Harlow District Council elections

One third of Harlow District Council in Essex, England, is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to Essex County Council instead. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 33 councillors have been elected from 11 wards. ^[1]

Council elections

Summary of the council composition, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election reducing the number of seats by 9. ^[2]

Year	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats [a]	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (42 seats)
1973	38	0	4	–	0		Labour
New ward boundaries
1976	35	3	4	–	0		Labour
1978	35	3	4	–	0		Labour
1979	35	6	1	–	0		Labour
1980	33	7	2	–	0		Labour
1982	34	3	5	–	0		Labour
1983	34	3	4	–	1		Labour
1984	33	4	5	–	0		Labour
1986	36	2	4	–	0		Labour
1987	37	2	3	–	0		Labour
1988	35	4	3	–	0		Labour
1990	35	4	3	–	0		Labour
1991	33	6	3	–	0		Labour
1992	32	7	3	–	1 [b]		Labour
1994	33	6	3	0	0		Labour
1995	37	2	3	0	0		Labour
1996	39	0	3	0	0		Labour
1998	38	1	3	0	0		Labour
1999	34	4	4	0	0		Labour
2000	26	8	8	0	0		Labour
New ward boundaries; sears decreased from 42 to 33
2002	9	12	12	0	0		No overall control
2003	9	12	12	0	0		No overall control
2004	11	13	9	0	0		No overall control
2006	13	12	8	0	0		No overall control
2007	12	12	8	0	1		No overall control
2008	6	19	8	0	0		Conservative
2010	10	18	5	0	0		Conservative
2011	14	17	2	0	0		Conservative
2012	20	13	0	0	0		Labour
2014	17	11	0	5	0		Labour
2015	19	12	0	2	0		Labour
2016	19	12	0	2	0		Labour
2018	20	13	0	0	0		Labour
2019	20	13	0	0	0		Labour
2021	12	20	0	0	1 [c]		Conservative
2022	10	22	0	0	0		Conservative
2023	12	21	0	0	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries
2024	16	17	0	0	0		Conservative

District result maps

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  1976 results map
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  1978 results map
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  1979 results map
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  1980 results map
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  1982 results map
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  1983 results map
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  1984 results map
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  1986 results map
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  1987 results map
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  1988 results map
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  1990 results map
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  1991 results map
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  1992 results map
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  1994 results map
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  1995 results map
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  1996 results map
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  1998 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2000 results map
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  2002 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; ^[3] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Great Parndon by-election	25 September 1997		Labour		Labour
Latton Bush by-election	25 September 1997		Labour		Labour
Mark Hall South by-election	25 September 1997		Labour		Labour
Little Parndon by-election	7 June 2001		Labour		Labour
Little Parndon and Hare Street by-election	25 October 2007		Labour		Labour
Toddbrook by-election	25 October 2007		Labour		Conservative
Staple Tye by-election	30 April 2009		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Toddbrook by-election	15 November 2012		Labour		Labour
Mark Hall by-election	12 February 2015		UKIP		Labour
Toddbrook by-election	28 September 2017		Labour		Labour
Little Parndon and Hare Street by-election	8 March 2018		Labour		Labour
Bush Fair by-election	8 November 2018		Labour		Labour
Nettleswell by-election	8 November 2018		Labour		Labour
Toddbrook by-election	13 December 2018		Labour		Labour
Mark Hall by-election	8 July 2021		Labour		Conservative
Bush Fair by-election	23 June 2022		Conservative		Labour Co-op
Little Parndon and Town Centre by-election	10 October 2024		Labour		Labour
Mark Hall by-election	1 May 2025		Labour		Reform UK

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. 1 vacant seat
3. 1 vacant seat

References

1. "Councillors and democracy". Harlow Council. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
2. "Harlow". BBC News Online . Retrieved 28 December 2014.
3. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

External links

• Harlow District Council