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2014 Epping Forest District Council election

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2014 Epping Forest District Council election

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19 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.0% (Increase6.0%) [1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chris Whitbread Caroline Pond Jon Whitehouse
Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common Loughton St Johns Epping Hemnall
Last election 39 seats, 46.0% 12 seats, 17.0% 4 seats, 13.0%
Seats before 38 12 4
Seats won 37 12 3
Seat change Decrease2 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 9,725 4,163 2,945
Percentage 37.3% 16.0% 11.3%
Swing Decrease8.7% Decrease1.0% Decrease1.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Rod Butler Peter Gode Steven Neville
Party UKIP Labour Green
Leader's seat Waltham Abbey Honey Lane Shelley Buckhurst Hill East
Last election 0 seats, 2.0% 1 seat, 15.0% 0 seats, 3.0%
Seats before 1 1 0
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase2 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 3,764 2,089 1,944
Percentage 14.4% 8.0% 7.4%
Swing Increase12.4% Decrease7.0% Increase4.4%

Results of the 2014 District Council elections

Council composition following the election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2014 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections and the European Parliament elections.

By-elections

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Waltham Abbey Honey Lane by-election

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Waltham Abbey Honey Lane by-election, 2 May 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Rod Butler 465 50.5 N/A
Conservative Christine Jane Ball 455 48.5 –14.6
Majority 10 2.0
Turnout 920 21.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Ward results

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Detailed below are all of the candidates nominated to stand in each ward in the 2014 district election. Most figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election:

Buckhurst Hill East

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Buckhurst Hill East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Steven Neville 635 41.1 +23.3
Conservative Aniket Patel 574 37.4 –5.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Greaves 210 13.7 –8.2
Labour Pamela Griffin 115 7.5 –9.9
Majority 61 4.0 N/A
Turnout 1,534 44.0
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

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Buckhurst Hill West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sylvia Watson 1,136 61.4 +14.5
Green Roger Neville 279 15.1 +9.0
Liberal Democrats Garry Sadler 219 11.8 –19.1
Labour Andrew Forsey 178 9.6 +1.7
Young People's Gerard Mark Wadsworth 37 2.0 N/A
Majority 857 46.3
Turnout 1,849 35.0
Conservative hold Swing

Chigwell Village

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Chigwell Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Wagland 682 62.4 –1.3
UKIP Kane Khan 187 17.1 –1.7
Labour Isuru Perera 123 11.3 +1.2
Green Christopher Lord 63 5.8 +0.5
Liberal Democrats George Lund 38 3.5 +1.1
Majority 495 45.3
Turnout 1,093 33.0
Conservative hold Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted & Marden Ash

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Chipping Ongar, Greensted & Marden Ash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Surtees 421 29.5 –1.9
Conservative Nigel Bedford 413 28.9 –13.9
UKIP Michael McGough 411 28.8 N/A
Green Nicola Harris 148 10.4 +4.1
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 36 2.5 –7.0
Majority 8 0.5
Turnout 1,429 41.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Epping Hemnall

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Epping Hemnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Whitehouse 847 42.5 –6.8
UKIP Andrew Smith 511 25.6 +12.0
Conservative Jonathan Kent 420 21.1 –5.8
Labour Lorraine Collier 128 6.4 –3.8
Green Anne Widdup 87 4.4 N/A
Majority 336 16.9
Turnout 1,993 40.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Epping Lindsay & Thornwood Common

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Epping Lindsay & Thornwood Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Breare-Hall 719 37.6 –16.7
UKIP Barbara Robertson 566 29.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black 267 14.0 +5.3
Labour Simon Bullough 232 12.1 –15.5
Green William Hartington 130 6.8 –2.6
Majority 153 8.0
Turnout 1,914 38.0
Conservative hold Swing

Grange Hill

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Grange Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gagan Mohindra 815 54.4 –6.6
Green Alison Lord 355 23.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pesh Kapasiawala 328 21.9 +5.1
Majority 460 30.7
Turnout 1,498 30.0
Conservative hold Swing

Loughton Alderton

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Loughton Alderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Chris Roberts 643 57.8 +0.7
Conservative Chris Criscione 194 17.4 +2.4
Labour Angela Ayre 147 13.2 –0.9
Independent Paul Morris 105 9.4 –0.4
Liberal Democrats Bhupendra Patel 24 2.2 +1.1
Majority 449 40.4
Turnout 1,113 33.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Broadway

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Loughton Broadway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Chris Pond 423 41.1 –10.1
UKIP Barry Johns 357 34.7 N/A
Labour Margaret Owen 157 14.3 +0.4
Conservative Robert Luchford 102 9.9 –3.4
Majority 66 6.3
Turnout 1,039 32.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Fairmead

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Loughton Fairmead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Louise Mead 523 50.4 –3.5
UKIP Ronald McEvoy 262 25.3 N/A
Conservative Ryan Sparrowhawk 153 14.8 +0.4
Labour Ben Spencer 99 9.6 –9.9
Majority 261 25.1
Turnout 1,037 31.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Forest

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Loughton Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Sharon Weston 755 55.7 +11.7
Conservative Andrew Kovler 488 36.0 –14.0
Labour Janice Cooke 74 5.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Elonor Spencer 38 2.8 +1.6
Majority 267 19.7
Turnout 1,355 40.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Roding

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Loughton Roding
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Murray 1,207 81.5 +18.1
Conservative Joanne Share-Bernia 164 11.1 –10.1
Labour Tom Owen 59 4.0 –11.4
Green Benjamin Wille 50 3.4 N/A
Majority 1,043 70.4
Turnout 1,480 42.0
Independent hold Swing

Loughton St. John's

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Loughton St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Bob Jennings 904 69.8 +7.4
Conservative Neil Cohen 274 21.2 –5.4
Labour Jill Bostock 93 7.2 –0.4
Liberal Democrats Enid Robinson 29 2.1 N/A
Majority 630 48.6
Turnout 1,295 38.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

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Loughton St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Howard Kauffman 915 67.1 +17.0
Conservative Ivan Kovler 316 23.2 –15.1
Labour Laurence Morter 103 7.6 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Enid Robinson 29 2.1 N/A
Majority 599 43.9
Turnout 1,363 37.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Lower Nazeing

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Lower Nazeing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Yolanda Knight 806 69.0 –0.4
Green Barry Phillips 197 16.9 +12.3
Labour Kelvin Morris 165 14.1 –1.5
Majority 609 52.1
Turnout 1,168 36.0
Conservative hold Swing

North Weald Bassett

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North Weald Bassett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Stallan 744 58.8 –17.8
UKIP Paul Stevens 438 34.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Arnold Verrall 83 6.6 –1.5
Majority 306 24.2
Turnout 1,265 34.0
Conservative hold Swing

Theydon Bois

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Theydon Bois
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Jones 898 70.4 +29.9
Liberal Democrats Annie Wood 378 29.6 –11.3
Majority 520 40.8
Turnout 1,276 40.0
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

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Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Rod Butler 604 44.7 N/A
Conservative Sam Kane 499 36.9 –30.9
Labour Joanna Skinner 248 18.4 –2.4
Majority 105 7.7
Turnout 1,351 29.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

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Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP David Dorrell 428 44.7 N/A
Conservative Jodie Lucas 328 34.2 –28.8
Labour Robert Grayson 168 17.5 –9.5
Liberal Democrats Phil Chadburn 34 3.6 –6.4
Majority 100 10.4
Turnout 958 28.0
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Election candidates by wards, 3 May 2018". rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.