Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%.
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21 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 37.6% (8.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the 2004 District Council elections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Council composition following the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election saw the British National Party first enter the council chamber. They would go on to double their representation. This also saw the largest loss of Labour seats since they were the council's largest party in 1998.
Results edit
Buckhurst Hill East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Woollard | 699 | 52.6 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Alan Kilbey | 450 | 33.9 | 0.5 | |
BNP | Peter Turpin | 179 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 249 | 18.7 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,328 | 41.3 | 5.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Buckhurst Hill West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Heavens | 1,049 | 51.7 | 4.1 | |
Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 981 | 48.3 | 4.1 | |
Majority | 68 | 3.4 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,030 | 41.2 | 11.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chigwell Row edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Sandler | 460 | 59.4 | 8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Heavens | 315 | 40.6 | 8.9 | |
Majority | 145 | 18.8 | 17.8 | ||
Turnout | 775 | 47.5 | 9.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chigwell Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chigwell Residents Association | John Knapman | 460 | 59.4 | 17.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Stollar | 178 | 15.8 | 5.3 | |
Majority | 771 | 68.4 | 36.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,127 | 37.9 | 6.4 | ||
Chigwell Residents Association hold | Swing |
Epping Hemnall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Whitehouse | 916 | 44.8 | 4.3 | |
Conservative | Susan Perry | 880 | 43.1 | 0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Hedges | 873 | |||
Conservative | Terence Spencer | 806 | |||
English Democrat | Clare Crawford | 247 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,722 | 42.0 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Whitbread | 1,135 | 61.7 | 14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 455 | 24.7 | 12.8 | |
Green | Robert Jones | 249 | 13.5 | 6.0 | |
Majority | 680 | 37.0 | 26.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,839 | 40.5 | 5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Grange Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bateman | 977 | 53.9 | 14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Lion | 835 | 46.1 | 14.1 | |
Majority | 142 | 7.8 | 20.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,812 | 38.9 | 10.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret McEwen | 477 | 71.6 | 2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Miller | 189 | 28.4 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 288 | 43.2 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout | 666 | 40.7 | 6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Loughton Alderton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Terence Farr | 315 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Loughton Residents | Rosemary Brookes | 258 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Matthew Daniel | 251 | 22.3 | 15.2 | |
Labour | Peter Sheen | 223 | 19.8 | 29.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Cuming | 80 | 7.1 | 6.5 | |
Majority | 57 | 5.1 | 6.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,127 | 34.6 | 10.8 | ||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Loughton Broadway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Thomas Richardson | 357 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Margaret Owen | 289 | 27.2 | 19.9 | |
Conservative | Lorne Daniel | 259 | 24.4 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Spence | 158 | 14.9 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 68 | 6.4 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,063 | 35.8 | 9.3 | ||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Loughton Fairmead edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Patricia Richardson | 258 | 26.6 | N/A | |
Loughton Residents | Chris Pond | 245 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Albert Farren | 209 | 21.6 | 34.4 | |
Conservative | Gagan Mohindra | 171 | 17.6 | 26.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Woolcott | 86 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.3 | 10.6 | ||
Turnout | 969 | 31.4 | 10.9 | ||
BNP gain from Labour | Swing |
Loughton Forest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hart | 670 | 48.0 | 9.0 | |
Loughton Residents | Peter House | 518 | 37.1 | 8.0 | |
Labour | Thomas Owen | 141 | 10.1 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Sinfield | 68 | 4.9 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 152 | 10.9 | 4.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,397 | 44.3 | 6.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Loughton Residents | Swing |
Loughton Roding edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Kenneth Angold-Stephens | 665 | 53.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gaurav Mohindra | 231 | 18.4 | 10.0 | |
Labour | Paul Bostock | 184 | 14.7 | 43.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Spencer | 175 | 13.9 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 434 | 44.6 | 14.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,255 | 38.2 | 0.7 | ||
Loughton Residents gain from Labour | Swing |
Loughton St. John's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Caroline Pond | 681 | 53.0 | 0.2 | |
Conservative | Anthony Barritt | 441 | 34.3 | 1.6 | |
Labour | Jill Bostock | 94 | 7.3 | 2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Enid Robinson | 68 | 5.3 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 240 | 18.7 | 1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,284 | 40.2 | 7.7 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Anthony Lee | 734 | 55.3 | 1.2 | |
Loughton Residents | Mitchell Cohen | 687 | |||
Conservative | Andrea Stephenson | 383 | 28.9 | 0.6 | |
Labour | Marion Taylor | 112 | 8.4 | 2.2 | |
Labour | John McNamara | 108 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 98 | 7.4 | 2.8 | |
Turnout | 2,122 | 39.5 | 7.3 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Moreton and Fyfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Douglas Kelly | 407 | 49.6 | 10.8 | |
Conservative | Derek Bates | 298 | 36.3 | 3.3 | |
English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 116 | 14.1 | 14.1 | |
Majority | 109 | 13.3 | 7.5 | ||
Turnout | 821 | 48.8 | 6.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Passingford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Collins | 554 | 82.8 | 5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Clark | 115 | 17.2 | 17.2 | |
Majority | 439 | 65.6 | 10.6 | ||
Turnout | 669 | 43.1 | 11.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Theydon Bois edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patricia Rush | 798 | 53.3 | 30.8 | |
Conservative | Matthew Hayday | 700 | 46.7 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 98 | 6.6 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,498 | 48.4 | 7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter McMillan | 745 | 67.7 | 10.2 | |
Conservative | Demitrous Demetriou | 703 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peggy Ayre | 355 | 32.3 | 10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marlis Creevy | 324 | |||
Turnout | 2,127 | 26.6 | 8.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey North East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeane Lea | 617 | 56.5 | 15.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Akers | 476 | 43.5 | 15.7 | |
Majority | 141 | 13.0 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,093 | 35.8 | 9.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey South West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ryan D'Souza | 423 | 54.3 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Chadburn | 356 | 45.7 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 67 | 8.6 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 779 | 28.8 | 6.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
References edit
- 2004 Epping Forest election result
- Epping Forest District Council: 2004 election: Ward Results archived from the original. (Retrieved 9 November 2013)