2018 Harlow District Council election

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11 of the 33 seats to Harlow District Council
17 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
Party	Labour	Conservative	UKIP
Seats before	19	12	2
Seats won	6	5	0
Seats after	20	13	0
Seat change	Increase1	Increase1	Decrease2
Popular vote	7,767	8,325	984
Percentage	43.4%	46.5%	5.5%

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The 2018 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour increased their majority on the council by gaining one seat.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 20
• Conservative 13^[2]

2018 Harlow District Council election^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	1	0	Increase 1	54.5	43.4	7,767	Increase3.3
	Conservative	13	1	0	Increase 1	45.5	46.5	8,325	Increase10.7
	UKIP	0	0	2	Decrease 2	0.0	5.5	984	Decrease15.5
	Harlow Alliance Party	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	2.4	426	New
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	Steady	0.0	2.2	395	Decrease1.4
Total		33	17,897
Labour hold

Bush Fair

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Eugenie Harvey	733	45.0	Decrease1.7
Conservative	Andreea Hardware	634	38.9	Increase17.1
UKIP	Dan Long	180	11.0	Decrease14.1
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robins	82	5.0	Decrease1.5
Majority			99	6.1	Decrease15.5
Turnout			1,629	29.1
Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	Decrease9.4

Church Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Tony Hall	1,203	68.3	Increase13.2
Labour	Jake Shepherd	451	25.7	Increase6.4
UKIP	Pat Long	103	5.9	Decrease19.8
Majority			752	42.6
Turnout			1,757	27.9
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase3.4

Great Parndon ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Shona Johnson	877	53.8	Increase9.1
Labour	Allan Jolley	560	34.4	Increase2.0
Harlow Alliance Party	Nicholas Taylor	193	11.8	New
Majority			317	19.4
Turnout			1,630
Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	Increase3.6

Harlow Common ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Margaret Hulcoop	813	47.6	Increase8.6
Conservative	Tom Reynolds	639	37.4	Increase4.0
Harlow Alliance Party	Mike Carr	149	8.7	New
UKIP	Anita Long	106	6.2	Decrease17.2
Majority			174	10.2
Turnout			1,707
Labour hold		Swing	Increase2.3

Little Parndon and Hare Street ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Tony Durcan	965	60.4	Increase5.6
Conservative	Stevie Souter	533	33.3	Increase7.1
UKIP	Patsy Long	101	6.3	Decrease13.1
Majority			432	27.1
Turnout			1,599
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease0.8

Mark Hall ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Danny Purton	761	49.9	Increase5.6
Conservative	Andrew Colley	503	38.7	Increase14.6
UKIP	Abbey Ward	140	6.2	Decrease20.3
Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rideout	121	4.2	Decrease1.9
Majority			190	12.2
Turnout			1,554
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease4.5

Nettleswell ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Mike Danvers	791	50.9	Increase3.2
Conservative	Jake Brackstone	601	38.7	Increase15.0
UKIP	Marian Lestrange	97	6.2	Decrease16.8
Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	65	4.2	Decrease1.5
Majority			190	12.2
Turnout			1,554
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease5.9

Old Harlow ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Joel Charles	1,303	65.6	Increase19.3
Labour	Liam Kerrigan	586	29.1	Decrease4.9
Liberal Democrats	Christopher Millington	127	6.3	Increase2.8
Majority			717	35.5
Turnout			2,016
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase12.1

Staple Tye ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Michael Hardware	574	44.1	Increase9.1
Labour	Laura McAlpine	573	44.0	Increase2.4
UKIP	Mark Gough	154	11.8	Decrease11.3
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,301
Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	Increase3.4

Summers & Kingsmoor ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Nicholas Churchill	907	57.2	Increase11.1
Labour	Aiden O'Dell	678	42.8	Increase9.2
Majority			229	14.4
Turnout			1,585
Conservative hold		Swing	Increase1.0

Toddbrook ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Tony Edwards	856	53.7	Increase3.2
Conservative	Peter Lamb	551	34.6	Increase9.7
UKIP	Chris Ward	103	6.5	Decrease18.2
Harlow Alliance Party	Alan Leverett	64	5.3	New
Majority			305	19.1
Turnout			1,594
Labour hold		Swing	Decrease3.3

A by-election was held in Bush Fair on 8 November 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Ian Beckett.^[3] The seat was held for Labour by Joseph Dunne.^{[4] [5]}

Bush Fair by-election 8 November 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Joseph Dunne	543	45.0	Increase5.6
Conservative	Andreea Hardware	460	38.1	Increase6.0
UKIP	Anita Long	103	8.5	Decrease15.4
Harlow Alliance	Nicholas Taylor	63	5.2	Increase5.2
Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rideout	39	3.2	Decrease1.4
Majority			83	6.9
Turnout			1,213	21.77
Labour hold		Swing

A by-election was held in Nettleswell on 8 November 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Waida Forman.^[3] The seat was held for Labour by Shannon Jezzard.^{[6] [5]}

Bush Fair by-election 8 November 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Shannon Jezzard	497	50.2	Increase2.5
Conservative	Jake Brackstone	254	25.6	Increase2.0
Harlow Alliance	Alan Leverett	99	10.0	Increase10.0
UKIP	Mark Gough	98	9.9	Decrease13.1
Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	43	4.3	Decrease1.4
Majority			243	24.6
Turnout			993	18.14
Labour hold		Swing

A by-election was held in Toddbrook on 13 December 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Karen Clempner.^[7] The seat was held for Labour by Frances Mason.^{[8] [9]}

Bush Fair by-election 13 December 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Frances Mason	464	51.1	Increase5.4
Conservative	Tom Reynolds	311	34.3	Increase0.9
UKIP	Mark Gough	89	9.8	Decrease11.2
Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	44	4.8	Increase4.8
Majority			243	16.8
Turnout			153	16.69
Labour hold		Swing