1998_Epping_Forest_Council_election
1998 Epping Forest District Council election
1998 UK local government 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%.
Quick Facts 19 seats to Epping Forest District Council 29 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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19 seats to Epping Forest District Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Broadway
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Bostock | 856 | 78.9 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | Ian Locks | 229 | 21.1 | 4.9 | |
Majority | 627 | 57.8 | 9.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,085 | 26.6 | 7.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Buckhurst Hill East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 445 | 41.6 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,070 | 31.9 | 6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Buckhurst Hill West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 424 | 25.6 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,660 | 32.5 | 1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Chigwell Row
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patricia Brooks | 390 | 57.9 | 6.8 | |
Conservative | Raymond Warner | 283 | 42.1 | 6.8 | |
Majority | 107 | 15.8 | 13.6 | ||
Turnout | 673 | 37.6 | 10.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Chigwell Village
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 322 | 30.3 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,061 | 31.6 | 3.2 | ||
Chigwell Residents Association gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Debden Green
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Barnes | 705 | 76.1 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Lorne Daniel | 221 | 23.9 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 484 | 52.2 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 926 | 23.9 | 5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Epping Hemnall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 504 | 29.9 | 9.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,683 | 35.1 | 20.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Epping Lindsey
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 133 | 9.4 | 7.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,407 | 29.4 | 2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Epping Residents Association | Swing | ||||
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Grange Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Bateman | 607 | 51.4 | 16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Spong | 574 | 48.6 | 7.1 | |
Majority | 33 | 2.8 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,181 | 27.1 | 6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Loughton Forest
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 184 | 17.1 | 17.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,075 | 34.0 | 0.7 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing | ||||
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Loughton Roding
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 774 | 55.2 | 9.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,404 | 33.4 | 3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Loughton St. John's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 343 | 29.6 | 11.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,159 | 27.5 | 6.9 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing | ||||
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Loughton St. Mary's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 373 | 36.3 | 0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,027 | 30.6 | 1.8 | ||
Loughton Residents hold | Swing | ||||
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Nazeing
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Welch | 626 | 63.9 | 40.0 | |
Labour | Desmond Clifton | 354 | 36.1 | 18.7 | |
Majority | 272 | 27.8 | 25.7 | ||
Turnout | 980 | 26.5 | 18.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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North Weald Bassett
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Grigg | 780 | 64.4 | 26.2 | |
Labour | John Childs | 431 | 35.6 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 349 | 28.8 | 26.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,211 | 26.8 | 18.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Theydon Bois
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 375 | 37.2 | 19.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,008 | 32.0 | 2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Waltham Abbey East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 153 | 9.8 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,557 | 26.9 | 7.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Waltham Abbey Paternoster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 183 | 21.2 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 862 | 24.8 | 10.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Waltham Abbey West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 153 | 14.3 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,072 | 25.7 | 7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
- Ward results