Epping Forest District Council election, 2004

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 26
• Liberal Democrat 14
• Loughton Residents Association 6
• Independent 5
• Labour 4
• British National Party 3

Election result

Epping Forest Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	3	1	+2	45.8	42.7	12,612	-10.1%
	Liberal Democrat	5	1	2	-1	20.8	30.8	9,073	-2.0%
	Loughton Residents Association	4	1	1	0	16.7	12.8	3,788	+12.8%
	BNP	3	3	0	+3	12.5	3.8	1,109	+3.8%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.2	3.2	949	-3.6%
	Labour	0	0	4	-4	0	4.6	1,360	-0.9%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	363	+1.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	249	-0.5%

Ward results

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Woollard	699	52.6
	Conservative	Alan Kilbey	450	33.9
	BNP	Peter Turpin	179	13.5
Majority			249	18.7
Turnout			1,328	41.3	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Heavens	1,049	51.7	-4.1
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	981	48.3	+4.1
Majority			68	3.4	-8.2
Turnout			2,030	41.2	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chigwell Row

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Sandler	460	59.4	+8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Heavens	315	40.6	-8.9
Majority			145	18.8	+17.8
Turnout			775	47.5	+9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chigwell Residents	John Knapman	949	84.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Stollar	178	15.8
Majority			771	68.4
Turnout			1,127	37.9	+6.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Whitehouse	916
	Conservative	Susan Perry	880
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hedges	873
	Conservative	Terence Spencer	806
	English Democrats	Clare Crawford	247
Turnout			3,722	42.0	+12.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Whitbread	1,135	61.7	+14.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ingrid Black	455	24.7	-12.8
	Green	Robert Jones	249	13.5	+6.0
Majority			680	37.0	+26.8
Turnout			1,839	40.5	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bateman	977	53.9	+14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Lion	835	46.1	-14.1
Majority			142	7.8
Turnout			1,812	38.9	+10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret McEwen	477	71.6	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Miller	189	28.4	+2.4
Majority			288	43.2	-4.8
Turnout			666	40.7	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Alderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Terence Farr	315	28.0
	Loughton Residents Association	Rosemary Brookes	258	22.9
	Conservative	Matthew Daniel	251	22.3
	Labour	Peter Sheen	223	19.8
	Liberal Democrat	James Cuming	80	7.1
Majority			57	5.1
Turnout			1,127	34.6	+10.8
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Thomas Richardson	357	33.6
	Labour	Margaret Owen	289	27.2
	Conservative	Lorne Daniel	259	24.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Spence	158	14.9
Majority			68	6.4
Turnout			1,063	35.8	+9.3
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Patricia Richardson	258	26.6
	Loughton Residents Association	Christopher Pond	245	25.3
	Labour	Albert Farren	209	21.6
	Conservative	Gagan Mohindra	171	17.6
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Woolcott	86	8.9
Majority			13	1.3
Turnout			969	31.4	+10.9
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hart	670	48.0
	Loughton Residents Association	Peter House	518	37.1
	Labour	Thomas Owen	141	10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Sinfield	68	4.9
Majority			152	10.9
Turnout			1,397	44.3	+6.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents Association	Kenneth Angold-Stephens	665	53.0
	Conservative	Gaurav Mohindra	231	18.4
	Labour	Paul Bostock	184	14.7
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Spencer	175	13.9
Majority			434	44.6
Turnout			1,255	38.2	-0.7
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton St Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents Association	Caroline Pond	681	53.0
	Conservative	Anthony Barritt	441	34.3
	Labour	Jill Bostock	94	7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Enid Robinson	68	5.3
Majority			240	18.7
Turnout			1,284	40.2	+7.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Loughton St Marys (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents Association	Anthony Lee	734
	Loughton Residents Association	Mitchell Cohen	687
	Conservative	Andrea Stephenson	383
	Labour	Marion Taylor	112
	Labour	John McNamara	108
	Liberal Democrat	Lucille Thompson	98
Turnout			2,122	39.5	+7.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Moreton and Fyfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Kelly	407	49.6	-10.8
	Conservative	Derek Bates	298	36.3	-3.3
	English Democrats	Robin Tillbrook	116	14.1	+14.1
Majority			109	13.3	-7.5
Turnout			821	48.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Passingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Collins	554	82.8	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Clark	115	17.2	+17.2
Majority			439	65.6	-10.6
Turnout			669	43.1	+11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Theydon Bois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Rush	798	53.3
	Conservative	Matthew Hayday	700	46.7
Majority			98	6.6
Turnout			1,498	48.4	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter McMillan	745
	Conservative	Demitrous Demetriou	703
	Liberal Democrat	Peggy Ayre	355
	Liberal Democrat	Marlis Creevy	324
Turnout			2,127	26.6	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeane Lea	617	56.5	+15.7
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Akers	476	43.5	-15.7
Majority			141	13.0
Turnout			1,093	35.8	+9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan D'souza	423	54.3	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Chadburn	356	45.7	-1.9
Majority			67	8.6	+3.8
Turnout			779	28.8	+6.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

• 2004 Epping Forest election result
• Epping Forest District Council: 2004 election: Ward Results archived from the original. (Retrieved 9 November 2013)