# 2003 Epping Forest District Council election

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. This election saw the best performance in terms of seats and vote share for the Liberal Democrats.

## By-elections
### Waltham Abbey North East by-election

Waltham Abbey North East By-Election 7 November 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Brooks | 463 | 55.8 | 27.5 |
| | Conservative | David Porter | 321 | 38.7 | 33.0 |
| | Labour | Fitzherbert Harewood | 46 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 17.1 | 26.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 830 | 25.7 | 2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey South West by-election

Waltham Abbey South West By-Election 7 November 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Chadburn | 287 | 56.5 | 26.7 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Williams | 172 | 33.9 | 36.3 |
| | Labour | Marion Taylor | 49 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 21.6 | 17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 508 | 18.3 | 2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

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

Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Penny Smith | 389 | 85.7 | 0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Graty | 65 | 14.3 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 71.4 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 454 | 29.5 | 2.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Buckhurst Hill West

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 | | |

### Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Wright | 576 | 58.2 | 5.7 |
| | Conservative | Glyn Pritchard | 413 | 41.8 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 | 16.4 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 989 | 32.7 | 6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Monica Richardson | 666 | 49.1 | 7.5 |
| | Conservative | Jean Ashbridge | 593 | 43.7 | 9.9 |
| | Labour | Robert Sheen | 98 | 7.2 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,357 | 29.1 | 2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Green | 731 | 47.7 | 8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Hedges | 574 | 37.5 | 2.6 |
| | Green | Thomas Norris | 115 | 7.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Louis Appiah | 111 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 157 | 10.2 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,531 | 35.3 | 13.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Grange Hill

Grange Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gavin Stollar | 779 | 60.2 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Cheryl-Anne Kashket | 516 | 39.8 | 10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | 20.4 | 20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,295 | 28.3 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village

Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Richard Morgan | 400 | 67.5 | 8.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Wright | 193 | 32.5 | 8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 35.0 | 16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 593 | 37.1 | 1.6 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Lambourne

Lambourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Metcalfe | 452 | 61.5 | 5.8 |
| | Labour | Colin Huckle | 283 | 38.5 | 5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 23.0 | 11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 735 | 48.6 | 1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Daphne Borton | 495 | 54.6 | 19.2 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Ramshaw | 262 | 28.9 | 9.1 |
| | UKIP | Martin Harvey | 120 | 13.2 | 0.1 |
| | Labour | Kelvin Morris | 96 | 10.6 | 0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Spencer | 34 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 233 | 25.7 | 20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 907 | 32.8 | 9.8 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Sheering

Lower Sheering :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Harrington | 207 | 72.1 | 4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Enid Robinson | 80 | 27.9 | 15.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 44.2 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 287 | 19.5 | 3.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Grigg | 677 | 80.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Rumble | 98 | 11.6 | 8.4 |
| | Green | Barry Johns | 71 | 8.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 579 | 68.4 | 8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 846 | 25.8 | 7.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Roydon

Roydon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mary Sartin | 371 | 75.7 | 35.3 |
| | Independent | Vincent Coen | 119 | 24.3 | 19.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | 51.4 | 9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 490 | 30.5 | 1.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Shelley

Shelley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Gode | 223 | 60.1 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative | Frank Love | 89 | 24.0 | 3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Surtees | 59 | 15.9 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 36.1 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 371 | 27.2 | 2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey High Beach

Waltham Abbey High Beach :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sydney-Ann Stavrou | 456 | 87.2 | 12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 67 | 12.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 389 | 74.4 | 25.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 523 | 31.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donald Spinks | 626 | 77.9 | 12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 178 | 22.1 | 12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 448 | 55.8 | 24.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 804 | 18.4 | 3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Brooks | 476 | 59.2 | 30.9 |
| | Conservative | Antony Watts | 328 | 40.8 | 30.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | 18.4 | 25.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 804 | 26.8 | 1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Haines | 564 | 83.2 | 19.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Sinfield | 114 | 16.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | 66.4 | 38.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 678 | 22.4 | 1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ulrike Gadsby | 324 | 52.4 | 17.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Akers | 294 | 47.6 | 17.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 4.8 | 35.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 618 | 22.7 | 2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |