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.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
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.[3] The Liberal Democrat group was reduced further in December 2010 when councillor Manny Doku of Bush Fair ward defected to Labour.[4]
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.[5] The Liberal Democrats were defending 2 seats, but their group leader Chris Millington of Bush Fair ward stood down at the election.[5] 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.[5]
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.[2] 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.[5][6] 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.[6]
^"England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ ab"Liberal Democrats lose 11 seats in Chelmsford". BBC News Online. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^"Local elections 2010". The Guardian. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^"Disillusioned Lib Dem councillor defects to Labour". Harlow Star. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ abcdMoss, Chris (2 May 2011). "Candidates prepare to lock horns in local elections". Harlow Star. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ abcMoss, Chris (6 May 2011). "Local elections 2011: Tories retain control of Harlow Council". Harlow Star. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ abcdefghijkl"Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Harlow District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.