2002 Epping Forest District Council election

2002 Epping Forest District Council election

2 May 2002
All 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.4% (0.4%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 20 seats, 43.1% 16 seats, 24.2% 12 seats, 19.1% Seats before 20 16 12 Seats won 26 13 9 Seat change 6 3 3 Popular vote 28,186 16,206 7,260 Percentage 48.2% 27.7% 12.4% Swing 5.1% 3.5% 6.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Loughton Residents Independent Chigwell Residents Last election 7 seats, 6.3% 3 seats, 4.7% 1 seat, 3.0% Seats before 7 3 1 Seats won 6 3 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 3,476 3,154 612 Percentage 5.9% 5.4% 1.0% Swing 3.0% 0.7% 2.0%
Results of the 2002 District Council elections
Council composition following the election
Council control before election No overall control Conservative largest party Council control after election No overall control Conservative largest party

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The council stayed under no overall control.

Abolished wards include Broadway, Debden Green, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Roothing Country, and High Beech.

By-elections

Buckhurst Hill East by-election

Buckhurst Hill East by-election 6 July 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats hold		Swing

Results

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Smith	448	85.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Graty	74	14.2
Majority			374	71.6
Turnout			522	32.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Martin	661	54.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Woollard	659
	Conservative	George Denny	408	33.4
	Conservative	Mercedes Window	401
	Labour	Ronald Rodwell	152	12.5
Majority				20.7
Turnout			2,281	36.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Haigh	1,002	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Heavens	931
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Goold	912
	Conservative	Richard Watts	840	45.6
	Conservative	Neil Cohen	824
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	741
Majority				8.8
Turnout			5,250	26.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chigwell Row

Chigwell Row

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Sandler	324	50.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Brooks	317	49.5
Majority			7	1.0
Turnout			641	37.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gilliham	686	46.8
	Chigwell Residents Association	John Knapman	612	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Netherclift	169	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Stollar	163
Majority				5.0
Turnout			1,630	31.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Chigwell Residents Association win (new seat)

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Jacobs	674	52.5
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wright	570
	Conservative	Glyn Pritchard	443	34.5
	Conservative	Frank Love	443
	Labour	Keith Tait	168	13.1
	Labour	Jill Coward	140
Majority				18.0
Turnout			2,433	39.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whitehouse	883	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Whitehouse	826
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Boydon	823
	Conservative	Susan Perry	528	33.8
	Conservative	Richard Brady	521
	Conservative	James Manly	515
	Labour	Anne Baldwin	150	9.6
Majority				9.6
Turnout			4,246	31.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Colling	868	39.2
	Conservative	Christopher Whitbread	858
	Conservative	Andrew Green	835
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Dunseath	773	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Hedges	773
	Liberal Democrats	John Rumble	739
	Labour	Pamela Johns	304	13.7
	Independent	Christopher Hudson	269	12.1
	Labour	Robert Jones	255
Majority				4.3
Turnout			5,674	49.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Grange Hill

Grange Hill (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Maclaine	827	50.1
	Conservative	David Bateman	825	49.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Stollar	791
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spencer	789
	Conservative	Ronald McCarthy	780
	Conservative	Cheryl-Anne Kashket	766
Majority				0.1
Turnout			4,778	34.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Morgan	351	59.4
	Conservative	Terence Dewhurst	240	40.6
Majority			111	18.8
Turnout			591	35.5
	Independent win (new seat)

High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings

High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret McEwen	408	74.0
	Labour	Peter Gode	143	26.0
Majority			265	48.0
Turnout			551	34.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lambourne

Lambourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	403	55.7
	Labour	Colin Huckle	320	44.3
Majority			83	11.4
Turnout			723	47.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Boatman	412	49.0
	Labour	Paul Bostock	377
	Conservative	Derek Knight	315	37.5
	Conservative	Ian Locks	292
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Robinson	114	13.6
Majority				11.5
Turnout			1,510	23.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Davis	463	47.3
	Labour	Margaret Owen	398
	Conservative	Sheila Creswell	236	24.1
	Conservative	John Silberrad	216
	Independent	Peter Relph	151	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	129	13.2
Majority				23.2
Turnout			1,593	26.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Barnes	371	56.0
	Labour	Albert Farren	322
	Conservative	Lorne Daniel	292	44.0
	Conservative	Kathleen Woodhead	276
Majority				11.9
Turnout			1,261	20.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Kenneth Faulkner	560	45.1
	Loughton Residents	Peter House	557
	Conservative	James Brokenshire	485	39.0
	Conservative	Angela Metcalfe	464
	Labour	Jennifer Hart	131	10.5
	Labour	Susan Lipscombe	104
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Spence	66	5.3
Majority				6.0
Turnout			2,367	38.0
	Loughton Residents win (new seat)
	Loughton Residents win (new seat)

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Murray	754	58.2
	Labour	Stanley Goodwin	700
	Conservative	Christine Howard	368	28.4
	Conservative	Gavin Harris	355
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fuller	174	13.4
Majority				29.8
Turnout			2,351	38.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St. John's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	John Markham	594	52.8
	Loughton Residents	Caroline Pond	581
	Conservative	Anthony Barritt	368	32.7
	Conservative	Bryan Morris	326
	Labour	Angela Ayre	110	9.8
	Labour	Margot-Ingeborg Scott	98
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Spencer	53	4.7
Majority				20.1
Turnout			2,130	32.5
	Loughton Residents win (new seat)
	Loughton Residents win (new seat)

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Dorothy Paddon	605	56.5
	Loughton Residents	Anthony Lee	579
	Conservative	James Hart	303	28.3
	Conservative	Roseanne Serrelli	254
	Labour	Thomas Owen	113	10.6
	Labour	Marion Taylor	109
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	49	4.6
Majority				28.2
Turnout			2,012	32.2
	Loughton Residents win (new seat)
	Loughton Residents win (new seat)

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leo McKnight	643	38.0
	Independent	Daphne Borton	599	35.4
	Independent	John Carr	454
	Conservative	David Johnson	427
	UKIP	Martin Harvey	226	13.3
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	166	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Rumble	60	3.5
Majority				2.6
Turnout			2,575	42.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Lower Sheering

Lower Sheering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harrington	244	67.6
	Labour	Roy Chapman	72	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Patient	45	12.5
Majority			172	47.7
Turnout			361	22.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Moreton and Fyfield

Moreton and Fyfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Kelly	444	60.4
	Conservative	Elaine Williams	291	39.6
Majority			153	20.8
Turnout			735	42.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stallan	902	80.0
	Conservative	Anne Grigg	856
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Gill	226	20.0
Majority				59.9
Turnout			1,984	33.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Passingford

Passingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Collins	452	88.1
	Labour	John Holness	61	11.9
Majority			391	76.2
Turnout			513	31.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Roydon

Roydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Clark	236	43.4
	Conservative	Dennis Ramshaw	220	40.4
	Labour	Rachel Poulter	88	16.2
Majority			16	3.0
Turnout			544	31.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Shelley

Shelley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Barnes	238	55.9
	Conservative	Sarah Catt	118	27.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Surtees	70	16.4
Majority			120	28.2
Turnout			426	29.4
	Labour win (new seat)

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Glozier	681	45.4
	Conservative	Roy Newland	670
	Independent	Ronald Smith	482	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Furniss	338	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Richardson	310
Majority				13.3
Turnout			2,481	41.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waltham Abbey High Beech

Waltham Abbey High Beech

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Syd Stavrou	Unopposed
Majority			N/A	100%
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gilding	671	65.9
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	663
	Conservative	Donald Spinks	653
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Akers	347	34.1
Majority				31.8
Turnout			2,334	22.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey North East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Dickins	650	71.7
	Conservative	Jamie Goldie	581
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Davies	256	28.3
Majority				43.5
Turnout			1,487	28.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Chidley	511	64.2
	Conservative	Richard Haines	511
	Labour	Fitzherbert Harewood	285	35.8
	Labour	Barry Johns	256
Majority				28.4
Turnout			1,563	24.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Austin	398	70.2
	Conservative	Harold Taylor	389
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	169	29.8
Majority				40.4
Turnout			956	20.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• 2002 Epping Forest election result
• Ward results