The local authorityArchive · §01 Composition · 40 seats across 18 wards
Councillors of Epping Forest.
Every current seat-holder, derived from the latest scheduled elections per ward. By-elections aren’t overlaid on this baseline yet — a few seats may show the pre-by-election holder. Back to the council page.
All 40 current seat-holders · 40 seats across 18 wards
Con 17Ref 11LD 6Ind 5Lab 1
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Small | Ref | Buckhurst Hill East Whitebridge | 7 May 2026 |
| Barbara Cohen | Ind | Buckhurst Hill East Whitebridge | 2 May 2024 |
| Rose Brookes | Ind | Buckhurst Hill East Whitebridge | 2 May 2024 |
| Smruti Patel | Con | Buckhurst Hill West | 7 May 2026 |
| Darshan Singh Sunger | Con | Chigwell With Lambourne | 7 May 2026 |
| Craig James John McCann | Con | Chigwell With Lambourne | 2 May 2024 |
| Kaz Rizvi | Con | Chigwell With Lambourne | 2 May 2024 |
| Karen Batley | Ref | Epping East | 7 May 2026 |
| Janet Hilda Whitehouse | LD | Epping East | 2 May 2024 |
| Jon Whitehouse | LD | Epping East | 2 May 2024 |
| Holly Whitbread | Con | Epping West Rural | 7 May 2026 |
| Mandy George | LD | Epping West Rural | 2 May 2024 |
| Razia Sharif | LD | Epping West Rural | 2 May 2024 |
| Jamie Braha | Con | Grange Hill | 7 May 2026 |
| Natalie Wilding-Barrett | Ref | Loughton Fairmead | 7 May 2026 |
| Richard H. Cohen | Ind | Loughton Forest | 7 May 2026 |
| Chidi Nweke | Ind | Loughton Roding | 7 May 2026 |
| Graham Wiskin | Ind | Loughton St John's | 7 May 2026 |
| Jay Gupta | Ref | North Weald Bassett | 7 May 2026 |
| Annie May O'Neill | Ref | Ongar | 7 May 2026 |
| Jaymey McIvor | Con | Ongar | 2 May 2024 |
| Mary Elaine Dadd | Con | Ongar | 2 May 2024 |
| Phil Dawkins | Ref | Roydon Lower Nazeing | 7 May 2026 |
| Chris Whitbread | Con | Roydon Lower Nazeing | 2 May 2024 |
| Richard Derek Bassett | Con | Roydon Lower Nazeing | 2 May 2024 |
| Karen McIvor | Ref | Rural East | 7 May 2026 |
| Ray Balcombe | Con | Rural East | 2 May 2024 |
| Richard Morgan | Con | Rural East | 2 May 2024 |
| Geoff Shaw | Ref | Theydon Bois With Passingford | 7 May 2026 |
| Clive Ewart Amos | LD | Theydon Bois With Passingford | 2 May 2024 |
| Tippy Cornish | LD | Theydon Bois With Passingford | 2 May 2024 |
| Paul Kelleher | Ref | Waltham Abbey North | 7 May 2026 |
| Jeane Lea | Con | Waltham Abbey North | 2 May 2024 |
| Martin Victor Morris | Lab | Waltham Abbey North | 2 May 2024 |
| James Abbott | Ref | Waltham Abbey South Rural | 7 May 2026 |
| Maria Markham | Con | Waltham Abbey South Rural | 2 May 2024 |
| Steven James Heather | Con | Waltham Abbey South Rural | 2 May 2024 |
| Josh Webb | Ref | Waltham Abbey West | 7 May 2026 |
| Jodie Holly May Lucas | Con | Waltham Abbey West | 2 May 2024 |
| Joseph Parsons | Con | Waltham Abbey West | 2 May 2024 |
Sources
SourceDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
MethodFor each ward, the latest K winners across scheduled elections, where K is the max winners that ward has ever returned in a single scheduled election.
CaveatBy-elections aren’t yet overlaid. Composition tally and per-seat identity may differ from current reality for wards with a recent by-election.