1978 Harlow District Council election

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4 May 1978

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14 of the 42 seats to Harlow District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal	Conservative
Last election	35	4	3
Seats won	11	1	2
Seats after	33	5	4
Seat change	2	1	1
Popular vote	11,238	3,096	6,213
Percentage	54.4%	15.0%	30.1%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1978 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1978 Harlow District Council election took place on 4 May 1978 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Election result

1978 Harlow local election result
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	11	2	78.6	54.4	11,238
Conservative	2	1	14.3	30.1	6,213
Liberal	1	1	7.1	15.0	3,096
Communist	0		0.0	0.5	101

Ward results

Brays Grove

Brays Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Howard	741	58.0%
	Conservative	G. Groves	429	33.6%
	Liberal	P. Naylor	108	8.5%
Turnout				37.7%
	Labour hold

Hare Street and Town Centre

Hare Street and Town Centre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Moore	714	64.0%
	Conservative	E. Atkins	276	24.8%
	Liberal	A. Merryweather	276	24.8%
Turnout				36.3%
	Labour hold

Katherines With Sumner

Katherines With Sumner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Johnson	458	48.8%
	Labour	J. Lockhart	359	38.2%
	Liberal	D. Bardell	122	13.0%
Turnout				48.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Kingsmoor

Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Rowland	806	47.1%
	Conservative	L. Atkins	653	38.2%
	Liberal	L. Swanton	251	14.7%
Turnout				38.2%
	Labour hold

Latton Bush

Latton Bush
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Edwards	1,058	57.3%
	Conservative	M. Robertson	668	36.2%
	Liberal	I. Wilson	119	6.4%
Turnout				44.1%
	Labour hold

Little Parndon

Little Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Carter	1,066	54.2%
	Conservative	M. Bezdel	750	38.1%
	Liberal	D. Eldridge	150	7.6%
Turnout				45.3%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall North

Mark Hall North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Morris	692	52.1%
	Conservative	P. Geller	529	39.8%
	Liberal	M. Ramsay	107	8.1%
Turnout				54.5%
	Labour hold

Mark Hall South

Mark Hall South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Anderson	971	61.5%
	Conservative	J. Geller	477	30.2%
	Liberal	J. Mercer	130	8.2%
Turnout				38.4%
	Labour hold

Netteswell West

Netteswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Gerrard	620	68.2%
	Liberal	P. Ramsay	289	31.8%
Turnout				35.8%
	Labour hold

Old Harlow

Old Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Smith	1,089	46.5%
	Labour	S. Firth	1,030	44.0%
	Liberal	J. Jacob	223	9.5%
Turnout				51.8%
	Conservative hold

Passmores

Passmores
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Collyer	814	54.5%
	Conservative	M. Moore	463	31.0%
	Liberal	T. Owen	116	7.8%
	Communist	A. Booth	101	6.8%
Turnout				37.6%
	Labour hold

Potter Street

Passmores
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Bruce	791	72.8%
	Liberal	S. Ward	295	27.2%
Turnout				34.3%
	Labour hold

Stewards

Stewards
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	P. McCallion	755	42.3%
	Labour	R. Didham	607	34.0%
	Conservative	H. Morris	421	23.6%
Turnout				44.9%
	Liberal gain from Labour

Tye Green

Tye Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Downie	969	76.0%
	Liberal	J. Wilson	306	24.0%
Turnout				32.7%
	Labour hold

References

"Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1978". The Elections Centre.
^ "Harlow District Council Election Results 1976-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

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