2011 Harlow District Council election

2011 Harlow District Council election

5 May 2011
11 of the 33 seats to Harlow District Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 18 10 5 Seats before 18 11 4 Seats won 4 7 0 Seats after 17 14 2 Seat change 1 3 2 Popular vote 9,450 10,292 2,419 Percentage 42.3% 46.1% 10.8%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2011 Harlow District Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2011 Harlow District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 17
• Labour 14
• Liberal Democrats 2

Background

After the last election in 2010 the Conservatives controlled the council with 18 seats, compared to 10 for Labour and 5 for the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrat group was reduced further in December 2010 when councillor Manny Doku of Bush Fair ward defected to Labour.

34 candidates stood for the 11 seats contested, with the Conservative and Labour group leaders, Andrew Johnson and Mark Wilkinson, defending seats in Church Langley and Harlow Common wards. The Liberal Democrats were defending 2 seats, but their group leader Chris Millington of Bush Fair ward stood down at the election. Conservative councillor Patrick McClarnon also stood down from his Great Parndon ward, while seats in Staple Tye and Sumners and Kingsmoor were vacant after Conservative councillors Lee and Sarah Dangerfield resigned from the council in November 2010.

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 17 councillors, but Labour made 3 gains to move to 14 seats, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 2 seats. The Labour gains meant they won 7 of the 11 seats contested in 2011, including taking Staple Tye which previously had been held by the Conservatives before the councillor had resigned from the council. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost both the seats they had been defending in Bush Fair and Mark Hall to Labour and lost vote share everywhere.

Harlow local election result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	3	0	3	63.6	46.1	10,292	9.8
	Conservative	4	0	1	1	36.4	42.3	9,450	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	2	2	0	10.8	2,419	10.7
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	0.8	178	0.8

Ward results

Bush Fair

Location of Bush Fair ward

Bush Fair

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Beckett	1,113	54.3	+17.9
	Conservative	Samuel Stopplecamp	501	24.5	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Rideout	256	12.5	−20.5
	UKIP	Donald Crane	178	8.7	+8.7
Majority			612	29.9	+26.4
Turnout			2,048	36.4	−25.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Church Langley

Location of Church Langley ward

Church Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Johnson	1,417	66.1	+3.2
	Labour	Kenneth Lawrie	599	28.0	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Nichols	127	5.9	−8.0
Majority			818	38.2	−1.5
Turnout			2,143	34.1	−33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Parndon

Location of Great Parndon ward

Great Parndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Carter	1,093	52.0	+4.3
	Labour	Norman Knight	855	40.7	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Bell	152	7.2	−9.0
Majority			238	11.3	−0.3
Turnout			2,100	41.1	−27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harlow Common

Location of Harlow Common ward

Harlow Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Wilkinson	1,140	51.0	+10.9
	Conservative	John Steer	929	41.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Bonwick	167	7.5	−8.5
Majority			211	9.4	+8.0
Turnout			2,236	40.5	−25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Parndon and Hare Street

Location of Little Parndon and Hare Street ward

Little Parndon and Hare Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Clark	1,270	59.7	+13.2
	Conservative	Mark Perrin	722	33.9	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Kerlen	137	6.4	−11.0
Majority			548	25.7	+15.2
Turnout			2,129	36.2	−25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall

Location of Mark Hall ward

Mark Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Schroder	913	45.4	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rideout	555	27.6	−7.0
	Conservative	Valerie Gough	542	27.0	−2.8
Majority			358	17.8	+16.8
Turnout			2,010	39.5	−23.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Netteswell

Location of Netteswell ward

Netteswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edna Stevens	959	53.2	+12.1
	Conservative	Darren Bilmen	636	35.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kuzna Jackson	206	11.4	−15.2
Majority			323	17.9	+9.0
Turnout			1,801	32.9	−26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Harlow

Location of Old Harlow ward

Old Harlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Livings	1,216	54.0	+2.2
	Labour	Thomas Newens	890	39.5	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	145	6.4	−9.9
Majority			326	14.5	−5.5
Turnout			2,251	41.6	−27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staple Tye

Location of Staple Tye ward

Staple Tye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Palmer	784	44.6	+10.0
	Conservative	Andrew Shannon	606	34.5	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Hickey	367	20.9	−7.8
Majority			178	10.1
Turnout			1,757	34.1	−23.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Summers and Kingsmoor

Location of Summers and Kingsmoor ward

Summers and Kingsmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Pailing	918	49.7	+4.1
	Labour	Jacqueline Cross	777	42.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Merrick Jackson	153	8.3	−12.5
Majority			141	7.6	−4.5
Turnout			1,848	34.0	−26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toddbrook

Location of Toddbrook ward

Toddbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Davis	992	49.2	+5.4
	Conservative	Michael Hardware	870	43.2	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robins	154	7.6	−10.5
Majority			122	6.1	+0.4
Turnout			2,016	37.6	−24.2
	Labour hold		Swing