The 2021 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England on the same day as other local elections.
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21 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 34.6% (7.8%)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2021 Epping Forest District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Council composition following the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election marked the first time in over 22 years that the Labour Party have stood in every ward. The For Britain Movement stood in 3 out of 4 of the Waltham Abbey seats. Reform UK also stood for the first time in Moreton and Fyfield.
There was little change in Epping Forest's political makeup. The Conservatives cemented their position as the largest party in the district taking 14 seats, 11 of which were holds and 3 were vacant seat wins.
The Loughton Residents Association had a strong showing, dominating voting in all Loughton wards up for election, despite losing their vote share. The Liberal Democrats suffered their largest loss in the percentage of the vote in the district council's history.[1]
Despite Labour winning their largest share of the vote in the district since 2000, they failed to gain any seats. Angela Ayre, secretary of the Epping Forest Labour Party stated they are "committed to becoming a power to be reckoned with in Epping Forest".[1]
Results summary edit
2021 Epping Forest District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 13 | 1 | 56.5 | 23 | 36 | 62.1 | 13,153 | 48.2 | -2.4 | |
Loughton Residents | 7 | 30.4 | 6 | 13 | 22.4 | 4,943 | 18.1 | New | ||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 8.7 | 2 | 4 | 6.9 | 3,097 | 11.3 | -15.0 | |
Green | 1 | 4.3 | 2 | 3 | 5.2 | 1,816 | 6.6 | +0.1 | ||
For Britain | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.4 | 359 | 1.3 | -2.5 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,635 | 13.3 | +5.9 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 131 | 0.5 | -2.4 | ||
Young People's | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 0.3 | New | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 0.2 | New | ||
English Democrat | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 0.2 | -0.9 |
Ward results edit
Buckhurst Hill East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Simon Heap | 753 | 54.4 | 14.4 | |
Conservative | Smruti Patel | 514 | 37.1 | 9.2 | |
Labour | Alain Laviolette | 115 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 239 | 17.3 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,382 | 38.9 | 4.1 | ||
Green hold | Swing |
Buckhurst Hill West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kenneth Williamson | 1,228 | 57.5 | 9.8 | |
Green | Anne Redelinghuys | 351 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Onike Gollo | 238 | 11.1 | 5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ish Singh | 200 | 9.3 | 34.2 | |
Young People's | Thomas Hall | 88 | 4.1 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 877 | 41.1 | 36.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,135 | 40.1 | 2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chigwell Row edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Pranav Bhanot | 586 | 80.0 | 17.1 | |
Labour | Nicola Fuller | 98 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Hume | 48 | 6.5 | 23.3 | |
Majority | 388 | 66.7 | 19.8 | ||
Turnout | 732 | 40.1 | 8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chigwell Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kaz Rizvi | 807 | 70.4 | 6.6 | |
Labour | André Boutall | 187 | 16.3 | 4.6 | |
Green | Alison Garnham | 151 | 13.2 | 6.6 | |
Majority | 620 | 54.1 | 11.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,145 | 33.2 | 4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Epping Hemnall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jon Whitehouse | 1,290 | 60.8 | 1.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Baker | 688 | 32.4 | 0.2 | |
Labour | Inez Collier | 142 | 6.6 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 602 | 28.4 | 2.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,120 | 42.8 | 7.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Holly Whitbread | 1,316 | 58.6 | 12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Read | 698 | 31.0 | 10.8 | |
Labour | Simon Bullough | 231 | 10.2 | 4.0 | |
Majority | 618 | 27.6 | 23.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,245 | 41.8 | 6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Grange Hill edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Deborah Barlow | 850 | 55.4 | ||
Conservative | Alan Lion | 744 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Cristinel Birzu | 297 | 19.4 | ||
Labour | Sam Tankard | 276 | 18.0 | ||
Green | Rebecca Fricker | 186 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Sinfield | 125 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 553 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,533 | 30 | 9.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raymond Balcombe | 522 | 79.0 | 7.5 | |
Labour | Alison Wingfield | 50 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Elaine Thatcher | 46 | 6.9 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 43 | 6.5 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 472 | 71.5 | 20.1 | ||
Turnout | 661 | 34.5 | 8.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Loughton Alderton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Chidi Nweke | 533 | 58.7 | 6.7 | |
Conservative | Jan Ridding | 205 | 18.7 | 1.7 | |
Labour | Angela Ayre | 170 | 18.7 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 328 | 36.0 | 9.9 | ||
Turnout | 908 | 26.5 | 0.5 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton Broadway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Michael Owen | 435 | 53.9 | 14.5 | |
Labour | Debbie Wild | 185 | 22.9 | 12.7 | |
Conservative | George Bose | 161 | 20.0 | 12.7 | |
For Britain | Edward Butler | 26 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 250 | 54.0 | 24.8 | ||
Turnout | 807 | 23.1 | 3.9 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton Fairmead edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | David Wixley | 569 | 63.4 | 8.6 | |
Labour | Paul Thomas | 175 | 19.5 | 5.4 | |
Conservative | Meena Patel | 153 | 17.0 | 3.3 | |
Majority | 394 | 43.9 | 14.0 | ||
Turnout | 897 | 27.4 | 1.6 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton Forest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Jayna Jogia | 757 | 56.1 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Tim Parry | 466 | 34.5 | 4.5 | |
Labour | Emma Roberts | 125 | 9.2 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 291 | 21.6 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,348 | 39.7 | 2.7 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton Roding edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Rose Brooks | 858 | 67.3 | 4.3 | |
Conservative | Katharine Hawes | 253 | 19.8 | 0.2 | |
Labour | Gareth Rawlings | 162 | 12.7 | 4.4 | |
Majority | 605 | 47.5 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,273 | 35.2 | 0.2 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton St. John's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Caroline Pond | 901 | 67.8 | 3.8 | |
Conservative | Bob Church | 296 | 22.2 | 2.2 | |
Labour | Jill Bostock | 131 | 9.8 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 605 | 45.6 | 6.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,328 | 38.3 | 3.3 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Loughton St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Loughton Residents | Judy Jennings | 890 | 62.7 | 2.9 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Hunter | 313 | 22.0 | 0.6 | |
Labour | Ross Burrell | 167 | 11.7 | 3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Naomi Davies | 49 | 3.4 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 577 | 40.6 | 3.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,419 | 36.1 | 3.1 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing |
Moreton & Fyfield edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Hadley | 476 | 78.5 | 3.0 | |
Reform UK | Peter Bell | 46 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Griffiths | 46 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Zidan Abou-Harb | 38 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 430 | 71.0 | 20.1 | ||
Turnout | 606 | 35.4 | 4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Passingford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Heather Brady | 504 | 79.8 | 20.2 | |
Labour | James Murchison | 68 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Barnard | 61 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 436 | 68.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 633 | 32.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Theydon Bois edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Phillip | 881 | 59.6 | 4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Clive Amos | 512 | 34.6 | 9.2 | |
Labour | Peter Pendle | 84 | 5.6 | 4.7 | |
Majority | 369 | 25.0 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,477 | 44.8 | 8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey High Beach edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Matthews | 401 | 63.8 | 3.9 | |
Independent | Paul Morris | 131 | 20.8 | 1.3 | |
Labour | Clover Colquhoun | 96 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 270 | 43.0 | 3.6 | ||
Turnout | 628 | 30.9 | 5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Steven Heather | 605 | 45.4 | 5.2 | |
Labour | Robert Greyson | 256 | 19.2 | 3.1 | |
For Britain | Pat Richardson | 242 | 18.1 | 4.9 | |
Green | Liam Lakes | 229 | 17.1 | 3.8 | |
Majority | 359 | 26.2 | 9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,332 | 29.0 | 6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey North East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeane Lea | 615 | 63.7 | 3.2 | |
Labour | David Moss | 181 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Green | Carina Hill | 103 | 10.6 | 13.5 | |
For Britain | Sue Butler | 43 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Vaughan | 22 | 2.2 | 13.1 | |
Majority | 434 | 45.0 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 964 | 30.3 | 6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Waltham Abbey South West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Helen Kane | 569 | 69.1 | 31.1 | |
Labour | Sara Hassan | 163 | 19.8 | N/A | |
For Britain | Jim Searle | 48 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Green | Paul Scales | 43 | 5.2 | 56.8 | |
Majority | 406 | 49.3 | 25.3 | ||
Turnout | 823 | 24.6 | 0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Epping Forest local election results: Conservatives cement control over council". Epping Forest Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Election candidates by wards, 5 May 2016". www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2021.