2002 Epping Forest District Council election
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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
[edit]Buckhurst Hill East by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Syd Stavrou | Unopposed | |||
Majority | N/A | 100% | |||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |