2004 Epping Forest District Council election

10 June 2004
21 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	37.6% (8.3%)
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Loughton Residents Last election 23 seats, 52.8% 15 seats, 32.8% 6 seats, N/A Seats before 24 15 6 Seats won 26 14 6 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 12,612 9,073 3,788 Percentage 42.7% 30.8% 12.8% Swing 10.1% 2.0% N/A   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Labour BNP Chigwell Residents Last election 9 seats, 5.5% 0 seats, N/A 1 seat, 1.0% Seats before 8 0 1 Seats won 4 3 1 Seat change 5 3 Popular vote 1,360 1,109 949 Percentage 4.6% 3.8% 3.2% Swing 0.9% N/A 2.2%
Results of the 2004 District Council elections
Council composition following the election
Council control before election No overall control Conservative largest party Council control after election No overall control Conservative largest party

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 37.6%.

This election saw the British National Party first enter the council chamber. They would go on to double their representation. This also saw the largest loss of Labour seats since they were the council's largest party in 1998.

Results

Buckhurst Hill East

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Woollard	699	52.6	1.5
	Conservative	Alan Kilbey	450	33.9	0.5
	BNP	Peter Turpin	179	13.5	N/A
Majority			249	18.7	2.0
Turnout			1,328	41.3	5.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Heavens	1,049	51.7	4.1
	Conservative	Haluk Ulkun	981	48.3	4.1
Majority			68	3.4	8.2
Turnout			2,030	41.2	11.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chigwell Row

Chigwell Row

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Sandler	460	59.4	8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Heavens	315	40.6	8.9
Majority			145	18.8	17.8
Turnout			775	47.5	9.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Village

Chigwell Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chigwell Residents Association	John Knapman	460	59.4	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Stollar	178	15.8	5.3
Majority			771	68.4	36.8
Turnout			1,127	37.9	6.4
	Chigwell Residents Association hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall

Epping Hemnall (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Whitehouse	916	44.8	4.3
	Conservative	Susan Perry	880	43.1	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Hedges	873
	Conservative	Terence Spencer	806
	English Democrat	Clare Crawford	247	12.1	N/A
Turnout			3,722	42.0	12.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Whitbread	1,135	61.7	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	455	24.7	12.8
	Green	Robert Jones	249	13.5	6.0
Majority			680	37.0	26.8
Turnout			1,839	40.5	5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bateman	977	53.9	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lion	835	46.1	14.1
Majority			142	7.8	20.5
Turnout			1,812	38.9	10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings

High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret McEwen	477	71.6	2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Miller	189	28.4	2.4
Majority			288	43.2	4.8
Turnout			666	40.7	6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Alderton

Loughton Alderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Terence Farr	315	28.0	N/A
	Loughton Residents	Rosemary Brookes	258	22.9	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Daniel	251	22.3	15.2
	Labour	Peter Sheen	223	19.8	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Cuming	80	7.1	6.5
Majority			57	5.1	6.4
Turnout			1,127	34.6	10.8
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton Broadway

Loughton Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Thomas Richardson	357	33.6	N/A
	Labour	Margaret Owen	289	27.2	19.9
	Conservative	Lorne Daniel	259	24.4	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Spence	158	14.9	1.7
Majority			68	6.4	16.8
Turnout			1,063	35.8	9.3
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Loughton Fairmead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Patricia Richardson	258	26.6	N/A
	Loughton Residents	Chris Pond	245	25.3	N/A
	Labour	Albert Farren	209	21.6	34.4
	Conservative	Gagan Mohindra	171	17.6	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Woolcott	86	8.9	N/A
Majority			13	1.3	10.6
Turnout			969	31.4	10.9
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton Forest

Loughton Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hart	670	48.0	9.0
	Loughton Residents	Peter House	518	37.1	8.0
	Labour	Thomas Owen	141	10.1	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	68	4.9	0.4
Majority			152	10.9	4.9
Turnout			1,397	44.3	6.3
	Conservative gain from Loughton Residents		Swing

Loughton Roding

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Kenneth Angold-Stephens	665	53.0	N/A
	Conservative	Gaurav Mohindra	231	18.4	10.0
	Labour	Paul Bostock	184	14.7	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spencer	175	13.9	0.5
Majority			434	44.6	14.8
Turnout			1,255	38.2	0.7
	Loughton Residents gain from Labour		Swing

Loughton St. John's

Loughton St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Caroline Pond	681	53.0	0.2
	Conservative	Anthony Barritt	441	34.3	1.6
	Labour	Jill Bostock	94	7.3	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Robinson	68	5.3	1.5
Majority			240	18.7	1.4
Turnout			1,284	40.2	7.7
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Loughton St. Mary's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Anthony Lee	734	55.3	1.2
	Loughton Residents	Mitchell Cohen	687
	Conservative	Andrea Stephenson	383	28.9	0.6
	Labour	Marion Taylor	112	8.4	2.2
	Labour	John McNamara	108
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	98	7.4	2.8
Turnout			2,122	39.5	7.3
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Moreton and Fyfield

Moreton and Fyfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Kelly	407	49.6	10.8
	Conservative	Derek Bates	298	36.3	3.3
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	116	14.1	14.1
Majority			109	13.3	7.5
Turnout			821	48.8	6.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Passingford

Passingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Collins	554	82.8	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Clark	115	17.2	17.2
Majority			439	65.6	10.6
Turnout			669	43.1	11.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Theydon Bois

Theydon Bois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Rush	798	53.3	30.8
	Conservative	Matthew Hayday	700	46.7	1.7
Majority			98	6.6	6.6
Turnout			1,498	48.4	7.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter McMillan	745	67.7	10.2
	Conservative	Demitrous Demetriou	703
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Ayre	355	32.3	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marlis Creevy	324
Turnout			2,127	26.6	8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Waltham Abbey North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeane Lea	617	56.5	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Akers	476	43.5	15.7
Majority			141	13.0	13.8
Turnout			1,093	35.8	9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Waltham Abbey South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan D'Souza	423	54.3	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Chadburn	356	45.7	1.9
Majority			67	8.6	3.8
Turnout			779	28.8	6.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

• 2004 Epping Forest election result
• Epping Forest District Council: 2004 election: Ward Results archived from the original. (Retrieved 9 November 2013)