2000 Epping Forest District Council election

Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 30.4%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 20
• Liberal Democrat 16
• Labour 12
• Residents 8
• Independent 3

Election result

Epping Forest Local Election Result 2000

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8			+2	40.0	43.1	8,465	+0.4%
	Liberal Democrats	5			0	25.0	24.2	4,751	-0.9%
	Labour	3			-2	15.0	19.1	3,738	-7.3%
	Loughton Residents	3			0	15.0	8.9	1,751	+6.3%
	Independent	1			0	5.0	4.7	917	+1.5%

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed

Ward results

Broadway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Owen	498	65.1	-12.5
	Conservative	Ian Locks	267	34.9	+12.5
Majority			231	30.2	-25.0
Turnout			765	19.8	-2.5

Buckhurst Hill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Martin	620	60.0	-4.8
	Conservative	George Denny	301	29.1	+6.0
	Labour	Ronald Rodwell	112	10.8	-1.3
Majority			319	30.9	-10.8
Turnout			1,033	31.6	+5.5

Buckhurst Hill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Haigh	876	55.0	+2.0
	Conservative	Richard Watts	648	40.7	-1.8
	Labour	Janice Croke	70	4.4	+0.0
Majority			228	14.3	+3.8
Turnout			1,594	32.2	-0.5

Chigwell Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gilliham	564	79.2	+47.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Netherclift	148	20.8	+14.9
Majority			416	58.4
Turnout			712	22.5	-9.1

Debden Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Huckle	485	62.1	-13.4
	Conservative	Derek Knight	296	37.9	+13.4
Majority			189	24.2	-26.8
Turnout			781	20.1	-1.0

Epping Hemnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whitehouse	862	50.6	+0.5
	Conservative	Ian Hull	704	41.3	+0.7
	Labour	Barry Johns	137	8.0	-1.4
Majority			158	9.3	-0.2
Turnout			1,703	37.4	-3.3

Epping Lindsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brady	705	41.8	-7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Goold	558	33.1	+13.0
	Labour	Thomas Norris	422	25.0	-5.5
Majority			147	8.7	-10.2
Turnout			1,685	36.3	+6.1

Grange Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Maclaine	740	53.4	-1.5
	Conservative	Ronald McCarthy	561	40.4	+4.1
	Labour	Sidney Miller	86	6.2	-2.6
Majority			179	13.0	-5.6
Turnout			1,387	31.8	+5.8

High Ongar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret McEwen	unopposed

Loughton Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Ronald Gow	537	51.2	+0.7
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalf	402	38.4	+5.0
	Labour	Joan Ormston	109	10.4	-2.8
Majority			135	12.8	-4.3
Turnout			1,048	33.3	-0.7

Loughton Roding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Goodwin	630	54.6	-6.6
	Conservative	Jessica Bostock	375	32.5	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	148	12.8	+3.2
Majority			255	22.1	-9.9
Turnout			1,153	28.8	+4.2

Loughton St Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Roger Pearce	602	53.8	+0.2
	Conservative	Colin Finn	401	35.8	+2.9
	Labour	Thomas Owen	116	10.4	-3.0
Majority			201	18.0	-2.7
Turnout			1,119	27.8	+5.3

Loughton St Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Loughton Residents	Michael Wardle	612	61.4	+1.7
	Conservative	John Silberrad	290	29.1	+5.7
	Labour	Peter Lavin	94	9.4	-7.5
Majority			322	32.3	-4.0
Turnout			996	31.0	+0.4

Passingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Collins	391	84.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hutchings	71	15.4
Majority			320	69.2
Turnout			462	29.7

Patemoster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Johnson	514	56.3	-7.2
	Labour	Albert Farren	360	39.4	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Dunseath	39	4.3	-0.2
Majority			154	16.9	-14.6
Turnout			913	27.3	+1.4

Roothing Country

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Kelly	431	66.5
	Conservative	William White	217	33.5
Majority			214	33.0
Turnout			648	54.5

Roydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Clark	435	82.7
	Labour	Robin Walker	91	17.3
Majority			344	65.4
Turnout			526	25.2

Sheering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harrington	397	76.9
	Labour	Jill Finlay	119	23.1
Majority			278	53.8
Turnout			516	23.8

Theydon Bois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Glozier	591	45.2	-17.7
	Independent	Ronald Smith	482	36.9	+36.9
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Richardson	165	12.6	-13.1
	Labour	Derek Clark	69	5.3	-6.1
Majority			109	8.3	-28.9
Turnout			1,307	42.5	+10.5

Waltham Abbey East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gilding	841	66.0	+5.2
	Labour	John Langer	340	26.7	-4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Black	93	7.3	-0.8
Majority			501	39.3	+9.6
Turnout			1,274	22.8	+0.0

References

• 2000 Epping Forest election result
• Ward results