Epping Forest District Council elections

The district of Epping Forest is in the county of Essex in England. It was created on 1 April 1974, following the merger of Epping Urban District, Chigwell Urban District, Waltham Holy Cross Urban District, and part of Epping and Ongar Rural District.

Until 2002, Epping Forest District Council was represented by 59 councillors. In 2002 the ward boundaries were reorganised, resulting in the loss of one council seat, and since then the district has had 58 councillors representing 32 wards. Each ward is represented by one, two or three councillors, depending on the ward's population, so that each councillor represents a roughly equal proportion of the district's electorate.

Councillors serve for a four-year term. They are elected on a "cycle of thirds", i.e. one third of the Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

New ward boundaries are being prepared to take effect from the 2024 elections.

Summary of results since 2002
The table below summarises the number of seats held by each party after each year's elections (no elections took place in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017). The council returned to Conservative control following the gain of a seat in a by-election in December 2006 after being under no overall control since 1994.

Council elections

 * 1973 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1976 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1979 Epping Forest District Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1980 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1982 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1983 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1984 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1986 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1987 Epping Forest District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1988 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1990 Epping Forest District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1991 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1992 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1994 Epping Forest District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1995 Epping Forest District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1996 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1998 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 1999 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2000 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2002 Epping Forest District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)
 * 2003 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2004 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2006 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2007 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2008 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2010 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2011 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2012 Epping Forest District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)
 * 2014 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2015 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2016 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2018 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2019 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2021 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2022 Epping Forest District Council election
 * 2023 Epping Forest District Council election