2015_Harlow_District_Council_election
The 2015 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and Labour Party councillors increased their control of the council as the governing group, gaining one councillor and suffering no losses.[1]
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12 of the 33 seats to Harlow District Council 17 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2015 Harlow District Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the last election in 2014 Labour remained in control of the council with 17 councillors, while the Conservatives had 11 seats and the UK Independence Party had 5 seats.[2] However Labour gained a seat from the UK Independence Party at a by-election for Mark Hall ward in February 2015.[3]
A UKIP councillor for Great Parndon ward, Terry Spooner, resigned in March to retire to Dorset so two of its three seats were contested at the 2015 election,[4] leading to 12 seats up for election, which were contested by 43 candidates: 12 each affiliated to Labour, the Conservatives and UKIP and seven Liberal Democrats.[5]
Labour remained in control of the council with 19 councillors after winning 7 of the 12 seats contested.[1] Both they and the Conservatives gained a seat at the expense of the UK Independence Party,[6] taking the Conservatives to 12 seats on the council, while the UK Independence Party was left with two councillors.[1] Overall turnout at the election was 62.68%.[7]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 7 | 1 | 0 |  1 |
58.3 | 35.3 | 14,777 | 1.9 | |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
41.7 | 41.4 | 17,313 | 13.9 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2 |  2 |
0 | 20.7 | 8,644 | 13.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0 | 2.6 | 1,098 | 0.4 | |
Bush Fair
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Ian Beckett | 1,380 | 39.4 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Malik Ash | 1,124 | 32.1 | +15.3 | |
| UKIP | Patsy Long | 838 | 23.9 | -14.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Robins | 164 | 4.7 | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 256 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,506 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Church Langley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Johnson | 2,572 | 59.3 | +13.8 | |
| Labour | Ken Lawrie | 857 | 19.8 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | Robert Patterson | 797 | 18.4 | -16.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kuzna Jackson | 112 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 1,715 | 39.5 | +28.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,338 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Great Parndon (2 seats)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Carter | 1,696 | ||
| Conservative | Shona Johnson | 1,432 | ||
| Labour | Stefan Mullard | 1,018 | ||
| Labour | Daniella Pritchard | 973 | ||
| UKIP | Chris Staunton | 652 | ||
| UKIP | Sam Stopplecamp | 604 | ||
| Turnout | 6,375 | |||
| Conservative hold | ||||
| Conservative gain from UKIP | ||||
Harlow Common
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mark Wilkinson | 1,332 | 37.0 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Emily Cross | 1,316 | 36.5 | +14.7 | |
| UKIP | Mike Carr | 841 | 23.3 | -12.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Jackson | 115 | 3.2 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 16 | 0.4 | -1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,604 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Little Parndon and Hare Street
Mark Hall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bob Davis | 1,296 | 39.7 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Steer | 1,060 | 32.5 | ||
| UKIP | Janet Doyle | 731 | 22.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rideout | 175 | 5.4 | ||
| Majority | 236 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,262 | ||||
| Labour gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Netteswell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Edna Stevens | 1,455 | 43.7 | +2.1 | |
| Conservative | John Steer | 1,104 | 33.1 | +10.5 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Ward | 612 | 18.4 | -12.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Thurston | 162 | 4.9 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 351 | 10.5 | -0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,333 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Old Harlow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sue Livings | 2,177 | 53.8 | +11.7 | |
| Labour | Efua Koi-Larbi | 902 | 22.3 | -5.3 | |
| UKIP | Alan Leverett | 739 | 18.3 | -7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Wiltshire | 225 | 5.6 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 1,275 | 31.5 | +17.0 | ||
| Turnout | 4,043 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Staple Tye
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Strachan | 1,129 | 38.0 | +6.6 | |
| Conservative | Stevie Souter | 1,042 | 35.1 | +12.6 | |
| UKIP | Pete Buss | 655 | 22.0 | -13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Millington | 145 | 4.9 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 87 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,971 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Summers and Kingsmoor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Clive Souter | 1,448 | 43.5 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | Dennis Palmer | 1,115 | 33.5 | +3.9 | |
| UKIP | Alex Addison | 765 | 23.0 | -10.6 | |
| Majority | 333 | 10.0 | +6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,328 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Toddbrook
- "Local elections: Labour retains control of Harlow Council". Harlow Star. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- "Harlow". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- "Labour win Mark Hall by election". Harlow Star. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- "Second Harlow Ukip councillor to resign after less than a year". Harlow Star. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- "Candidates for Harlow Council elections announced". Harlow Star. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- "Essex councils... election results". Essex Chronicle. NewsBank. 13 May 2015. p. 18.
- "District Election results". Harlow Council. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.