Epping Forest District Council election, 2003

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Epping Forest Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	1	0	55.6	52.8	7,826	+4.6%
	Liberal Democrat	5	1	0	+1	27.8	32.8	4,863	+5.1%
	Independent	2	0	1	-1	11.1	6.8	1,014	+1.4%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	5.6	5.5	811	-6.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	186	+1.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	120	+0.4%

Ward results

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Smith	389	85.7	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gilbert Graty	65	14.3	+0.1
Majority			324	71.4	-0.2
Turnout			454	29.5	-2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Goold	803	55.8
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	635	44.2
Majority			168	11.6
Turnout			1,438	29.6	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Wright	576	58.2
	Conservative	Glyn Pritchard	413	41.8
Majority			163	16.4
Turnout			989	32.7	-6.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Monica Richardson	666	49.1
	Conservative	Jean Ashbridge	593	43.7
	Labour	Robert Sheen	98	7.2
Majority			73	5.4
Turnout			1,357	29.1	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Green	731	47.7
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hedges	574	37.5
	Green	Thomas Norris	115	7.5
	Labour	Louis Appiah	111	7.3
Majority			157	10.2
Turnout			1,531	35.3	-13.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Stollar	779	60.2
	Conservative	Cheryl-Anne Kashket	516	39.8
Majority			263	20.4
Turnout			1,295	28.3	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Morgan	400	67.5	+8.1
	Conservative	Michael Wright	193	32.5	-8,1
Majority			207	35.0	+16.2
Turnout			593	37.1	+1.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Lambourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	452	61.5	+5.8
	Labour	Colin Huckle	283	38.5	-5.8
Majority			169	23.0	+11.6
Turnout			735	48.6	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daphne Borton	495	54.6
	Conservative	Dennis Ramshaw	262	28.9
	UKIP	Martin Harvey	120	13.2
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	96	10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Spencer	34	3.7
Majority			233	25.7
Turnout			907	32.8	-9.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Lower Sheering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harrington	207	72.1	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Enid Robinson	80	27.9	+15.4
Majority			127	44.2	-3.5
Turnout			287	19.5	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Weald Bassett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Grigg	677	80.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Rumble	98	11.6
	Green	Barry Johns	71	8.4
Majority			579	68.4
Turnout			846	25.8	-7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Sartin	371	75.7	+35.3
	Independent	Vincent Coen	119	24.3	-19.1
Majority			252	51.4
Turnout			490	30.5	-1.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Shelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gode	223	60.1	+4.2
	Conservative	Frank Love	89	24.0	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Surtees	59	15.9	-0.5
Majority			134	36.1	+5.9
Turnout			371	27.2	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey High Beach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney-Ann Stavrou	456	87.2
	Liberal Democrat	Lucille Thompson	67	12.8
Majority			389	74.4
Turnout			523	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Spinks	626	77.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ingrid Black	178	22.1
Majority			448	55.9
Turnout			804	18.4	-3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Brooks	476	59.2
	Conservative	Antony Watts	328	40.8
Majority			148	18.4
Turnout			804	26.8	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Haines	564	83.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Sinfield	114	16.8
Majority			450	66.4
Turnout			678	22.4	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ulrike Gadsby	324	52.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Akers	294	47.6
Majority			30	4.8
Turnout			618	22.7	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Colchester Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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