NOW this is an interesting ward. Last year, it went Conservative. It saw young Dan Swords take out the leader of Harlow Council, Mark Ingall. In our opinion that was down to two reasons: One reason was the Boris bounce and the second was the…

THE Harlow Conservatives have launched a “blistering” election advert pitching the choice of parties to run Harlow Council. The advert contrasts the 10 years in which the Harlow Labour party ran Harlow Council and the first year under the Harlow Conservatives. The Conservatives set out…

ON May 5 2022, Britain will hold its local elections, with thousands of councillors across the country contesting their seats. In Essex, seven district and borough councils, and two unitary authorities, are up for election in two weeks time, including Harlow Council. Unless you have…

A LABOUR candidate at the forthcoming local elections has welcomed changes to surgeries in Harlow. Aiden O’Dell has been working hard in the background to ensure residents get proper access to the NHS. He has done this in his capacity as a patient, resident as…

IN some ways, we thought we would start at a relatively easy one to predict. We use the word “relatively” as this may be a local election where national issues may impinge upon matters more than usual. Church Langley has been solidly Conservative since 2001,…

THE DEPUTY leader of the Harlow Conservatives is defending the seat of Old Harlow. Councillor Joel Charles won by a majority of 316 in 2014 and 717 in 2018. This may be one of those tricky years, where national issues have a larger impact than…

THE GREEN Party candidate for the ward of OId Harlow has been out and about in the ward and listening to resident’s concerns. Over the past few days, Yasmin Gregory has been down by Gilden Way. Ms Gregory told us that among the concerns were:…

THIS was supposed to be a short “as we were passing” interview with the leader fo the Harlow Labour group, cllr Chris Vince. But instead it was close to a quarter of an hour. In that time, we discussed the issues that he and his…

LOCAL election should be about local issues. From the potholes of Purford Green to anti-social behaviour in Abbotsweld. However, many, over the years, have been mini-referendums on how the government is doing. The Tories in Harlow took a hit in 1996 when they returned no…

IT has been an incredibly busy year for new Church Langley councillor, Nicky Purse. Nicky became a councillor after years as a community champion in her ward. Since she won the seat in a by-election (hence why she is defending it after just one year),…

THE Liberal Democrats have won a shock victory after taking a council seat formerly held by a controversial independent councillor in a by-election last night (April 14). Paula Spenceley will serve as the ward councillor for Heybridge West, and the council’s only Liberal Democrat member. The…

LOCAL elections are taking place across the UK, including for nine district, borough and unitary councils in Essex. The vote will take place on Thursday May 5 between 7am-10pm, with the most common way of voting being to travel to your nearest polling station. But…

BACK in July Jamie Gilbert was the Green Party candidate at the Mark Hall ward by-election. It was a modest start with just 86 votes but it was a start nonetheless. This May at the local elections, there are ten candidates. We hope to get…

Results of local elections that have taken place in 2022. This includes the Sawbridgeworth Town Council by-election. For more details, go to https://www.eastherts.gov.uk/elections-and-voting/local-elections-2022-results