2008 Epping Forest District Council election

2008 Epping Forest District Council election

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21 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.4 (4.1%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats Last election 32 seats, 57.0% 6 seats, 9.7% 11 seats, 24.9% Seats before 32 5 10 Seats won 35 6 9 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 12,454 4,029 5,763 Percentage 47.0% 15.2% 21.7% Swing 10.0% 5.5% 3.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party BNP Labour Last election 6 seats, 6.0% 1 seat, 4.9% Seats before 6 1 Seats won 4 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 2,391 1,120 Percentage 9.0% 4.2% Swing 3.0% 0.7%
Results of the 2008 District Council elections
Council composition following the election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained in Conservative control.

This election saw the largest Green competition. The Chigwell Residents Association's sole councillor, John Knapman, defected to join the Conservatives and won his seat of Chigwell Village. The Loughton Residents Association gained a seat, whilst the BNP lost almost half its representation, despite reaching a record high vote share in the district.

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing, Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village, Lambourne, Lower Nazeing, Lower Sheering, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, Shelley, Waltham Abbey High Beach or Waltham Abbey Paternoster.

Loughton Alderton By-Election 30 August 2007^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Tony Frankland	393	32.2	5.4
	Loughton Residents	Rose Brookes	367	30.1	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Woollcott	172	14.1	10.5
	Conservative	Edward Stacey	163	13.3	3.1
	Labour	Stephen Barnes	98	8.0	5.2
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	28	2.3	N/A
Majority			26	2.1	6.4
Turnout			1,221	36.7	6.6
	BNP hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane By-Election 4 June 2009^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Clark	719	49.0	7.3
	BNP	Tony Frankland	372	25.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Chadburn	223	15.2	N/A
	Labour	Mitch Diamond-Conway	152	10.4	7.3
Majority			347	23.6	12.7
Turnout			1,466	32.0	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill By-Election 8 October 2009^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Lion	453	52.4	31.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Chambers	411	47.6	31.1
Majority			42	4.8	4.0
Turnout			864	17.2	20.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Sheering By-Election 5 November 2009^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlotte Edwards	302	76.5	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	93	23.5	0.7
Majority			209	53.0	1.6
Turnout			395	21.4	11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dev Dodeja	648	49.4	3.2
	Conservative	Marshall Vance	527	40.2	6.3
	BNP	Graham Cater	137	10.4	3.1
Majority			121	9.2	9.5
Turnout			1,312	38.6	2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Sutcliffe	1,054	51.3	9.7
	Conservative	Bob Church	1,000	48.7	10.0
Majority			54	2.6	14.2
Turnout			2,054	38.6	5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chigwell Row

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Sandler	573	80.5	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Connie Lye	99	13.9	26.7
	Green	Robert Steel	40	5.6	N/A
Majority			472	66.6	19.1
Turnout			712	39.6	8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Knapman	888	82.1	N/A
	Green	Chris Lord	108	10.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Verrall	86	7.9	32.7
Majority			780	72.1	34.2
Turnout			1,082	34.0	3.9
	Conservative gain from Chigwell Residents Association

Epping Hemnall (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Whitehouse	915	46.0	6.8
	Conservative	Matthew Daniel	840	42.2	3.5
	BNP	James Butler	118	5.9	1.2
	Labour	Paul Handford	67	3.4	1.2
	Green	Jessica Barnecutt	51	2.6	N/A
Majority			75	3.8	3.3
Turnout			1,991	41.6	1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Whitbread	905	51.0	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Collier	531	29.9	3.8
	BNP	Tony Bentley	132	7.4	2.1
	Labour	Simon Bullough	120	6.8	N/A
	Green	Robert Jones	87	4.9	N/A
Majority			374	21.1	1.7
Turnout			1,775	37.6	2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bateman	1,262	83.5	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Okonkwo	249	16.5	13.1
Majority			1,013	67.0	34.4
Turnout			1,511	31.2	3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret McEwen	469	76.5	5.9
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	61	10.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Surtees	53	8.6	19.8
	Green	Amy Barnecutt	30	4.9	N/A
Majority			408	66.5	23.3
Turnout			613	36.5	4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Alderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Rosemary Brookes	642	48.9	26.0
	BNP	Tony Frankland	412	31.4	3.4
	Conservative	Roger Taylor	148	11.3	11.0
	Labour	Margaret Owen	72	5.5	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Woollcott	38	2.9	4.2
Majority			230	17.5	12.4
Turnout			1,312	39.2	4.6
	Loughton Residents gain from BNP		Swing

Loughton Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Patricia Richardson	469	39.7	6.1
	Labour	Roger Salmon	346	29.3	2.1
	Conservative	Valerie Metcalfe	250	21.2	2.2
	Green	Jesse Briton	69	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eleonor Spencer	47	4.0	10.9
Majority			123	10.4	4.0
Turnout			1,181	37.4	1.6
	BNP hold		Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	David Wixley	523	44.6	18.0
	BNP	Alexander Copland	330	28.2	1.6
	Conservative	Ben Glassman	169	14.4	3.2
	Labour	Matthew Hartley	122	10.4	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	28	2.4	6.5
Majority			193	16.5	15.2
Turnout			1,172	36.6	5.2
	Loughton Residents gain from BNP		Swing

Loughton Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hart	698	46.7	1.3
	Conservative	Rebecca Cohen	685
	Loughton Residents	Chris Pond	592	39.6	2.5
	Loughton Residents	David White	537
	Labour	Thomas Owen	79	5.3	4.8
	Labour	John Game	66
	BNP	Paul Evans	66	4.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	59	3.9	1.0
Majority			106	7.1	3.8
Turnout			2,783	46.1	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Loughton Residents		Swing

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Kenneth Angold-Stephens	763	50.8	1.2
	Conservative	Lorne Daniel	344	22.9	4.5
	BNP	Tom Richardson	180	12.0	N/A
	Labour	Angela Ayre	153	10.2	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fuller	63	4.2	9.7
Majority			419	27.9	16.7
Turnout			1,503	43.1	1.5
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Caroline Pond	815	57.3	4.3
	Conservative	Nigel Wagland	410	28.8	5.5
	BNP	Lynne Turpin	89	6.3	N/A
	Labour	Jill Bostock	71	5.0	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Roderick	38	2.7	2.6
Majority			40.5	28.5	9.8
Turnout			1,423	42.2	2.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Rodney Barrett	694	50.9	4.4
	Conservative	Edward Stacey	449	32.9	4.0
	BNP	Edward Butler	91	6.7	N/A
	Labour	Martin Lawford	90	6.6	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Spence	22	1.6	5.8
	UKIP	Mick McGough	18	1.3	N/A
Majority			245	18.0	N/A
Turnout			1,364	43.1	3.6
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Moreton and Fyfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Boyce	329	45.3	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Kelly	315	43.4	6.2
	English Democrat	Anne Palmer	82	11.3	2.8
Majority			14	1.9	11.4
Turnout			726	42.1	6.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Passingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Collins	537	89.1	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	66	10.9	6.3
Majority			471	78.1	12.5
Turnout			603	43.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Theydon Bois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Philip	771	47.7	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	George Howard	610	37.7	15.6
	BNP	Terry Howard	109	6.7	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	76	4.7	N/A
	Green	Nicola Barnecutt	52	3.2	N/A
Majority			161	10.0	3.4
Turnout			1,618	51.3	2.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathon Collier	676	55.8	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Akers	277	22.9	1.1
	BNP	Garry Martin	258	21.3	0.9
Majority			399	32.9	3.1
Turnout			1,211	26.3	2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeane Lea	735	65.8	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Chadburn	410	35.8	15.0
Majority			325	28.4	26.8
Turnout			1,145	35.0	3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Prior	474	65.8	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Ayre	155	21.5	15.0
	UKIP	Martin Harvey	91	12.6	N/A
Majority			319	44.3	17.3
Turnout			720	23.6	1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing