2015 Harlow District Council election

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	UKIP
Last election	17	11	5
Seats before	18	11	4
Seats won	7	5	0
Seats after	19	12	2
Seat change	1	1	2
Popular vote	14,777	17,313	8,644
Percentage	35.3%	41.4%	20.7%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2015 Harlow District Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2015 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and Labour Party councillors increased their control of the council as the governing group, gaining one councillor and suffering no losses.

Background

After the last election in 2014 Labour remained in control of the council with 17 councillors, while the Conservatives had 11 seats and the UK Independence Party had 5 seats. However Labour gained a seat from the UK Independence Party at a by-election for Mark Hall ward in February 2015.

A UKIP councillor for Great Parndon ward, Terry Spooner, resigned in March to retire to Dorset so two of its three seats were contested at the 2015 election, leading to 12 seats up for election, which were contested by 43 candidates: 12 each affiliated to Labour, the Conservatives and UKIP and seven Liberal Democrats.

Election result

Labour remained in control of the council with 19 councillors after winning 7 of the 12 seats contested. Both they and the Conservatives gained a seat at the expense of the UK Independence Party, taking the Conservatives to 12 seats on the council, while the UK Independence Party was left with two councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 62.68%.

2015 Harlow local election result
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	7	1	0	1	58.3	35.3	14,777	1.9
Conservative	5	1	0	1	41.7	41.4	17,313	13.9
UKIP	0	0	2	2	0	20.7	8,644	13.6
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0	2.6	1,098	0.4

Ward results

Bush Fair

Bush Fair
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ian Beckett	1,380	39.4	+3.7
	Conservative	Malik Ash	1,124	32.1	+15.3
	UKIP	Patsy Long	838	23.9	−14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robins	164	4.7	−0.5
Majority			256	7.3
Turnout			3,506
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Church Langley

Church Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Johnson	2,572	59.3	+13.8
	Labour	Ken Lawrie	857	19.8	+0.1
	UKIP	Robert Patterson	797	18.4	−16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kuzna Jackson	112	2.6	+2.6
Majority			1,715	39.5	+28.9
Turnout			4,338
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Parndon (2 seats)

Great Parndon (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Carter	1,696
	Conservative	Shona Johnson	1,432
	Labour	Stefan Mullard	1,018
	Labour	Daniella Pritchard	973
	UKIP	Chris Staunton	652
	UKIP	Sam Stopplecamp	604
Turnout			6,375
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from UKIP

Harlow Common

Harlow Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Wilkinson	1,332	37.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Emily Cross	1,316	36.5	+14.7
	UKIP	Mike Carr	841	23.3	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Jackson	115	3.2	+0.5
Majority			16	0.4	−1.0
Turnout			3,604
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Parndon and Hare Street

Little Parndon and Hare Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Clark	1,800	48.1	+4.2
	Conservative	Peter Lamb	1,232	32.9	+10.8
	UKIP	Richie Richardson	711	19.0	−15.0
Majority			568	15.2	+5.3
Turnout			3,743
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall

Mark Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Davis	1,296	39.7
	Conservative	Jane Steer	1,060	32.5
	UKIP	Janet Doyle	731	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rideout	175	5.4
Majority			236	7.2
Turnout			3,262
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Netteswell

Netteswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edna Stevens	1,455	43.7	+2.1
	Conservative	John Steer	1,104	33.1	+10.5
	UKIP	Christopher Ward	612	18.4	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	162	4.9	+0.0
Majority			351	10.5	−0.3
Turnout			3,333
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Harlow

Old Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Livings	2,177	53.8	+11.7
	Labour	Efua Koi-Larbi	902	22.3	−5.3
	UKIP	Alan Leverett	739	18.3	−7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Wiltshire	225	5.6	+0.9
Majority			1,275	31.5	+17.0
Turnout			4,043
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staple Tye

Staple Tye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Strachan	1,129	38.0	+6.6
	Conservative	Stevie Souter	1,042	35.1	+12.6
	UKIP	Pete Buss	655	22.0	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Millington	145	4.9	−0.6
Majority			87	2.9
Turnout			2,971
	Labour hold		Swing

Summers and Kingsmoor

Summers and Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Souter	1,448	43.5	+6.8
	Labour	Dennis Palmer	1,115	33.5	+3.9
	UKIP	Alex Addison	765	23.0	−10.6
Majority			333	10.0	+6.9
Turnout			3,328
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toddbrook

Toddbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Clempner	1,520	45.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Michael Hardware	1,110	33.3	+8.7
	UKIP	Pat Long	699	21.0	−15.9
Majority			410	12.3	+10.8
Turnout			3,329
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections: Labour retains control of Harlow Council". Harlow Star. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
"Harlow". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
"Labour win Mark Hall by election". Harlow Star. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
"Second Harlow Ukip councillor to resign after less than a year". Harlow Star. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
"Candidates for Harlow Council elections announced". Harlow Star. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
"Essex councils... election results". Essex Chronicle. NewsBank. 13 May 2015. p. 18.
^ "District Election results". Harlow Council. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
"Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

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