Harlow District Council elections

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Map showing the composition of Harlow District Council after the 2015 election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and UK Independence Party in purple.

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]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Labour 1973 – 2002
No overall control 2002 – 2008
Conservative 2008 – 2012
Labour 2012 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, 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.[3]

Year Labour Conservative UK Independence Party Liberal Democrats Vacant Independent
1990[4] 35 4 0 3 0 0
1991[5] 33 6 0 3 0 0
1992[6] 31 7 0 3 1 0
1994[7] 33 6 0 3 0 0
1995[8] 37 2 0 3 0 0
1996[9] 39 0 0 3 0 0
1998[10] 38 1 0 3 0 0
1999[11] 34 4 0 4 0 0
2000[12] 26 8 0 8 0 0
2002[3] 9 12 0 12 0 0
2003[13] 9 12 0 12 0 0
2004[14] 11 13 0 9 0 0
2006[15] 11 12 0 10 0 0
2007[16] 12 12 0 8 0 1
2008[17] 6 18 0 8 1 0
2010[18] 10 18 0 5 0 0
2011[19] 14 17 0 2 0 0
2012[20] 20 13 0 0 0 0
2014[2] 17 11 5 0 0 0
2015[21] 19 12 2 0 0 0

District result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[22] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Great Parndon 25 September 1997 Labour Labour
Latton Bush 25 September 1997 Labour Labour
Mark Hall South 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 Democrat
Toddbrook by-election 15 November 2012 Labour Labour
Mark Hall by-election 12 February 2015 UKIP Labour

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