# 1999 Epping Forest District Council election

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29%. This was the last time the Epping Residents Association had representation on the district council.

## By-elections
### Sheering by-election

Councillor Yeo who previously represented Sheering died in early 1999 prompting a by-election which was subsequently won by the Conservatives' John Harrington who completed Yeo's term until being elected to a full term in 2000.
Sheering by-election 25 February 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Harrington | 371 | 50.9 | 23.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 276 | 37.9 | 10.4 |
| | Labour | | 82 | 11.2 | 13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 13.0 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 729 | 32.9 | 1.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

## Results
### Broadway

Broadway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Davis | 703 | 77.6 | 1.3 |
| | Conservative | Lorne Daniel | 203 | 22.4 | 1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 500 | 55.2 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 906 | 22.3 | 4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Woollard | 580 | 64.8 | 0.6 |
| | Conservative | George Denny | 207 | 23.1 | 0.5 |
| | Labour | Lynn Baddock | 108 | 12.1 | 1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 373 | 41.7 | 0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 895 | 26.1 | 5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Heavens | 889 | 53.0 | 6.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Watts | 713 | 42.5 | 8.5 |
| | Labour | Janice Croke | 74 | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 176 | 10.5 | 15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,676 | 32.7 | 0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Wright | 290 | 50.0 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative | Frank Love | 212 | 36.6 | 6.9 |
| | Labour | Sheila Spring | 78 | 13.4 | 12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | 13.4 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 580 | 44.3 | 31.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Debden Green

Debden Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gillian Huckle | 635 | 75.5 | 0.6 |
| | Conservative | Derek Knight | 206 | 24.5 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 429 | 51.0 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 841 | 21.1 | 2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Whitehouse | 968 | 50.1 | 9.2 |
| | Conservative | Diana Collins | 784 | 40.6 | 11.2 |
| | Labour | Vivien Cave | 181 | 9.4 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184 | 9.5 | 20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,933 | 40.7 | 5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Epping Lindsey

Epping Lindsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Penny Smith | 704 | 49.4 | 13.1 |
| | Labour | Barry Johns | 435 | 30.5 | 3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanne Whitehouse | 287 | 20.1 | 8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | 18.9 | 9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,426 | 30.2 | 0.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Epping Residents Association | Conservative gain from Epping Residents Association | Swing | | |

### Grange Hill

Grange Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Spencer | 638 | 54.9 | 6.3 |
| | Conservative | Hilary Wood | 422 | 36.3 | 15.1 |
| | Labour | Ronald Rodwell | 102 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 216 | 18.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,162 | 26.0 | 1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Greensted and Marden Ash

Greensted and Marden Ash :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Jacobs | 393 | 53.8 | 8.8 |
| | Conservative | Nicola Deller | 172 | 23.5 | 4.9 |
| | Labour | Robert MacDonald | 166 | 22.7 | 4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 221 | 30.3 | 13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 731 | 39.8 | 3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### High Beech

High Beech :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norma Green | 578 | 78.6 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | Sidney Miller | 102 | 13.9 | 10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucille Thompson | 55 | 7.5 | 10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 476 | 64.7 | 32.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 735 | 34.2 | 9.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lambourne

Lambourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Easlea | 357 | 54.0 | 7.5 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Metcalfe | 304 | 46.0 | 20.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 8.0 | 27.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 661 | 37.8 | 21.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maureen Boatman | 629 | 61.2 | 8.7 |
| | Conservative | Norma Pearce | 300 | 29.2 | 18.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Netherclift | 99 | 9.6 | 5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 329 | 32.0 | 23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,028 | 24.6 | 8.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Loughton St. John's

Loughton St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Loughton Residents | Brian Moore | 503 | 53.6 | 0.3 |
| | Conservative | Ian Locks | 309 | 32.9 | 8.6 |
| | Labour | Thomas Owen | 126 | 13.4 | 8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 20.7 | 8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 938 | 22.5 | 5.0 |
| | Loughton Residents hold | Loughton Residents hold | Swing | | |

### Moreton and Matching

Moreton and Matching :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Richard Morgan | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | N/A | 100% | 24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Nazeing

Nazeing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Carr | 607 | 70.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Michael Alldis | 256 | 29.7 | 34.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 40.6 | 14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 863 | 23.5 | 3.0 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dave Stallan | 816 | 65.5 | 1.1 |
| | Labour | Derek Clark | 337 | 27.0 | 8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Monica Richardson | 93 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 38.5 | 9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,246 | 27.7 | 0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Shelley

Shelley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ronald Barnes | 261 | 79.6 | 8.2 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Dean | 67 | 20.4 | 8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 59.2 | 14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 328 | 23.8 | 12.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey East

Waltham Abbey East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Dickins | 791 | 60.8 | 9.2 |
| | Labour | Stanley Riley | 405 | 31.1 | 10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ingrid Black | 106 | 8.1 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 386 | 29.7 | 19.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | 22.8 | 4.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey Paternoster

Waltham Abbey Paternoster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reginald Chidley | 561 | 63.5 | 26.5 |
| | Labour | Fitzherbert Harewood | 283 | 32.0 | 26.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Olive Dunseath | 40 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 278 | 31.5 | 19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 884 | 25.9 | 4.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Waltham Abbey West

Waltham Abbey West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harold Taylor | 515 | 50.2 | 11.4 |
| | Labour | John Langer | 435 | 42.4 | 10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Hutchings | 76 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 7.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,026 | 24.9 | 0.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |