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Local election in Epping Forest, England
2024 Epping Forest District Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Chris Whitbread
Caroline Pond
Jon Whitehouse
Party
Conservative
Loughton Residents
Liberal Democrats
Last election
34 seats, 48.3%
13 seats, 0.0%
6 seats, 22.4%
Seats before
34
13
5
Seats won
29
13
7
Seat change
3
1
Popular vote
11,326
5,020
4,654
Percentage
38.2%
17.0%
15.7%
Swing
10.1%
N/A
6.7%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
None
Simon Heap
Martin Morris
Party
Independent
Green
Labour
Last election
2 seats, 4.6%
2 seats, 2.1%
0 seats, 19.7%
Seats before
4
2
0
Seats won
3
1
1
Seat change
1
1
1
Popular vote
5,285
1,220
6,667
Percentage
17.8%
4.1%
22.5%
Swing
13.2%
2.0%
2.8%
Results of the 2024 Epping Forest District Council election (top placing candidate shading an entire ward, with second and third placed candidates places in order in the circles)
Council composition following the election
Council control before election
Chris Whitbread
Conservative
Council control after election
TBD
The 2024 Epping Forest District Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 54 members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex will be elected following boundary changes.
Background [ edit ]
Since its creation in 1974, only the Conservatives have ever formed majorities on the council. The party held control until 1994 , before retaking the council from no overall control in 2007 .[1] The Conservatives briefly fell behind both Labour and the Liberal Democrats in 1996 , but regained their status as the largest party in 1999 .
In the most recent election , the Conservatives lost 1 seat with 48.3% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 22.4%, independents and the Green Party gained and lost no seats with 4.6% and 2.1% respectively, and the British Democratic Party lost representation with 1.3% (their one councillor had been elected for the For Britain Movement ). The Loughton Residents Association contested no seats due to the electoral cycle, so maintained their 13 seats.
Boundary changes [ edit ]
Epping Forest usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[2] The change reduces the number of councillors by 4.
Old wards[3]
No. of seats
New wards
No. of seats
Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing
1
Buckhurst Hill East and Whitebridge
3
Buckhurst Hill East
2
Buckhurst Hill West
3
Buckhurst Hill West
3
Chigwell with Lambourne
3
Chigwell Row
1
Epping East
3
Chigwell Village
2
Epping West and Rural
3
Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
2
Grange Hill
3
Epping Hemnall
3
Loughton Fairmead
3
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
3
Loughton Forest
3
Grange Hill
3
Loughton Roding
3
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
1
Loughton St John’s
3
High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings
1
North Weald Bassett
3
Lambourne
1
Ongar
3
Loughton Alderton
2
Roydon and Lower Nazeing
3
Loughton Broadway
2
Rural East
3
Loughton Fairmead
2
Theydon Bois with Passingford
3
Loughton Forest
2
Waltham Abbey North
3
Loughton Roding
2
Waltham Abbey South and Rural
3
Loughton St John's
2
Waltham Abbey West
3
Loughton St Mary's
2
Lower Nazeing
2
Lower Sheering
1
Moreton and Fyfield
1
North Weald Bassett
2
Passingford
1
Roydon
1
Shelley
1
Theydon Bois
2
Waltham Abbey High Beach
1
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
3
Waltham Abbey North East
2
Waltham Abbey Paternoster
2
Waltham Abbey South West
2
Summary [ edit ]
Council composition [ edit ]
Changes:
January 2024: Cherry McCredie leaves Liberal Democrats to sit as an independent[6]
Election result [ edit ]
Candidates [ edit ]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Epping Forest District Council following the close of nominations on 8 April 2024.[7]
Buckhurst Hill East & Whitebridge [ edit ]
Buckhurst Hill West [ edit ]
Chigwell with Lambourne [ edit ]
Epping East [ edit ]
Epping West & Rural [ edit ]
Grange Hill [ edit ]
Loughton Fairmead [ edit ]
Loughton Forest [ edit ]
Loughton Roding [ edit ]
Loughton St. John's [ edit ]
North Weald Bassett [ edit ]
Roydon & Lower Nazeing [ edit ]
Rural East [ edit ]
Theydon Bois with Passingford [ edit ]
Waltham Abbey North [ edit ]
Waltham Abbey South & Rural [ edit ]
Waltham Abbey West [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Epping Forest District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF) . Elections Centre . Retrieved 11 March 2024 .
^ "The Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2023" , legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives , SI 2023/819, retrieved 11 March 2024
^ "The District of Epping Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2001" , legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives , SI 2001/2444, retrieved 11 March 2024
^ "Your Councillors by party" . Epping Forest District Council . 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024 .
^ "Epping Forest result - Local Elections 2024" . BBC News . Retrieved 2024-05-04 .
^ Boothroyd, David. "STIRLING CONSERVATIVE HOLD, FOR A' THAT" . Local Councils . Retrieved 10 March 2024 .
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" . Epping Forest District Council . 8 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024 .
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