# 2007 Epping Forest District Council election

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party regained overall control of the council, thanks initially to a by-election in Grange Hill in December 2006, and then following gains at this election.
The British National Party retained all its representation on the council with 6 seats, and marginally increased its vote share. The remaining Labour councillor, Peter Gode of Shelley retained his seat, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. The Conservatives, following gains from the Liberal Democrats regained control of the council having last had control in 1994. One Independent lost their seat to the Conservatives, leaving two remaining on the council.
This election saw the Epping Community Action Group come third in both Epping wards. The party, registered in 2005, ran on a pledge to rejuvenate Epping high street and save small shops by relaxing parking laws. It opposed fortnightly collection of household rubbish and committed to not build on green belt land. Run by Ian Anderson, a former leader of the National Front between 1990 and 1995. Anderson's local party also committed to re-open the local adult learning centre and to stop the town centre becoming an "endless parade of chain coffeehouses and takeaways". Neither Epping candidates, including Anderson won seats, causing the party to dissolve.
Due to no Loughton seats being contested in this cycle, no Loughton Residents Association councillors were up for election, and hence did not change in number.

## By-elections
### Grange Hill by-election

This by-election win by the Conservatives gave the party council control for the first time since 1994.
Grange Hill by-election 14 December 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kewal Chana | 609 | 39.4 | 12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Lion | 586 | 37.9 | 4.9 |
| | BNP | Jacqueline Carne | 302 | 19.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Roger Salmon | 48 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,545 | 32.8 | 5.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

## Results
### Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Penny Smith | 481 | 86.2 | 0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arnold Verrall | 77 | 13.8 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 404 | 72.4 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 558 | 34.7 | 5.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Buckhurst Hill West

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 | | |

### Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Glyn Pritchard | 572 | 44.6 | 7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Wright | 478 | 37.3 | 2.0 |
| | English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 233 | 18.2 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 7.3 | 5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,283 | 41.1 | 6.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Epping Hemnall

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

### Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Green | 930 | 48.9 | 9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 497 | 26.1 | 4.4 |
| | Epping Community Action Group | Audrey Wheeler | 295 | 15.5 | N/A |
| | BNP | Tony Frankland | 181 | 9.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 433 | 22.8 | 5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,903 | 40.3 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Grange Hill

Grange Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kewal Chana | 813 | 62.2 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dev Dodeja | 387 | 29.6 | 13.2 |
| | Labour | Martin Lawford | 107 | 8.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 426 | 32.6 | 23.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,307 | 27.7 | 10.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Lambourne

Lambourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Rolfe | 518 | 85.6 | 24.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Woollcott | 87 | 14.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 431 | 71.2 | 48.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 605 | 38.8 | 9.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing :
| Party | 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 | N/A |
| | Labour | Kelvin Morris | 60 | 5.0 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | 17.7 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,198 | 37.6 | 4.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Lower Sheering

Lower Sheering :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Heather Harding | 409 | 75.7 | 3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleonor Spencer | 131 | 24.3 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 278 | 51.4 | 7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 540 | 32.6 | 13.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Grigg | 887 | 82.1 | 0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Rumble | 193 | 17.9 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 694 | 64.2 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,080 | 31.4 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Roydon

Roydon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Sartin | 476 | 75.8 | 0.1 |
| | Labour | Colin Riches | 108 | 17.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Enid Robinson | 44 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 368 | 58.6 | 7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 628 | 35.9 | 5.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Shelley

Shelley :
| Party | 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 | N/A |
| | English Democrat | Anne Palmer | 46 | 6.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 5.6 | 30.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 696 | 41.5 | 14.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey High Beach

Waltham Abbey High Beach :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Syd Stavrou | 487 | 86.7 | 0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Fuller | 75 | 13.3 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | 73.4 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 562 | 32.2 | 0.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Antony Watts | 636 | 57.8 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peggy Ayre | 240 | 21.8 | 7.9 |
| | BNP | Andrew Slade | 225 | 20.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 36.0 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,101 | 24.3 | 5.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Brooks | 512 | 50.8 | 7.3 |
| | Conservative | Adam Clark | 495 | 49.2 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 1.6 | 34.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,007 | 32.0 | 3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liz Webster | 499 | 44.3 | 6.2 |
| | BNP | Gail Harvey | 377 | 33.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Mitchell Diamond-Conway | 250 | 22.2 | 8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 10.8 | 21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,126 | 34.1 | 4.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rikki Gadsby | 468 | 63.5 | 9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Chadburn | 269 | 36.5 | 9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 | 27.0 | 18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 737 | 24.6 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |