| Election Name: | 2012 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Turnout: | 30.0% (9.0%) [1] |
| Previous Election: | 2011 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Next Election: | 2014 |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Seats For Election: | 23 of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 30 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2012 |
| Leader1: | Diane Collins (retiring) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Passingford |
| Last Election1: | 37 seats, 57.0% |
| Seats Before1: | 37 |
| Seats1: | 39 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,610 |
| Percentage1: | 43.7% |
| Swing1: | 12.9% |
| Leader2: | Caroline Pond |
| Party2: | Loughton Residents Association |
| Leaders Seat2: | Loughton St Johns |
| Last Election2: | N/A |
| Seats Before2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,978 |
| Percentage2: | 18.1% |
| Swing2: | N/A |
| Leader4: | Jon Whitehouse |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat4: | Epping Hemnall |
| Last Election4: | 6 seats, 18.0% |
| Seats Before4: | 6 |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,903 |
| Percentage4: | 13.2% |
| Swing4: | 4.8% |
| Leader5: | Peter Gode |
| Party5: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat5: | Shelley |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 9.0% |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 3,133 |
| Percentage5: | 13.2% |
| Swing5: | 4.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Map2 Image: | File:Results of the 2012 District Council elections.png |
| Map2 Size: | 400px |
| Map2 Caption: | Council composition following the election |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 2012 Epping Forest Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Epping Forest Council in England.[2] This was on same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
One-third of council were up for election. No elections were held this year in Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing, Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, Lambourne, Lower Nazeing, Lower Sheering, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, Shelley, Waltham Abbey High Beach or Waltham Abbey Paternoster.
This is the last time a British National Party councillor has sat in the chamber following Pat Richardson's defeat in Loughton Broadway to the Loughton Residents Association. Former British National Party councillor, Julian Leppert (who represented Hainault on Redbridge Borough Council) won a seat in 2019 in Waltham Abbey as a candidate for For Britain.
There was an extra election this year in Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village ward following changes to the boundaries of Matching parish, which annexed part of Moreton and Fyfield ward. The Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village councillor was elected for a three-year term only.