The2021 Harlow District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members ofHarlow District Council inEssex. This was on the same day as otherlocal elections. Control of the council was gained by theConservative Party with 20 seats.^[1]

There are 11 wards, each with three councillors. One councillor for each ward was elected with additional by-elections for councillors in Church Langley and Toddbrook wards. Thus there were 13 seats being elected.^[1][2]

2021 Harlow District Council election

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Party Labour Conservative

Map showing the results of the 2021 Harlow District Council election

Council control before election Labour Council control after election Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 20
• Labour 12

with one seat vacant.^[1] Sitting Councillor Danny Purton had died on 30 April during the election campaign.^[3]

2021 Harlow Borough Council election[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	7	92.3	8	20	62.5	13,948	60.0	+24.6
	Labour	1	8	7.7	11	12	37.5	8,288	35.6	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	522	2.2	-0.8
	Harlow Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	463	2.0	-6.2
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	39	0.2	New

One seat was vacant.

Bush Fair^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Swords	963	48.9	18.6
	Labour	Mark Ingall	916	45.5	3.2
	Liberal Democrats	William Tennison	91	4.6	1.8
Majority			47	2.4
Turnout			1,970	35.27
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Church Langley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Carter	1,429	80.7	26.4
	Conservative	Nicky Purse	1,370	77.4	23.1
	Labour	Rhiannon Jenkins	400	22.6	1.7
	Labour	Jake Shepherd	331	18.7	5.6
Turnout			1,770	31.87%
	Conservativehold
	Conservativehold

Great Parndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Johnson	1,044	58.9	13.0
	Labour	Daniella Pritchard	464	26.2	0.1
	Harlow Alliance Party	Nicholas Taylor	262	14.8	13.2
Majority			580	24.6
Turnout			1,770	35.98
	Conservativehold		Swing

Harlow Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Leppard	1,116	57.9	20.5
	Labour	Emma Toal	812	42.1	5.5
Majority			304	15.8
Turnout			1,928	35.72
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Little Parndon and Hare Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Vince	996	52.1	4.6
	Conservative	Adam Jolles	914	47.9	23.8
Majority			82	4.2
Turnout			1,910	29.5
	Labourhold		Swing

Mark Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Saggers	1,033	61.1	37.9
	Labour	Lanie Shears	539	31.9	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Rideout	120	7.1	2.5
Majority			494	29.2
Turnout			1,692	32.1
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Netteswell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colleen Morrison	845	52.3	27.4
	Labour	Kay Morrison	668	41.3	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thurston	103	6.4	12.4
Majority			177	11.0
Turnout			1,616	28.3
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Old Harlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Garnett	1,650	66.1	13.7
	Labour	George Elcock	688	27.5	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Robins	121	4.8	N/A
	TUSC	Paul Lenihan	39	1.6	N/A
Majority			962	38.6
Turnout			2,498	32.9
	Conservativehold		Swing

Staple Tye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Gunn	912	58.3	26.6
	Labour	Stefan Mullard	566	36.2	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Millington	87	5.6	N/A
Majority			346	22.1
Turnout			1,565	30.9
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Sumners and Kingsmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Perrin	1,089	62.6	21.7
	Labour	Aiden O'Dell	449	25.8	4.6
	Harlow Alliance	Alan Leverett	201	11.6	17.1
Majority			640	36.8
Turnout			1,739	33.6
	Conservativehold		Swing

• 2021 English local elections
• Harlow District Council elections
• 2020s in Essex

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