Epping Forest District Council election, 1998

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29.4%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 17
Conservative 15
Liberal Democrat 15
Residents 9
Independent 3

Election result

Epping Forest Local Election Result 1998
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6			+1	31.6	36.7	8,102
	Labour	5			-1	26.3	29.6	6,548
	Liberal Democrat	4			0	21.1	20.1	4,449
	Loughton Residents Association	3			0	15.8	9.0	1,988
	Chigwell Residents Association	1			0	5.3	3.0	660
	Epping Residents Association	0			0	0	1.6	354

Ward results

Broadway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Bostock	856	78.9
	Conservative	Ian Locks	229	21.1
Majority			627	57.8
Turnout			1,085	26.6

Buckhurst Hill East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Robinson	687	64.2
	Conservative	Ronald Braybrook	242	22.6
	Labour	Sidney Miller	141	13.2
Majority			445	41.6
Turnout			1,070	31.9

Buckhurst Hill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Thompson	989	59.6
	Conservative	James Brokenshire	565	34.0
	Labour	Janice Croke	106	6.4
Majority			424	25.6
Turnout			1,660	32.5

Chigwell Row
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Brooks	390	57.9
	Conservative	Raymond Warner	283	42.1
Majority			107	15.8
Turnout			673	37.6

Chigwell Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chigwell Residents Association	John Knapman	660	62.2
	Conservative	Brian Sandler	338	31.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Spence	63	5.9
Majority			322	30.3
Turnout			1,061	31.6

Debden Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Barnes	705	76.1
	Conservative	Lorne Daniel	221	23.9
Majority			484	52.2
Turnout			926	23.9

Epping Hemnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Boydon	998	59.3
	Conservative	Jean Ashbridge	494	29.4
	Labour	Barry Johns	191	11.3
Majority			504	29.9
Turnout			1,683	35.1

Epping Lindsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Whitbread	511	36.3
	Labour	Roger Fitz-Gibbon	378	26.9
	Epping Residents Association	June O'Brien	354	25.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ingrid Black	164	11.7
Majority			133	9.4
Turnout			1,407	29.4

Grange Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bateman	607	51.4
	Liberal Democrat	Evelyn Spong	574	48.6
Majority			33	2.8
Turnout			1,181	27.1

Loughton Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents Association	Leslie Harris	543	50.5
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	359	33.4
	Labour	Jennifer Hart	142	13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lucille Thompson	31	2.9
Majority			184	17.1
Turnout			1,075	34.0

Loughton Roding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Murray	981	69.9
	Loughton Residents Association	Leonard Parsons	207	14.7
	Conservative	Justine Greening	152	10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Netherclift	64	4.6
Majority			774	55.2
Turnout			1,404	33.4

Loughton St Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents Association	Dorothy Paddon	625	53.9
	Conservative	Colin Finn	282	24.3
	Labour	Lionel Murray	252	21.7
Majority			343	29.6
Turnout			1,159	27.5

Loughton St Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents Association	Ronald Heath	613	59.7
	Conservative	Roseanne Serrelli	240	23.4
	Labour	Thomas Owen	174	16.9
Majority			373	36.3
Turnout			1,027	30.6

Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Welch	626	63.9
	Labour	Desmond Clifton	354	36.1
Majority			272	27.8
Turnout			980	26.5

North Weald Bassett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Grigg	780	64.4
	Labour	John Childs	431	35.6
Majority			349	28.8
Turnout			1,211	26.8

Patemoster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barckley Sumner	502	58.2
	Conservative	Glenn Harper	319	37.0
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Whitehouse	41	4.8
Majority			183	21.2
Turnout			862	24.8

Theydon Bois
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Padfield	634	62.9
	Liberal Democrat	Monica Richardson	259	25.7
	Labour	Ian Standfast	115	11.4
Majority			375	37.2
Turnout			1,008	32.0

Waltham Abbey East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Brownjohn	804	51.6
	Labour	John Langer	651	41.8
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Hutchings	102	6.6
Majority			153	9.8
Turnout			1,557	26.9

Waltham Abbey West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Pennell	569	53.1
	Conservative	Harold Taylor	416	38.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Whitehouse	87	8.1
Majority			153	14.3
Turnout			1,072	25.7

References

"Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
Ward results

Council elections in Essex

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