2022 Harlow District Council election

The 2022 Harlow District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2022 Harlow District Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023 →

12 out of 32 seats to Harlow District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election 20 seats, 60.0% 12 seats, 35.6%
Seats won 7 5
Seats after 22 10
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 9,525 7,938
Percentage 48.1% 40.1%
Swing Decrease 11.9% Increase 4.5%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 Harlow District Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

Results summary

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2022 Harlow District Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 7   2 58.3 15 22 68.8 9,525 48.1 -11.9
  Labour 5   2 41.7 5 10 31.3 7,938 40.1 +4.5
  Green 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 1,779 9.0 N/A
  Harlow Alliance 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 461 2.3 +0.3
  Liberal Democrats 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 47 0.2 ±0.0
  TUSC 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 46 0.2 ±0.0

Ward results

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Bush Fair

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Bush Fair
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marco Lorenzini 678 44.8 −4.1
Labour Co-op Kay Morrison 674 44.5 −1.0
Green Jennifer Steadman 116 7.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats William Tennison 47 3.1 −1.5
Majority 4 0.3
Turnout 1,522 27.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  1.6

Church Langley

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Church Langley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicola Purse 1,231 69.6 −8.5
Labour Edward Ray 370 20.9 −1.0
Green Bengeman White 168 9.5 N/A
Majority 861 48.7
Turnout 1,778 27.7
Conservative hold Swing  3.8

Great Parndon

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Great Parndon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Lemay 864 52.2 −6.7
Labour Philip Waite 494 29.8 +3.6
Harlow Alliance Nicholas Taylor 297 17.9 +3.1
Majority 370 22.4
Turnout 1,659 34.1
Conservative hold Swing  5.2

Harlow Common

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Harlow Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stacy Seales 801 48.1 −9.8
Labour Margaret Hulcoop 750 45.0 +2.9
Green Sally Hardcastle 116 7.0 N/A
Majority 51 3.1
Turnout 1,674 30.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  6.4

Little Parndon & Hare Street

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Little Parndon & Hare Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Durcan 925 51.4 −0.7
Conservative Danielle Brown 687 38.2 −9.7
Green Klara Bow 186 10.3 N/A
Majority 238 13.2
Turnout 1,807 27.8
Labour hold Swing  4.5

Mark Hall

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Mark Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alain Shears 673 43.3 +11.4
Conservative John Steer 634 40.8 −20.3
Green Jamie Gilbert 248 15.9 N/A
Majority 39 2.5
Turnout 1,561 29.4
Labour hold Swing  15.9

Netteswell

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Netteswell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Griggs 791 49.9 +8.6
Conservative Jacob Daniels 625 39.5 −12.8
Green Sarah Jarvis 168 10.6 N/A
Majority 166 10.4
Turnout 1,587 27.7
Labour hold Swing  10.7

Old Harlow

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Old Harlow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joel Charles 1,266 52.9 −13.2
Labour Liam Kerrigan 698 29.1 +1.7
Green Yasmin Gergory 383 16.0 N/A
TUSC Paul Lenihan 46 1.9 +0.3
Majority 568 23.5
Turnout 2,406 29.3
Conservative hold Swing  7.5

Staple Tye

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Staple Tye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Hardware 717 52.5 −5.8
Labour Co-op Stefan Mullard 535 39.1 +2.9
Green Lewis Brand 115 8.4 N/A
Majority 602 13.4
Turnout 1,370 26.7
Conservative hold Swing  4.4

Sumners & Kingsmoor

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Sumners & Kingsmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Churchill 763 51.7 −10.9
Labour Aiden O'Dell 474 32.1 +6.3
Harlow Alliance Alan Leverett 164 11.1 −0.5
Green Terry Patrick 76 5.1 N/A
Majority 289 19.6
Turnout 1,480 29.2
Conservative hold Swing  8.6

Toddbrook

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Toddbrook (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Edwards 798 49.5 +1.5
Labour Daniella Pritchard 756 46.9 −1.0
Conservative Emma Ghaffari 659 40.9 −12.4
Conservative Emma Hellett 600 37.2 −13.6
Green Julia Taylor 203 12.6 N/A
Turnout 1,611 29.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections

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Bush Fair

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Bush Fair: 23 June 2022[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kay Morrison 594 47.1 +2.6
Conservative Emma Ghaffari 482 38.2 −6.6
Green Jennifer Steadman 106 8.4 +0.7
Harlow Alliance Nicholas Taylor 76 6.0 N/A
Majority 112 8.9
Turnout 1,261 23.0
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

References

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  1. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Harlow District Council. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. ^ "By-election: Labour's win back ward of Bush Fair from Tories". Retrieved 28 October 2022.