Election Name: | 2015 Epping Forest District Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Turnout: | 62.4% (26.4%) [1] |
Previous Election: | 2014 Epping Forest District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2016 Epping Forest District Council election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Seats For Election: | 18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council |
Majority Seats: | 30 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Leader1: | Chris Whitbread |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common |
Last Election1: | 37 seats, 37.3% |
Seats Before1: | 36 |
Seats1: | 39 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 21,814 |
Percentage1: | 62.7% |
Swing1: | 25.4% |
Leader2: | Jon Whitehouse |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Epping Hemnall |
Last Election2: | 3 seats, 11.3% |
Seats Before2: | 4 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 3,890 |
Percentage2: | 11.2% |
Swing2: | 0.1% |
Leader4: | Rod Butler |
Party4: | UKIP |
Leaders Seat4: | Waltham Abbey Honey Lane |
Last Election4: | 2 seats, 14.4% |
Seats Before4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 2 |
Popular Vote4: | 3,705 |
Percentage4: | 10.6% |
Swing4: | 3.8% |
Leader5: | Peter Gode (didn't stand) |
Party5: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat5: | Shelley |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 8.0% |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 3,305 |
Percentage5: | 9.4% |
Swing5: | 1.4% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Map2 Image: | File:Epping Forest council composition 2015.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 2015 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
This election marks the last time a Labour councillor sat in the chamber after Peter Gode of Shelley stood down - a dramatic decline following Labour being the largest party in the mid-1990s.
A by-election was held on 25 September 2014 following the death of Mayor Ken Avey. Liberal Democrat, Kim Adams won with 43% of the vote compared to 28% for the Conservative party and 24% to UKIP. This election reversed this by-election result with Avey's son, Nigel replacing him, ousting the Liberal Democrat councillor
Figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election, this is indicated.