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2024 Epping Forest District Council election
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All 54 seats to Epping Forest District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Chris Whitbread Caroline Pond Jon Whitehouse
Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats
Last election 34 seats, 48.3% 13 seats, 0.0% 6 seats, 22.4%
Seats before 34 13 5
Seats won 29 13 7
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 11,326 5,020 4,654
Percentage 38.2% 17.0% 15.7%
Swing Decrease 10.1% N/A Decrease 6.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader None Simon Heap Martin Morris
Party Independent Green Labour
Last election 2 seats, 4.6% 2 seats, 2.1% 0 seats, 19.7%
Seats before 4 2 0
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 5,285 1,220 6,667
Percentage 17.8% 4.1% 22.5%
Swing Increase 13.2% Increase 2.0% Increase 2.8%
Results of the 2024 Epping Forest District Council election (top placing candidate shading an entire ward, with second and third placed candidates places in order in the circles)
Council composition following the election
Council control before election

Chris Whitbread
Conservative

Council control after election

TBD

The 2024 Epping Forest District Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 54 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex will be elected following boundary changes.

Background[edit]

Since its creation in 1974, only the Conservatives have ever formed majorities on the council. The party held control until 1994, before retaking the council from no overall control in 2007.[1] The Conservatives briefly fell behind both Labour and the Liberal Democrats in 1996, but regained their status as the largest party in 1999.

In the most recent election, the Conservatives lost 1 seat with 48.3% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 22.4%, independents and the Green Party gained and lost no seats with 4.6% and 2.1% respectively, and the British Democratic Party lost representation with 1.3% (their one councillor had been elected for the For Britain Movement). The Loughton Residents Association maintained their 13 seats.

Boundary changes[edit]

Epping Forest usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[2] The change reduces the number of councillors by 4.

Old wards[3] No. of seats New wards No. of seats
Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing 1 Buckhurst Hill East and Whitebridge 3
Buckhurst Hill East 2 Buckhurst Hill West 3
Buckhurst Hill West 3 Chigwell with Lambourne 3
Chigwell Row 1 Epping East 3
Chigwell Village 2 Epping West and Rural 3
Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash 2 Grange Hill 3
Epping Hemnall 3 Loughton Fairmead 3
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common 3 Loughton Forest 3
Grange Hill 3 Loughton Roding 3
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village 1 Loughton St John’s 3
High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings 1 North Weald Bassett 3
Lambourne 1 Ongar 3
Loughton Alderton 2 Roydon and Lower Nazeing 3
Loughton Broadway 2 Rural East 3
Loughton Fairmead 2 Theydon Bois with Passingford 3
Loughton Forest 2 Waltham Abbey North 3
Loughton Roding 2 Waltham Abbey South and Rural 3
Loughton St John's 2 Waltham Abbey West 3
Loughton St Mary's 2
Lower Nazeing 2
Lower Sheering 1
Moreton and Fyfield 1
North Weald Bassett 2
Passingford 1
Roydon 1
Shelley 1
Theydon Bois 2
Waltham Abbey High Beach 1
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane 3
Waltham Abbey North East 2
Waltham Abbey Paternoster 2
Waltham Abbey South West 2

Summary[edit]

Council composition[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[4] After 2024 election[5]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 34 Conservative 34 Conservative 29
Loughton Residents 13 Loughton Residents 13 Loughton Residents 13
Liberal Democrats 6 Liberal Democrats 5 Liberal Democrats 7
Independent 2 Independent 4 Independent 3
Green 2 Green 2 Green 1
Labour 0 Labour 0 Labour 1

Changes:

  • January 2024: Cherry McCredie leaves Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent[6]

Election result[edit]

2024 Epping Forest District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 29 Decrease 3 38.2% 11,326 Decrease 10.1%
  Loughton Residents 14 13 Steady 17.0% 5,020 N/A
  Liberal Democrats 15 7 Increase 1 15.7% 4,654 Decrease 6.7%
  Independent 13 2 Increase 1 17.8% 5,285 Increase 13.2%
  Green 4 1 Decrease 1 4.1% 1,220 Increase 2.0%
  Labour 22 1 Increase 1 22.5% 6,667 Increase 2.8%
  TUSC 2 0.7% 222 Increase 0.3%
  British Democratic 1 1.0% 323 Decrease 0.3%
  English Democrat 1
  Reform UK 1 0.7% 227 Increase 0.3%
  UKIP 1 0.8% 235 N/A

Candidates[edit]

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Epping Forest District Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[7]

Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge[edit]

Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge (3 seats)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Rose Brookes* 792 16%
Loughton Residents Barbara Cohen 646 13%
Green Elizabeth Gabbett* 639 13%
Loughton Residents Chris Kent 617 13%
Green Dewole Aradeon 596 12%
Conservative Jane Bagshaw 375 8%
Labour Alain Laviolette 369 8%
Conservative Alexia Sparrow 327 7%
Conservative Marshall Vance 320 7%
Independent Ben Brown 186 4%
Turnout 1906 33%
Registered electors 5,796

Buckhurst Hill West[edit]

Buckhurst Hill West (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Church 819 18%
Conservative Ken Williamson* 800 18%
Conservative Smruti Patel* 706 16%
Green Rebecca Fricker 581 13%
Green Kathryn Radley 550 12%
Labour Tom Kasperkowicz 419 9%
Independent Lyubka Mihailova 340 7%
Liberal Democrats Ishvinder Matharu 330 7%
Turnout 1762 34%
Registered electors 5,198

Chigwell with Lambourne[edit]

Chigwell with Lambourne (3 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig McCann* 1,164 29%
Conservative Kaz Rizvi* 1,018 25%
Conservative Darshan Sunger* 947 24%
Independent Shahzaad Malik 457 11%
Labour Tony Casaluci 437 11%
Turnout 1826 32%
Registered electors 5,645

Epping East[edit]

Epping East (3 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Whitehouse* 1,100 21%
Liberal Democrats Jon Whitehouse* 1,020 19%
Liberal Democrats Edward Barnard 850 16%
Independent Cherry McCredie* 599 11%
Conservative Mari-Louise Whitbread 501 9%
Conservative James Abbott 477 9%
Conservative Ian Roberts 467 9%
Labour Paul Thomas 262 5%
Turnout 1937 35%
Registered electors 5,521

Epping West & Rural[edit]

Epping West & Rural (3 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mandy George 945 17%
Liberal Democrats Razia Sharif* 926 17%
Conservative Holly Whitbread* 832 15%
Liberal Democrats Elaine Thatcher 815 15%
Conservative Andy Green* 751 14%
Conservative Peter Murray 699 13%
Independent Nigel Avey 332 6%
Labour Sean Voitov 196 4%
Turnout 2002 39%
Registered electors 5,130

Grange Hill[edit]

Grange Hill (3 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Lion* 791 18%
Independent Lisa Morgan* 775 17%
Conservative Rashni Chahal Holden 702 16%
Conservative Osman Ali 631 14%
Independent Debby Rye 592 13%
Labour Angela Ayre 456 10%
Independent Alana Aradeon 365 8%
Liberal Democrats Steve Hume 203 4%
Turnout 1877 31%
Registered electors 6,142

Loughton Fairmead[edit]

Loughton Fairmead (3 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Louise Mead* 966 30%
Loughton Residents Will Kauffman 761 23%
Loughton Residents Arash Ardakani 688 21%
Labour Gareth Rawlings 332 10%
Labour Alastair Smith 287 9%
Conservative Bobby Nagpal 213 7%
Turnout 1306 24%
Registered electors 5,472

Loughton Forest[edit]

Loughton Forest (3 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Roger Baldwin* 1,220 24%
Loughton Residents Michael Owen* 1,171 23%
Loughton Residents Ian Allgood* 1,167 23%
Conservative Sarah Metcalfe 361 7%
Conservative Katharine Hawes 354 7%
Conservative Jan Ridding 288 6%
Labour Tom Draper 279 5%
Liberal Democrats Naomi Davies 178 3%
TUSC Scott Jones 70 1%
Turnout 1831 35%
Registered electors 5,295

Loughton Roding[edit]

Loughton Roding (3 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Murray* 1,098 33%
Loughton Residents Sheree Rackham 826 25%
Loughton Residents Chidi Nweke* 767 23%
Labour Debbie Wild 327 10%
Independent Malachi Fontenelle 186 6%
Conservative Tim Parry 130 4%
Turnout 1481 27%
Registered electors 5,446

Loughton St. John's[edit]

Loughton St. John's (3 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Chris Pond* 1,216 31%
Loughton Residents Howard Kauffman* 1,106 28%
Loughton Residents Graham Wiskin 1,012 25%
Conservative Valerie Metcalfe 366 9%
Labour Emma Roberts 274 7%
Turnout 1625 30%
Registered electors 5,363

North Weald Bassett[edit]

North Weald Bassett (3 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Bromwich 889 27%
Conservative Nigel Bedford* 604 18%
Conservative Les Burrows* 540 16%
Conservative Les Mills 472 14%
Labour Kevin Hind 392 12%
Labour Paul Stockton 382 12%
Turnout 1521 31%
Registered electors 4,981

Ongar[edit]

Ongar (3 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Dadd 911 24%
Conservative Jaymey McIvor* 828 22%
Conservative Paul Keska* 827 22%
Labour Alison Wingfield 337 9%
Labour Ronald Huish 332 9%
Labour Timothy White 296 8%
Liberal Democrats Monica Richardson 252 7%
Turnout 1525 27%
Registered electors 5,742

Roydon & Lower Nazeing[edit]

Roydon & Lower Nazeing (3 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Bassett* 883 30%
Conservative Chris Whitbread* 715 24%
Conservative Ronda Pugsley* 678 23%
Labour Co-op Alex Kyriacou 470 16%
UKIP Martin Harvey 235 8%
Turnout 1393 26%
Registered electors 5,460

Rural East[edit]

Rural East (3 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ray Balcombe* 817 18%
Conservative Richard Morgan* 774 17%
Conservative Ian Hadley* 737 17%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Paine 697 16%
Liberal Democrats Bijal Pattani 465 10%
Labour Ann Huish 405 9%
Reform UK Peter Bell 324 7%
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 227 5%
Turnout 1876 30%
Registered electors 6,249

Theydon Bois with Passingford[edit]

Theydon Bois with Passingford (3 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Amos* 949 19%
Liberal Democrats Tippy Cornish 882 18%
Conservative Sue Jones 698 14%
Liberal Democrats Richard Griffiths 695 14%
Conservative Heather Brady* 647 13%
Conservative John Philip* 581 12%
Independent Christine Burgess 212 4%
Independent Louis Turchin 211 4%
Labour Christine Mortimer 157 3%
Turnout 1880 36%
Registered electors 5,175

Waltham Abbey North[edit]

Waltham Abbey North (3 seats)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Morris 520 22%
Conservative Jeane Lea* 483 21%
Conservative David Stocker* 447 19%
Conservative Fraser Scott 417 18%
British Democratic Julian Leppert 323 14%
TUSC Adeline Walsh 152 6%
Turnout 1268 24%
Registered electors 5,371

Waltham Abbey South & Rural[edit]

Waltham Abbey South & Rural (3 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Heather* 715 28%
Conservative Maria Markham* 676 27%
Conservative Tim Matthews* 622 25%
Labour Simon Harris 503 20%
Turnout 1261 24%
Registered electors 5,347

Waltham Abbey West[edit]

Waltham Abbey West (3 seats)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Parsons* 663 27%
Conservative Jodie Lucas* 618 26%
Conservative Shane Yerrell* 598 25%
Labour Bob Greyson 532 22%
Turnout 1296 23%
Registered electors 5,550

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Epping Forest District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/819, retrieved 11 March 2024
  3. ^ "The District of Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2444, retrieved 11 March 2024
  4. ^ "Your Councillors by party". Epping Forest District Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Epping Forest result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  6. ^ Boothroyd, David. "STIRLING CONSERVATIVE HOLD, FOR A' THAT". Local Councils. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Epping Forest District Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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  13. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=837&RPID=77999464
  14. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=838&RPID=77999480
  15. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=839&RPID=77999490
  16. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=840&RPID=77999501
  17. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=841&RPID=77999517
  18. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=842&RPID=77999548
  19. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=843&RPID=77999564
  20. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=844&RPID=77999570
  21. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=845&RPID=77999586
  22. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=846&RPID=77999601
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  25. ^ https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=849&RPID=77999646
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