2000 Epping Forest District Council election

4 May 2000
19 seats to Epping Forest District Council 29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.4% 1.4
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 19 seats, 42.7% 15 seats, 25.1% 14 seats, 26.4% Seats before 18 16 14 Seats won 20 16 12 Seat change 1 1 2 Popular vote 8,465 4,751 3,738 Percentage 43.1% 24.2% 19.1% Swing 0.4% 0.9% 7.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Loughton Residents Independent Last election 7 seats, 2.6% 3 seats Seats before 7 3 Seats won 7 3 Seat change Popular vote 1,751 917 Percentage 8.9% 4.7% Swing 6.3% N/A
Council composition following the election
Council control before election No overall control Conservative largest party Council control after election No overall control Conservative largest party

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 30.4%. This was the last election with some of the current boundaries.

By-elections

Grange Hill by-election

Grange Hill By-Election 24 June 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		621	51.8	1.6
	Conservative		534	45.0	4.6
	Labour		43	3.6	2.6
Majority			97	6.8	6.1
Turnout			1,198
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Debden Green by-election

Debden Green By-Election 11 November 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		514	68.8	6.7
	Conservative		138	18.5	6.0
	Independent		60	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats		35	4.7	4.7
Majority			376	50.3	2.0
Turnout			747	19.2	4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Results

Broadway

Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Owen	498	65.1	12.5
	Conservative	Ian Locks	267	34.9	12.5
Majority			231	30.2	25.0
Turnout			765	19.8	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Martin	620	60.0	4.8
	Conservative	George Denny	301	29.1	6.0
	Labour	Ronald Rodwell	112	10.8	1.3
Majority			319	30.9	10.8
Turnout			1,033	31.6	5.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Haigh	876	55.0	2.0
	Conservative	Richard Watts	648	40.7	1.8
	Labour	Janice Croke	70	4.4
Majority			228	14.3	3.8
Turnout			1,594	32.2	0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chigwell Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gilliham	564	79.2	47.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Netherclift	148	20.8	14.9
Majority			416	58.4	28.1
Turnout			712	22.5	9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Debden Green

Debden Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Huckle	485	62.1	13.4
	Conservative	Derek Knight	296	37.9	13.4
Majority			189	24.2	26.8
Turnout			781	20.1	1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whitehouse	862	50.6	0.5
	Conservative	Ian Hull	704	41.3	0.7
	Labour	Barry Johns	137	8.0	1.4
Majority			158	9.3	0.2
Turnout			1,703	37.4	3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Epping Lindsey

Epping Lindsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brady	705	41.8	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Goold	558	33.1	13.0
	Labour	Thomas Norris	422	25.0	5.5
Majority			147	8.7	10.2
Turnout			1,685	36.3	6.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Maclaine	740	53.4	1.5
	Conservative	Ronald McCarthy	561	40.4	4.1
	Labour	Sidney Miller	86	6.2	2.6
Majority			179	13.0	5.6
Turnout			1,387	31.8	5.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

High Ongar

High Ongar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maggie McEwen	Unopposed
Majority			N/A	N/A	83.1
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Ronald Gow	537	51.2	0.7
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	402	38.4	5.0
	Labour	Joan Ormston	109	10.4	2.8
Majority			135	12.8	4.3
Turnout			1,048	33.3	0.7
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Goodwin	630	54.6	6.6
	Conservative	Jessica Bostock	375	32.5	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	148	12.8	3.2
Majority			255	22.1	9.9
Turnout			1,153	28.8	4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Roger Pearce	602	53.8	0.2
	Conservative	Colin Finn	401	35.8	2.9
	Labour	Thomas Owen	116	10.4	3.0
Majority			201	18.0	2.7
Turnout			1,119	27.8	5.3
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Michael Wardle	612	61.4	1.7
	Conservative	John Silberrad	290	29.1	5.7
	Labour	Peter Lavin	94	9.4	7.5
Majority			322	32.3	4.0
Turnout			996	31.0	0.4
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Passingford

Passingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Collins	391	84.6	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hutchings	71	15.4	15.4
Majority			320	69.2	30.8
Turnout			462	29.7	29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roothing Country

Roothing Country

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Kelly	431	66.5	25.8
	Conservative	William White	217	33.5	4.2
Majority			214	33.0	30.0
Turnout			648	54.5	2.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roydon

Roydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Clark	435	82.7	36.1
	Labour	Robin Walker	91	17.3	N/A
Majority			344	65.4	54.9
Turnout			526	25.2	22.1
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Sheering

Sheering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harrington	397	76.9	49.4
	Labour	Jill Finlay	119	23.1	1.1
Majority			278	53.8	33.0
Turnout			516	23.8	3.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Glozier	591	45.2	17.7
	Independent	Ronald Smith	482	36.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Richardson	165	12.6	13.1
	Labour	Derek Clark	69	5.3	6.1
Majority			109	8.3	28.9
Turnout			1,307	42.5	10.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Waltham Abbey East

Waltham Abbey East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gilding	841	66.0	5.2
	Labour	John Langer	340	26.7	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	93	7.3	0.8
Majority			501	39.3	9.6
Turnout			1,274	22.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	514	56.3	7.2
	Labour	Albert Farren	360	39.4	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Dunseath	39	4.3	0.2
Majority			154	16.9	14.6
Turnout			913	27.3	1.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• 2000 Epping Forest election result
• Ward results