2021 Epping Forest District Council election

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21 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.6% (7.8%)[1][2]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chris Whitbread Caroline Pond Jon Whitehouse Party Conservative Loughton Residents Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common Loughton St Johns Epping Hemnall Last election 36 seats, 50.4% 13 seats, 26.6% 3 seats, 26.2% Seats before 33 13 3 Seats won 36 13 3 Seat change Popular vote 13,153 4,943 3,097 Percentage 48.1% 18.0% 11.3% Swing 2.3% 8.6% 14.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Steven Neville Julian Leppert Mitch Diamond-Conway Party Green For Britain Labour Leader's seat Buckhurst Hill East Waltham Abbey Paternoster None Last election 3 seats, 6.4% 1 seat, 3.7% 0 seats, 7.3% Seats before 3 1 0 Seats won 3 1 0 Seat change Popular vote 1,816 359 3,635 Percentage 6.6% 1.3% 13.3% Swing 0.2% 2.4% 6.0%
Map showing the results of the 2021 Epping Forest District Council election
Council composition following the election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2021 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England on the same day as other local elections.

This election marked the first time in over 22 years that the Labour Party have stood in every ward. The For Britain Movement stood in 3 out of 4 of the Waltham Abbey seats. Reform UK also stood for the first time in Moreton and Fyfield.

There was little change in Epping Forest's political makeup. The Conservatives cemented their position as the largest party in the district taking 14 seats, 11 of which were holds and 3 were vacant seat wins.

The Loughton Residents Association had a strong showing, dominating voting in all Loughton wards up for election, despite losing their vote share. The Liberal Democrats suffered their largest loss in the percentage of the vote in the district council's history.^[1]

Despite Labour winning their largest share of the vote in the district since 2000, they failed to gain any seats. Angela Ayre, secretary of the Epping Forest Labour Party stated they are "committed to becoming a power to be reckoned with in Epping Forest".^[1]

2021 Epping Forest District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13	1	56.5	23	36	62.1	13,153	48.2	-2.4
	Loughton Residents	7		30.4	6	13	22.4	4,943	18.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	8.7	2	4	6.9	3,097	11.3	-15.0
	Green	1		4.3	2	3	5.2	1,816	6.6	+0.1
	For Britain	0		0.0	2	2	3.4	359	1.3	-2.5
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,635	13.3	+5.9
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	131	0.5	-2.4
	Young People's	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.3	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	46	0.2	New
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	43	0.2	-0.9

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simon Heap	753	54.4	14.4
	Conservative	Smruti Patel	514	37.1	9.2
	Labour	Alain Laviolette	115	8.2	N/A
Majority			239	17.3	3.0
Turnout			1,382	38.9	4.1
	Green hold		Swing

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Williamson	1,228	57.5	9.8
	Green	Anne Redelinghuys	351	16.4	N/A
	Labour	Onike Gollo	238	11.1	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ish Singh	200	9.3	34.2
	Young People's	Thomas Hall	88	4.1	1.7
Majority			877	41.1	36.9
Turnout			2,135	40.1	2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Row

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pranav Bhanot	586	80.0	17.1
	Labour	Nicola Fuller	98	13.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hume	48	6.5	23.3
Majority			388	66.7	19.8
Turnout			732	40.1	8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chigwell Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kaz Rizvi	807	70.4	6.6
	Labour	André Boutall	187	16.3	4.6
	Green	Alison Garnham	151	13.2	6.6
Majority			620	54.1	11.2
Turnout			1,145	33.2	4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Epping Hemnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Whitehouse	1,290	60.8	1.9
	Conservative	Simon Baker	688	32.4	0.2
	Labour	Inez Collier	142	6.6	1.6
Majority			602	28.4	2.1
Turnout			2,120	42.8	7.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Holly Whitbread	1,316	58.6	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Read	698	31.0	10.8
	Labour	Simon Bullough	231	10.2	4.0
Majority			618	27.6	23.4
Turnout			2,245	41.8	6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Barlow	850	55.4
	Conservative	Alan Lion	744	48.5
	Labour	Cristinel Birzu	297	19.4
	Labour	Sam Tankard	276	18.0
	Green	Rebecca Fricker	186	12.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sinfield	125	8.2	N/A
Majority			553	29.1
Turnout			1,533	30	9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Balcombe	522	79.0	7.5
	Labour	Alison Wingfield	50	7.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Thatcher	46	6.9	N/A
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	43	6.5	1.0
Majority			472	71.5	20.1
Turnout			661	34.5	8.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Alderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Chidi Nweke	533	58.7	6.7
	Conservative	Jan Ridding	205	18.7	1.7
	Labour	Angela Ayre	170	18.7	0.2
Majority			328	36.0	9.9
Turnout			908	26.5	0.5
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Michael Owen	435	53.9	14.5
	Labour	Debbie Wild	185	22.9	12.7
	Conservative	George Bose	161	20.0	12.7
	For Britain	Edward Butler	26	3.2	N/A
Majority			250	54.0	24.8
Turnout			807	23.1	3.9
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Fairmead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	David Wixley	569	63.4	8.6
	Labour	Paul Thomas	175	19.5	5.4
	Conservative	Meena Patel	153	17.0	3.3
Majority			394	43.9	14.0
Turnout			897	27.4	1.6
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Jayna Jogia	757	56.1	1.5
	Conservative	Tim Parry	466	34.5	4.5
	Labour	Emma Roberts	125	9.2	2.4
Majority			291	21.6	6.2
Turnout			1,348	39.7	2.7
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Rose Brooks	858	67.3	4.3
	Conservative	Katharine Hawes	253	19.8	0.2
	Labour	Gareth Rawlings	162	12.7	4.4
Majority			605	47.5	4.1
Turnout			1,273	35.2	0.2
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton St Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Caroline Pond	901	67.8	3.8
	Conservative	Bob Church	296	22.2	2.2
	Labour	Jill Bostock	131	9.8	1.5
Majority			605	45.6	6.0
Turnout			1,328	38.3	3.3
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Loughton St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Judy Jennings	890	62.7	2.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Hunter	313	22.0	0.6
	Labour	Ross Burrell	167	11.7	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Naomi Davies	49	3.4	0.8
Majority			577	40.6	3.6
Turnout			1,419	36.1	3.1
	Loughton Residents hold		Swing

Moreton & Fyfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Hadley	476	78.5	3.0
	Reform UK	Peter Bell	46	7.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Griffiths	46	7.5	N/A
	Labour	Zidan Abou-Harb	38	6.2	N/A
Majority			430	71.0	20.1
Turnout			606	35.4	4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Passingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Brady	504	79.8	20.2
	Labour	James Murchison	68	10.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Barnard	61	9.6	N/A
Majority			436	68.9	N/A
Turnout			633	32.0	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Theydon Bois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Phillip	881	59.6	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Amos	512	34.6	9.2
	Labour	Peter Pendle	84	5.6	4.7
Majority			369	25.0	13.8
Turnout			1,477	44.8	8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey High Beach

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Matthews	401	63.8	3.9
	Independent	Paul Morris	131	20.8	1.3
	Labour	Clover Colquhoun	96	15.2	N/A
Majority			270	43.0	3.6
Turnout			628	30.9	5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Heather	605	45.4	5.2
	Labour	Robert Greyson	256	19.2	3.1
	For Britain	Pat Richardson	242	18.1	4.9
	Green	Liam Lakes	229	17.1	3.8
Majority			359	26.2	9.0
Turnout			1,332	29.0	6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeane Lea	615	63.7	3.2
	Labour	David Moss	181	18.7	N/A
	Green	Carina Hill	103	10.6	13.5
	For Britain	Sue Butler	43	4.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Vaughan	22	2.2	13.1
Majority			434	45.0	8.6
Turnout			964	30.3	6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waltham Abbey South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Kane	569	69.1	31.1
	Labour	Sara Hassan	163	19.8	N/A
	For Britain	Jim Searle	48	5.8	N/A
	Green	Paul Scales	43	5.2	56.8
Majority			406	49.3	25.3
Turnout			823	24.6	0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing