| Election Name: | 2022 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Country: | Essex |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Epping Forest District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 20 of 58 seats to Epping Forest District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 30 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
| Leader1: | Chris Whitbread |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common |
| Last Election1: | 36 seats, 48.1% |
| Seats Before1: | 35 |
| Seats1: | 35 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,183 |
| Percentage1: | 40.3 |
| Swing1: | 7.9 |
| Leader2: | Caroline Pond |
| Party2: | Loughton Residents Association |
| Leaders Seat2: | Loughton St Johns |
| Last Election2: | 13 seats, 18.0% |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,946 |
| Percentage2: | 17.3 |
| Swing2: | 0.8 |
| Leader3: | Jon Whitehouse |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Epping Hemnall |
| Last Election3: | 3 seats, 11.3% |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,172 |
| Percentage3: | 18.3 |
| Swing3: | 7.0 |
| Leader4: | Steven Neville |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leaders Seat4: | Buckhurst Hill East |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 6.6% |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 763 |
| Percentage4: | 3.4 |
| Swing4: | 3.2 |
| Leader5: | None |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Leaders Seat5: | None |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 0.5% |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,348 |
| Percentage5: | 5.9 |
| Swing5: | 5.4 |
| Leader6: | Julian Leppert |
| Party6: | For Britain Movement |
| Leaders Seat6: | Waltham Abbey Paternoster |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 1.3% |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 27 |
| Percentage6: | 0.1 |
| Swing6: | 1.2 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Map2 Caption: | Council composition following the election |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 2022 Epping Forest District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Epping Forest District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The results were seen as a crucial test for the strength of the Conservative Party in the district following the allegations of Coronavirus rule-breaking in Number 10 by Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.[1]
Before the election, one Conservative councillor had the whip removed from her, whilst a seat was made vacant in Waltham Abbey North East due to the resignation of the previous councillor for that ward.
Detailed below are all of the candidates nominated to stand in each ward in the upcoming election. Figures are compared to the last time these seats were contested in any election cycle for the Epping Forest District Council election.[2]
This by-election was called due to the resignation of the previous sitting Conservative councillor, Ann Mitchell.
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