Harlow District Council election, 2012

Map of the results of the 2012 Harlow District Council election. Labour in red and Conservatives in blue.

The 2012 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 20
Conservative 13^[2]

Background

After the last election in 2011 the Conservatives remained in control of the council with 17 councillors, compared to 14 for Labour and 2 for the Liberal Democrats.^[3] However, in October 2011 one of the two Liberal Democrat councillors, John Strachan of Staple Tye ward defected to the Labour party.^[4]

Harlow was reported in the national press to be one of Labour's top targets in the 2012 local elections.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Election result

The Labour party gained control of Harlow from the Conservatives after gaining 5 seats including 4 from the Conservatives.^[8] The Labour gains from the Conservatives came in Harlow Common, Little Parndon and Hare Street, Netteswell and Toddbrook and meant Labour won 8 of the 12 seats contested.^[9] The Conservatives had controlled the council since winning a majority at the 2008 election.^[10]

The other Labour gain came from the Liberal Democrats in Mark Hall ward and meant the Liberal Democrats no longer had any councillors in Harlow.^[8]^[9] The Liberal Democrats did not come close to taking any of the seats contested, with some candidates getting less than 100 votes.^[9] Overall turnout at the election was 28.43%,^[11] the lowest turnout ever for a local election in Harlow.^[9]

Harlow local election result 2012^[2]^[11]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	5	0	+5	66.7	52.1	9,722	+6.0%
	Conservative	4	0	4	-4	33.3	38.0	7,083	-4.3%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	1	-1	0	7.9	1,467	-2.9%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	236	+0.5%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	149	+0.8%

Ward results

Bush Fair (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Manny Doku	1,021
	Labour	Daniella Pritchard	877
	Conservative	Michael Hardware	259
	UKIP	Donald Crane	236
	Conservative	Andy Shannon	182
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jackson	109
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Jackson	90
Turnout			2,774	28.0	-8.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Church Langley^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Carter	1,007	65.3	-0.8
	Labour	Ken Lawrie	454	29.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Rideout	82	5.3	-0.6
Majority			553	35.8	-2.4
Turnout			1,543	24.3	-9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Parndon^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Eddie Johnson	774	47.8	-4.2
	Labour	Norman Knight	749	46.2	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Rideout	97	6.0	-1.2
Majority			25	1.5	-9.8
Turnout			1,620	31.6	-9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harlow Common^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Emma Toal	902	51.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Clive Souter	637	36.2	-5.3
	Independent	Gary Roberts	149	8.5	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Millington	72	4.1	-3.4
Majority			265	15.1	+5.7
Turnout			1,760	31.7	-8.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Parndon and Hare Street^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jon Clempner	1,099	63.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Shona Johnson	521	30.3	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Kerlen	100	5.8	-0.6
Majority			578	33.6	+7.9
Turnout			1,720	28.4	-7.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Mark Hall^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jacqui Cross	849	53.0	+7.6
	Conservative	Jane Steer	440	27.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	James Rideout	312	19.5	-8.1
Majority			409	25.5	+7.7
Turnout			1,601	30.5	-9.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Netteswell^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Waida Forman	818	55.4	+2.2
	Conservative	Mark Gough	538	36.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kuzna Jackson	120	8.1	-3.3
Majority			280	19.0	+1.1
Turnout			1,476	26.7	-6.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Old Harlow^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Muriel Jolles	934	51.6	-2.4
	Labour	Tom Newens	771	42.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Wiltshire	105	5.8	-0.6
Majority			163	9.0	-5.5
Turnout			1,810	33.2	-8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staple Tye^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Patrick McCabe	657	50.9	+6.3
	Conservative	Stevie Souter	450	34.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Cheryl Hickey	185	14.3	-6.6
Majority			207	16.0	+5.9
Turnout			1,292	24.3	-9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Sumners and Kingsmoor^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Russell Perrin	687	49.1	-0.6
	Labour	Dan Long	623	44.6	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Brenda Nichols	88	6.3	-2.0
Majority			64	4.6	-3.0
Turnout			1,398	25.7	-8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toddbrook^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Phil Waite	902	54.2	+5.0
	Conservative	Joel Charles	654	39.3	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Robins	107	6.4	-1.2
Majority			248	14.9	+8.8
Turnout			1,663	29.2	-8.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 2012 and 2014

A by-election was held in Toddbrook on 15 November 2012 after Labour councillor Bob Davis resigned from the council.^[12] The seat was held for Labour by Christine O'Dell with a majority of 221 votes over the Conservatives.^[12]

Toddbrook by-election 15 November 2012^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christine O'Dell	604	52.5	-1.7
	Conservative	Clive Souter	383	33.3	-6.0
	UKIP	Bill Pryor	111	9.6	+9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Jackson	53	4.6	-1.8
Majority			221	19.2	+4.3
Turnout			1,151	20.2	-9.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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↑ Moss, Chris (20 October 2011). "Lib Dem councillor defects to Labour in protest at NHS reforms". Harlow Star. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
↑ Watt, Nicholas (2 May 2012). "Education: 'On policy we win. On personality it is tough': Taxation Schools Libraries Transport Social care & the elderly: Miliband prepares for a challenging London result Labour party plays down high seat expectations". The Guardian. NewsBank. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Grice, Andrew (2 May 2012). "Threat of London defeat prompts Miliband to attack 'typical Tory'". The Independent. NewsBank. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Sherman, Jill; Coates, Sam (3 May 2012). "Cameron lets slip as Tories prepare for poll defeats". The Times. NewsBank. p. 13. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 Watt, Nicholas (4 May 2012). "Great expectations as Labour ends 'southern discomfort': Miliband's party wins big victory in Birmingham But Boris looks set to fend off Ken's London challenge". The Guardian. NewsBank. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 Moss, Chris (4 May 2012). "Labour take control of Harlow Council". Harlow Star. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Labour take Harlow council from Conservatives". BBC News Online. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Harlow Council Elections 2012 Results". Harlow District Council. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
1 2 3 "Labour wins Toddbrook by-election". Harlow Star. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

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