# 1998 Epping Forest District Council election

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29.4%.
This election marks the last time the Labour Party were the largest party on the council. By 2015, they would have no representation in the council chamber.

## Results
### Broadway

Broadway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Bostock | 856 | 78.9 | 4.9 |
| | Conservative | Ian Locks | 229 | 21.1 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 627 | 57.8 | 9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,085 | 26.6 | 7.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Robinson | 687 | 64.2 | 2.6 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Braybrook | 242 | 22.6 | 6.8 |
| | Labour | Sidney Miller | 141 | 13.2 | 2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 445 | 41.6 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,070 | 31.9 | 6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Thompson | 989 | 59.6 | 0.7 |
| | Conservative | James Brokenshire | 565 | 34.0 | 2.8 |
| | Labour | Janice Croke | 106 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 424 | 25.6 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,660 | 32.5 | 1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chigwell Row

Chigwell Row :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Brooks | 390 | 57.9 | 6.8 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Warner | 283 | 42.1 | 6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 15.8 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 673 | 37.6 | 10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Chigwell Residents Association | John Knapman | 660 | 62.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Brian Sandler | 338 | 31.9 | 32.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Spence | 63 | 5.9 | 13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 30.3 | 13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,061 | 31.6 | 3.2 |
| | Chigwell Residents Association gain from Conservative | Chigwell Residents Association gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Debden Green

Debden Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Barnes | 705 | 76.1 | 1.6 |
| | Conservative | Lorne Daniel | 221 | 23.9 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | 52.2 | 3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 926 | 23.9 | 5.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Boydon | 998 | 59.3 | 16.0 |
| | Conservative | Jean Ashbridge | 494 | 29.4 | 1.0 |
| | Labour | Barry Johns | 191 | 11.3 | 3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 29.9 | 9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,683 | 35.1 | 20.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Epping Lindsey

Epping Lindsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Whitbread | 511 | 36.3 | 8.3 |
| | Labour | Roger Fitz-Gibbon | 378 | 26.9 | 3.0 |
| | Epping Residents Association | June O'Brien | 354 | 25.2 | 2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 164 | 11.7 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 9.4 | 7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,407 | 29.4 | 2.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Epping Residents Association | Conservative gain from Epping Residents Association | Swing | | |

### Grange Hill

Grange Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Bateman | 607 | 51.4 | 16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Spong | 574 | 48.6 | 7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 2.8 | 17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,181 | 27.1 | 6.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Leslie Harris | 543 | 50.5 | 18.3 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Metcalfe | 359 | 33.4 | 14.2 |
| | Labour | Jennifer Hart | 142 | 13.2 | 1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 31 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 17.1 | 17.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,075 | 34.0 | 0.7 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Murray | 981 | 69.9 | 2.8 |
| | Loughton Residents | Leonard Parsons | 207 | 14.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Justine Greening | 152 | 10.8 | 9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Netherclift | 64 | 4.6 | 8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 774 | 55.2 | 9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,404 | 33.4 | 3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Dorothy Paddon | 625 | 53.9 | 3.4 |
| | Conservative | Colin Finn | 282 | 24.3 | 7.8 |
| | Labour | Lionel Murray | 252 | 21.7 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 29.6 | 11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,159 | 27.5 | 6.9 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Ronald Heath | 613 | 59.7 | 1.0 |
| | Conservative | Roseanne Serrelli | 240 | 23.4 | 1.4 |
| | Labour | Thomas Owen | 174 | 16.9 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 373 | 36.3 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,027 | 30.6 | 1.8 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Nazeing

Nazeing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Welch | 626 | 63.9 | 40.0 |
| | Labour | Desmond Clifton | 354 | 36.1 | 18.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 27.8 | 25.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 980 | 26.5 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Grigg | 780 | 64.4 | 26.2 |
| | Labour | John Childs | 431 | 35.6 | 2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 349 | 28.8 | 26.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,211 | 26.8 | 18.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Padfield | 634 | 62.9 | 37.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Monica Richardson | 259 | 25.7 | 15.5 |
| | Labour | Ian Standfast | 115 | 11.4 | 8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 37.2 | 19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,008 | 32.0 | 2.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey East

Waltham Abbey East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roy Brownjohn | 804 | 51.6 | 3.9 |
| | Labour | John Langer | 651 | 41.8 | 3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Hutchings | 102 | 6.6 | 0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | 9.8 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,557 | 26.9 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barckley Sumner | 502 | 58.2 | 2.0 |
| | Conservative | Glenn Harper | 319 | 37.0 | 6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Whitehouse | 41 | 4.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | 21.2 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 862 | 24.8 | 10.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey West

Waltham Abbey West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip Pennell | 569 | 53.1 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Harold Taylor | 416 | 38.8 | 2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Whitehouse | 87 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | 14.3 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,072 | 25.7 | 7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |