2023 Epping Forest District Council election

The 2023 Epping Forest District Council election will take place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in Essex, England.[1] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

2023 Epping Forest District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
18 out of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout26.1%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Chris Whitbread Caroline Pond
Party Conservative Loughton Residents Independent
Last election 35 seats, 40.3% 13 seats, 17.3% 2 seats, 5.9%
Seats before 33 13 4
Seats won 14 0 1
Seats after 34 13 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 7,214 N/A 690
Percentage 48.3% N/A 4.6%
Swing Increase 8.0% Decrease 17.3% Decrease 1.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader Jon Whitehouse Simon Heap
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 5 seats, 18.3% 3 seats, 3.4%
Seats before 4 2
Seats won 3 0
Seats after 6 2
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 3,349 314
Percentage 22.4% 2.1%
Swing Increase 4.1% Decrease 1.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Epping Forest District Council election
Leader before election

Chris Whitbread
Conservative

 Leader after election


Conservative

Summary

Election result
2023 Epping Forest District Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 14 Decrease 1 77.8 20 34 58.6 7,214 48.3 +8.0
  Loughton Residents 0 Steady 0.0 13 13 22.4 N/A N/A –17.3
  Liberal Democrats 3 Increase 2 16.7 3 6 10.3 3,349 22.4 +4.1
  Independent 1 Steady 5.6 2 3 5.2 690 4.6 –1.3
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 2 2 3.4 314 2.1 –1.3
  Labour 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,940 19.7 +6.5
  British Democratic 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 187 1.3 N/A
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 107 0.7 +0.6
  English Democrat 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 34 0.2 –0.1
  Shared Ground 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 32 0.2 –0.5
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 67 0.4 ±0.0

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Epping Forest District Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.[2]

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing
Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Green 288 69.7 –1.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Griffiths 68 16.5 +8.1
Labour Sarebjit Sangha 57 13.8 N/A
Majority 220 53.2 +1.5
Turnout 413 23.5 –1.5
Registered electors 1,755
Conservative hold Swing Decrease5.0

Buckhurst Hill West
Buckhurst Hill West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aniket Patel* 730 44.4 –14.1
Labour Tom Kasperkowicz 273 16.6 N/A
Independent Jo Share-Berina 222 13.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ishvinder Matharu 190 11.6 –21.2
Green Alan Fricker 147 8.9 N/A
Independent Lyubka Vesselinov 51 3.1 N/A
Shared Ground Thomas Hall 32 1.9 –6.8
Majority 457 27.8 +2.1
Turnout 1,653 31.6 –1.3
Registered electors 5,226
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Keska* 520 57.6 –1.3
Labour Ron Huish 168 18.6 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Monica Richardson 157 17.4 +2.3
Reform UK Peter Bell 57 6.3 +3.6
Majority 352 39.0 –4.2
Turnout 904 26.8 –1.5
Registered electors 3,380
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.1

Epping Hemnall
Epping Hemnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cherry McCredie* 1,123 65.9 +3.1
Conservative Mari-Louise Whitbread 450 26.4 –2.0
Labour Inez Collier 130 7.6 –1.2
Majority 673 39.5 +5.1
Turnout 1,724 35.5 –2.1
Registered electors 4,852
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.6

Epping Lindsay and Thornwood Common
Epping Lindsay and Thornwood Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Razia Sharif 1,052 54.7 +11.5
Conservative Sue Jones 750 39.0 –8.2
Labour Simon Bullough 120 6.2 –3.4
Majority 302 15.7 N/A
Turnout 1,956 37.0 –0.7
Registered electors 5,284
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase9.9

Grange Hill
Grange Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lisa Morgan 417 38.3 N/A
Conservative David Saunders 374 34.3 –27.1
Labour Onike Gollo 240 22.0 –16.6
Green Tony Hanch 59 5.4 N/A
Majority 42 4.0 N/A
Turnout 1,102 21.4 –4.0
Registered electors 5,143
Independent gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Morgan* 379 67.2 N/A
Labour Michelle Gwynn 123 21.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Ward 62 11.0 N/A
Majority 256 45.4 N/A
Turnout 565 28.8 N/A
Registered electors 1,965
Conservative gain from Independent Swing N/A

Lambourne
Lambourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig McCann 257 69.6 –5.1
Labour Alison Wingfield 62 16.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Naomi Davies 50 13.6 –11.7
Majority 195 52.8 +3.4
Turnout 371 23.5 –3.5
Registered electors 1,578
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Lower Nazeing
Lower Nazeing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Bassett* 469 65.1 –4.0
Labour Elizabeth Marsh 104 14.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Elaine Thatcher 97 13.5 –17.4
Reform UK Martin Harvey 50 6.9 N/A
Majority 365 50.7 +6.7
Turnout 723 21.5 –1.4
Registered electors 3,360
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Lower Sheering
Lower Sheering
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Paine 226 45.5 +13.7
Conservative Simon Baker 206 41.4 –26.8
Labour Janine Williams 65 13.1 N/A
Majority 20 4.1 N/A
Turnout 503 29.5 +6.5
Registered electors 1,706
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase20.3

North Weald Bassett
North Weald Bassett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jaymey McIvor* 507 57.9 –5.5
Labour Kevin Hind 221 25.2 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Edward Barnard 148 16.9 –0.4
Majority 286 32.7 –11.3
Turnout 892 24.7 –3.1
Registered electors 3,603
Conservative hold Swing Decrease5.7

Roydon
Roydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Whitbread* 315 64.9 –6.4
Labour Alex Kyriacou-Drummond 170 35.1 +19.3
Majority 145 29.8 –25.7
Turnout 487 28.3 +0.3
Registered electors 1,724
Conservative hold Swing Decrease12.9

Shelley
Shelley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Bedford* 162 49.1 N/A
Labour Tom Acornley 110 33.3 N/A
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 34 10.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Sinfield 24 7.3 N/A
Majority 52 15.8 N/A
Turnout 330 17.4 N/A
Registered electors 1,894
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Waltham Abbey High Beach
Waltham Abbey High Beach
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Matthews 289 67.5 +3.7
Labour Martin Morris 139 32.5 +17.3
Majority 150 35.0 –8.0
Turnout 431 21.3 –9.6
Registered electors 2,024
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.8

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Kane* 487 54.4 –4.5
Labour Simon Harris 367 41.0 +6.1
TUSC Ian Pattison 42 4.7 –1.4
Majority 120 13.4 –10.6
Turnout 908 20.5 –3.2
Registered electors 4,435
Conservative hold Swing Decrease5.3

Waltham Abbey North East
Waltham Abbey North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jodie Lucas 426 56.5 –7.8
Labour Angela Ayre 208 27.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Phil Chadburn 120 15.9 –19.8
Majority 218 28.9 +0.3
Turnout 758 24.3 –2.2
Registered electors 3,125
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Markham 293 39.4 –20.5
Labour Robert Greyson 250 33.6 –3.0
British Democratic Julian Leppert* 187 25.2 N/A
TUSC Bea Gardner 13 1.7 –1.9
Majority 43 5.8 –17.5
Turnout 751 22.3 +2.5
Registered electors 3,374
Conservative gain from British Democratic Swing Decrease8.8

Waltham Abbey South West
Waltham Abbey South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Parsons* 312 52.3 –16.8
Labour Debbie Wild 133 22.3 +2.5
Green Dave Plummer 108 18.1 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Marc Beecroft 32 5.4 N/A
TUSC Josh Asker 12 2.0 N/A
Majority 179 30.0 –19.3
Turnout 603 18.3 –6.3
Registered electors 3,297
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.7

References
  1. "Notice of Election" (PDF). Epping Forest District Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Nominations of district councillors". Epping Forest District Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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