Epping Forest.
Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled district. £15m net revenue. 18 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, Conservative and Unionist Party MPs.
Epping Forest is a district controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (17 of 40 seats). Net revenue is £15m for 2025-26. It covers 18 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Conservative and Unionist Party 43% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Small | Ref | Buckhurst Hill East Whitebridge | 2026 |
| Barbara Cohen | Ind | Buckhurst Hill East Whitebridge | 2024 |
| Rose Brookes | Ind | Buckhurst Hill East Whitebridge | 2024 |
| Smruti Patel | Con | Buckhurst Hill West | 2026 |
| Darshan Singh Sunger | Con | Chigwell With Lambourne | 2026 |
| Craig James John McCann | Con | Chigwell With Lambourne | 2024 |
| Kaz Rizvi | Con | Chigwell With Lambourne | 2024 |
| Karen Batley | Ref | Epping East | 2026 |
| Janet Hilda Whitehouse | LD | Epping East | 2024 |
| Jon Whitehouse | LD | Epping East | 2024 |
| Holly Whitbread | Con | Epping West Rural | 2026 |
| Mandy George | LD | Epping West Rural | 2024 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 62% council tax, 26% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £172 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,580 |
| Police | £260 |
| Fire & rescue | £88 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £87 |
| Total Band-D | £2,187 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Epping Forest split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUALIS MANAGEMENT LTD | £6.62m | 25.8% | 71 |
| TERRA VERDE SERVICES LTD (TVS LTD) | £2.94m | 11.5% | 8 |
| QUALIS COMMERCIAL LTD | £1.85m | 7.2% | 14 |
| MORGAN SINDALL PROPERTY SERVICES LTD | £1.01m | 3.9% | 5 |
| L4 CIVILS ENGINEERING LTD | £0.92m | 3.6% | 2 |
| BARNES GROUP LIMITED (THE) | £0.83m | 3.2% | 2 |
| LONDON & CO UK LTD | £0.68m | 2.6% | 11 |
| PLACES FOR PEOPLE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD | £0.67m | 2.6% | 7 |
| MULALLEY & CO LTD | £0.59m | 2.3% | 5 |
| W H CONSTRUCTION LTD | £0.49m | 1.9% | 22 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest | 14 | 78% | Neil Hudson | Con |
| Brentwood and Ongar | 2 | 11% | Alex Burghart | Con |
| Harlow | 2 | 11% | Chris Vince | Ind |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
1,234 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level