The 2012 Epping Forest Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Epping Forest Council in England.
This was on same day as other
2012 United Kingdom local elections
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One-third of council were up for election. No elections were held this year in Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing, Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash, Lambourne, Lower Nazeing, Lower Sheering, North Weald Bassett, Roydon, Shelley, Waltham Abbey High Beach or Waltham Abbey Paternoster.
This is the last time a
British National Party councillor has sat in the chamber following
Pat Richardson's defeat in Loughton Broadway to the
Loughton Residents Association
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LRA has always sought to influence events by putt ...
. Former British National Party councillor, Julian Leppert (who represented Hainault on
Redbridge Borough Council
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) won a seat in 2019 in Waltham Abbey as a candidate for
For Britain
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His ...
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Boundary changes
There was an extra election this year in Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village ward following changes to the boundaries of Matching parish, which annexed part of Moreton and Fyfield ward. The Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village councillor was elected for a three-year term only.
Buckhurst Hill East
Buckhurst Hill West
Chigwell Row
Chigwell Village
Epping Hemnall
Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common
Grange Hill
Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village
High Ongar, Willingale and the Rodings
Loughton Alderton
Loughton Broadway
Loughton Fairmead
Loughton Forest
Loughton Roding
Loughton St. John's
Loughton St. Mary's
Moreton and Fyfield
Passingford
Theydon Bois
Waltham Abbey Honey Lane
Waltham Abbey North East
Waltham Abbey South West
References
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Epping Epping may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Epping, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
** Epping railway station, Sydney
* Electoral district of Epping, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Epping Forest, Kearns, a he ...
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