Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The council stayed under no overall control.
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All 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the 2002 District Council elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Council composition following the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Abolished wards include Broadway, Debden Green, Greensted and Marden Ash, High Ongar, Roothing Country, and High Beech.
By-elections edit
Buckhurst Hill East by-election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 711 | 69.2 | +9.2 | ||
Conservative | 245 | 23.9 | -5.2 | ||
Labour | 71 | 6.9 | -3.4 | ||
Majority | 466 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,027 | 31.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Results edit
Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Penny Smith | 448 | 85.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Graty | 74 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 374 | 71.6 | |||
Turnout | 522 | 32.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Buckhurst Hill East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leonard Martin | 661 | 54.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Woollard | 659 | |||
Conservative | George Denny | 408 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | Mercedes Window | 401 | |||
Labour | Ronald Rodwell | 152 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 20.7 | ||||
Turnout | 2,281 | 36.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Buckhurst Hill West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,002 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Heavens | 931 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Goold | 912 | |||
Conservative | Richard Watts | 840 | 45.6 | ||
Conservative | Neil Cohen | 824 | |||
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 741 | |||
Majority | 8.8 | ||||
Turnout | 5,250 | 26.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chigwell Row edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Sandler | 324 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Brooks | 317 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 7 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 641 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chigwell Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Gilliham | 686 | 46.8 | ||
Chigwell Residents Association | John Knapman | 612 | 41.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Netherclift | 169 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Stollar | 163 | |||
Majority | 5.0 | ||||
Turnout | 1,630 | 31.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Chigwell Residents Association win (new seat) |
Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Derek Jacobs | 674 | 52.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Wright | 570 | |||
Conservative | Glyn Pritchard | 443 | 34.5 | ||
Conservative | Frank Love | 443 | |||
Labour | Keith Tait | 168 | 13.1 | ||
Labour | Jill Coward | 140 | |||
Majority | 18.0 | ||||
Turnout | 2,433 | 39.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Epping Hemnall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Janet Whitehouse | 883 | 56.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Whitehouse | 826 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Allan Boydon | 823 | |||
Conservative | Susan Perry | 528 | 33.8 | ||
Conservative | Richard Brady | 521 | |||
Conservative | James Manly | 515 | |||
Labour | Anne Baldwin | 150 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 9.6 | ||||
Turnout | 4,246 | 31.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Matthew Colling | 868 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Whitbread | 858 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Green | 835 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Olive Dunseath | 773 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Hedges | 773 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Rumble | 739 | |||
Labour | Pamela Johns | 304 | 13.7 | ||
Independent | Christopher Hudson | 269 | 12.1 | ||
Labour | Robert Jones | 255 | |||
Majority | 4.3 | ||||
Turnout | 5,674 | 49.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Grange Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | William Maclaine | 827 | 50.1 | ||
Conservative | David Bateman | 825 | 49.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Stollar | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Spencer | 789 | |||
Conservative | Ronald McCarthy | 780 | |||
Conservative | Cheryl-Anne Kashket | 766 | |||
Majority | 0.1 | ||||
Turnout | 4,778 | 34.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Morgan | 351 | 59.4 | ||
Conservative | Terence Dewhurst | 240 | 40.6 | ||
Majority | 111 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 591 | 35.5 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret McEwen | 408 | 74.0 | ||
Labour | Peter Gode | 143 | 26.0 | ||
Majority | 265 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 551 | 34.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lambourne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Metcalfe | 403 | 55.7 | ||
Labour | Colin Huckle | 320 | 44.3 | ||
Majority | 83 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 723 | 47.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Loughton Alderton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Boatman | 412 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | Paul Bostock | 377 | |||
Conservative | Derek Knight | 315 | 37.5 | ||
Conservative | Ian Locks | 292 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Enid Robinson | 114 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 11.5 | ||||
Turnout | 1,510 | 23.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Loughton Broadway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joan Davis | 463 | 47.3 | ||
Labour | Margaret Owen | 398 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Creswell | 236 | 24.1 | ||
Conservative | John Silberrad | 216 | |||
Independent | Peter Relph | 151 | 15.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Sinfield | 129 | 13.2 | ||
Majority | 23.2 | ||||
Turnout | 1,593 | 26.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Loughton Fairmead edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Barnes | 371 | 56.0 | ||
Labour | Albert Farren | 322 | |||
Conservative | Lorne Daniel | 292 | 44.0 | ||
Conservative | Kathleen Woodhead | 276 | |||
Majority | 11.9 | ||||
Turnout | 1,261 | 20.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Loughton Forest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Kenneth Faulkner | 560 | 45.1 | ||
Loughton Residents | Peter House | 557 | |||
Conservative | James Brokenshire | 485 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | Angela Metcalfe | 464 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Hart | 131 | 10.5 | ||
Labour | Susan Lipscombe | 104 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Spence | 66 | 5.3 | ||
Majority | 6.0 | ||||
Turnout | 2,367 | 38.0 | |||
Loughton Residents win (new seat) | |||||
Loughton Residents win (new seat) |
Loughton Roding edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Murray | 754 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Stanley Goodwin | 700 | |||
Conservative | Christine Howard | 368 | 28.4 | ||
Conservative | Gavin Harris | 355 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Fuller | 174 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 29.8 | ||||
Turnout | 2,351 | 38.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Loughton St. John's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | John Markham | 594 | 52.8 | ||
Loughton Residents | Caroline Pond | 581 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Barritt | 368 | 32.7 | ||
Conservative | Bryan Morris | 326 | |||
Labour | Angela Ayre | 110 | 9.8 | ||
Labour | Margot-Ingeborg Scott | 98 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Teresa Spencer | 53 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 20.1 | ||||
Turnout | 2,130 | 32.5 | |||
Loughton Residents win (new seat) | |||||
Loughton Residents win (new seat) |
Loughton St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Dorothy Paddon | 605 | 56.5 | ||
Loughton Residents | Anthony Lee | 579 | |||
Conservative | James Hart | 303 | 28.3 | ||
Conservative | Roseanne Serrelli | 254 | |||
Labour | Thomas Owen | 113 | 10.6 | ||
Labour | Marion Taylor | 109 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 49 | 4.6 | ||
Majority | 28.2 | ||||
Turnout | 2,012 | 32.2 | |||
Loughton Residents win (new seat) | |||||
Loughton Residents win (new seat) |
Lower Nazeing edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leo McKnight | 643 | 38.0 | ||
Independent | Daphne Borton | 599 | 35.4 | ||
Independent | John Carr | 454 | |||
Conservative | David Johnson | 427 | |||
UKIP | Martin Harvey | 226 | 13.3 | ||
Labour | Kelvin Morris | 166 | 9.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Rumble | 60 | 3.5 | ||
Majority | 2.6 | ||||
Turnout | 2,575 | 42.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Lower Sheering edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Harrington | 244 | 67.6 | ||
Labour | Roy Chapman | 72 | 19.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Patient | 45 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 172 | 47.7 | |||
Turnout | 361 | 22.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Moreton and Fyfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Douglas Kelly | 444 | 60.4 | ||
Conservative | Elaine Williams | 291 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 153 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 735 | 42.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
North Weald Bassett edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Stallan | 902 | 80.0 | ||
Conservative | Anne Grigg | 856 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rita Gill | 226 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 59.9 | ||||
Turnout | 1,984 | 33.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Passingford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Collins | 452 | 88.1 | ||
Labour | John Holness | 61 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 391 | 76.2 | |||
Turnout | 513 | 31.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Roydon edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Norman Clark | 236 | 43.4 | ||
Conservative | Dennis Ramshaw | 220 | 40.4 | ||
Labour | Rachel Poulter | 88 | 16.2 | ||
Majority | 16 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 544 | 31.6 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Shelley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ronald Barnes | 238 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Catt | 118 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Surtees | 70 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 120 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 426 | 29.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Theydon Bois edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Glozier | 681 | 45.4 | ||
Conservative | Roy Newland | 670 | |||
Independent | Ronald Smith | 482 | 32.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Furniss | 338 | 22.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Monica Richardson | 310 | |||
Majority | 13.3 | ||||
Turnout | 2,481 | 41.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Waltham Abbey High Beech edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Syd Stavrou | Unopposed | |||
Majority | N/A | 100% | |||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Gilding | 671 | 65.9 | ||
Conservative | Peter Johnson | 663 | |||
Conservative | Donald Spinks | 653 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Akers | 347 | 34.1 | ||
Majority | 31.8 | ||||
Turnout | 2,334 | 22.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Waltham Abbey North East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Dickins | 650 | 71.7 | ||
Conservative | Jamie Goldie | 581 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sonia Davies | 256 | 28.3 | ||
Majority | 43.5 | ||||
Turnout | 1,487 | 28.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Waltham Abbey Paternoster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Reginald Chidley | 511 | 64.2 | ||
Conservative | Richard Haines | 511 | |||
Labour | Fitzherbert Harewood | 285 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | Barry Johns | 256 | |||
Majority | 28.4 | ||||
Turnout | 1,563 | 24.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Waltham Abbey South West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nicholas Austin | 398 | 70.2 | ||
Conservative | Harold Taylor | 389 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 169 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 40.4 | ||||
Turnout | 956 | 20.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |