The

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is in the

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Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

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. It was created on 1 April 1974, following the merger of Epping Urban District,

Chigwell Urban District Chigwell was a local government district in south west Essex, England.Vision of Britain Chigwell UDhistoric map ) It contained the settlements of Chigwell, Loughton and Buckhurst Hill; and formed part of the Metropolitan Police District. Formati ...

Waltham Holy Cross Urban District Waltham Holy Cross was an urban district in the county of Essex, England, which was abolished and amalgamated with other local government districts in 1974 to form the Epping Forest District. The district consisted of the area of the ancient pa ...

, and part of

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. Until 2002, Epping Forest District Council was represented by 59 councillors. In 2002 the ward boundaries were reorganised, resulting in the loss of one council seat, and since then the district has had 58 councillors representing 32

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. Each ward is represented by one, two or three councillors, depending on the ward's population, so that each councillor represents a roughly equal proportion of the district's electorate. Councillors serve for a four-year term. They are elected on a "cycle of thirds", i.e. one third of the Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1974 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The

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of the council since 2001 have been:

District council wards since 2002

*Broadley Common, Epping Upland & Nazeing (1 seat) *Buckhurst Hill East (2 seats) *Buckhurst Hill West (3 seats) *Chigwell Row (1 seat) *Chigwell Village (2 seats) *Chipping Ongar, Greening & Marden Ash (2 seats) *Epping Hemnall (3 seats) *Epping Lindsey & Thornwood Common (3 seats) *Grange Hill (3 seats) *Hastingwood, Matching & Sheering Village (1 seat) *High Ongar, Willingale & The Rodings (1 seat) *Lambourne (1 seat) *Loughton Alderton (2 seats) *Loughton Broadway (2 seats) *Loughton Fairmead (2 seats) *Loughton Forest (2 seats) *Loughton Roding (2 seats) *Loughton St John's (2 seats) *Loughton St Mary's (2 seats) *Lower Nazeing (2 seats) *Lower Sheering (1 seat) *Moreton & Fyfield (1 seat) *North Weald Bassett (2 seats) *Passingford (1 seat) *Roydon (1 seat) *Shelley (1 seat) *Theydon Bois (2 seats) *Waltham Abbey High Beach (1 seat) *Waltham Abbey Honey Lane (3 seats) *Waltham Abbey North East (2 seats) *Waltham Abbey Paternoster (2 seats) *Waltham Abbey South West (2 seats)

Council elections

1999 Epping Forest District Council election Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29%. This was the last time the Epping Residents Association had repr ...

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%. This was the last election with some of the current boundaries. ...

2002 Epping Forest District Council election Elections to Epping Forest Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The council stayed under no overall control. Abolished ...

Results since 2002

Changes between elections

1995 boundaries

2002 boundaries

2005-2009

2012 boundaries

Independent Cllr David Dorrell (Waltham Abbey Paternoster, elected UKIP, 2014) joined the Conservatives in February 2018. Independent Cllr Sylvia Watson (Buckhurst Hill West, elected Conservative, 2014) resigned in March 2018. The seat is due for election on 3 May. LRA Cllr Leon Girling (Loughton Broadway, elected 2016) resigned in March 2018. There is another vacancy in the same ward. A double by-election will be held on 3 May. Conservative Cllr Tony Boyce (Moreton and Fyfield, elected 2015) resigned in March 2018. A by-election will be held on 3 May. Conservative Cllr Glynis Shiell (Waltham Abbey Honey Lane, elected 2016) resigned in March 2018. There is another vacancy in the same ward. A double by-election will be held on 3 May.

References

External links

Election pages on Epping Forest District Council website
{{Essex elections Epping Forest District Council elections in Essex District council elections in England