When’s the next election

Scheduled elections

This list below does not include by-elections, snap elections or referendums which can be held at any time.

5 May 2022

• Epping Forest District Council election for 19 out of 58 district councillors (cycle 1)

4 May 2023

• Epping Forest District Council election for 18 out of 58 district councillors (cycle 2)

2 May 2024

• General election of 3 MPs – the whole of the Epping Forest constituency and part of both Brentwood & Ongar and Harlow constituencies
• Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex
• Epping Forest District Council election for 21 out of 58 district councillors (cycle 3)

1 May 2025

• Essex County Council election of 7 county councillors representing the Epping Forest district

About elections

District, Parish and Town, County Council elections are held every 4 years. Parliamentary elections for MPs are held every 5 years. All use the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system.

Epping Forest District Council votes by thirds, this means that a third of councillors are elected every year over a 4 year cycle (with no district elections in the fourth year).