2015 Epping Forest District Council election - Wikipedia

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2015 Epping Forest District Council election

← 2014 7 May 2015 2016 →
18 of 58 seats on Epping Forest District Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.4% (26.4%) [1]
First party Second party   Leader Chris Whitbread Jon Whitehouse Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common Epping Hemnall Last election 37 seats, 37.3% 3 seats, 11.3% Seats before 36 4 Seats won 39 3 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 21,814 3,890 Percentage 62.7% 11.2% Swing 25.4% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Rod Butler Peter Gode (didn't stand) Party UKIP Labour Leader's seat Waltham Abbey Honey Lane Shelley Last election 2 seats, 14.4% 1 seat, 8.0% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 3,705 3,305 Percentage 10.6% 9.4% Swing 3.8% 1.4%
Results of the 2015 District Council elections
Council composition following the election
Council control before election Conservative Council control 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.