| Election Name: | 2018 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Turnout: | 29.7% (0.7%) [1] |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | 20 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 30 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Leader1: | Chris Whitbread |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common |
| Last Election1: | 35 seats, 44.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 36 |
| Seats1: | 39 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,017 |
| Percentage1: | 43.7% |
| Swing1: | 0.3% |
| Leader2: | Caroline Pond |
| Party2: | Loughton Residents Association |
| Leaders Seat2: | Loughton St Johns |
| Last Election2: | 13, 26.6% |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,004 |
| Percentage2: | 19.8% |
| Swing2: | 6.8% |
| Leader3: | Jon Whitehouse |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Epping Hemnall |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats, 10.2% |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,897 |
| Percentage3: | 15.4% |
| Swing3: | 5.2% |
| Leader4: | Steven Neville |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leaders Seat4: | Buckhurst Hill East |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats, 9.3% |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,954 |
| Percentage4: | 7.7% |
| Swing4: | 1.6% |
| Leader5: | Simon Bullough[2] |
| Party5: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat5: | None |
| Last Election5: | 0 seat, 9.3% |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,558 |
| Percentage5: | 10.1% |
| Swing5: | 0.8% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Map2 Image: | Epping Forest District Council composition .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 2018 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
This is the last election in which the UK Independence Party had elected representation on the council after the defection of David Dorrell to the Conservatives, and the defeat of Rod Butler.
A by-election was held on 19 October 2017 following the death of for Member of Parliament for Keighley, Gary Waller. Conservative, Paul Stalker won with 81% of the vote compared to 19% for the Liberal Democrats. Stalker completed Waller's term was re-elected in 2019 for a full term.
Detailed below are all of the candidates nominated to stand in each ward in the upcoming election. Most figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election. Lower Nazeing, North Weald Bassett and Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash are compared to the 2015 ward election held at the same time as the 2015 general election, hence the sharp decrease in turnout, both Waltham Abbey seats contested at this election have been compared to the 2014 local election result due to the fact that UKIP won both at that point:
Independent David Dorrell (elected as a UKIP councillor in 2014) joined the Conservatives in February 2018.