Election Name: | 2019 Epping Forest District Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Turnout: | 26.8% (2.0%) |
Previous Election: | 2018 Epping Forest District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2021 Epping Forest District Council election |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Seats For Election: | 18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council |
Majority Seats: | 30 |
Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
Leader1: | Chris Whitbread |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common |
Last Election1: | 39 seats, 43.7% |
Seats Before1: | 39 |
Seats1: | 36 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 7,612 |
Percentage1: | 50.4% |
Swing1: | 6.7% |
Leader2: | Janet Whitehouse |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Epping Hemnall |
Last Election2: | 2 seats, 15.4% |
Seats Before2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 3,958 |
Percentage2: | 26.2% |
Swing2: | 10.8% |
Leader5: | Mitch Diamond-Conway[1] |
Party5: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat5: | None |
Last Election5: | 0 seat, 10.1% |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Popular Vote5: | 1,110 |
Percentage5: | 7.3% |
Swing5: | 2.8% |
Leader3: | Steven Neville |
Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Leaders Seat3: | Buckhurst Hill East |
Last Election3: | 2 seats, 7.7% |
Seats Before3: | 2 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 976 |
Percentage3: | 6.4% |
Swing3: | 1.3% |
Leader4: | Julian Leppert |
Party4: | For Britain |
Leaders Seat4: | Waltham Abbey Paternoster |
Last Election4: | 0 seats, N/A |
Seats Before4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 571 |
Percentage4: | 3.7% |
Swing4: | N/A |
Map Size: | 300px |
Map2 Image: | 2019 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 2019 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
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.[2]
Richard Morgan had been elected as an independent in 2015 but was re-elected (unopposed) as a Conservative in 2019. Recorded as a Conservative gain from independent to allow for comparison with previous election.