Elections to
Epping Forest Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under
no overall control.
The
Labour Party was reduced to one seat following wipeout of their representation in Loughton - remaining Labour councillor, Peter Gode of Shelley would resign in 2015. Stephen Murray, Labour councillor for Loughton Roding, defected and became an
Independent
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. This election also marks the most recent time a
Conservative has won a seat in Loughton.
The
Liberal Democrats lost another seat, whilst the
Loughton Residents Association
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also lost a seat to the
British National Party, who doubled their representation and increased their vote share. Three
Independents remained on the council, and Chigwell Residents Association councillor, John Knapman (who groups with the Loughton Residents Association) continued to serve out their terms.
This would be the last election in which the Conservatives would not have control of the council. This would change following a by-election in
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in December 2006 which would see the Conservatives cross the majority threshold and assume control of the chamber.
By-elections
Lower Sheering by-election
Chigwell Village by-election
''N.B: The Conservative figure is marked as'' ''N/A'' ''because the last election this ward was contested in did not feature a Conservative candidate, rather a Chigwell Residents Association candidate''
Results
Buckhurst Hill East
Buckhurst Hill West
Chigwell Village
Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash
Epping Hemnall
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Grange Hill
Loughton Alderton
Loughton Broadway
Loughton Fairmead
Loughton Forest
Loughton Roding
Loughton St. John's
Loughton St. Mary's
Lower Nazeing
North Weald Bassett
Theydon Bois
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Waltham Abbey Paternoster
Councillor Reginald Chidley, elected as a Conservative in 2002, resigned from the Conservative group and sat as an Independent. He was defeated in this election by a Conservative opponent.
References
2006 Epping Forest election resultWard results
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2006 English local elections
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