1998 Epping Forest District Council election
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Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29.4%.
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19 seats to Epping Forest District Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 29.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Council composition following the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election marks the last time the Labour Party were the largest party on the council. By 2015, they would have no representation in the council chamber.
Results edit
Broadway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Bostock | 856 | 78.9 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | Ian Locks | 229 | 21.1 | 4.9 | |
Majority | 627 | 57.8 | 9.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,085 | 26.6 | 7.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Buckhurst Hill East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Robinson | 687 | 64.2 | 2.6 | |
Conservative | Ronald Braybrook | 242 | 22.6 | 6.8 | |
Labour | Sidney Miller | 141 | 13.2 | 2.6 | |
Majority | 445 | 41.6 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,070 | 31.9 | 6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Buckhurst Hill West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrew Thompson | 989 | 59.6 | 0.7 | |
Conservative | James Brokenshire | 565 | 34.0 | 2.8 | |
Labour | Janice Croke | 106 | 6.4 | 2.1 | |
Majority | 424 | 25.6 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,660 | 32.5 | 1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chigwell Row edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patricia Brooks | 390 | 57.9 | 6.8 | |
Conservative | Raymond Warner | 283 | 42.1 | 6.8 | |
Majority | 107 | 15.8 | 13.6 | ||
Turnout | 673 | 37.6 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chigwell Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Chigwell Residents Association | John Knapman | 660 | 62.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian Sandler | 338 | 31.9 | 32.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Spence | 63 | 5.9 | 13.9 | |
Majority | 322 | 30.3 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,061 | 31.6 | 3.2 | ||
Chigwell Residents Association gain from Conservative | Swing |
Debden Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Barnes | 705 | 76.1 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Lorne Daniel | 221 | 23.9 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 484 | 52.2 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 926 | 23.9 | 5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Epping Hemnall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Allan Boydon | 998 | 59.3 | 16.0 | |
Conservative | Jean Ashbridge | 494 | 29.4 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Barry Johns | 191 | 11.3 | 3.3 | |
Majority | 504 | 29.9 | 9.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,683 | 35.1 | 20.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Epping Lindsey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Whitbread | 511 | 36.3 | 8.3 | |
Labour | Roger Fitz-Gibbon | 378 | 26.9 | 3.0 | |
Epping Residents Association | June O'Brien | 354 | 25.2 | 2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 164 | 11.7 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 133 | 9.4 | 7.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,407 | 29.4 | 2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Epping Residents Association | Swing |
Grange Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Bateman | 607 | 51.4 | 16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Spong | 574 | 48.6 | 7.1 | |
Majority | 33 | 2.8 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,181 | 27.1 | 6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Loughton Forest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Leslie Harris | 543 | 50.5 | 18.3 | |
Conservative | Stephen Metcalfe | 359 | 33.4 | 14.2 | |
Labour | Jennifer Hart | 142 | 13.2 | 1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 31 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 184 | 17.1 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,075 | 34.0 | 0.7 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton Roding edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Murray | 981 | 69.9 | 2.8 | |
Loughton Residents | Leonard Parsons | 207 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Justine Greening | 152 | 10.8 | 9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Netherclift | 64 | 4.6 | 8.0 | |
Majority | 774 | 55.2 | 9.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,404 | 33.4 | 3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Loughton St. John's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Dorothy Paddon | 625 | 53.9 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Colin Finn | 282 | 24.3 | 7.8 | |
Labour | Lionel Murray | 252 | 21.7 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 343 | 29.6 | 11.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,159 | 27.5 | 6.9 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Ronald Heath | 613 | 59.7 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | Roseanne Serrelli | 240 | 23.4 | 1.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Owen | 174 | 16.9 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 373 | 36.3 | 0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,027 | 30.6 | 1.8 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Nazeing edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Welch | 626 | 63.9 | 40.0 | |
Labour | Desmond Clifton | 354 | 36.1 | 18.7 | |
Majority | 272 | 27.8 | 25.7 | ||
Turnout | 980 | 26.5 | 18.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Weald Bassett edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Grigg | 780 | 64.4 | 26.2 | |
Labour | John Childs | 431 | 35.6 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 349 | 28.8 | 26.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,211 | 26.8 | 18.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Theydon Bois edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Padfield | 634 | 62.9 | 37.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Monica Richardson | 259 | 25.7 | 15.5 | |
Labour | Ian Standfast | 115 | 11.4 | 8.7 | |
Majority | 375 | 37.2 | 19.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,008 | 32.0 | 2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roy Brownjohn | 804 | 51.6 | 3.9 | |
Labour | John Langer | 651 | 41.8 | 3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Hutchings | 102 | 6.6 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 153 | 9.8 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,557 | 26.9 | 7.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Waltham Abbey Paternoster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barckley Sumner | 502 | 58.2 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Glenn Harper | 319 | 37.0 | 6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Whitehouse | 41 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 183 | 21.2 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 862 | 24.8 | 10.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Philip Pennell | 569 | 53.1 | 10.1 | |
Conservative | Harold Taylor | 416 | 38.8 | 2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Whitehouse | 87 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 153 | 14.3 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,072 | 25.7 | 7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References edit
- "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
- Ward results