# Buckhurst Hill West (ward)

Buckhurst Hill West is an electoral ward in Epping Forest District, United Kingdom, since 1979. It is one of two wards that represents Buckhurst Hill. The ward returns three councillors to the Epping Forest District Council.

## Epping Forest council elections since 2024

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Epping Forest in 2024 with all seats up for election that year.

### 2024 election

The election took place on 2 May 2024.
2024 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bob Church | 819 | 46.6 | |
| | Conservative | Ken Williamson | 800 | 45.5 | |
| | Conservative | Smruti Patel | 706 | 40.2 | |
| | Green | Rebecca Fricker | 581 | 33.0 | |
| | Green | Kathryn Radley | 550 | 31.3 | |
| | Labour | Tom Kasperkowicz | 419 | 23.8 | |
| | EFIG | Lyubka Mihailova | 340 | 19.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ishvinder Matharu | 330 | 18.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,762 | 34 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,198 | | |
| | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) |
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| | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) | Conservative win (new boundaries) |

## 2002–2024 Epping Forest council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Epping Forest in 2002 with all seats up for election that year. The subsequent election cycle for the first Buckhurst Hill West seat was 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. The cycle for the second seat was 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021. The cycle for the third seat was 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.

### 2023 election

The election took place on 4 May 2023.
2023 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Aniket Patel | 730 | 44.4 | –14.1 |
| | Labour | Tom Kasperkowicz | 273 | 16.6 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jo Share-Berina | 222 | 13.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ishvinder Matharu | 190 | 11.6 | –21.2 |
| | Green | Alan Fricker | 147 | 8.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Lyubka Vesselinov | 51 | 3.1 | N/A |
| | Shared Ground | Thomas Hall | 32 | 1.9 | –6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 457 | 27.8 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,653 | 31.6 | –1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,226 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

### 2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.
2022 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Smruti Patel | 1,006 | 58.5 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ishvinder Matharu | 564 | 32.8 | +23.5 |
| | Shared Ground | Thomas Hall | 150 | 8.7 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 442 | 25.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,741 | 32.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 11.3 | |

### 2021 election

The election took place on 6 May 2021.
2021 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Williamson | 1,228 | 57.5 | 9.8 |
| | Green | Anne Redelinghuys | 351 | 16.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Onike Gollo | 238 | 11.1 | 5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ish Singh | 200 | 9.3 | 34.2 |
| | Young People's | Thomas Hall | 88 | 4.1 | 1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 877 | 41.1 | 36.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,135 | 40.1 | 2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2019 election

The election took place on 2 May 2019.
2019 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Aniket Patel | 977 | 47.7 | 0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Barkham | 891 | 43.5 | 4.4 |
| | Labour | Jill Bostock | 126 | 6.1 | New |
| | Young People's | Thomas Hall | 51 | 2.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,045 | 38.0 | 3.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.
2018 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jo Share-Bernia | 921 | 48.0 | 10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Barkham | 750 | 39.1 | 20.2 |
| | Green | Roger Neville | 246 | 12.8 | 7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 8.9 | 30.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 35% | 2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2016 election

The election took place on 5 May 2016.
2016 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gavin Chambers | 1,033 | 58.7 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Elanor Furlong | 348 | 19.8 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Barkham | 333 | 18.9 | +3.3 |
| | Young People's | Gerard Wadsworth | 46 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 685 | 38.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,760 | 33.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2015 election

The election took place on 7 May 2015.
2015 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Aniket Patel | 2,450 | 63.3 | 1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Greaves | 604 | 15.6 | 4.8 |
| | Labour | Angela Ayre | 455 | 11.8 | 2.2 |
| | Green | Roger Neville | 363 | 9.4 | 5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,846 | 47.7 | 1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,872 | 72% | 37.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.
2014 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Watson | 1,136 | 61.4 | +14.5 |
| | Green | Roger Neville | 279 | 15.1 | +9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garry Sadler | 219 | 11.8 | –19.1 |
| | Labour | Andrew Forsey | 178 | 9.6 | +1.7 |
| | Young People's | Gerard Mark Wadsworth | 37 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 857 | 46.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,849 | 35.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2012 election

The election took place on 3 May 2012.
2012 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gavin Chambers | 765 | 46.9 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Hannah Unwin | 504 | 30.9 | −2.2 |
| | UKIP | Gerard Wadsworth | 134 | 8.2 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | Ben Spencer | 129 | 7.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Steven Neville | 99 | 6.0 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 261 | 16.0 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,631 | 31.0 | −15.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### 2011 election

The election took place on 5 May 2011.
2011 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 418 | 17.4 | +16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,390 | 46.0 | −26.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010.
2010 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Watson | 1,827 | 47.2 | 1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,775 | 45.9 | 5.4 |
| | UKIP | Gerard Wadsworth | 153 | 4.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Ben Wille | 112 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,867 | 72.4 | 33.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### 2008 election

The election took place on 1 May 2008.
2008 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Sutcliffe | 1,054 | 51.3 | 9.7 |
| | Conservative | Bob Church | 1,000 | 48.7 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 2.6 | 14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,054 | 38.6 | 5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2007 election

The election took place on 3 May 2007.
2007 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 1,003 | 58.4 | 19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mick Spence | 714 | 41.6 | 19.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 16.8 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,717 | 33.0 | 9.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.
2006 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,066 | 51.2 | 0.5 |
| | Conservative | Robert Church | 1,015 | 48.8 | 0.5 |
| | Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 1,009 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Taylor | 970 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,060 | 42.7 | 1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### 2004 election

The election took place on 10 June 2004.
2004 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Heavens | 1,049 | 51.7 | 4.1 |
| | Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 981 | 48.3 | 4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 | 3.4 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,030 | 41.2 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2003 election

The election took place on 1 May 2003.
2003 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Goold | 803 | 55.8 | 1.4 |
| | Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 635 | 44.2 | 1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 11.6 | 3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,438 | 29.6 | 3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.
2002 Epping Forest District Council election: Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Haigh | 1,002 | 54.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Heavens | 931 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Goold | 912 | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Watts | 840 | 45.6 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Cohen | 824 | | |
| | Conservative | Haluk Ulkun | 741 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 8.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,250 | 26.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |
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| | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) | Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries) |

## 1979–2002 Epping Forest council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Epping Forest in 1979 with all seats up for election that year. The subsequent election cycle for the first Buckhurst Hill West seat was 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. The cycle for the second seat was 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998. The cycle for the thirst seat was 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999.