Epping Forest Council election, 2002

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.

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 26
gain =
loss =
net = +6
seats % = 44.8
votes % = 48.2
votes = 28,186
plus/minus = +5.1%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 13
gain =
loss =
net = -3
seats % = 22.4
votes % = 27.7
votes = 16,206
plus/minus = +3.5%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain =
loss =
net = -3
seats % = 15.5
votes % = 12.4
votes = 7,260
plus/minus = -6.7%Election Summary
party = Loughton Residents Association
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 10.3
votes % = 5.9
votes = 3,476
plus/minus = -3.0%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 6.9
votes % = 5.4
votes = 3,154
plus/minus = +0.7%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 226
plus/minus = +0.4%

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Penny Smith
votes = 448
percentage = 85.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gilbert Graty
votes = 74
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 374
percentage = 71.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 522
percentage = 32.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Leonard Martin
votes = 661
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Woollard
votes = 659
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Denny
votes = 408
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mercedes Window
votes = 401
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Rodwell
votes = 152
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,281
percentage = 36.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Haigh
votes = 1,002
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Heavens
votes = 931
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Goold
votes = 912
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Watts
votes = 840
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Cohen
votes = 824
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Haluk Ulkun
votes = 741
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,250
percentage = 26.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Sandler
votes = 324
percentage = 50.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Brooks
votes = 317
percentage = 49.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 7
percentage = 1.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 641
percentage = 37.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Gilliham
votes = 686
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Knapman
votes = 612
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Netherclift
votes = 169
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jeffrey Stollar
votes = 163
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,630
percentage = 31.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Derek Jacobs
votes = 674
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Wright
votes = 570
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Glyn Pritchard
votes = 443
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Love
votes = 443
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Tait
votes = 168
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Coward
votes = 140
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,433
percentage = 39.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Whitehouse
votes = 883
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Whitehouse
votes = 826
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Allan Boydon
votes = 823
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Perry
votes = 528
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Brady
votes = 521
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Manly
votes = 515
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Baldwin
votes = 150
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,246
percentage = 31.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Colling
votes = 868
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Whitbread
votes = 858
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Green
votes = 835
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Olive Dunseath
votes = 773
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Hedges
votes = 773
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Rumble
votes = 739
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Johns
votes = 304
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher Hudson
votes = 269
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Jones
votes = 255
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,674
percentage = 49.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Maclaine
votes = 827
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bateman
votes = 825
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gavin Stollar
votes = 791
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Spencer
votes = 789
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald McCarthy
votes = 780
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cheryl-Anne Kashket
votes = 766
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,778
percentage = 34.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Morgan
votes = 351
percentage = 59.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Dewhurst
votes = 240
percentage = 40.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 111
percentage = 18.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 591
percentage = 35.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret McEwen
votes = 408
percentage = 74.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Gode
votes = 143
percentage = 26.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 265
percentage = 48.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 551
percentage = 34.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Metcalfe
votes = 403
percentage = 55.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Huckle
votes = 320
percentage = 44.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 83
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 723
percentage = 47.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Boatman
votes = 412
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Bostock
votes = 377
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Knight
votes = 315
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Locks
votes = 292
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Enid Robinson
votes = 114
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,510
percentage = 23.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Davis
votes = 463
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Owen
votes = 398
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Creswell
votes = 236
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Silberrad
votes = 216
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Relph
votes = 151
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Sinfield
votes = 129
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,593
percentage = 26.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Barnes
votes = 371
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Albert Farren
votes = 322
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lorne Daniel
votes = 292
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Woodhead
votes = 276
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,261
percentage = 20.5
change =

Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Kenneth Faulkner
votes = 560
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Peter House
votes = 557
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Brokenshire
votes = 485
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Metcalfe
votes = 464
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Hart
votes = 131
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Lipscombe
votes = 104
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Spence
votes = 66
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,367
percentage = 38.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Murray
votes = 754
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Goodwin
votes = 700
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Howard
votes = 368
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gavin Harris
votes = 355
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Fuller
votes = 174
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,351
percentage = 38.9
change =

Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = John Markham
votes = 594
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Caroline Pond
votes = 581
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Barritt
votes = 368
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bryan Morris
votes = 326
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Ayre
votes = 110
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margot-Ingeborg Scott
votes = 98
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Teresa Spencer
votes = 53
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,130
percentage = 32.5
change =

Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Dorothy Paddon
votes = 605
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Loughton Residents Association
candidate = Anthony Lee
votes = 579
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Hart
votes = 303
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roseanne Serrelli
votes = 254
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Owen
votes = 113
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Taylor
votes = 109
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lucille Thompson
votes = 49
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,012
percentage = 32.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leo McKnight
votes = 643
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Daphne Borton
votes = 599
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Carr
votes = 454
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Johnson
votes = 427
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Martin Harvey
votes = 226
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kelvin Morris
votes = 166
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Rumble
votes = 60
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,575
percentage = 42.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Harrington
votes = 244
percentage = 67.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Chapman
votes = 72
percentage = 19.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roy Patient
votes = 45
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 172
percentage = 47.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 361
percentage = 22.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Douglas Kelly
votes = 444
percentage = 60.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elaine Williams
votes = 291
percentage = 39.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 153
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 735
percentage = 42.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Stallan
votes = 902
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Grigg
votes = 856
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rita Gill
votes = 226
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,984
percentage = 33.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Diana Collins
votes = 452
percentage = 88.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Holness
votes = 61
percentage = 11.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 391
percentage = 76.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 513
percentage = 31.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Norman Clark
votes = 236
percentage = 43.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Ramshaw
votes = 220
percentage = 40.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rachel Poulter
votes = 88
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 16
percentage = 3.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 544
percentage = 31.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Barnes
votes = 238
percentage = 55.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Catt
votes = 118
percentage = 27.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Surtees
votes = 70
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 120
percentage = 28.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 426
percentage = 29.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Glozier
votes = 681
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Newland
votes = 670
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ronald Smith
votes = 482
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ann Furniss
votes = 338
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Monica Richardson
votes = 310
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,481
percentage = 41.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney-Ann Stavrou
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Gilding
votes = 671
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Johnson
votes = 663
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Donald Spinks
votes = 653
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine Akers
votes = 347
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,334
percentage = 22.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Dickins
votes = 650
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jamie Goldie
votes = 581
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sonia Davies
votes = 256
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,487
percentage = 28.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Reginald Chidley
votes = 511
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Haines
votes = 511
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fitzherbert Harewood
votes = 285
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Johns
votes = 256
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,563
percentage = 24.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Austin
votes = 398
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Harold Taylor
votes = 389
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ingrid Black
votes = 169
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 956
percentage = 20.4
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/50.stm 2002 Epping Forest election result]
* [http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/Library/files/policy_unit/2002Results.pdf Ward results]

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