May District and Council Elections: Key dates and information

Elections / Tue 7th Apr 2026 at 07:22am

THE next elections to take place will be the Harlow District Council elections and Essex County Council elections on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Harlow District Council elections

Harlow is divided into 11 wards, each with 3 councillors. In the May 2026 election, a third of the council is up for election, with 1 councillor to be elected to each ward.

Bush Fair
Church Langley North and Newhall
Church Langley South and Potter Street
Great Parndon
Latton Bush and Stewards
Little Parndon and Town Centre
Mark Hall
Netteswell
Old Harlow
Passmores
Sumners and Kingsmoor

Essex County Council elections

Essex County Council has 78 divisions. In the May 2026 election, 1 councillor is to be elected to each division.

Following changes to the Essex County electoral boundaries, Harlow is now divided into 5 county divisions and will elect 1 councillor per division.

Harlow Common and Church Langley
Harlow Netteswell
Harlow Parndon and Toddbrook
Harlow South West
Old Harlow

Key dates

Click below for more details.

https://www.harlow.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/latest-election-news

5 Comments for May District and Council Elections: Key dates and information:

David Forman

2026-04-07 07:29:28

Friday is the list of candidates with it interesting who replaces Maggie Hulcoop in Little Parndon and Town Centre. Probably someone who has a "boring office job" and rides a bike.

David Forman

2026-04-07 10:46:48

Meanwhile, on the election front here on the border with Epping Forest District in Sumners, I have still only seen Conservative leaflets and a letter that totals four communications. That's zero from opposition parties. Dan Swords' team clearly has energy in abundance. My prediction is that the Conservatives will gain at least one seat and Reform will only take seats from Labour.

Realist

2026-04-07 16:04:52

When it comes to the local council elections, councillors should be voted for on their merits, not about what party they represent, it all comes down to “What have they done for Harlow? What have they achieved for Harlow? How can they guarantee Harlow Continues to move forward into the future? How will there actions benefit the Harlow residents into the future? How will costs remain low for all Harlow residents, and we all get value for our money? and can we see our town becoming a place that we all want to live in and feel proud of?” Because I most certainly do. And I will always vote based on who delivers, and not vote for those that don’t Then look at Harlow over the last twentyfive years, and you can see real change for the better, has only really occurred in the last four. So let’s continue to see that change for the better, let’s not throw it all away, and go backwards again. For that I believe Harlow conservatives should remain at least for now.