2024 Harlow District Council election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2024 Harlow District Council election

← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) Next →

All 33 seats to Harlow District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Dan Swords Chris Vince
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Church Langley North and Newhall[1] Little Parndon & Hare Street
Current seats 21 12
Seats needed Increase 5

Incumbent Leader

Dan Swords
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[edit]

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[edit]

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 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[edit]

Council composition[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[6] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 21 Conservative 21 Conservative 16
Labour 12 Labour 12 Labour 16
Independent 0 Independent 0 Independent 1

Election result[edit]

2024 Harlow District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 32
  Labour 33
  Green 24
  Harlow Alliance Party 4
  Liberal Democrats 3
  UKIP 2
  Independent 2
  TUSC 1
  • Councillor James Leppard is currently suspended from the Conservative Party - so sits as an Independent - thereby placing the Council in No Overall Control (NOC) [7]

Candidates[edit]

Statement of Persons Nominated:[8]

Bush Fair[edit]

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[edit]

Church Langley North & Newhall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Church Langley South & Potter Street (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Danielle Brown* 890 19.48
Labour Christine Gallacher 568 12.43
Independent James Leppard* 826 18.08
Labour Jeff Mace 505 11.05
Labour Emma Mullard-Toal 513 11.23
Conservative Nicky Purse* 939 20.55
Green Tina Richardson 187 4.09
Independent Gary Roberts 141 3.09
  • Councillor James Leppard is currently suspended from the Conservative Party - so sits as an Independent - thereby placing the Council in No Overall Control (NOC) [9]

Great Parndon[edit]

Great Parndon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Latton Bush & Stewards (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

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*

Mark Hall[edit]

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

Netteswell[edit]

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*

Old Harlow[edit]

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

Passmores[edit]

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

Sumners & Kingsmoor[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.yourharlow.com/2024/04/08/candidates-announced-for-harlow-district-council-election-2024/
  2. ^ "Harlow District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2021: Conservatives take Harlow from Labour". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ "The Harlow (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/797, retrieved 16 March 2024
  5. ^ "The District of Harlow (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2437, retrieved 16 March 2024
  6. ^ "Your Councillors". Harlow District Council. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  7. ^ https://www.yourharlow.com/2024/04/18/harlow-conservative-councillor-suspended-after-claims-he-made-series-of-islamophobic-comments/
  8. ^ "Candidates announced for Harlow District Council Election 2024". Your Harlow. 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  9. ^ https://www.yourharlow.com/2024/04/18/harlow-conservative-councillor-suspended-after-claims-he-made-series-of-islamophobic-comments/