2021 Harlow District Council election

2021 Harlow District Council election
	Map showing the results of the 2021 Harlow District Council election
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2021 Harlow District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex. This was on the same day as other local elections. Control of the council was gained by the Conservative Party with 20 seats.^[1]

There are 11 wards, each with three councillors. One councillor for each ward was elected with additional by-elections for councillors in Church Langley and Toddbrook wards. Thus there were 13 seats being elected.^[1]^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 20
Labour 12

with one seat vacant.^[1] Sitting Councillor Danny Purton had died on 30 April during the election campaign.^[3]

Results summary

2021 Harlow Borough Council election^[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	7	92.3	8	20	62.5	13,948	60.0	+24.6
	Labour	1	8	7.7	11	12	37.5	8,288	35.6	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	522	2.2	-0.8
	Harlow Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	463	2.0	-6.2
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	39	0.2	New

One seat was vacant.

Ward results

Bush Fair

Location of Bush Fair ward

Bush Fair^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Swords	963	48.9	18.6
	Labour	Mark Ingall	916	45.5	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Tennison	91	4.6	1.8
Majority			47	2.4
Turnout			1,970	35.27
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Church Langley

Location of Church Langley ward

Church Langley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Carter	1,429	80.7	26.4
	Conservative	Nicky Purse	1,370	77.4	23.1
	Labour	Rhiannon Jenkins	400	22.6	1.7
	Labour	Jake Shepherd	331	18.7	5.6
Turnout			1,770	31.87%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Great Parndon

Location of Great Parndon ward

Great Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Johnson	1,044	58.9	13.0
	Labour	Daniella Pritchard	464	26.2	0.1
	Harlow Alliance Party	Nicholas Taylor	262	14.8	13.2
Majority			580	24.6
Turnout			1,770	35.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harlow Common

Location of Harlow Common ward

Harlow Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Leppard	1,116	57.9	20.5
	Labour	Emma Toal	812	42.1	5.5
Majority			304	15.8
Turnout			1,928	35.72
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Parndon and Hare Street

Little Parndon and Hare Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Vince	996	52.1	4.6
	Conservative	Adam Jolles	914	47.9	23.8
Majority			82	4.2
Turnout			1,910	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall

Mark Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Saggers	1,033	61.1	37.9
	Labour	Lanie Shears	539	31.9	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rideout	120	7.1	2.5
Majority			494	29.2
Turnout			1,692	32.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Netteswell

Netteswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colleen Morrison	845	52.3	27.4
	Labour	Kay Morrison	668	41.3	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	103	6.4	12.4
Majority			177	11.0
Turnout			1,616	28.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Old Harlow

Old Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Garnett	1,650	66.1	13.7
	Labour	George Elcock	688	27.5	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robins	121	4.8	N/A
	TUSC	Paul Lenihan	39	1.6	N/A
Majority			962	38.6
Turnout			2,498	32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staple Tye

Staple Tye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Gunn	912	58.3	26.6
	Labour	Stefan Mullard	566	36.2	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Millington	87	5.6	N/A
Majority			346	22.1
Turnout			1,565	30.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sumners and Kingsmoor

Sumners and Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Perrin	1,089	62.6	21.7
	Labour	Aiden O'Dell	449	25.8	4.6
	Harlow Alliance	Alan Leverett	201	11.6	17.1
Majority			640	36.8
Turnout			1,739	33.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toddbrook

Toddbrook (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ash Malik	810	53.3
	Conservative	Gareth Williams	773	50.8
	Labour	Herty Adu-Twumwaa	730	48.0
	Labour	Phil Waite	729	47.9
Turnout			—	31.4
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour

By-elections

Mark Hall

Mark Hall: 8 July 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Steer	549	46.4
	Labour	Kay Morrison	493	41.7
	Green	Jamie Gilbert	86	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rideout	55	4.6
Majority			56	4.7
Turnout			1,183	22.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Local council election results | Harlow Council". www.harlow.gov.uk. Harlow Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Notice of Elections" (PDF). www.harlow.gov.uk. Harlow District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Tribute made as Councillor Purton passes away | Harlow Council". www.harlow.gov.uk. Harlow District Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[HDC_results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Local council election results | Harlow Council". www.harlow.gov.uk. Harlow Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[Notice_of_Elections_2021-2] "Notice of Elections" (PDF). www.harlow.gov.uk. Harlow District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[Purton-3] "Tribute made as Councillor Purton passes away | Harlow Council". www.harlow.gov.uk. Harlow District Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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