# 2018 Epping Forest District Council election

The 2018 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
This is the last election in which the UK Independence Party had elected representation on the council after the defection of David Dorrell to the Conservatives, and the defeat of Rod Butler.

## By-elections
### Chigwell Village By-election

Chigwell Village By-election, 23 Feb 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Darshan Sunger | 453 | 76.0 | 0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Alexander-Sefre | 143 | 23.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 310 | 52.0 | 10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 596 | 18% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Sheering by-election

A by-election was held on 19 October 2017 following the death of for Member of Parliament for Keighley, Gary Waller. Conservative, Paul Stalker won with 81% of the vote compared to 19% for the Liberal Democrats. Stalker completed Waller's term was re-elected in 2019 for a full term.
Lower Sheering By-election, 19 Oct 2017 (Compared to 2015 election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Stalker | 220 | 80.8 | 0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 52 | 19.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 61.7 | 22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 272 | 16% | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Ward results

Detailed below are all of the candidates nominated to stand in each ward in the upcoming election. Most figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election. Lower Nazeing, North Weald Bassett and Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash are compared to the 2015 ward election held at the same time as the 2015 general election, hence the sharp decrease in turnout, both Waltham Abbey seats contested at this election have been compared to the 2014 local election result because UKIP won both at that point:

### Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Steven Neville | 1,084 | 68.8 | 23.6 |
| | Conservative | Neville Wright | 440 | 27.9 | 13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dev Dodeja | 50 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 644 | 40.9 | 36.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,574 | 43% | 2.0 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Buckhurst Hill West

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 | | |

### Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Darshan Sunger | 751 | 77.0 | 1.9 |
| | Labour | Wendy Maher | 114 | 11.7 | 0.7 |
| | Green | Christopher Lord | 65 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Alexander-Sefre | 45 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 65.3 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 975 | 29% | 4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash

Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Basil Vaz | 704 | 69.5 | 17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pesh Kapasiawala | 308 | 30.4 | 13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 396 | 39.1 | 10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,012 | 30% | 42.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Hilda Whitehouse | 1,156 | 61.2 | 4.4 |
| | Conservative | Simon Baker | 554 | 29.3 | 5.0 |
| | Labour | Inez Collier | 176 | 9.3 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 602 | 31.9 | 9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,886 | 38% | 1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Les Burrows | 844 | 43.7 | 11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cherry McCredie | 811 | 42.0 | 19.0 |
| | Labour | Simon Bullough | 183 | 9.4 | 5.5 |
| | Green | Paul Scales | 92 | 4.7 | 2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 1.7 | 30.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,930 | 36% | 4.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Grange Hill

Grange Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gagan Mohindra | 803 | 57.9 | 7.2 |
| | Labour | Kay Morrison | 447 | 32.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Rupert Nelson | 136 | 9.8 | 25.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 356 | 25.7 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,386 | 26% | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Chris Roberts | 597 | 64.4 | 0.6 |
| | Labour | Angela Ayre | 172 | 18.5 | 1.7 |
| | Conservative | Robert Church | 158 | 17.0 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 425 | 45.9 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 927 | 27% | 2.0 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Chris Pond | 678 | 39.4 | N/A |
| | Loughton Residents | Michael Owen | 655 | 38.12 | N/A |
| | Labour | Rosie Kelly | 176 | 10.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Katherine Harris | 126 | 7.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Marshall Vance | 83 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,718 | 27% | 2.0 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Louise Mead | 686 | 72.0 | 12.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Thomas | 135 | 14.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | George Bose | 131 | 13.7 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | 57.9 | 11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 952 | 29% | 4.0 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Roger Baldwin | 678 | 54.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Hunter | 486 | 39.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Martin Lawford | 85 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 15.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,249 | 37% | 1.0 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stephen Murray | 1,010 | 82.3 | 0.8 |
| | Conservative | Peter Murray | 129 | 10.5 | 0.5 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Turner | 88 | 7.1 | 3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 881 | 71.8 | 1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,227 | 33% | 9.0 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton St. John's

Loughton St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Bob Jennings | 884 | 71.6 | 10.2 |
| | Conservative | Neal Bagshaw | 247 | 20.0 | 1.8 |
| | Labour | Jill Bostock | 103 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 51.6 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,234 | 35% | |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Howard Kauffman | 826 | 65.6 | 3.4 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Obaseki | 270 | 21.4 | 3.7 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Ross | 109 | 8.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Gilbert | 53 | 4.2 | 1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 556 | 44.2 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,258 | 33% | 2.0 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Lower Nazeing

Lower Nazeing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Yolanda Knight | 541 | 68.5 | 13.0 |
| | Labour | Brett Hawksbee | 89 | 11.2 | 7.2 |
| | UKIP | Martin Harvey | 85 | 10.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elaine Thatcher | 74 | 9.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 57.3 | 5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 789 | 24% | 43.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Moreton and Fyfield

Moreton and Fyfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Hadley | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | 100% | 24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Bolton | 852 | 79.5 | 19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 219 | 20.4 | 13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 633 | 59.1 | 24.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,071 | 29% | 37.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sue Jones | 810 | 64.2 | 12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Amos | 321 | 25.4 | 2.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Richardson | 130 | 10.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 489 | 38.8 | 14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,261 | 38% | 5.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Stocker | 617 | 29.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Steven Heather | 564 | 26.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Mitch Diamond-Conway | 350 | 16.4 | 1.9 |
| | Green | Carina Hill | 254 | 11.9 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Rodney Butler | 229 | 10.7 | 34.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Vaughan | 5.1 | | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,124 | 26% | 3.0% |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Independent David Dorrell (elected as a UKIP councillor in 2014) joined the Conservatives in February 2018.
Waltham Abbey Paternoster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Dorrell | 342 | 50.5 | 16.3 |
| | Labour | Robert Greyson | 201 | 29.7 | 12.2 |
| | Green | Dave Plummer | 77 | 11.3 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Ron McEvoy | 56 | 8.2 | 36.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 20.8 | 8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 676 | 20% | 8.0 |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |