2011 Epping Forest District Council election

2011 UK local government election

2011 Epping Forest District Council election

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| ← 2010 | 5 May 2011 | 2012 →

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18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 39.0% (28.0%)[1]
|   | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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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%

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Results of the 2011 District Council elections

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Council seat composition after the election

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| Council control before election

Conservative

| Council control after election

Conservative

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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

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### Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing

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Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Buckhurst Hill West  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Epping Hemnall  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Grange Hill  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Lambourne  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Lower Nazeing  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Lower Sheering  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Lower Nazeing  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Roydon  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Shelley  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Waltham Abbey High Beech  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Waltham Abbey Honey Lane  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Waltham Abbey North East  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Waltham Abbey Paternoster  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Waltham Abbey South West  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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

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