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
Leader Dan Swords Chris Vince Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Bush Fair Little Parndon & Hare Street Current seats 21 12 Seats needed 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.

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

Previous council composition

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

Results by Ward

Statement of Persons Nominated:

Bush Fair(3 Seats)

Bush Fair(3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Majority

Church Langley North and Newhall(3 Seats)

Church Langley North And Newall(3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Harware
	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 and Potter Street(3 Seats)

Church Langley South & Potter Street(3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Majority

Great Parndon(3 Seats)

Great Parndon(3)

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
Majority

Latton Bush and Stewards(3 Seats)

Latton Bush & Stewards(3)

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
Majority

Little Parndon and Town Centre(3 Seats)

Little Parndon & Town Centre(3)

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
Majority

Mark Hall(3 Seats)

Mark Hall(3)

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
Majority

Netteswell(3 Seats)

Netteswell(3)

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
Majority

Old Harlow(3 Seats)

Old Harlow(3)

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
Majority

Passmores(3 Seats)

Passmores(3)

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
Majority

Sumners and Kingsmoor(3 Seats)

Sumners & Kingsmoor(3)

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
Majority