Full results: Labour retain control of Harlow District Council
News / Thu 2nd May 2019 at 09:37pm
LABOUR has retained control of Harlow District Council. There were not shocks or surprises with all parties some matters to be pleased with and many others that may express concern.
Overall turnout was 26.55% compared to 29.22% last year.
A total of 6,288 residents voted for Labour, down from 7,767 last year.
A total of 5,762 residents voted for the Conservatives, down from 8,325 last year.
Further analysis and interviews to come.
Bush Fair
Labour will be very happy here. In the last two elections, the Tories had got to less than ninety votes. Ukip vote jumps back to over 300.
Jodi Dunne (Lab): 615
Andreea Hardware (Cons) 438
Anita Long (Ukip) 302
Christopher Robins (Lib Dems) 92
Maj: 183
Turnout: 26.05%
Lab Hold
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Church Langley
Tory leader will be relieved to get through unscathed. Labour’s Colin Monehen will feel there is potential here.
Andrew Johnson (Cons): 982
Colin Monehen (Lab) 439
Patsy Long (Ukip) 269
Chris Millington (Lib Dem) 119
Maj: 543
Turnout: 28.76%
Cons Hold
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Great Parndon
Tory vote drops by nearly 200 since 2018. Those votes may have gone to HAP who will be very pleased to be the second party here.
David Carter (Cons) 681
Nicholas Taylor (Harlow Alliance Party) 416
Allan Jolley (Lab) 388
Maj 265
Turnout 30.21%
Cons Hold
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Harlow Common
One of the big Labour successes of the night as this has been less than 20 in the past. Both Ukip and HAP will be pleased.
Mark Wilkinson (Lab) 647
John Steer (Cons) 381
Daniel Long (Ukip) 294
Michael Carr (Harlow Alliance Party) 201
Maj 266
Turnout 27.74%
Lab Hold
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Little Parndon and Hare Street
Another Labour success with veteran Jean Clark wining by close to 600 up from 432 last year.
Jean Clark (Labour and Co-Op) 839
Adam Jolles (Cons) 357
Chris Staunton (UKIP) 284
Maj 482
Turnout 23.97%
Lab Hold
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Mark Hall
Consistent Labour. Same gap as 2018 but the time Ukip come in second.
Bob Davis (Lab) 613
Richard Holloway (Ukip) 354
Andrew Colley (Cons) 335
Lesley Rideout (Lib Dem) 139
Maj: 259
Turnout 27.73%
Lab Hold
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Netteswell
And another Labour increase up from 190 of 2018. Tory vote really nosedived here down from 601 in 2018.
Nancy Watson (Lab): 571
Colleen Morrison (Cons) 314
Edward Hockham (Ukip) 246
Robert Thurston (Lib Dems) 130
Maj: 257
Turnout 22.83
Lab Hold
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Old Harlow
Conservative vote drops from 1303 last year and Labour vote holds. Over 300 for HAP. Interesting fact, 32 ballot papers rejected which is far higher than anywhere else.
Sue Livings (Cons) 969
Andy Thornton (Lab) 569
Harry Mason (Harlow Alliance Party) 311
Maj 400
Turnout 28.26%
Cons Hold
Staple Tye
a happy and relieved Labour to go from losing by one to winning by 101. Again, over 300 for Ukip.
John Strachan (Lab): 465
Stevie Souter (Cons)364
Mark Gough (Ukip): 319
Maj 101
Turnout 23.68
Lab Hold
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Sumners and Kingsmoor
Both Conservative and Labour vote goes down. Great night for the HAP. Full slate next year?
Clive Souter (Cons) 578
Jake Payne (Lab) 429
Alan Leverett (Harlow Alliance Party) 405
Maj: 149
Turnout 27.27%
Cons Hold
Toddbrook
Solid enough for Labour.
Frances Mason (Lab and Co-Op): 713
Thomas Reynolds (Cons): 363
Stephen Troup (Ukip) 311
Maj: 350
Turnout 25.36%
Lab Hold
D.p.l
2019-05-03 00:19:13
Well done to all the UKIP candidates who stood in the Harlow local Elections tonight and thank you to the Harlow residents for showing their great and loyal support towards UKIP Harlow. Well done to all the other candidates from the other parties who stood tonight. Bring on next year.
MickyB77
2019-05-03 06:27:21
Whichever way I look at these results, it appears that the majority of the electorate in and around Harlow, DID NOT VOTE LABOUR. No surprise then ?
jarrett
2019-05-03 07:07:13
Seeing as the Brexit party is on the way up i hope that the present UKIP group go to them, lets stop splitting the vote and get rid of LibLabCon.
kthe5
2019-05-03 14:37:53
"Whichever way I look at these results, it appears that the majority of the electorate in and around Harlow, DID NOT VOTE LABOUR." By the same measure, the majority did not vote Conservative either. Nor UKIP, HAP or LibDem. No party had more than 50% of the vote. I think HAP did well. 1333 votes by my calculation. For a very local, very new, narrow issue party, this is a good result. Conservative had more than double UKIP. It would appear that no matter how dissatisfied Conservative voters are with the national government, they are not willing to vote UKIP. In Harlow at least.
tenpin
2019-05-03 16:41:46
I would like to assure kthe5 and other readers that The Harlow Alliance Party are not a narrow issue Party. Try looking at our website. You may notice the dates that we posted issues, you will then find that the other Parties are just following our lead, new parking facilities on estates to name just one. All the successful candidates should not forget that they won with just a small percentage of all those who were entitled to do so and reflect on this when they are making important decisions about the future of this town. The success of independent candidates across the country shows what happens when the main Parties fail to engage with their constituents.
kthe5
2019-05-03 19:38:24
"Try looking at our website" I take your point, I should do more research. I stand by my comment that you did well. Especially because the next largest number of votes cast were for a party with (I assume) greater funding, greater membership, national publicity, and stood in more wards. Compared to what has happened nationally, both Conservative and Labour parties in Harlow did well. Each ward held. Sometimes consintency is nice. I find it amusing, and perhaps a reflection on all the parlamentarty MPs, how they are all blaming their own favourite blame-target, and none that I've seen has taken any responsibility for their own failings. Conservative hard-brexit MPs blame Mrs May for not delivering brexit, conveniently forgetting that the hard-brexit MPs voted against their own party and so stopping brexit. And forgetting about how all local councils have had their budgets cut due to Conservative government funding. As the DUP voted the way they did, does anyone think we could get some of the 1Bil back? It might help to pay for some disabled people's sanitry products that they can't now afford. Labour+Leave MPs blame Labour+Remain for wanting a **second referendum. Labour+Remain MPs blame Labour not wanting a **second referendum enough. Both forgetting about how all local councils have had their budgets cut due to central government funding. The environment secretary, Michael Gove, has backed the notion that today’s English council election losses for the Tories and Labour were a clear warning that voters want to see Brexit delivered. Conveniently forgetting that the LibDems are pro-remain, pro **second referendum, pro-europe, gained the most seats and both Conservative and Labour want Brexit (in different forms). And conveniently forgetting about any issues due to local funding cuts. **It would be the third referendum. 1975. Join Means Join.
tenpin
2019-05-03 22:36:51
Thanks for taking a look at our website. I am pleased to say that we had over 2000 hits in the month of April, indeed over 300 on the day of the election alone. We were only able to produce one leaflet for each candidate, whereas the Conservative candidate produced at least four. Not really a level playing field.In the circumstances we are very pleased at our progress during the last 15 months.
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