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]
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2021 Harlow District Council election | |||||||
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
with one seat vacant.[1] Sitting Councillor Danny Purton had died on 30 April during the election campaign.[3]
2021 Harlow Borough Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 12 | ![]() |
92.3 | 8 | 20 | 62.5 | 13,948 | 60.0 | +24.6 | |
Labour | 1 | ![]() |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dan Swords | 963 | 48.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | Mark Ingall | 916 | 45.5 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | William Tennison | 91 | 4.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 47 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,970 | 35.27 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Simon Carter | 1,429 | 80.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Nicky Purse | 1,370 | 77.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Rhiannon Jenkins | 400 | 22.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Jake Shepherd | 331 | 18.7 | ![]() | |
Turnout | 1,770 | 31.87% | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eddie Johnson | 1,044 | 58.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | Daniella Pritchard | 464 | 26.2 | ![]() | |
Harlow Alliance Party | Nicholas Taylor | 262 | 14.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 580 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,770 | 35.98 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Leppard | 1,116 | 57.9 | ![]() | |
Labour | Emma Toal | 812 | 42.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 304 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,928 | 35.72 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Vince | 996 | 52.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Adam Jolles | 914 | 47.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 82 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,910 | 29.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Matthew Saggers | 1,033 | 61.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Lanie Shears | 539 | 31.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rideout | 120 | 7.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 494 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,692 | 32.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colleen Morrison | 845 | 52.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Kay Morrison | 668 | 41.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Thurston | 103 | 6.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 177 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,616 | 28.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Garnett | 1,650 | 66.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | George Elcock | 688 | 27.5 | ![]() | |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alastair Gunn | 912 | 58.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Stefan Mullard | 566 | 36.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Millington | 87 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 346 | 22.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,565 | 30.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Russell Perrin | 1,089 | 62.6 | ![]() | |
Labour | Aiden O'Dell | 449 | 25.8 | ![]() | |
Harlow Alliance | Alan Leverett | 201 | 11.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 640 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,739 | 33.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |