Epping Forest District Council election, 2007

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party kept overall control of the council

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 32
• Liberal Democrat 11
• British National Party 6
• Loughton Residents Association 5
• Independent 3
• Labour 1

Election result

Epping Forest Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	3	1	+2	82.4	57.0	10,331	+13.1%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	2	−1	11.8	24.9	4,516	−0.9%
	Labour	1	0	0	0	5.9	4.9	883	−0.7%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	1,093	+0.4%
	Epping Community Action Group	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	510	+2.8%
	Independent	0	0	1	−1	0	2.3	419	−5.7%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	279	+0.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	88	+0.0%

Ward results

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Smith	481	86.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Arnold Verrall	77	13.8	−0.5
Majority			404	72.4	+1.0
Turnout			558	34.7	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	1,003	58.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mick Spence	714	41.6
Majority			289	16.8
Turnout			1,717	33.0	−9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glyn Pritchard	572	44.6	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Wright	478	37.3	−2.0
	English Democrats	Robin Tilbrook	233	18.2	+1.6
Majority			94	7.3
Turnout			1,283	41.1	−6.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Epping Hemnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Hedges	812	39.2	−10.5
	Conservative	Susan Perry	802	38.7	−6.3
	Epping Community Action Group	Ian Anderson	215	10.4	+10.4
	BNP	Alexander Copland	147	7.1	+7.1
	Labour	Paul Handford	95	4.6	−0.7
Majority			10	0.5	−4.2
Turnout			2,071	43.0	−4.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Green	930	48.9	−9.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ingrid Black	497	26.1	−4.4
	Epping Community Action Group	Audrey Wheeler	295	15.5	+15.5
	BNP	Tony Frankland	181	9.5	+9.5
Majority			433	22.8	−5.3
Turnout			1,903	40.3	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kewal Chana	813	62.2	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Dev Dodeja	387	29.6	−13.2
	Labour	Martin Lawford	107	8.2	+8.2
Majority			426	32.6	+23.8
Turnout			1,307	27.7	−10.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Lambourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rolfe	518	85.6	+24.1
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Woollcott	87	14.4	+14.4
Majority			431	71.2	+48.2
Turnout			605	38.8	−9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lower Nazeing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bassett	631	52.7	−3.6
	Independent	Daphne Borton	419	35.0	+2.2
	UKIP	Martin Harvey	88	7.3	+7.3
	Labour	Kelvin Morris	60	5.0	−1.5
Majority			212	17.7	−5.8
Turnout			1,198	37.6	−4.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Lower Sheering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Harding	409	75.7	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Eleonor Spencer	131	24.3	−3.6
Majority			278	51.4	+7.2
Turnout			540	32.6	+13.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Weald Bassett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Grigg	887	82.1	−0.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Rumble	193	17.9	+0.3
Majority			694	64.2	−0.6
Turnout			1,080	31.4	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Sartin	476	75.8	+0.1
	Labour	Colin Riches	108	17.2	+17.2
	Liberal Democrat	Enid Robinson	44	7.0	+7.0
Majority			368	58.6	+7.2
Turnout			628	35.9	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shelley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Gode	263	37.8	−22.3
	Conservative	Blane Judd	224	32.2	+8.2
	BNP	Lynne Turpin	163	23.4	+23.4
	English Democrats	Anne Palmer	46	6.6	+6.6
Majority			39	5.6	−30.5
Turnout			696	41.5	+14.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey High Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Syd Stavrou	487	86.7	−0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Fuller	75	13.3	+0.5
Majority			412	73.4	−1.0
Turnout			562	32.2	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Watts	636	57.8	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peggy Ayre	240	21.8	+7.9
	BNP	Andrew Slade	225	20.4	+20.4
Majority			396	36.0	+5.8
Turnout			1,101	24.3	−5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Brooks	512	50.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Adam Clark	495	49.2	−7.3
Majority			17	1.6
Turnout			1,007	32.0	−3.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Webster	499	44.3	−6.2
	BNP	Gail Harvey	377	33.5	+33.5
	Labour	Mitchell Diamond-Conway	250	22.2	+8.2
Majority			122	10.8	−21.4
Turnout			1,126	34.1	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ricki Gadsby	468	63.5	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Chadburn	269	36.5	−9.2
Majority			199	27.0	+18.4
Turnout			737	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Epping Forest election result
• Ward results