2024 Harlow District Council election

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2024 Harlow District Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)Next 

All 33 seats to Harlow District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 
LeaderDan SwordsChris Vince
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seatChurch Langley North and Newhall [1] Little Parndon & Hare Street
Current seats2112
Seats neededIncrease2.svg 5

Incumbent Leader

Dan Swords
Conservative



The 2024 Harlow District Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 33 members of Harlow District Council in Essex will be elected following boundary changes.

Contents

Background

Historically, Harlow was a Labour council. Labour held a majority on the council from its creation until 2002, when the district fell into no overall control. [2] The Conservatives held a majority for the first time following the 2008 election, but Labour retook control in 2012.

The Conservative won a majority on the council in 2021, [3] and have governed as a majority since then. In the most recent election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 41.5% of the vote, and Labour lost 1 seat with 43.8%.

Boundary changes

Harlow usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. [4] All wards have 3 councillors.

Old wards [5] New wards
Bush FairBush Fair
Church LangleyChurch Langley North and Newhall
Great ParndonChurch Langley South and Potter Street
Harlow CommonGreat Parndon
Little Parndon and Hare StreetLatton Bush and Stewards
Mark HallLittle Parndon and Town Centre
NetteswellMark Hall
Old HarlowNetteswell
Staple TyeOld Harlow
Sumners and KingsmoorPassmores
ToddbrookSumners and Kingsmoor

Summary

Council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [6] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Conservative 21 Conservative 21 Conservative
Labour 12 Labour 12 Labour

Election result

2024 Harlow District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 33
  Labour 33
  Green 24
 Harlow Alliance Party4
  Liberal Democrats 3
  UKIP 2
  Independent 1
  TUSC 1

Candidates

Statement of Persons Nominated: [7]

Bush Fair

Bush Fair (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Hannah Bolton
Labour Jodi Dunne*
Conservative Nidhi Hindocha
Labour Mark Ingall
Conservative Brian Kasule
UKIP Daniel Long
Green David Margetts
Conservative Colleen Morrison
Labour Kay Morrison*
Green Jennifer Steadman
Liberal Democrats William Tennison

Church Langley North & Newhall

Church Langley North & Newhall (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hardware*
Conservative Andrew Johnson*
Green Michelle Margetts
Labour Simon O'Dell
Labour John Solomon
Labour Edna Stevens
Conservative Dan Swords*
Green Bengeman White

Church Langley South & Potter Street

Church Langley South & Potter Street (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Danielle Brown
Labour Christine Gallacher
Conservative James Leppard*
Labour Jeff Mace
Labour Emma Mullard-Toal
Conservative Nicky Purse*
Green Tina Richardson
Independent Gary Roberts

Great Parndon

Great Parndon (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Carter*
Conservative Hannah Elise
Labour Rosie Jackson
Labour Allan Jolley
Green Vicki O'Brien
Green Liz Pike
Conservative Matthew Saggers*
Harlow Alliance Nicholas Taylor
Labour Harry Tennison

Latton Bush & Stewards

Latton Bush & Stewards (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alastair Gunn*
Green Tina Higginson
Labour Luke Howard
Harlow Alliance Karen James
Labour Peiyee O'Dell
Green Jack Margetts
Conservative Stacy Mariana
Conservative John Steer*
Labour Phil Waite

Little Parndon & Town Centre

Little Parndon & Town Centre (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Klara Bow
Conservative Dan Brown
Labour Tony Durcan*
Labour Maggie Hulcoop*
Green Danielle Kemm
Conservative Geoffrey Longster
Conservative Anne Richards
Green Caroline Schellin-Jolley
Labour Christopher Vince*

Mark Hall

Mark Hall (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Carter*
UKIP Mark Gough
Labour Michael Houlihan
Green Ernesto Johnson
Green Paul King
Labour Aiden O'Dell*
Conservative Fahreday Purse
Conservative John Purse
Liberal Democrats Lesley Rideout
Labour Lanie Shears*
Green Julie Taylor

Netteswell

Netteswell (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Carter
Labour James Griggs*
Conservative Elena Hardware
Green Milly Judd
Green Adam Margetts
Labour Stefan Mullard-Toal
Conservative Vic Petch
Liberal Democrats Robert Thurston
Labour Nancy Watson*

Old Harlow

Old Harlow (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joel Charles*
Labour Michael Danvers
Conservative Michael Garnett*
Green Yasmin Gregory
Labour Liam Kerrigan
TUSC Paul Lenihan
Conservative Sue Livings*
Labour Anita Schultschik
Green Jacklyn Stansfield
Green Jacobus Van Der Poel

Passmores

Passmores (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Harlow Alliance Steve Barnes
Labour Tony Edwards*
Conservative Michelle Field
Conservative Amanda Maison
Conservative Ash Malik
Labour Daniella Pritchard*
Labour Jake Shepherd
Green Gareth Williams

Sumners & Kingsmoor

Sumners & Kingsmoor (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dean Bull
Green Julie Bull
Labour Robert Davis
Labour Cara Dunne
Conservative Emma Ghaffari
Harlow Alliance Alan Leverett
Conservative Russel Perrin*
Conservative Clive Souter*
Labour Simon Vincent

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References

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  2. "Harlow District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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  4. "The Harlow (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/797, retrieved 16 March 2024
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