Epping Forest District Council election, 1998
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%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Epping Forest Local Election Result 1998 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
6 |
|
|
+1 |
31.6 |
36.7 |
8,102 |
|
|
Labour |
5 |
|
|
-1 |
26.3 |
29.6 |
6,548 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
4 |
|
|
0 |
21.1 |
20.1 |
4,449 |
|
|
Loughton Residents Association |
3 |
|
|
0 |
15.8 |
9.0 |
1,988 |
|
|
Chigwell Residents Association |
1 |
|
|
0 |
5.3 |
3.0 |
660 |
|
|
Epping Residents Association |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1.6 |
354 |
|
Ward results
Broadway |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Paul Bostock |
856 |
78.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Ian Locks |
229 |
21.1 |
|
Majority |
627 |
57.8 |
|
Turnout |
1,085 |
26.6 |
|
Buckhurst Hill East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Colin Robinson |
687 |
64.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Ronald Braybrook |
242 |
22.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Sidney Miller |
141 |
13.2 |
|
Majority |
445 |
41.6 |
|
Turnout |
1,070 |
31.9 |
|
Buckhurst Hill West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Thompson |
989 |
59.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Brokenshire |
565 |
34.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Janice Croke |
106 |
6.4 |
|
Majority |
424 |
25.6 |
|
Turnout |
1,660 |
32.5 |
|
Chigwell Row |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Brooks |
390 |
57.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Raymond Warner |
283 |
42.1 |
|
Majority |
107 |
15.8 |
|
Turnout |
673 |
37.6 |
|
Chigwell Village |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Chigwell Residents Association |
John Knapman |
660 |
62.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Brian Sandler |
338 |
31.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Spence |
63 |
5.9 |
|
Majority |
322 |
30.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,061 |
31.6 |
|
Debden Green |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Stephen Barnes |
705 |
76.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Lorne Daniel |
221 |
23.9 |
|
Majority |
484 |
52.2 |
|
Turnout |
926 |
23.9 |
|
Epping Hemnall |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Allan Boydon |
998 |
59.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Jean Ashbridge |
494 |
29.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Barry Johns |
191 |
11.3 |
|
Majority |
504 |
29.9 |
|
Turnout |
1,683 |
35.1 |
|
Epping Lindsey |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Christopher Whitbread |
511 |
36.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Roger Fitz-Gibbon |
378 |
26.9 |
|
|
Epping Residents Association |
June O'Brien |
354 |
25.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ingrid Black |
164 |
11.7 |
|
Majority |
133 |
9.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,407 |
29.4 |
|
Grange Hill |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David Bateman |
607 |
51.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Evelyn Spong |
574 |
48.6 |
|
Majority |
33 |
2.8 |
|
Turnout |
1,181 |
27.1 |
|
Loughton Forest |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Loughton Residents Association |
Leslie Harris |
543 |
50.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Stephen Metcalfe |
359 |
33.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Jennifer Hart |
142 |
13.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Lucille Thompson |
31 |
2.9 |
|
Majority |
184 |
17.1 |
|
Turnout |
1,075 |
34.0 |
|
Loughton Roding |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Stephen Murray |
981 |
69.9 |
|
|
Loughton Residents Association |
Leonard Parsons |
207 |
14.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Justine Greening |
152 |
10.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Netherclift |
64 |
4.6 |
|
Majority |
774 |
55.2 |
|
Turnout |
1,404 |
33.4 |
|
Loughton St Johns |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Loughton Residents Association |
Dorothy Paddon |
625 |
53.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Colin Finn |
282 |
24.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Lionel Murray |
252 |
21.7 |
|
Majority |
343 |
29.6 |
|
Turnout |
1,159 |
27.5 |
|
Loughton St Marys |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Loughton Residents Association |
Ronald Heath |
613 |
59.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Roseanne Serrelli |
240 |
23.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Thomas Owen |
174 |
16.9 |
|
Majority |
373 |
36.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,027 |
30.6 |
|
Nazeing |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Michael Welch |
626 |
63.9 |
|
|
Labour |
Desmond Clifton |
354 |
36.1 |
|
Majority |
272 |
27.8 |
|
Turnout |
980 |
26.5 |
|
North Weald Bassett |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Anne Grigg |
780 |
64.4 |
|
|
Labour |
John Childs |
431 |
35.6 |
|
Majority |
349 |
28.8 |
|
Turnout |
1,211 |
26.8 |
|
Patemoster |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Barckley Sumner |
502 |
58.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Glenn Harper |
319 |
37.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Whitehouse |
41 |
4.8 |
|
Majority |
183 |
21.2 |
|
Turnout |
862 |
24.8 |
|
Theydon Bois |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Padfield |
634 |
62.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Monica Richardson |
259 |
25.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Ian Standfast |
115 |
11.4 |
|
Majority |
375 |
37.2 |
|
Turnout |
1,008 |
32.0 |
|
Waltham Abbey East |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Roy Brownjohn |
804 |
51.6 |
|
|
Labour |
John Langer |
651 |
41.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Susan Hutchings |
102 |
6.6 |
|
Majority |
153 |
9.8 |
|
Turnout |
1,557 |
26.9 |
|
Waltham Abbey West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Philip Pennell |
569 |
53.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Harold Taylor |
416 |
38.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Whitehouse |
87 |
8.1 |
|
Majority |
153 |
14.3 |
|
Turnout |
1,072 |
25.7 |
|
References
- "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
- Ward results