Article 2
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Name of Ward | Area of Ward | Number of Councillors |
| Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing | The parish ward of Bumbles Green of the parish of Nazeing, the parish ward of Broadley Common of the parish of Roydon, and the parish of Epping Upland | 1 |
| Buckhurst Hill East | The parish ward of Buckhurst Hill East of the parish of Buckhurst Hill | 2 |
| Buckhurst Hill West | The parish ward of Buckhurst Hill West of the parish of Buckhurst Hill | 3 |
| Chigwell Row | 1 | |
| Chigwell Village | 2 | |
| Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash | 2 | |
| Epping Hemnall | 3 | |
| Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common | 3 | |
| Grange Hill | 3 | |
| Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village | 1 | |
| High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings | The parishes of Abbess, Beauchamp and Berners Roding, High Ongar, and Willingale | 1 |
| Lambourne | The parish of Lambourne | 1 |
| Loughton Alderton | 2 | |
| Loughton Broadway | 2 | |
| Loughton Fairmead | 2 | |
| Loughton Forest | 2 | |
| Loughton Roding | 2 | |
| Loughton St John's | 2 | |
| Loughton St Mary's | 2 | |
| Lower Nazeing | The parish wards of Nazeingbury and Riverside of the parish of Nazeing | 2 |
| Lower Sheering | 1 | |
| Moreton and Fyfield | The parishes of Bobbingworth, Fyfield, High Laver, Little Laver, Magdalen Laver and Moreton | 1 |
| North Weald Bassett | 2 | |
| Passingford | The parishes of Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Abbotts, Stapleford Tawney, Theydon Garnon and Theydon Mount | 1 |
| Roydon | The parish wards of Dobbs Weir and Roydon Village of the parish of Roydon | 1 |
| Shelley | 1 | |
| Theydon Bois | The parish of Theydon Bois | 2 |
| Waltham Abbey High Beach | 1 | |
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 3 | |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 2 | |
| Waltham Abbey Paternoster | 2 | |
| Waltham Abbey South West | 2 |
Article 3(4)
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Ward | Number of councillors to retire in 2003 | Number of councillors to retire in 2004 | Number of councillors to retire in 2006 |
| Broadley Common, Epping Upland and Nazeing | 1 | ||
| Buckhurst Hill East | 1 | 1 | |
| Buckhurst Hill West | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chigwell Row | 1 | ||
| Chigwell Village | 1 | 1 | |
| Chipping Ongar, Greensted and Marden Ash | 1 | 1 | |
| Epping Hemnall | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grange Hill | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hastingwood, Matching and Sheering Village | 1 | ||
| High Ongar, Willingale and The Rodings | 1 | ||
| Lambourne | 1 | ||
| Loughton Alderton | 1 | 1 | |
| Loughton Broadway | 1 | 1 | |
| Loughton Fairmead | 1 | 1 | |
| Loughton Forest | 1 | 1 | |
| Loughton Roding | 1 | 1 | |
| Loughton St John's | 1 | 1 | |
| Loughton St Mary's | 1 | 1 | |
| Lower Nazeing | 1 | 1 | |
| Lower Sheering | 1 | ||
| Moreton and Fyfield | 1 | ||
| North Weald Bassett | 1 | 1 | |
| Passingford | 1 | ||
| Roydon | 1 | ||
| Shelley | 1 | ||
| Theydon Bois | 1 | 1 | |
| Waltham Abbey High Beach | 1 | ||
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 1 | 1 | |
| Waltham Abbey Paternoster | 1 | 1 | |
| Waltham Abbey South West | 1 | 1 |