2022 Harlow District Council election

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5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)

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12 out of 32 seats to Harlow District Council
17 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	20 seats, 60.0%	12 seats, 35.6%
Seats won	7	5
Seats after	22	10
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	9,525	7,938
Percentage	48.1%	40.1%
Swing	11.9%	4.5%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 Harlow District Council election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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.

Results summary

2022 Harlow District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

Bush Fair

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bush Fair

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

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

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