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] Reform 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 0 1[c] Conservative
2022 10 22 0 0 0 0 Conservative
2023 12 21 0 0 0 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries
2024 16 17 0 0 0 0 Conservative
2026 10 22 0 1 0 0 Conservative

District result maps

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-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning 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

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.
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