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2012 Epping Forest District Council election

December 15, 2023

The 2012 Epping Forest Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Epping Forest Council in England.[2] This was on same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

2012 Epping Forest District Council election
← 2011 3 May 2012 2014 →
23 of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.0% (9.0%) [1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Diane Collins
(retiring) 		Caroline Pond
Party Conservative Loughton Residents
Leader's seat Passingford Loughton St Johns
Last election 37 seats, 57.0% N/A
Seats before 37 10
Seats won 39 12
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 9,610 3,978
Percentage 43.7% 18.1%
Swing 12.9% N/A
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jon Whitehouse Peter Gode
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader's seat Epping Hemnall Shelley
Last election 6 seats, 18.0% 1 seat, 9.0%
Seats before 6 1
Seats won 4 1
Seat change 2
Popular vote 2,903 3,133
Percentage 13.2% 13.2%
Swing 4.8% 4.3%
Results of the 2012 District Council elections
Council composition following the election
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

One-third of council were up for election. No elections were held this year in Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing, Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, Lambourne, Lower Nazeing, Lower Sheering, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, Shelley, Waltham Abbey High Beach or Waltham Abbey Paternoster.

This is the last time a British National Party councillor has sat in the chamber following Pat Richardson's defeat in Loughton Broadway to the Loughton Residents Association. Former British National Party councillor, Julian Leppert (who represented Hainault on Redbridge Borough Council) won a seat in 2019 in Waltham Abbey as a candidate for For Britain.

Boundary changes edit

There was an extra election this year in Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village ward following changes to the boundaries of Matching parish, which annexed part of Moreton and Fyfield ward. The Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village councillor was elected for a three-year term only.

Buckhurst Hill East edit

Buckhurst Hill East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neville Wright 488 42.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Dev Dodeja 251 21.8 -28.1
Green Leonard Martin 207 18.0 -10.1
Labour Andrew Forsey 199 17.3 N/A
Majority 237 20.6
Turnout 1,145 33.0 -33.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Buckhurst Hill West edit

Buckhurst Hill West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gavin Chambers 765 46.9 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Hannah Unwin 504 30.9 -2.2
UKIP Gerard Wadsworth 134 8.2 +1.5
Labour Ben Spencer 129 7.9 N/A
Green Steven Neville 99 6.0 -0.8
Majority 261 16.0 -1.4
Turnout 1,631 31.0 -15.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Chigwell Row edit

Chigwell Row
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Sandler 399 72.1 -8.4
Labour Shaheen Hosseinpour 64 11.5 N/A
Green Alison Mary Garnham 60 10.8 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Sarah Hannah Unwin 30 5.4 -8.5
Majority 335 60.5 -6.1
Turnout 553 30.0
Conservative hold Swing

Chigwell Village edit

Chigwell Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Knapman 587 63.7 -8.4
UKIP Lucy Bostick 173 18.7 N/A
Labour Alexander Kite 93 10.0 N/A
Green Chris Lord 46 4.9 -3.1
Liberal Democrats George Lund 22 2.3 -17.7
Majority 414 45.0 -7.2
Turnout 921 28.0 -40.0
Conservative hold Swing

Epping Hemnall edit

Epping Hemnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Whitehouse 883 57.0 +10.5
Conservative Janet Hedges 482 31.1 -7.3
Labour Lorraine Collier 182 11.7 +5.1
Majority 401 25.9 +17.9
Turnout 1,547 36.0 -36.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common edit

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Church 957 29.9 -19.4
Conservative Chris Whitbread 907 28.3 N/A
Labour Steven Harding 486 15.1 -5.2
Labour Scott Lister 417 13.0 N/A
Green Barry Johns 166 5.1 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Lynne Hughes 153 4.7 -32.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 112 3.5 N/A
Majority 50 1.5 -10.9
Turnout 3,198 34.0 -37.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Grange Hill edit

Grange Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Lion 770 61.0 +6.4
Labour Tal Ofer 280 22.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lynne Hughes 212 17.0 -21.1
Majority 490 39.4 +20.3
Turnout 1,242 25.0 -38.0
Conservative hold Swing

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village edit

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Morgan 538 86.7 +0.7
Labour Laurence Morter 82 13.2 N/A
Majority 456 73.5 -1.3
Turnout 620 34.0 +11.0
Independent hold Swing

High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings edit

High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maggie McEwan 345 70.4 -6.1
English Democrat Robin Charles William Tillbrook 63 12.8 +2.8
Labour Lewis Alfred Montlake 51 10.4 N/A
Green Jeremy Nicholas Barnecutt 31 6.3 +1.4
Majority 282 57.5 -9.0
Turnout 490 27.5
Conservative hold Swing

Loughton Alderton edit

Loughton Alderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Tracey Thomas 513 57.1 +9.1
Conservative Roger Taylor 135 15.0 -3.7
Labour Angela Ayre 127 14.1 +2.9
Independent Paul Morris 88 9.7 N/A
Green Ben Wille 25 2.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats B A Patel 10 1.1 -5.2
Majority 378 42.0 -12.8
Turnout 898 26.0 -37.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Broadway edit

Loughton Broadway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Leon Girling 424 51.2 +18.3
Labour Simon David Bullough 174 21.0 +0.2
Conservative Neal Bagshaw 110 13.2 -6.0
BNP Patricia Richardson 94 11.3 -6.2
Independent Raymond Robert Harris 26 3.1 N/A
Majority 250 30.1 +18.0
Turnout 828 25.0 -32.0
Loughton Residents gain from BNP Swing

Loughton Fairmead edit

Loughton Fairmead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents David Wixley 428 53.9 +15.2
Labour Stephen William Barnes 155 19.5 +7.7
Conservative Iqbal Singh Kalkat 114 14.3 -10.1
English Democrat Edward Mark Butler 97 12.2 N/A
Majority 273 34.3 -20.0
Turnout 794 23.7 -35.3
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton Forest edit

Loughton Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Hart 654 50.0 +7.2
Loughton Residents Rose Brookes 575 43.9 +0.1
Labour Margaret Owen 57 4.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Sinfield 21 1.6 -8.7
Majority 79 6.0 +5.1
Turnout 1,307 38.0 -36.0
Conservative hold Swing

Loughton Roding edit

Loughton Roding
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Ken Angold-Stephens 737 63.4 N/A
Conservative Keith Buckley 246 21.1 +5.9
Labour Deborah Wild 179 15.4 N/A
Majority 491 42.2 -13.0
Turnout 1,162 33.0 -36.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton St. John's edit

Loughton St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Caroline Pond 700 62.3 +9.3
Conservative Pat Reynolds 298 26.5 -5.0
Labour Jill Bostock 85 7.5 +1.0
Green James Coombes 39 3.4 +1.2
Majority 402 35.8 +14.3
Turnout 1,122 33.0 -39.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Loughton St. Mary's edit

Loughton St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Harvey Mann 601 50.0 -4.1
Conservative Rodney Barrett 459 38.2 -4.3
Labour Michael Finan 84 7.0 N/A
BNP Thomas Richardson 56 4.6 N/A
Majority 142 11.8 -8.3
Turnout 1,200 33.0 -35.0
Loughton Residents hold Swing

Moreton and Fyfield edit

Moreton and Fyfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Boyce 343 75.7 -0.3
Green Nicola Harries 42 9.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Black 35 7.7 -35.7
Labour Alison Wingfield 33 7.2 N/A
Majority 301 66.4 +64.9
Turnout 453 29.0
Conservative hold Swing

Passingford edit

Passingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Heather Brady 402 84.8 -4.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Surtees 44 9.2 -1.7
Labour Louis Appiah 28 5.9 N/A
Majority 358 75.5  
Turnout 474 26.0
Conservative hold Swing

Theydon Bois edit

Theydon Bois
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Philip 581 44.9 -6.7
Liberal Democrats Roland Frankel 528 40.8 -3.5
UKIP Mick McGough 117 9.0 N/A
Labour Martin Lawford 49 3.7 N/A
Green Daniel Kieve 17 1.3 -2.6
Majority 53 4.1 -3.2
Turnout 1,292 39.0 -35.0
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane edit

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glynis Shiell 588 63.1 -2.5
Labour Robert Greyson 278 29.8 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Arnold Verrall 65 6.9 -0.8
Majority 310 33.2 -13.1
Turnout 931 20.0 -11.0
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey North East edit

Waltham Abbey North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeane Lea 514 76.4 23.3
Labour Kelvin Morris 158 23.5 N/A
Majority 356 52.9 +37.8
Turnout 672 24.0 -14.0
Conservative hold Swing

Waltham Abbey South West edit

Waltham Abbey South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Kane 373 63.0 -4.1
Labour John Game 160 27.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Patricia Brooks 59 9.9 -2.5
Majority 213 35.9 -10.8
Turnout 592 19.0 -10.0
Conservative hold Swing

References edit

  1. ^ "Election candidates by wards, 3 May 2012". rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. 16 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

December 15, 2023
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The 2012 Epping Forest Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Epping Forest Council in England 2 This was on same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections 2012 Epping Forest District Council election 2011 3 May 2012 2014 23 of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council30 seats needed for a majorityTurnout30 0 9 0 1 First party Second party Leader Diane Collins retiring Caroline PondParty Conservative Loughton ResidentsLeader s seat Passingford Loughton St JohnsLast election 37 seats 57 0 N ASeats before 37 10Seats won 39 12Seat change 2 2Popular vote 9 610 3 978Percentage 43 7 18 1 Swing 12 9 N A Third party Fourth party Leader Jon Whitehouse Peter GodeParty Liberal Democrats LabourLeader s seat Epping Hemnall ShelleyLast election 6 seats 18 0 1 seat 9 0 Seats before 6 1Seats won 4 1Seat change 2Popular vote 2 903 3 133Percentage 13 2 13 2 Swing 4 8 4 3 Results of the 2012 District Council electionsCouncil composition following the electionCouncil control before electionConservative Council control after election ConservativeOne third of council were up for election No elections were held this year in Broadley Common Epping Upland and Nazeing Chipping Ongar Greensted and Marden Ash Lambourne Lower Nazeing Lower Sheering North Weald Bassett Roydon Shelley Waltham Abbey High Beach or Waltham Abbey Paternoster This is the last time a British National Party councillor has sat in the chamber following Pat Richardson s defeat in Loughton Broadway to the Loughton Residents Association Former British National Party councillor Julian Leppert who represented Hainault on Redbridge Borough Council won a seat in 2019 in Waltham Abbey as a candidate for For Britain Contents 1 Boundary changes 2 Buckhurst Hill East 3 Buckhurst Hill West 4 Chigwell Row 5 Chigwell Village 6 Epping Hemnall 7 Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common 8 Grange Hill 9 Hastingwood Matching and Sheering Village 10 High Ongar Willingale and the Rodings 11 Loughton Alderton 12 Loughton Broadway 13 Loughton Fairmead 14 Loughton Forest 15 Loughton Roding 16 Loughton St John s 17 Loughton St Mary s 18 Moreton and Fyfield 19 Passingford 20 Theydon Bois 21 Waltham Abbey Honey Lane 22 Waltham Abbey North East 23 Waltham Abbey South West 24 ReferencesBoundary changes editThere was an extra election this year in Hastingwood Matching and Sheering Village ward following changes to the boundaries of Matching parish which annexed part of Moreton and Fyfield ward The Hastingwood Matching and Sheering Village councillor was elected for a three year term only Buckhurst Hill East editBuckhurst Hill East Party Candidate Votes Conservative Neville Wright 488 42 6 0 5Liberal Democrats Dev Dodeja 251 21 8 28 1Green Leonard Martin 207 18 0 10 1Labour Andrew Forsey 199 17 3 N AMajority 237 20 6Turnout 1 145 33 0 33 0Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingBuckhurst Hill West editBuckhurst Hill West Party Candidate Votes Conservative Gavin Chambers 765 46 9 3 7Liberal Democrats Sarah Hannah Unwin 504 30 9 2 2UKIP Gerard Wadsworth 134 8 2 1 5Labour Ben Spencer 129 7 9 N AGreen Steven Neville 99 6 0 0 8Majority 261 16 0 1 4Turnout 1 631 31 0 15 0Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingChigwell Row editChigwell Row Party Candidate Votes Conservative Brian Sandler 399 72 1 8 4Labour Shaheen Hosseinpour 64 11 5 N AGreen Alison Mary Garnham 60 10 8 5 2Liberal Democrats Sarah Hannah Unwin 30 5 4 8 5Majority 335 60 5 6 1Turnout 553 30 0Conservative hold SwingChigwell Village editChigwell Village Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Knapman 587 63 7 8 4UKIP Lucy Bostick 173 18 7 N ALabour Alexander Kite 93 10 0 N AGreen Chris Lord 46 4 9 3 1Liberal Democrats George Lund 22 2 3 17 7Majority 414 45 0 7 2Turnout 921 28 0 40 0Conservative hold SwingEpping Hemnall editEpping Hemnall Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Jon Whitehouse 883 57 0 10 5Conservative Janet Hedges 482 31 1 7 3Labour Lorraine Collier 182 11 7 5 1Majority 401 25 9 17 9Turnout 1 547 36 0 36 0Liberal Democrats hold SwingEpping Lindsey and Thornwood Common editEpping Lindsey and Thornwood Common Party Candidate Votes Conservative Tony Church 957 29 9 19 4Conservative Chris Whitbread 907 28 3 N ALabour Steven Harding 486 15 1 5 2Labour Scott Lister 417 13 0 N AGreen Barry Johns 166 5 1 1 3Liberal Democrats Lynne Hughes 153 4 7 32 1Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes 112 3 5 N AMajority 50 1 5 10 9Turnout 3 198 34 0 37 0Conservative hold SwingConservative hold SwingGrange Hill editGrange Hill Party Candidate Votes Conservative Alan Lion 770 61 0 6 4Labour Tal Ofer 280 22 1 N ALiberal Democrats Lynne Hughes 212 17 0 21 1Majority 490 39 4 20 3Turnout 1 242 25 0 38 0Conservative hold SwingHastingwood Matching and Sheering Village editHastingwood Matching and Sheering Village Party Candidate Votes Independent Richard Morgan 538 86 7 0 7Labour Laurence Morter 82 13 2 N AMajority 456 73 5 1 3Turnout 620 34 0 11 0Independent hold SwingHigh Ongar Willingale and the Rodings editHigh Ongar Willingale and the Rodings Party Candidate Votes Conservative Maggie McEwan 345 70 4 6 1English Democrat Robin Charles William Tillbrook 63 12 8 2 8Labour Lewis Alfred Montlake 51 10 4 N AGreen Jeremy Nicholas Barnecutt 31 6 3 1 4Majority 282 57 5 9 0Turnout 490 27 5Conservative hold SwingLoughton Alderton editLoughton Alderton Party Candidate Votes Loughton Residents Tracey Thomas 513 57 1 9 1Conservative Roger Taylor 135 15 0 3 7Labour Angela Ayre 127 14 1 2 9Independent Paul Morris 88 9 7 N AGreen Ben Wille 25 2 7 N ALiberal Democrats B A Patel 10 1 1 5 2Majority 378 42 0 12 8Turnout 898 26 0 37 0Loughton Residents hold SwingLoughton Broadway editLoughton Broadway Party Candidate Votes Loughton Residents Leon Girling 424 51 2 18 3Labour Simon David Bullough 174 21 0 0 2Conservative Neal Bagshaw 110 13 2 6 0BNP Patricia Richardson 94 11 3 6 2Independent Raymond Robert Harris 26 3 1 N AMajority 250 30 1 18 0Turnout 828 25 0 32 0Loughton Residents gain from BNP SwingLoughton Fairmead editLoughton Fairmead Party Candidate Votes Loughton Residents David Wixley 428 53 9 15 2Labour Stephen William Barnes 155 19 5 7 7Conservative Iqbal Singh Kalkat 114 14 3 10 1English Democrat Edward Mark Butler 97 12 2 N AMajority 273 34 3 20 0Turnout 794 23 7 35 3Loughton Residents hold SwingLoughton Forest editLoughton Forest Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Hart 654 50 0 7 2Loughton Residents Rose Brookes 575 43 9 0 1Labour Margaret Owen 57 4 3 N ALiberal Democrats Peter Sinfield 21 1 6 8 7Majority 79 6 0 5 1Turnout 1 307 38 0 36 0Conservative hold SwingLoughton Roding editLoughton Roding Party Candidate Votes Loughton Residents Ken Angold Stephens 737 63 4 N AConservative Keith Buckley 246 21 1 5 9Labour Deborah Wild 179 15 4 N AMajority 491 42 2 13 0Turnout 1 162 33 0 36 0Loughton Residents hold SwingLoughton St John s editLoughton St John s Party Candidate Votes Loughton Residents Caroline Pond 700 62 3 9 3Conservative Pat Reynolds 298 26 5 5 0Labour Jill Bostock 85 7 5 1 0Green James Coombes 39 3 4 1 2Majority 402 35 8 14 3Turnout 1 122 33 0 39 0Loughton Residents hold SwingLoughton St Mary s editLoughton St Mary s Party Candidate Votes Loughton Residents Harvey Mann 601 50 0 4 1Conservative Rodney Barrett 459 38 2 4 3Labour Michael Finan 84 7 0 N ABNP Thomas Richardson 56 4 6 N AMajority 142 11 8 8 3Turnout 1 200 33 0 35 0Loughton Residents hold SwingMoreton and Fyfield editMoreton and Fyfield Party Candidate Votes Conservative Tony Boyce 343 75 7 0 3Green Nicola Harries 42 9 2 N ALiberal Democrats Ingrid Black 35 7 7 35 7Labour Alison Wingfield 33 7 2 N AMajority 301 66 4 64 9Turnout 453 29 0Conservative hold SwingPassingford editPassingford Party Candidate Votes Conservative Heather Brady 402 84 8 4 3Liberal Democrats Brian Surtees 44 9 2 1 7Labour Louis Appiah 28 5 9 N AMajority 358 75 5 nbsp Turnout 474 26 0Conservative hold SwingTheydon Bois editTheydon Bois Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Philip 581 44 9 6 7Liberal Democrats Roland Frankel 528 40 8 3 5UKIP Mick McGough 117 9 0 N ALabour Martin Lawford 49 3 7 N AGreen Daniel Kieve 17 1 3 2 6Majority 53 4 1 3 2Turnout 1 292 39 0 35 0Conservative hold SwingWaltham Abbey Honey Lane editWaltham Abbey Honey Lane Party Candidate Votes Conservative Glynis Shiell 588 63 1 2 5Labour Robert Greyson 278 29 8 10 5Liberal Democrats Arnold Verrall 65 6 9 0 8Majority 310 33 2 13 1Turnout 931 20 0 11 0Conservative hold SwingWaltham Abbey North East editWaltham Abbey North East Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jeane Lea 514 76 4 23 3Labour Kelvin Morris 158 23 5 N AMajority 356 52 9 37 8Turnout 672 24 0 14 0Conservative hold SwingWaltham Abbey South West editWaltham Abbey South West Party Candidate Votes Conservative Helen Kane 373 63 0 4 1Labour John Game 160 27 0 N ALiberal Democrats Patricia Brooks 59 9 9 2 5Majority 213 35 9 10 8Turnout 592 19 0 10 0Conservative hold SwingReferences edit Election candidates by wards 3 May 2012 rds eppingforestdc gov uk 16 January 2018 Local elections 2012 BBC News Retrieved 30 April 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 Epping Forest District Council election amp oldid 1184971448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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