Epping Forest 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
*Labour 17
*Conservative 15
*Liberal Democrat 15
*Residents 9
*Independent 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 31.6
votes % = 36.7
votes = 8,102
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 26.3
votes % = 29.6
votes = 6,548
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 21.1
votes % = 20.1
votes = 4,449
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Loughton Residents Association
seats = 3
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 15.8
votes % = 9.0
votes = 1,988
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Chigwell Residents Association
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 5.3
votes % = 3.0
votes = 660
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Epping Residents Association
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.6
votes = 354
plus/minus =

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Bostock
votes = 856
percentage = 78.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Locks
votes = 229
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 627
percentage = 57.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,085
percentage = 26.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Colin Robinson
votes = 687
percentage = 64.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Braybrook
votes = 242
percentage = 22.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sidney Miller
votes = 141
percentage = 13.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 445
percentage = 41.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,070
percentage = 31.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Thompson
votes = 989
percentage = 59.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Brokenshire
votes = 565
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Janice Croke
votes = 106
percentage = 6.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 424
percentage = 25.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,660
percentage = 32.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Brooks
votes = 390
percentage = 57.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Warner
votes = 283
percentage = 42.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 107
percentage = 15.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 673
percentage = 37.6
change =

Election box candidate
party = Chigwell Residents Association
candidate = John Knapman
votes = 660
percentage = 62.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Sandler
votes = 338
percentage = 31.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Spence
votes = 63
percentage = 5.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 322
percentage = 30.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,061
percentage = 31.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Barnes
votes = 705
percentage = 76.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lorne Daniel
votes = 221
percentage = 23.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 484
percentage = 52.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 926
percentage = 23.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Allan Boydon
votes = 998
percentage = 59.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Ashbridge
votes = 494
percentage = 29.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Johns
votes = 191
percentage = 11.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 504
percentage = 29.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,683
percentage = 35.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Whitbread
votes = 511
percentage = 36.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Fitz-Gibbon
votes = 378
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box candidate
party = Epping Residents Association
candidate = June O'Brien
votes = 354
percentage = 25.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ingrid Black
votes = 164
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 133
percentage = 9.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,407
percentage = 29.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bateman
votes = 607
percentage = 51.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Evelyn Spong
votes = 574
percentage = 48.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 33
percentage = 2.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,181
percentage = 27.1
change =

Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Leslie Harris
votes = 543
percentage = 50.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Metcalfe
votes = 359
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Hart
votes = 142
percentage = 13.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lucille Thompson
votes = 31
percentage = 2.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 184
percentage = 17.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,075
percentage = 34.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Murray
votes = 981
percentage = 69.9
change = Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Leonard Parsons
votes = 207
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Justine Greening
votes = 152
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Netherclift
votes = 64
percentage = 4.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 774
percentage = 55.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,404
percentage = 33.4
change =

Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Dorothy Paddon
votes = 625
percentage = 53.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Finn
votes = 282
percentage = 24.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lionel Murray
votes = 252
percentage = 21.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 343
percentage = 29.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,159
percentage = 27.5
change =

Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Ronald Heath
votes = 613
percentage = 59.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roseanne Serrelli
votes = 240
percentage = 23.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Owen
votes = 174
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 373
percentage = 36.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,027
percentage = 30.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Welch
votes = 626
percentage = 63.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Desmond Clifton
votes = 354
percentage = 36.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 272
percentage = 27.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 980
percentage = 26.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Grigg
votes = 780
percentage = 64.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Childs
votes = 431
percentage = 35.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 349
percentage = 28.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,211
percentage = 26.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barckley Sumner
votes = 502
percentage = 58.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Glenn Harper
votes = 319
percentage = 37.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Whitehouse
votes = 41
percentage = 4.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 183
percentage = 21.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 862
percentage = 24.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Padfield
votes = 634
percentage = 62.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Monica Richardson
votes = 259
percentage = 25.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Standfast
votes = 115
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 375
percentage = 37.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,008
percentage = 32.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Brownjohn
votes = 804
percentage = 51.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Langer
votes = 651
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Hutchings
votes = 102
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 153
percentage = 9.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,557
percentage = 26.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Pennell
votes = 569
percentage = 53.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Harold Taylor
votes = 416
percentage = 38.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Whitehouse
votes = 87
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 153
percentage = 14.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,072
percentage = 25.7
change =

References

*"Council poll results", "The Guardian" 9 May 1998 page 16
* [http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/Library/files/policy_unit/1998results.pdf Ward results]

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