Elections
OVER the past few weeks, we wrote eleven ward by ward pieces. In the end, we got seven right and four wrong. For the record we got: Latton Bush and Stewards, Little Parndon, Mark Hall and Passmores wrong. The national polls had Reform winning all…
FOLLOWING the result of Thursday’s election, I want to congratulate Simon Carter of the Conservative Party on his victory in Little Parndon and Town Centre ward. Thank you to everybody in Little Parndon and Town Centre who came out to vote Labour and showed their…
RESULTS of the Epping Forest District Council election held on Thursday 7 May 2026. Local government elections have been held to elect 18 district councillors to the 18 wards in the Epping Forest district. Elections are for 18 out of 54 district councillors (1/3) as…
REFORM UK has gained political control of Essex County Council with a total of 53 seats after residents across the county voted on 7 May 2026. Now all the votes have been counted, the political makeup of the council is as follows: Reform UK -…
Dan Swords and the Local Conservatives have sincerely thanked the people of Harlow following their landslide victory in the local elections yesterday. The Local Conservatives won all 11 district council seats and all five county council seats. Dan Swords said: “In this election, the people…
HERE are the Harlow District Council Election results in full. We will be adding further statistics during the day. Overall Turnout: 40.46% Geoff Longstaff, Emma Ghaffari and Nidhi Hindocha Bush Fair Candidate PartyVotes PercentageDan Long Reform596Geoff Longstaff Conservative 1347Roșie Jackson Labour 368Dave Margetts Green250 https://youtu.be/La4PGnElPuc?si=aWr2O_xgEo2O8kTj…
THE HARLOW Conservatives have swept the board at the District Council elections. In what can only be described as an amazing result it looked like the Dan Swords Factor was vital. And despite Reform performing spectacularly well around the country, they were put to the…
ON the eve of the May local elections, the chair of Harlow Reform, Scott Hegley has issued the following statement. Mr Hegley said: “”This is an election like no other. Harlow voters have a choice to make tomorrow and no shortage of options to choose…
HARLOW residents will go to the polls tomorrow (Thursday 7 May 2026) to vote in the Harlow Council and Essex County Council elections. In the Harlow Council elections, 11 of the 33 seats are being contested, with one councillor elected in each ward. For Essex…
WE come to our final ward by ward and another tricky one. As we have detailed earlier, we do these just to remind ourselves of relevant statistics from previous campaigns. Where UKIP succeeded (and did not) in 2014 and what that could mean for Reform.…
THIS is your quintessential safe Conservative ward. In 2024, Joel Charles gained 58% of the vote and that was year in which Labour were popular. But with the Reform popularity, you do wonder, even with seats like these….. And in all our considerations, you do…
BACK in 2021, Labour had a very very bad night. The only seat they successfully defended was Little Parndon and Hare Street. The Labour candidate Chris Vince retained his seat by 82 votes. Of course, that was a two-horse race. This time, we have Reform.…
THE leader of the Harlow Conservatives has described the local elections in Harlow as “th most important in a generation. YH interviewed him on Saturday evening with just a few days before the local elections. We firstly addressed the issue of their campaign strategy which,…
THE LEADER of Harlow Labour has set out his vision for the future as we approach the local elections next week. Councillor James Griggs said: “Let’s make one thing absolutely clear from the outset. The claims of the Local Conservative leader regarding regeneration are complete…
THIS should be pretty straightforward but this is 2026. This has always been solid Conservative territory. One year, councillor Andrew Johnson polled over 2,000 voters. However, back in the UKIP days, things got a bit close in the Essex County Council elections but not close…
TO those who are new to these ward by ward guides, they are just a bit of fun. In many ways, they are crib sheets for the journalists here in order to remember candidates, past winners, percentages etc. We are not expecting any phone calls…
