Epping Forest District Council election, 1999

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 19
• Liberal Democrat 15
• Labour 14
• Residents 7
• Independent 3
• Others 1

Election result

Epping Forest Local Election Result 1999
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7			+2	36.8	42.7	8,173	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	6			+1	31.6	25.1	4,818	+5.0
	Labour	4			-2	21.1	26.4	5,060	-3.2
	Independent	1			0	5.3	3.2	607	+3.2
	Loughton Residents Association	1			-1	5.3	2.6	503	-13.2

Ward results

Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Davis	703	77.6	-1.3
	Conservative	Lorne Daniel	203	22.4	+1.3
Majority			500	55.2	-2.6
Turnout			906	22.3	-4.3

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Woollard	580	64.8	+0.6
	Conservative	George Denny	207	23.1	+0.5
	Labour	Lynn Baddock	108	12.1	-1.1
Majority			373	41.7	+0.1
Turnout			895	26.1	-5.8

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Heavens	889	53.0	-6.6
	Conservative	Richard Watts	713	42.5	+8.5
	Labour	Janice Croke	74	4.4	-2.0
Majority			176	10.5	-15.1
Turnout			1,676	32.7	+0.2

Chipping Ongar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Wright	290	50.0
	Conservative	Frank Love	212	36.6
	Labour	Sheila Spring	78	13.4
Majority			78	13.4
Turnout			580	44.3

Debden Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Huckle	635	75.5	-0.6
	Conservative	Derek Knight	206	24.5	+0.6
Majority			429	51.0	-1.2
Turnout			841	21.1	-2.8

Epping Hemnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Whitehouse	968	50.1	-9.2
	Conservative	Diana Collins	784	40.6	+11.2
	Labour	Vivien Cave	181	9.4	-1.9
Majority			184	9.5	-20.4
Turnout			1,933	40.7	+5.6

Epping Lindsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Smith	704	49.4	+13.1
	Labour	Barry Johns	435	30.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne Whitehouse	287	20.1	+8.4
Majority			269	18.9	+9.5
Turnout			1,426	30.2	+0.8

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Spencer	638	54.9	+6.3
	Conservative	Hilary Wood	422	36.3	-15.1
	Labour	Ronald Rodwell	102	8.8	+8.8
Majority			216	18.6
Turnout			1,162	26.0	-1.1

Greensted

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Jacobs	393	53.8
	Conservative	Nicola Deller	172	23.5
	Labour	Robert MacDonald	166	22.7
Majority			221	30.3
Turnout			731	39.8

High Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norma Green	578	78.6
	Labour	Sidney Miller	102	13.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lucille Thompson	55	7.5
Majority			476	64.7
Turnout			735	34.2

Lambourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	357	54.0
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Easlea	304	46.0
Majority			53	8.0
Turnout			661	37.8

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Boatman	629	61.2	-8.7
	Conservative	Norma Pearce	300	29.2	+18.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Netherclift	99	9.6	+5.0
Majority			329	32.0	-23.2
Turnout			1,028	24.6	-8.8

Loughton St Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents Association	Brian Moore	503	53.6	-0.3
	Conservative	Ian Locks	309	32.9	+8.6
	Labour	Thomas Owen	126	13.4	-8.3
Majority			194	20.7	-8.9
Turnout			938	22.5	-5.0

Nazeing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Carr	607	70.3	+70.3
	Conservative	Michael Alldis	256	29.7	-34.2
Majority			351	40.6
Turnout			863	23.5	-3.0

North Weald Bassett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Stallan	816	65.5	+1.1
	Labour	Derek Clark	337	27.0	-8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Monica Richardson	93	7.5	+7.5
Majority			479	38.5	+9.7
Turnout			1,246	27.7	+0.9

Patemoster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Chidley	561	63.5	+26.5
	Labour	Fitzherbert Harewood	283	32.0	-26.2
	Liberal Democrat	Olive Dunseath	40	4.5	-0.3
Majority			278	31.5
Turnout			884	25.9	+4.7

Shelley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Barnes	261	79.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Dean	67	20.4
Majority			194	59.2
Turnout			328	23.8

Waltham Abbey East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Dickins	791	60.8	+9.2
	Labour	Stanley Riley	405	31.1	-10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ingrid Black	106	8.1	+1.5
Majority			386	29.7	+19.9
Turnout			1,302	22.8	-4.1

Waltham Abbey West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Taylor	515	50.2	+11.4
	Labour	John Langer	435	42.4	-10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Hutchings	76	7.4	-0.7
Majority			80	7.8
Turnout			1,026	24.9	-0.8

References

• 1999 Epping Forest election result
• Ward results