 [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Stalker22080.9+11.0
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black5219.1+19.1
Majority16861.8
Turnout 272
Conservative hold Swing

2022-2026

Waltham Abbey South West By-Election 13 October 2022 [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Parsons26055.2−13.9
Green David Plummer21144.8+39.6
Majority4910.4
Turnout 471
Conservative gain from Green Swing

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