2011 Epping Forest District Council election

2011 UK local government election

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5 May 2011

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

Turnout

39.0% (

28.0%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Diane Collins	Jon Whitehouse	Peter Gode
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Leader's seat	Passingford	Epping Hemnall	Shelley
Last election	35 seats, 44.4%	8 seats, 26.8%	1 seat, 3.9%
Seats before	36	7	1
Seats won	37	6	1
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	12,274	3,896	1,939
Percentage	56.6%	18.0%	8.9%
Swing	12.2%	8.8%	5.0%

Results of the 2011 District Council elections

Council seat composition after the election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2011 Epping Forest District Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Epping Forest Council in England as part of the wider local elections in England and Northern Ireland.

One-third of the seats were up for election. No vote was held in Buckhurst Hill East, Chigwell Row, Chigwell Village, High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings, the Loughton wards, Moreton and Fyfield, Passingford or Theydon Bois.

Results

Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing

Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Smith	585	83.9	−2.3
	Green	Christopher Robert Ogle	69	9.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Woollcott	43	6.2	−7.6
Majority			516	74.0	+1.6
Turnout			697	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	1,211	50.7	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Wiltshire	793	33.2	−12.7
	Green	Benjamin Wille	163	6.8	+3.9
	UKIP	Gerard Wadsworth	162	6.8	+2.8
	Independent	Andrew Forsey	61	2.6	N/A
Majority			418	17.4	+16.1
Turnout			2,390	46.0	−26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Keska	669	42.8	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Surtees	491	31.4	−7.7
	Labour	Roger McNulty	155	9.9	N/A
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	148	9.5	+1.5
	Green	Jeremy Barnecutt	99	6.3	−2.8
Majority			178	11.3	+10.6
Turnout			1,562	48.0	−25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Avey	951	41.9	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hughes	821	36.2	−10.3
	Labour	Simon Bullough	231	10.2	+3.5
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	185	8.1	+1.5
	Green	Vikki Meier	83	3.7	+1.9
Majority			130	5.7	−2.4
Turnout			2,086	46.0	−26.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Packford	1,047	49.1	−0.2
	Labour	Steve Harding	430	20.2	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Hughes	366	17.2	−19.7
	UKIP	Mick McGough	190	8.9	N/A
	Green	John Hart	99	4.6	+0.7
Majority			617	28.9	+16.5
Turnout			2,132	43.0	−28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kewel Singh Chana	866	60.6	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	346	24.2	−14.1
	Green	Siobhan Crompton	216	15.1	−8.1
Majority			520	36.4	+20.0
Turnout			2,132	43.0	−28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Morgan	654	87.4	N/A
	Green	Simon Pepper	94	12.6	N/A
Majority			560	51.0	N/A
Turnout			748	45.0	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Lambourne

Lambourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rolfe	517	80.0	−5.6
	Green	Chris Lord	78	12.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	George Howard	51	7.9	−6.5
Majority			439	67.9	−3.3
Turnout			646	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bassett	879	69.4	+2.8
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	198	15.6	+3.2
	UKIP	Martin Harvey	131	10.3	N/A
	Green	Alison Garnham	58	4.6	+2.8
Majority			681	53.8	−0.4
Turnout			1,266	39.0	−30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Sheering

Lower Sheering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Waller	420	56.7	−19.0
	Independent	Charlotte Edwards	185	25.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Shana-Simone Le'Fey	87	11.7	−12.6
	Green	Hans-Joachim Lukesch	49	6.6	N/A
Majority			235	31.7	−19.7
Turnout			741	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Weald Bassett

Lower Nazeing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Grigg	1,064	76.6	+5.1
	Green	Nicola Barnecutt	213	15.3	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	112	8.1	−1.3
Majority			851	61.3	+11.5
Turnout			1,389	39.0	−28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roydon

Roydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Sartin	580	75.3	−0.5
	Labour	Colin Riches	156	20.3	+3.1
	Green	Daniel Kieve	34	4.4	−2.6
Majority			424	55.0	−3.6
Turnout			770	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shelley

Shelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gode	242	45.1	+7.3
	Conservative	Angus Taylor	236	43.9	+11.7
	Green	Stella Harries	59	11.0	N/A
Majority			6	1.2	−4.4
Turnout			537	32.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey High Beech

Waltham Abbey High Beech
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Syd Stavrou	549	78.1	−8.6
	Green	James Coombes	80	11.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Fuller	74	10.5	−2.8
Majority			469	66.7	−6.7
Turnout			703	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Watts	943	65.7	+4.2
	Labour	Angela Ayre	278	19.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Chadburn	112	7.8	−22.7
	Green	Andrew Alcock	103	7.2	−0.9
Majority			665	46.3	+15.3
Turnout			1,436	31.0	−27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lillian Mitchell	647	53.2	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Richardson	463	38.0	−2.2
	Green	Christopher Kiteley	107	8.8	N/A
Majority			184	15.2	+13.2
Turnout			1,217	38.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Webster	518	59.2	−0.9
	Labour	Robert Greyson	249	28.5	N/A
	Green	Pauline Gradden	81	9.3	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bhupendra Patel	27	3.1	−28.2
Majority			269	30.7	+3.7
Turnout			848	26.0	−28.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ricki Gadsby	592	67.1	+1.3
	Green	Jessica Barnecutt	180	20,4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Verrall	110	12.5	−9.0
Majority			412	46.7	+2.4
Turnout			882	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Election candidates by wards, 5 May 2011". rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. 16 January 2018.

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