2024 Harlow District Council election

2024 Harlow District Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 33 seats to Harlow District Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Dan Swords Chris Vince Party Conservative Labour Last election 21 seats, 41.5% 12 seats, 43.8% Seats before 21 12 Seats won 17 16 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 21,900 21,928 Percentage 43.8% 43.8% Swing 2.3% 0.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Harlow District Council election
Leader before election Dan Swords Conservative Leader after election TBD Conservative

The 2024 Harlow District Council election was 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 were elected following boundary changes.

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. 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, 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. All wards have 3 councillors.

Old wards	New wards
Bush Fair	Bush Fair
Church Langley	Church Langley North and Newhall
Great Parndon	Church Langley South and Potter Street
Harlow Common	Great Parndon
Little Parndon and Hare Street	Latton Bush and Stewards
Mark Hall	Little Parndon and Town Centre
Netteswell	Mark Hall
Old Harlow	Netteswell
Staple Tye	Old Harlow
Sumners and Kingsmoor	Passmores
Toddbrook	Sumners and Kingsmoor

Summary

Council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	21		Conservative	21		Conservative	17
	Labour	12		Labour	12		Labour	16

Election result

2024 Harlow District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	17	0	0	4	51.5	43.8	21,900	+2.3
	Labour	33	16	0	0	4	48.5	43.8	21,928	±0.0
	Green	24	0	0	0		0.0	8.6	4,314	–0.9
	Harlow Alliance Party	4	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	993	–0.8
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	351	–0.8
	UKIP	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	325	N/A
	Independent	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	141	N/A
	TUSC	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	55	–0.2

Ward results

Statement of Persons Nominated:

Bush Fair

Bush Fair (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jodi Dunne*	778	43.0
	Labour	Kay Morrison*	769	42.5
	Labour	Mark Ingall	737	40.7
	Conservative	Colleen Morrison	589	32.5
	Conservative	Nidhi Hindocha	575	31.8
	Conservative	Brian Kasule	550	30.4
	Green	Hannah Bolton	177	9.8
	Green	David Margetts	175	9.7
	Green	Jennifer Steadman	175	9.7
	UKIP	Daniel Long	141	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	William Tennison	89	4.9
Turnout			1,811	28.3
Registered electors			6,397
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op hold
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Church Langley North & Newhall

Church Langley North & Newhall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Johnson*	831	62.8
	Conservative	Michael Hardware*	779	60.3
	Conservative	Dan Swords*	798	58.9
	Labour	Edna Stevens	437	33.0
	Labour	Simon O'Dell	418	31.6
	Labour	John Solomon	384	29.0
	Green	Michelle Margetts	185	14.0
	Green	Bengeman White	136	10.3
Turnout			1,453	27.3
Registered electors			5,318
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Church Langley South & Potter Street

Church Langley South & Potter Street (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicky Purse*	939	61.7
	Conservative	Danielle Brown*	890	58.4
	Conservative	James Leppard*	826	54.2
	Labour	Christine Gallacher	568	37.3
	Labour	Emma Mullard-Toal	513	33.7
	Labour	Jeff Mace	505	33.2
	Green	Tina Richardson	187	12.3
	Independent	Gary Roberts	141	9.3
Turnout			1,773	26.6
Registered electors			6,669
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Great Parndon

Great Parndon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Carter*	932	59.4
	Conservative	Hannah Ellis	825	52.6
	Conservative	Matthew Saggers*	791	50.4
	Labour	Rosie Jackson	581	37.0
	Labour	Allan Jolley	527	33.6
	Labour	Harry Tennison	490	31.2
	Harlow Alliance	Nicholas Taylor	289	18.4
	Green	Vicki O'Brien	149	9.5
	Green	Liz Pike	121	7.7
Turnout			1,711	30.6
Registered electors			5,601
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Latton Bush & Stewards

Latton Bush & Stewards (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Howard	890	47.1
	Conservative	Alastair Gunn*	881	46.6
	Conservative	Stacy Seales	859	45.4
	Conservative	John Steer*	836	44.2
	Labour	Phil Waite	805	42.6
	Labour	Peiyee O'Dell	781	41.3
	Harlow Alliance	Karen James	221	11.7
	Green	Tina Higginson	215	11.4
	Green	Jack Margetts	183	9.7
Turnout			2,100	30.8
Registered electors			6,815
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Little Parndon & Town Centre

Little Parndon & Town Centre (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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*
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Mark Hall

Mark Hall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Netteswell

Netteswell (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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*
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Old Harlow

Old Harlow (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Passmores

Passmores (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sumners & Kingsmoor

Sumners & Kingsmoor (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold