2014 Epping Forest District Council election

2014 Epping Forest District Council election

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19 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.0% (6.0%) [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chris Whitbread Caroline Pond Jon Whitehouse Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common Loughton St Johns Epping Hemnall Last election 39 seats, 46.0% 12 seats, 17.0% 4 seats, 13.0% Seats before 38 12 4 Seats won 37 12 3 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 9,725 4,163 2,945 Percentage 37.3% 16.0% 11.3% Swing 8.7% 1.0% 1.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Rod Butler Peter Gode Steven Neville Party UKIP Labour Green Leader's seat Waltham Abbey Honey Lane Shelley Buckhurst Hill East Last election 0 seats, 2.0% 1 seat, 15.0% 0 seats, 3.0% Seats before 1 1 0 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 3,764 2,089 1,944 Percentage 14.4% 8.0% 7.4% Swing 12.4% 7.0% 4.4%
Results of the 2014 District Council elections
Council composition following the election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2014 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections and the European Parliament elections.

By-elections

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane by-election

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane by-election, 2 May 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Rod Butler	465	50.5	N/A
	Conservative	Christine Jane Ball	455	48.5	–14.6
Majority			10	2.0
Turnout			920	21.0
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Ward results

Detailed below are all of the candidates nominated to stand in each ward in the 2014 district election. Most figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election:

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steven Neville	635	41.1	+23.3
	Conservative	Aniket Patel	574	37.4	–5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Greaves	210	13.7	–8.2
	Labour	Pamela Griffin	115	7.5	–9.9
Majority			61	4.0	N/A
Turnout			1,534	44.0
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sylvia Watson	1,136	61.4	+14.5
	Green	Roger Neville	279	15.1	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Sadler	219	11.8	–19.1
	Labour	Andrew Forsey	178	9.6	+1.7
	Young People's	Gerard Mark Wadsworth	37	2.0	N/A
Majority			857	46.3
Turnout			1,849	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Wagland	682	62.4	–1.3
	UKIP	Kane Khan	187	17.1	–1.7
	Labour	Isuru Perera	123	11.3	+1.2
	Green	Christopher Lord	63	5.8	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Lund	38	3.5	+1.1
Majority			495	45.3
Turnout			1,093	33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted & Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted & Marden Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Surtees	421	29.5	–1.9
	Conservative	Nigel Bedford	413	28.9	–13.9
	UKIP	Michael McGough	411	28.8	N/A
	Green	Nicola Harris	148	10.4	+4.1
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	36	2.5	–7.0
Majority			8	0.5
Turnout			1,429	41.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whitehouse	847	42.5	–6.8
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	511	25.6	+12.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Kent	420	21.1	–5.8
	Labour	Lorraine Collier	128	6.4	–3.8
	Green	Anne Widdup	87	4.4	N/A
Majority			336	16.9
Turnout			1,993	40.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Epping Lindsay & Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsay & Thornwood Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Breare-Hall	719	37.6	–16.7
	UKIP	Barbara Robertson	566	29.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	267	14.0	+5.3
	Labour	Simon Bullough	232	12.1	–15.5
	Green	William Hartington	130	6.8	–2.6
Majority			153	8.0
Turnout			1,914	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gagan Mohindra	815	54.4	–6.6
	Green	Alison Lord	355	23.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pesh Kapasiawala	328	21.9	+5.1
Majority			460	30.7
Turnout			1,498	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Chris Roberts	643	57.8	+0.7
	Conservative	Chris Criscione	194	17.4	+2.4
	Labour	Angela Ayre	147	13.2	–0.9
	Independent	Paul Morris	105	9.4	–0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bhupendra Patel	24	2.2	+1.1
Majority			449	40.4
Turnout			1,113	33.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Chris Pond	423	41.1	–10.1
	UKIP	Barry Johns	357	34.7	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Owen	157	14.3	+0.4
	Conservative	Robert Luchford	102	9.9	–3.4
Majority			66	6.3
Turnout			1,039	32.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Louise Mead	523	50.4	–3.5
	UKIP	Ronald McEvoy	262	25.3	N/A
	Conservative	Ryan Sparrowhawk	153	14.8	+0.4
	Labour	Ben Spencer	99	9.6	–9.9
Majority			261	25.1
Turnout			1,037	31.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Sharon Weston	755	55.7	+11.7
	Conservative	Andrew Kovler	488	36.0	–14.0
	Labour	Janice Cooke	74	5.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elonor Spencer	38	2.8	+1.6
Majority			267	19.7
Turnout			1,355	40.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Murray	1,207	81.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Joanne Share-Bernia	164	11.1	–10.1
	Labour	Tom Owen	59	4.0	–11.4
	Green	Benjamin Wille	50	3.4	N/A
Majority			1,043	70.4
Turnout			1,480	42.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Bob Jennings	904	69.8	+7.4
	Conservative	Neil Cohen	274	21.2	–5.4
	Labour	Jill Bostock	93	7.2	–0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Robinson	29	2.1	N/A
Majority			630	48.6
Turnout			1,295	38.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Howard Kauffman	915	67.1	+17.0
	Conservative	Ivan Kovler	316	23.2	–15.1
	Labour	Laurence Morter	103	7.6	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Robinson	29	2.1	N/A
Majority			599	43.9
Turnout			1,363	37.0
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yolanda Knight	806	69.0	–0.4
	Green	Barry Phillips	197	16.9	+12.3
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	165	14.1	–1.5
Majority			609	52.1
Turnout			1,168	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stallan	744	58.8	–17.8
	UKIP	Paul Stevens	438	34.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Verrall	83	6.6	–1.5
Majority			306	24.2
Turnout			1,265	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Jones	898	70.4	+29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Wood	378	29.6	–11.3
Majority			520	40.8
Turnout			1,276	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Rod Butler	604	44.7	N/A
	Conservative	Sam Kane	499	36.9	–30.9
	Labour	Joanna Skinner	248	18.4	–2.4
Majority			105	7.7
Turnout			1,351	29.0
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Dorrell	428	44.7	N/A
	Conservative	Jodie Lucas	328	34.2	–28.8
	Labour	Robert Grayson	168	17.5	–9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Chadburn	34	3.6	–6.4
Majority			100	10.4
Turnout			958	28.0
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

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