Epping Forest District Council elections

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.

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.

District council wards since 2002

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing (1 seat)
Buckhurst Hill East (2 seats)
Buckhurst Hill West (3 seats)
Chigwell Row (1 seat)
Chigwell Village (2 seats)
Chipping Ongar, Greening & Marden Ash (2 seats)
Epping Hemnall (3 seats)
Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common (3 seats)
Grange Hill (3 seats)
Hastingwood, Matching & Sheering Village (1 seat)
High Ongar, Willingale & The Rodings (1 seat)
Lambourne (1 seat)
Loughton Alderton (2 seats)
Loughton Broadway (2 seats)
Loughton Fairmead (2 seats)
Loughton Forest (2 seats)
Loughton Roding (2 seats)
Loughton St John's (2 seats)
Loughton St Mary's (2 seats)
Lower Nazeing (2 seats)
Lower Sheering (1 seat)
Moreton & Fyfield (1 seat)
North Weald Bassett (2 seats)
Passingford (1 seat)
Roydon (1 seat)
Shelley (1 seat)
Theydon Bois (2 seats)
Waltham Abbey High Beach (1 seat)
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (3 seats)
Waltham Abbey North East (2 seats)
Waltham Abbey Paternoster (2 seats)
Waltham Abbey South West (2 seats)

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1974 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1974–1994
No overall control	1994–2006
Conservative	2006–present

Council elections

Epping Forest District Council election, 1973
Epping Forest District Council election, 1976
Epping Forest District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Epping Forest District Council election, 1980
Epping Forest District Council election, 1982
Epping Forest District Council election, 1983
Epping Forest District Council election, 1984
Epping Forest District Council election, 1986
Epping Forest District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Epping Forest District Council election, 1988
Epping Forest District Council election, 1990 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Epping Forest District Council election, 1991
Epping Forest District Council election, 1992
Epping Forest District Council election, 1994 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Epping Forest District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[10]
Epping Forest District Council election, 1996
Epping Forest District Council election, 1998
Epping Forest District Council election, 1999
Epping Forest District Council election, 2000
Epping Forest District Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[11]^[12]^[13]
Epping Forest District Council election, 2003
Epping Forest District Council election, 2004
Epping Forest District Council election, 2006
Epping Forest District Council election, 2007
Epping Forest District Council election, 2008
Epping Forest District Council election, 2010
Epping Forest District Council election, 2011
Epping Forest District Council election, 2012 (Some new ward boundaries)^[14]
Epping Forest District Council election, 2014
Epping Forest District Council election, 2015

Results since 2002

	2002 ^[15]	2003 ^[16]	2004 ^[17]	2006 ^[18]	2007 ^[19]	2008 ^[20]	2010 ^[21]	2011 ^[22]	2012 ^[23]	2014 ^[24]	2015
BNP	0	0	3	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	0
Conservative	26	23	26	29	32	33	35	37	39	37	39
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Independent	4	4	5	4	3	5	2	3	2	2	2
Labour	9	9	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Liberal Democrat	13	16	14	13	11	9	8	6	4	3	2
Loughton Residents Association	6	6	6	5	5	6	11	10	12	12	12
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

By-election results

1997-2001

Buckhurst Hill West By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,388	36.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat		1,094	28.9	-31.4
	Ratepayer		991	26.2	+26.2
	Labour		309	8.2	-0.3
Majority			294	7.8
Turnout			3,782	74.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Theydon Bois By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,018	42.2	+16.3
	Independent		845	35.0	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat		286	11.9	+1.7
	Labour		263	10.9	-9.2
Majority			173	7.2
Turnout			2,412	77.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Paternoster By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		274	47.9	-8.3
	Conservative		253	44.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat		44	7.7	+7.7
Majority			21	3.6
Turnout			571	16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey East By-Election 22 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		633	60.2	+8.6
	Labour		336	31.9	-9.9
	Liberal Democrat		83	7.9	+1.3
Majority			297	28.3
Turnout			1,052	18.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sheering By-Election 25 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		371	50.9	+23.3
	Liberal Democrat		276	37.9	-10.4
	Labour		82	11.2	-13.0
Majority			95	13.0
Turnout			729	32.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Grange Hill By-Election 24 June 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		621	51.8	-3.1
	Conservative		534	45.0	+8.7
	Labour		43	3.6	-5.2
Majority			97	6.8
Turnout			1,198
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Debden Green By-Election 11 November 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		514	68.8	-6.7
	Conservative		138	18.5	-6.0
	Independent		60	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat		35	4.7	+4.7
Majority			376	50.3
Turnout			747	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill East By-Election 6 July 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		711	69.2	+9.2
	Conservative		245	23.9	-5.2
	Labour		71	6.9	-3.4
Majority			466	46.0
Turnout			1,027	31.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2001-2005

Waltham Abbey North East By-Election 7 November 2002^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Brooks	463	55.8	+27.5
	Conservative	David Porter	321	38.7	-33.0
	Labour	Fitzherbert Harewood	46	5.5	+5.5
Majority			142	17.1
Turnout			830	25.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West By-Election 7 November 2002^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Chadburn	287	56.5	+26.7
	Conservative	Margaret Williams	172	33.9	-36.3
	Labour	Marion Taylor	49	9.6	+9.6
Majority			115	21.6
Turnout			508	18.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

2005-2009

Lower Sheering By-Election 23 June 2005^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Harding	208	70.7	-1.4
	Labour	Benjamin Slasberg	64	21.8	+21.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Rumble	22	7.5	-20.4
Majority			144	48.9
Turnout			294	18.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Village By-Election 30 June 2005^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Scrutton	363	59.3	+12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Lion	249	40.7	+29.2
Majority			114	18.6
Turnout			612	19.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill By-Election 14 December 2006^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kewal Chana	609	39.4	-12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Lion	586	37.9	-4.9
	BNP	Jacqueline Carne	302	19.5	+19.5
	Labour	Roger Salmon	48	3.1	+3.1
Majority			23	1.5
Turnout			1,545	32.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Loughton Alderton By-Election 30 August 2007^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Tony Frankland	393	32.2	-5.4
	Lougthon Residents Association	Rose Brookes	367	30.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Woollcott	172	14.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Edward Stacey	163	13.3	-3.1
	Labour	Stephen Barnes	98	8.0	-5.2
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	28	2.3	+2.3
Majority			26	2.1
Turnout			1,221	36.7
	BNP hold		Swing

2009-2013

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane By-Election 4 June 2009^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Clark	719	49.0	-7.3
	BNP	Tony Frankland	372	25.4	+25.4
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Chadburn	223	15.2	+15.2
	Labour	Mitch Diamond-Conway	152	10.4	+7.3
Majority			347	23.6
Turnout			1,466	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill By-Election 8 October 2009^[31]^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lion	453	52.4	-31.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Chambers	411	47.6	+31.1
Majority			42	4.8
Turnout			864	17.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Sheering By-Election 5 November 2009^[33]^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Edwards	302	76.5	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ingrid Black	93	23.5	-0.7
Majority			209	53.0
Turnout			395	21.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Election Facts: Epping Forest District Council website
↑ "Epping Forest". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
↑ The District of Epping Forest (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1986
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex, Greater London and Hertfordshire (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Essex and Greater London (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Epping Forest". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ Election 2002 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
↑ Election 2003 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
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↑ Election 2006 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
↑ Election 2007 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
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↑ Election 2010 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
↑ Election 2011 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
↑ Vote 2012 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
↑ Vote 2014 results, BBC News website. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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