2003 Epping Forest District Council election
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Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. This election saw the best performance in terms of seats and vote share for the Liberal Democrats.
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18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 29.3% (1.1%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the 2003 District Council elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Council composition following the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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By-elections
editWaltham Abbey North East by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Pat Brooks | 463 | 55.8 | 27.5 | |
Conservative | David Porter | 321 | 38.7 | 33.0 | |
Labour | Fitzherbert Harewood | 46 | 5.5 | 5.5 | |
Majority | 142 | 17.1 | 26.4 | ||
Turnout | 830 | 25.7 | 2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Waltham Abbey South West by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Philip Chadburn | 287 | 56.5 | 26.7 | |
Conservative | Margaret Williams | 172 | 33.9 | 36.3 | |
Labour | Marion Taylor | 49 | 9.6 | 9.6 | |
Majority | 115 | 21.6 | 17.5 | ||
Turnout | 508 | 18.3 | 2.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Results
editBroadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Smith | 389 | 85.7 | 0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Graty | 65 | 14.3 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 324 | 71.4 | 0.2 | ||
Turnout | 454 | 29.5 | 2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Buckhurst Hill West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Goold | 803 | 55.8 | 1.4 | |
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 635 | 44.2 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 168 | 11.6 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,438 | 29.6 | 3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Keith Wright | 576 | 58.2 | 5.7 | |
Conservative | Glyn Pritchard | 413 | 41.8 | 7.3 | |
Majority | 163 | 16.4 | 1.6 | ||
Turnout | 989 | 32.7 | 6.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Epping Hemnall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Monica Richardson | 666 | 49.1 | 7.5 | |
Conservative | Jean Ashbridge | 593 | 43.7 | 9.9 | |
Labour | Robert Sheen | 98 | 7.2 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 73 | 5.4 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,357 | 29.1 | 2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Green | 731 | 47.7 | 8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Hedges | 574 | 37.5 | 2.6 | |
Green | Thomas Norris | 115 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Louis Appiah | 111 | 7.3 | 6.3 | |
Majority | 157 | 10.2 | 5.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,531 | 35.3 | 13.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Grange Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gavin Stollar | 779 | 60.2 | 10.1 | |
Conservative | Cheryl-Anne Kashket | 516 | 39.8 | 10.1 | |
Majority | 263 | 20.4 | 20.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,295 | 28.3 | 5.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Morgan | 400 | 67.5 | 8.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Wright | 193 | 32.5 | 8.1 | |
Majority | 207 | 35.0 | 16.2 | ||
Turnout | 593 | 37.1 | 1.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lambourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Metcalfe | 452 | 61.5 | 5.8 | |
Labour | Colin Huckle | 283 | 38.5 | 5.8 | |
Majority | 169 | 23.0 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 735 | 48.6 | 1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lower Nazeing
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Daphne Borton | 495 | 54.6 | 19.2 | |
Conservative | Dennis Ramshaw | 262 | 28.9 | 9.1 | |
UKIP | Martin Harvey | 120 | 13.2 | 0.1 | |
Labour | Kelvin Morris | 96 | 10.6 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Spencer | 34 | 3.7 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 233 | 25.7 | 20.1 | ||
Turnout | 907 | 32.8 | 9.8 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lower Sheering
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Harrington | 207 | 72.1 | 4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Enid Robinson | 80 | 27.9 | 15.4 | |
Majority | 127 | 44.2 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 287 | 19.5 | 3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Weald Bassett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Grigg | 677 | 80.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Rumble | 98 | 11.6 | 8.4 | |
Green | Barry Johns | 71 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 579 | 68.4 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 846 | 25.8 | 7.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Roydon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Sartin | 371 | 75.7 | 35.3 | |
Independent | Vincent Coen | 119 | 24.3 | 19.1 | |
Majority | 252 | 51.4 | 9.8 | ||
Turnout | 490 | 30.5 | 1.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Shelley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Gode | 223 | 60.1 | 4.2 | |
Conservative | Frank Love | 89 | 24.0 | 3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Surtees | 59 | 15.9 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 134 | 36.1 | 5.9 | ||
Turnout | 371 | 27.2 | 2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey High Beach
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sydney-Ann Stavrou | 456 | 87.2 | 12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 67 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 389 | 74.4 | 25.6 | ||
Turnout | 523 | 31.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Spinks | 626 | 77.9 | 12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 178 | 22.1 | 12.0 | |
Majority | 448 | 55.8 | 24.0 | ||
Turnout | 804 | 18.4 | 3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patricia Brooks | 476 | 59.2 | 30.9 | |
Conservative | Antony Watts | 328 | 40.8 | 30.9 | |
Majority | 148 | 18.4 | 25.1 | ||
Turnout | 804 | 26.8 | 1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Waltham Abbey Paternoster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Haines | 564 | 83.2 | 19.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Sinfield | 114 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 450 | 66.4 | 38.0 | ||
Turnout | 678 | 22.4 | 1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey South West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ulrike Gadsby | 324 | 52.4 | 17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Akers | 294 | 47.6 | 17.8 | |
Majority | 30 | 4.8 | 35.6 | ||
Turnout | 618 | 22.7 | 2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Election results for Waltham Abbey North East". Epping Forest District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Election results for Waltham Abbey South West". Epping Forest District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2017.