Epping Forest council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 19 wards · 21 seats contested

Most seats
11
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
21
across 19 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 11 +0 10,373 41.2% -3.1
Independent Loughton Residents Association 7 -1 5,004 19.9% -6.6
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 3,897 15.5% +5.0
Green Party 1 +0 1,954 7.8% -1.5
Independent 1 +1 1,010 4.0% —
Labour Party 0 +0 2,558 10.2% +5.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 370 1.5% -3.3

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 21
Conservative and Unionist Party 21
Labour Party 15
Liberal Democrats 11
Green Party 7
Independent Loughton Residents Association 7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 3
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 21 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Buckhurst Hill East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Steven J Neville Elected 1,084 68.9% +23.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Neville Wright 440 28.0% -12.9
Liberal Democrats Dev Prakash Dodeja 50 3.2% —
Majority644
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,574

Green Party hold

Buckhurst Hill West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jo Share-Bernia Elected 921 48.0% -10.6
Liberal Democrats Joseph Vaughan Barkham 750 39.1% +20.2
Green Party Roger Drummond Neville 246 12.8% -6.9
Majority171
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,917

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Chigwell Village

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Darshan Singh Sunger Elected 751 77.0% +1.2
Labour Party Wendy Maher 114 11.7% -0.9
Green Party Christopher John Lord 65 6.7% -6.0
Liberal Democrats Joanne Philippa Alexander-Sefre 45 4.6% —
Majority637
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast975

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Basil Marcus Joseph Vaz Elected 704 69.6% —
Liberal Democrats Pesh Kapasiawala 308 30.4% —
Majority396
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,012

Epping Hemnall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Janet Hilda Whitehouse Elected 1,156 61.3% +4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon John Baker 554 29.4% -4.9
Labour Party Inez Lorraine Collier 176 9.3% +0.5
Majority602
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,886

Liberal Democrats hold

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Les Burrows Elected 844 43.7% -11.2
Liberal Democrats Cherry Sharon McCredie 811 42.0% +19.0
Labour Party Simon David Bullough 183 9.5% -5.4
Green Party Paul Scales 92 4.8% -2.4
Majority33
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,930

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Grange Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gagan Mohindra Elected 803 57.9% -7.1
Labour Party Kay Morrison 447 32.3% —
Green Party Rupert Nelson 136 9.8% -25.1
Majority356
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,386

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Loughton Alderton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Loughton Residents Association Chris Roberts Elected 597 64.4% +0.6
Labour Party Angela Ayre 172 18.6% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Church 158 17.0% -2.3
Majority425
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast927

Independent Loughton Residents Association hold

Loughton Broadway 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Loughton Residents Association Chris Pond Elected 678 78.9% +10.2
Independent Loughton Residents Association Michael Owen Elected 655 76.3% —
Labour Party Rosie Kelly 176 20.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Katherine Harris 126 14.7% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Marshall Vance 83 9.7% —
Majority479
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)859

Independent Loughton Residents Association gain · Independent Loughton Residents Association hold

Loughton Fairmead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Loughton Residents Association Louise Mead Elected 686 72.1% -11.7
Labour Party Paul Michael Thomas 135 14.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Bose 131 13.8% -1.2
Majority551
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast952

Independent Loughton Residents Association hold

Loughton Forest

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Loughton Residents Association Roger Baldwin Elected 678 54.3% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Blackburn Hunter 486 38.9% -0.8
Labour Party Martin William Lawford 85 6.8% —
Majority192
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,249

Independent Loughton Residents Association hold

Loughton Roding

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Stephen William Murray Elected 1,010 82.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Murray 129 10.5% -5.4
Labour Party Kenneth Mark Turner 88 7.2% —
Majority881
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,227

Independent gain from Independent Loughton Residents Association

Loughton St John's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Loughton Residents Association Bob Jennings Elected 884 71.6% -10.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Neal Richard Bagshaw 247 20.0% +1.8
Labour Party Jill Elizabeth Bostock 103 8.3% —
Majority637
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,234

Independent Loughton Residents Association hold

Loughton St Mary's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Loughton Residents Association Howard Kauffman Elected 826 65.7% -3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Joyce Obaseki 270 21.5% -3.6
Labour Party Benjamin James Ross 109 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats Jon Gilbert 53 4.2% -1.7
Majority556
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,258

Independent Loughton Residents Association hold

Lower Nazeing

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Yolanda Raine Knight Elected 541 68.6% —
Labour Party Brett Hawksbee 89 11.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Martin Harvey 85 10.8% —
Liberal Democrats Elaine Thatcher 74 9.4% —
Majority452
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast789

North Weald Bassett

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Bolton Elected 852 79.6% —
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Lesley Black 219 20.4% —
Majority633
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,071

Theydon Bois

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Jones Elected 810 64.2% -12.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Ewart Amos 321 25.5% +2.0
Labour Party Peter Richardson 130 10.3% —
Majority489
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,261

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Stocker Elected 617 58.1% +0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven James Heather Elected 564 53.1% —
Labour Party Mitch Diamond-Conway 350 33.0% +4.2
Green Party Carina Dawn Hill 254 23.9% +10.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Rod Butler 229 21.6% —
Liberal Democrats Timothy John Maurice Vaughan 110 10.4% —
Majority214
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,062

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David James Dorrell Elected 342 50.6% —
Labour Party Bob Greyson 201 29.7% —
Green Party Dave Plummer 77 11.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ron McEvoy 56 8.3% —
Majority141
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast676

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