2003 Epping Forest District Council election

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1 May 2003

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18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

29.3% (

1.1%)

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	26 seats, 48.2%	13 seats, 27.7%
Seats before	24	15
Seats won	23	16
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	7,826	4,863
Percentage	52.8%	32.8%
Swing	4.6%	5.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Labour	Independent
Last election	9 seats, 12.4%	3 seats, 5.4%
Seats before	9	3
Seats won	9	3
Seat change
Popular vote	811	1,014
Percentage	5.5%	6.8%
Swing	6.9%	1.4%

Results of the 2003 District Council elections

Council composition following the election

Council control before election

No overall control
Conservative largest party

Council control after election

No overall control
Conservative largest party

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. This election saw the best performance in terms of seats and vote share for the Liberal Democrats.

By-elections

Waltham Abbey North East by-election

Waltham Abbey North East By-Election 7 November 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Brooks	463	55.8	27.5
	Conservative	David Porter	321	38.7	33.0
	Labour	Fitzherbert Harewood	46	5.5	5.5
Majority			142	17.1	26.4
Turnout			830	25.7	2.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West by-election

Waltham Abbey South West By-Election 7 November 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Chadburn	287	56.5	26.7
	Conservative	Margaret Williams	172	33.9	36.3
	Labour	Marion Taylor	49	9.6	9.6
Majority			115	21.6	17.5
Turnout			508	18.3	2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Results

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Smith	389	85.7	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Graty	65	14.3	0.1
Majority			324	71.4	0.2
Turnout			454	29.5	2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Goold	803	55.8	1.4
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	635	44.2	1.4
Majority			168	11.6	3.8
Turnout			1,438	29.6	3.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wright	576	58.2	5.7
	Conservative	Glyn Pritchard	413	41.8	7.3
Majority			163	16.4	1.6
Turnout			989	32.7	6.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Richardson	666	49.1	7.5
	Conservative	Jean Ashbridge	593	43.7	9.9
	Labour	Robert Sheen	98	7.2	2.4
Majority			73	5.4	4.2
Turnout			1,357	29.1	2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Green	731	47.7	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Hedges	574	37.5	2.6
	Green	Thomas Norris	115	7.5	N/A
	Labour	Louis Appiah	111	7.3	6.3
Majority			157	10.2	5.9
Turnout			1,531	35.3	13.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Stollar	779	60.2	10.1
	Conservative	Cheryl-Anne Kashket	516	39.8	10.1
Majority			263	20.4	20.3
Turnout			1,295	28.3	5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Morgan	400	67.5	8.1
	Conservative	Michael Wright	193	32.5	8.1
Majority			207	35.0	16.2
Turnout			593	37.1	1.6
	Independent hold		Swing

Lambourne

Lambourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	452	61.5	5.8
	Labour	Colin Huckle	283	38.5	5.8
Majority			169	23.0	11.6
Turnout			735	48.6	1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daphne Borton	495	54.6	19.2
	Conservative	Dennis Ramshaw	262	28.9	9.1
	UKIP	Martin Harvey	120	13.2	0.1
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	96	10.6	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spencer	34	3.7	0.2
Majority			233	25.7	20.1
Turnout			907	32.8	9.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Lower Sheering

Lower Sheering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harrington	207	72.1	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Robinson	80	27.9	15.4
Majority			127	44.2	3.5
Turnout			287	19.5	3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Grigg	677	80.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Rumble	98	11.6	8.4
	Green	Barry Johns	71	8.4	N/A
Majority			579	68.4	8.5
Turnout			846	25.8	7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roydon

Roydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Sartin	371	75.7	35.3
	Independent	Vincent Coen	119	24.3	19.1
Majority			252	51.4	9.8
Turnout			490	30.5	1.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Shelley

Shelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gode	223	60.1	4.2
	Conservative	Frank Love	89	24.0	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Surtees	59	15.9	0.5
Majority			134	36.1	5.9
Turnout			371	27.2	2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey High Beach

Waltham Abbey High Beach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sydney-Ann Stavrou	456	87.2	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	67	12.8	N/A
Majority			389	74.4	25.6
Turnout			523	31.4	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Spinks	626	77.9	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	178	22.1	12.0
Majority			448	55.8	24.0
Turnout			804	18.4	3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Brooks	476	59.2	30.9
	Conservative	Antony Watts	328	40.8	30.9
Majority			148	18.4	25.1
Turnout			804	26.8	1.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Haines	564	83.2	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	114	16.8	N/A
Majority			450	66.4	38.0
Turnout			678	22.4	1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ulrike Gadsby	324	52.4	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Akers	294	47.6	17.8
Majority			30	4.8	35.6
Turnout			618	22.7	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Election results for Waltham Abbey North East". Epping Forest District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
"Election results for Waltham Abbey South West". Epping Forest District Council. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

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