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2024 Harlow District Council election

The 2024 Harlow District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 33 members of Harlow District Council in Essex were elected following boundary changes.

The 2024 Harlow District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 33 members of Harlow District Council in Essex were elected following boundary changes.

The Conservatives retained their majority on the council, but lost four seats to Labour, reducing the Conservative majority to just one seat.

Historically, Harlow was a Labour council. Labour held a majority on the council from its creation until 2002, when the district fell into no overall control. The Conservatives held a majority for the first time following the 2008 election, but Labour retook control in 2012.

The Conservative won a majority on the council in 2021, and have governed as a majority since then. In the most recent election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 41.5% of the vote, and Labour lost 1 seat with 43.8%.

In the build up to the May 2024 election, Conservative candidate James Leppard was suspended from the party pending investigation, following a Hope Not Hate allegation of Islamophobia. He remained listed as a Conservative on the ballot paper, and he was re-elected. His suspension from the party was lifted a few weeks after the election, after an investigation concluded that his comments which had triggered the complaint had been selectively edited and taken out of context.

Harlow usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. All wards have 3 councillors.

Old wards	New wards
Bush Fair	Bush Fair
Church Langley	Church Langley North and Newhall
Great Parndon	Church Langley South and Potter Street
Harlow Common	Great Parndon
Little Parndon and Hare Street	Latton Bush and Stewards
Mark Hall	Little Parndon and Town Centre
Netteswell	Mark Hall
Old Harlow	Netteswell
Staple Tye	Old Harlow
Sumners and Kingsmoor	Passmores
Toddbrook	Sumners and Kingsmoor

The Conservatives lost four seats, but retained a one-seat majority over Labour.

After 2023 election	Before 2024 election	After 2024 election
	Conservative	21		Conservative	21		Conservative	17
	Labour	12		Labour	12		Labour	16

2024 Harlow District Council election
Conservative	33	17	4	51.5	43.8	21,900	+2.3
Labour	33	16	4	48.5	43.8	21,928	±0.0
Green	24	0		0.0	8.6	4,314	–0.9
Harlow Alliance	4	0		0.0	2.0	993	–0.8
Liberal Democrats	3	0		0.0	0.7	351	–0.8
UKIP	2	0		0.0	0.6	325	N/A
Independent	1	0		0.0	0.3	141	N/A
TUSC	1	0		0.0	0.1	55	–0.2

Statement of Persons Nominated:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	778	43.0
	Labour Co-op	769	42.5
	Labour Co-op	737	40.7
	Conservative	589	32.5
	Conservative	575	31.8
	Conservative	550	30.4
	Green	177	9.8
	Green	175	9.7
	Green	175	9.7
	UKIP	141	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	89	4.9
1,811	28.3
6,397


	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	831	62.8
	Conservative	779	60.3
	Conservative	798	58.9
	Labour	437	33.0
	Labour	418	31.6
	Labour	384	29.0
	Green	185	14.0
	Green	136	10.3
1,453	27.3
5,318

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	939	61.7
	Conservative	890	58.4
	Conservative	826	54.2
	Labour	568	37.3
	Labour	513	33.7
	Labour	505	33.2
	Green	187	12.3
	Independent	141	9.3
1,773	26.6
6,669

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	932	59.4
	Conservative	825	52.6
	Conservative	791	50.4
	Labour	581	37.0
	Labour	527	33.6
	Labour	490	31.2
	Harlow Alliance	289	18.4
	Green	149	9.5
	Green	121	7.7
1,711	30.6
5,601

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	890	47.1
	Conservative	881	46.6
	Conservative	859	45.4
	Conservative	836	44.2
	Labour	805	42.6
	Labour	781	41.3
	Harlow Alliance	221	11.7
	Green	215	11.4
	Green	183	9.7
2,100	30.8
6,815

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	761	62.7
	Labour	710	58.5
	Labour	671	55.3
	Conservative	388	32.0
	Conservative	349	28.8
	Conservative	332	27.4
	Green	187	15.4
	Green	133	11.0
	Green	108	8.9
1,365	26.1
5,228

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	722	50.3
	Labour	685	47.7
	Labour	682	47.5
	Conservative	408	28.4
	Green	370	23.5
	Conservative	337	22.9
	Conservative	329	22.9
	Green	240	16.7
	Green	233	16.2
	UKIP	184	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	117	8.1
1,571	27.7
5,679
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	871	67.2
	Labour	710	54.8
	Labour	705	54.4
	Conservative	420	32.4
	Conservative	403	31.1
	Conservative	367	28.3
	Green	147	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	145	11.2
	Green	122	9.4
1,432	24.9
5,749


	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,042	58.8
	Conservative	957	54.0
	Conservative	943	53.2
	Labour	665	37.5
	Labour	563	31.8
	Labour	559	31.6
	Green	247	13.9
	Green	168	9.5
	Green	115	6.5
	TUSC	55	3.1
1,907	30.4
6,269

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	799	62.3
	Labour	753	58.7
	Labour	748	58.3
	Conservative	427	33.3
	Conservative	422	32.9
	Conservative	337	26.3
	Harlow Alliance	198	15.4
	Green	166	12.9
1,439	27.0
5,339

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	886	49.8
	Conservative	864	48.5
	Conservative	788	44.3
	Labour	752	42.3
	Labour	719	40.4
	Labour	670	37.6
	Harlow Alliance	285	16.0
	Green	205	11.5
	Green	170	9.6
1,909	31.1
6,135

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	513	50.3	–6.3
	Conservative	227	22.3	–7.0
	Reform	201	19.7	N/A
	Green	56	5.5	–8.6
	UKIP	23	2.3	N/A
286	28.0	N/A
1,020
	Labour hold	0.4

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	505	32.0	N/A
	Conservative	424	26.8	+2.5
	Labour	350	22.7	–24.9
	Green	223	14.1	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	56	3.5	–2.7
	UKIP	14	0.9	N/A
81	5.2	N/A
1,577
	Reform gain from Labour

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