The 2015 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 62.4% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results of the 2015 District Council elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Council composition following the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election marks the last time a Labour councillor sat in the chamber after Peter Gode of Shelley stood down - a dramatic decline following Labour being the largest party in the mid-1990s.
By-elections
editEpping Hemnall By-election
editA by-election was held on 25 September 2014 following the death of Mayor Ken Avey. Liberal Democrat, Kim Adams won with 43% of the vote compared to 28% for the Conservative party and 24% to UKIP. This election reversed this by-election result with Avey's son, Nigel replacing him, ousting the Liberal Democrat councillor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kim Adams | 607 | 43.3 | 0.9 | |
Conservative | Nigel Avey | 386 | 27.5 | 29.5 | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 339 | 24.1 | 1.5 | |
Green | Anna Widdup | 69 | 4.9 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 221 | 15.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,401 | 29.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Broadley Common, Epping Forest & Nazeing By-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Glozier | 155 | 50.4 | 33.5 | |
UKIP | Ron McEvoy | 122 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Green | William Hartington | 23 | 7.4 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Arnold Verrall | 7 | 2.2 | 3.9 | |
Majority | 33 | 10.7 | 41.2 | ||
Turnout | 307 | 18% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ward Results
editFigures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election, this is indicated.
Broadley Common, Epping Forest & Nazeing
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynn Hughes | 761 | 65.8 | 18.1 | |
UKIP | Kevin Byford | 256 | 22.1 | N/A | |
Green | Timothy Widdup | 77 | 6.6 | 3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Enid Robinson | 62 | 5.3 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 505 | 43.7 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,156 | 67% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Buckhurst Hill West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aniket Patel | 2,450 | 63.3 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Greaves | 604 | 15.6 | 4.8 | |
Labour | Angela Ayre | 455 | 11.8 | 2.2 | |
Green | Roger Neville | 363 | 9.4 | 5.7 | |
Majority | 1,846 | 47.7 | 1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,872 | 72% | 37.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chipping Ongar, Greensted & Marden Ash
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Keska | 1,268 | 51.6 | 22.7 | |
UKIP | Llyris Stebbings | 553 | 22.5 | 5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Szymanek | 428 | 17.4 | 12.0 | |
Green | Stephen Delarre | 207 | 8.4 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 715 | 29.1 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,456 | 72% | 31.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Epping Hemnall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nigel Avey | 1,368 | 39.0 | 18.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kim Adams | 1,131 | 32.2 | 10.2 | |
UKIP | Barry Johns | 532 | 15.1 | 10.5 | |
Labour | Inez Collier | 302 | 8.6 | 2.6 | |
Green | Anna Widdup | 173 | 4.9 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 237 | 6.8 | 0.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,506 | 71% | 31.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Whitbread | 2,182 | 61.7 | 24.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 558 | 15.7 | 1.8 | |
Labour | Simon Bullough | 524 | 14.8 | 2.7 | |
Green | William Hartington | 272 | 7.7 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 1,624 | 46.0 | 38.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,536 | 69% | 31.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Grange Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kewal Chana | 1,802 | 55.3 | 0.9 | |
Labour | Isuru Perera | 678 | 20.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Simon Hearn | 584 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Pesh Kapasiawala | 194 | 5.9 | 15.9 | |
Majority | 1,124 | 34.5 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,258 | 63% | 33.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hastingwood, Matching & Sheering Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Morgan | 648 | 46.1 | 41.3 | |
Conservative | Joanne Share-Bernia | 597 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Sandra Jenner | 160 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 51 | 3.6 | 71.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,405 | 74% | 29% | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lambourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Rolfe | 706 | 69.6 | 10.4 | |
UKIP | David Mills | 308 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 398 | 39.3 | 28.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,014 | 68% | 26.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lower Nazeing
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Bassett | 1,775 | 81.5 | 12.5 | |
Labour | Kelvin Morris | 401 | 18.4 | 4.3 | |
Majority | 1,374 | 63.1 | 11.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,176 | 67% | 31.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lower Sheering
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Waller | 821 | 69.8 | 13.2 | |
Labour | Laurence Morter | 354 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 467 | 39.7 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,175 | 69% | 26.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Weald Bassett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Grigg | 1,452 | 59.8 | 1.0 | |
UKIP | Paul Stevens | 620 | 25.5 | 9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Arnold Verrall | 180 | 7.4 | 0.9 | |
Green | Nicole Barnecutt | 176 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 832 | 34.3 | 10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,428 | 66% | 32.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Roydon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Sartin | 1,060 | 83.3 | 8.0 | |
Labour | Janice Croke | 211 | 16.6 | 3.6 | |
Majority | 849 | 66.7 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,271 | 70% | 26 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Shelley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nigel Bedford | 467 | 48.3 | 4.4 | |
UKIP | Isobel Gould | 278 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert Greyson | 220 | 22.7 | 22.3 | |
Majority | 189 | 20.3 | 19.2 | ||
Turnout | 965 | 55% | 23.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Waltham Abbey High Beach
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sydney-Anne Stavrou | 839 | 67.6 | 10.4 | |
Independent | Paul Morris | 402 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 437 | 35.3 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,241 | 64% | 24 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Kane | 2,002 | 77.8 | 12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bhupendra Patel | 569 | 22.1 | 14.4 | |
Majority | 1,433 | 55.7 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,571 | 58% | 27% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ann Mitchell | 1,427 | 100% | 23.6 | |
Majority | 1,427 | 100% | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,427 | 61% | 27.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey Paternoster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elizabeth Ann Webster | N/A | 100% | 31.0 | |
Majority | N/A | 100% | 31.7 | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey South West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ricki Gadsby | 837 | 46.0 | 16.0 | |
UKIP | Ron McEnvoy | 574 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Green | Dave Plummer | 243 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Chadburn | 164 | 9.0 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 263 | 14.5 | 21.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,818 | 58% | 39.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Election results by party, 7 May 2015". www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. 7 May 2015.