2006 Epping Forest District Council election

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18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority

Turnout43.8% (6.2%)

First party Second party Third party

Leader Diana Collins Michael Heavens (Resigning) Patricia Richardson

Party Conservative Liberal Democrats BNP

Leader's seat Passingford Buckhurst Hill West Loughton Fairmead

Last election 26 seats, 42.7% 14 seats, 30.8% 3 seats, 3.8%

Seats before 26 14 3

Seats won 29 13 6

Seat change 3 1 3

Popular vote 13,226 7,778 1,679

Percentage 43.9% 25.8% 5.6%

Swing 1.2% 5.0% 1.8%

Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party

Leader Peter House N/A Steve Barnes (Defeated)

Party Loughton Residents Independent inc. CRA Labour

Leader's seat Loughton Forest N/A Loughton Fairmead

Last election 6 seats, 12.8% 5 seats, 3.8% 4 seats, 4.6%

Seats before 6 5 4

Seats won 5 4 1

Seat change 1 1 3

Popular vote 2,926 2,405 1,700

Percentage 9.7% 8.0% 5.6%

Swing 3.1% 4.8% 1.0%

Council control before election No overall control Conservative largest party Council control after election No overall control Conservative largest party

Council control before election No overall control Conservative largest partyCouncil control after election No overall control Conservative largest party

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

The Labour Party was reduced to one seat following wipeout of their representation in Loughton – remaining Labour councillor, Peter Gode of Shelley would resign in 2015. Stephen Murray, Labour councillor for Loughton Roding, defected and became an Independent. This election also marks the most recent time a Conservative has won a seat in Loughton.

The Liberal Democrats lost another seat, whilst the Loughton Residents Association also lost a seat to the British National Party, who doubled their representation and increased their vote share. Three Independents remained on the council, and Chigwell Residents Association councillor, John Knapman (who groups with the Loughton Residents Association) continued to serve out their terms.

This would be the last election in which the Conservatives would not have control of the council. This would change following a by-election in Grange Hill in December 2006 which would see the Conservatives cross the majority threshold and assume control of the chamber.

By-elections

Lower Sheering by-election

Lower Sheering by-election 23 June 2005
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Harding	208	70.7	1.4
	Labour	Benjamin Slasberg	64	21.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Rumble	22	7.5	20.4
Majority	144	48.9	4.7
Turnout	294	18.5	1.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Chigwell Village by-election

N.B: The Conservative figure is marked as N/A because the last election this ward was contested in did not feature a Conservative candidate, rather a Chigwell Residents Association candidate

Chigwell Village by-election 30 June 2005
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Scrutton	363	59.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lion	249	40.7	29.2
Majority	114	18.6	49.8
Turnout	612	19.7	18.2
	Conservative hold	Swing

Ward results

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spencer	801	61.3	8.7
	Conservative	George Denny	506	38.7	4.8
Majority	295	22.6	3.9
Turnout	1,307	40.4	0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West (2)
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Haigh	1,066	51.2	0.5
	Conservative	Robert Church	1,015	48.8	0.5
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	1,009
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Taylor	970
Turnout	4,060	42.7	1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Wagland	892	80.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Stollar	217	19.6	3.8
Majority	675	60.8	7.6
Turnout	1,109	35.9	2.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Jacobs	590	39.3	18.9
	Conservative	Glyn Pritchard	560	37.3	4.5
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	250	16.6	N/A
	Labour	Roger McNulty	102	6.8	6.8
Majority	30	2.0	14.4
Turnout	1,502	47.8	15.1
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whitehouse	1,105	49.7	4.9
	Conservative	Brian Rolfe	1,002	45.0	1.9
	Labour	Paul Handford	118	5.3	N/A
Majority	103	4.7	7.4
Turnout	2,225	47.5	5.5
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Colling	1,060	58.6	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Hedges	552	30.5	5.8
	Labour	Anne Baldwin	198	10.9	N/A
Majority	508	28.1	8.9
Turnout	1,810	38.3	2.2
	Conservative hold	Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gagan Mohindra	908	51.6	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lion	753	42.8	3.3
	Independent	Anthony Du Varene	97	5.5	5.5
Majority	155	8.8	1.0
Turnout	1,758	38.0	0.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Rodney Law	518	37.6	9.6
	Loughton Residents	Rosemary Brookes	401	29.1	6.2
	Conservative	Ben Glassman	226	16.4	5.9
	Labour	Maureen Boatman	181	13.2	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Robertshaw	50	3.6	3.5
Majority	117	8.5	3.4
Turnout	1,376	42.3	7.7
	BNP gain from Labour	Swing

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Susan Clapp	537	39.3	5.7
	Labour	Thomas Owen	429	31.4	4.2
	Conservative	Lorne Daniel	204	14.9	9.5
	Independent	Peter Relph	112	8.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	84	6.1	8.8
Majority	108	7.9	1.5
Turnout	1,366	45.0	9.2
	BNP gain from Labour	Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Peter Turpin	427	34.5	7.9
	Loughton Residents	James Dean	424	34.3	9.0
	Conservative	Benjamin Murphy	192	15.5	2.1
	Labour	Stephen Barnes	151	12.2	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Woollcott	43	3.5	5.4
Majority	3	0.2	1.1
Turnout	1,237	42.1	10.7
	BNP gain from Labour	Swing

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Peter House	734	47.8	10.7
	Conservative	Matthew Daniel	654	42.6	5.4
	Labour	Marion Taylor	89	5.8	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Spence	60	3.9	1.0
Majority	80	5.2	5.7
Turnout	1,537	47.7	3.4
	Loughton Residents hold	Swing

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Murray	1,087	67.5	N/A
	Conservative	Valerie Metcalfe	229	14.2	4.2
	BNP	Jacqueline Carne	197	12.2	N/A
	Labour	Louis Appiah	52	3.2	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fuller	45	2.8	11.1
Majority	858	53.3	8.7
Turnout	1,610	46.4	8.2
	Independent gain from Labour	Swing

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St. John's
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	John Markham	807	56.9	3.9
	Conservative	Matthew Hayday	482	34.0	0.3
	Labour	Jill Bostock	84	5.9	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Spence	46	3.2	2.1
Majority	325	22.9	4.2
Turnout	1,419	44.0	3.8
	Loughton Residents hold	Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mitchell Cohen	687	50.2	21.3
	Loughton Residents	Rodney Barrett	560	40.9	14.4
	Labour	Peter Sheen	75	5.5	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Robinson	47	3.4	4.0
Majority	127	9.3	30.2
Turnout	1,369	44.0	4.5
	Conservative gain from Loughton Residents	Swing

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antoinette Cooper	750	56.3	27.4
	Independent	Edgar Borton	437	32.8	21.8
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	87	6.5	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	58	4.4	0.7
Majority	313	23.5	20.9
Turnout	1,332	42.5	9.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stallan	1,032	82.4	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Rumble	221	17.6	6.0
Majority	811	64.8	3.6
Turnout	1,253	35.6	9.8
	Conservative hold	Swing

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Frankel	721	46.5	6.8
	Conservative	Robert Glozier	693	44.7	2.0
	UKIP	Michael McGough	136	8.8	N/A
Majority	28	1.8	4.8
Turnout	1,550	49.8	1.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Demetrios Demetriou	640	48.5	19.2
	Independent	Michael Tobin	496	37.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Ayre	184	13.9	18.4
Majority	144	10.9	15.7
Turnout	1,320	30.2	3.6
	Conservative hold	Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Councillor Reginald Chidley, elected as a Conservative in 2002, resigned from the Conservative group and sat as an Independent. He was defeated in this election by a Conservative opponent.

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wyatt	485	50.5	32.7
	Independent	Reginald Chidley	176	18.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Chadburn	165	17.2	0.4
	Labour	Liam Conlon	134	14.0	N/A
Majority	309	32.2	34.2
Turnout	960	29.5	7.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

2006 Epping Forest District Council election

By-elections

Lower Sheering by-election

Chigwell Village by-election

Ward results

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill West

Chigwell Village

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Epping Hemnall

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Grange Hill

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Forest

Loughton Roding

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St. Mary's

Lower Nazeing

North Weald Bassett

Theydon Bois

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

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