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Harlow 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

11 ward races
33 seats
33 elected below the proportional quota
100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 11 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 33 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Labour Party21,92843.8%1648.5%1545.5%+1
Conservative and Unionist Party21,90043.8%1751.5%1545.5%+2
Green Party4,3148.6%00.0%39.1%-3
HALL9932.0%00.0%00.0%0
Liberal Democrats3510.7%00.0%00.0%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)3250.6%00.0%00.0%0
Independent1410.3%00.0%00.0%0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition550.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total50,007100.0%33100.0%33100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Sumners and Kingsmoor · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +10.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,339

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Perrin, R.Conservative and Unionist Party88616.6%Elected
2Souter, C.Conservative and Unionist Party86416.2%Elected
3Ghaffari, E.Conservative and Unionist Party78814.8%Elected
4Davis, R.Labour Party75214.1%
5Dunne, C.Labour Party71913.5%
6Vincent, S.Labour Party67012.5%
7Leverett, A.HALL2855.3%
8Bull, J.Green Party2053.8%
9Bull, D.Green Party1703.2%

Electorate 6,135 · Ballots cast 5,339 · EC ward code E05015690 · Back to ward index

Latton Bush and Stewards · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,671

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Howard, L.Labour Party89015.7%Elected
2Gunn, A.Conservative and Unionist Party88115.5%Elected
3Seales, S.Conservative and Unionist Party85915.1%Elected
4Steer, J.Conservative and Unionist Party83614.7%
5Waite, P.Labour Party80514.2%
6O'Dell, P.Labour Party78113.8%
7James, K.HALL2213.9%
8Higginson, T.Green Party2153.8%
9Margetts, J.Green Party1833.2%

Electorate 6,815 · Ballots cast 5,671 · EC ward code E05015684 · Back to ward index

Bush Fair · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,755

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Dunne, J.Labour Party77816.4%Elected
2Morrison, K.Labour Party76916.2%Elected
3Ingall, M.Labour Party73715.5%Elected
4Morrison, C.Conservative and Unionist Party58912.4%
5Hindocha, N.Conservative and Unionist Party57512.1%
6Kasule, B.Conservative and Unionist Party55011.6%
7Bolton, H.Green Party1773.7%
8Steadman, J.Green Party1753.7%
9Margetts, D.Green Party1753.7%
10Long, D.UK Independence Party (UKIP)1413.0%
11Tennison, W.Liberal Democrats891.9%

Electorate 6,397 · Ballots cast 4,755 · EC ward code E05015680 · Back to ward index

Mark Hall · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,307

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Houlihan, M.Labour Party72216.8%Elected
2O'Dell, A.Labour Party68515.9%Elected
3Shears, L.Labour Party68215.8%Elected
4Carter, S.Conservative and Unionist Party4089.5%
5Taylor, J.Green Party3708.6%
6Purse, F.Conservative and Unionist Party3377.8%
7Purse, J.Conservative and Unionist Party3297.6%
8Johnson, E.Green Party2405.6%
9King, P.Green Party2335.4%
10Gough, M.UK Independence Party (UKIP)1844.3%
11Rideout, L.Liberal Democrats1172.7%

Electorate 5,679 · Ballots cast 4,307 · EC ward code E05015686 · Back to ward index

Great Parndon · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,705

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Carter, D.Conservative and Unionist Party93219.8%Elected
2Ellis, H.Conservative and Unionist Party82517.5%Elected
3Saggers, M.Conservative and Unionist Party79116.8%Elected
4Jackson, R.Labour Party58112.3%
5Jolley, A.Labour Party52711.2%
6Tennison, H.Labour Party49010.4%
7Taylor, N.HALL2896.1%
8O'Brien, V.Green Party1493.2%
9Pike, L.Green Party1212.6%

Electorate 5,601 · Ballots cast 4,705 · EC ward code E05015683 · Back to ward index

Old Harlow · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 17.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +7.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,314

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Charles, J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,04219.6%Elected
2Garnett, M.Conservative and Unionist Party95718.0%Elected
3Livings, S.Conservative and Unionist Party94317.7%Elected
4Danver, M.Labour Party66512.5%
5Kerrigan, L.Labour Party56310.6%
6Shulstschik, A.Labour Party55910.5%
7Gregory, Y.Green Party2474.6%
8Stansfield, J.Green Party1683.2%
9Van Der Poel, J.Green Party1152.2%
10Lenihan, P.Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition551.0%

Electorate 6,269 · Ballots cast 5,314 · EC ward code E05015688 · Back to ward index

Church Langley South and Potter Street · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +6.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,569

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Purse, N.Conservative and Unionist Party93920.6%Elected
2Brown, D.Conservative and Unionist Party89019.5%Elected
3Leppard, J.Conservative and Unionist Party82618.1%Elected
4Gallacher, C.Labour Party56812.4%
5Mullard-Toal, E.Labour Party51311.2%
6Mace, J.Labour Party50511.1%
7Richardson, T.Green Party1874.1%
8Roberts, G.Independent1413.1%

Electorate 6,669 · Ballots cast 4,569 · EC ward code E05015682 · Back to ward index

Netteswell · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +6.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,890

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Griggs, J.Labour Party87122.4%Elected
2Watson, N.Labour Party71018.3%Elected
3Mullard-Toal, S.Labour Party70518.1%Elected
4Carter, W.Conservative and Unionist Party42010.8%
5Hardware, E.Conservative and Unionist Party40310.4%
6Petch, V.Conservative and Unionist Party3679.4%
7Judd, M.Green Party1473.8%
8Thurston, R.Liberal Democrats1453.7%
9Margetts, A.Green Party1223.1%

Electorate 5,749 · Ballots cast 3,890 · EC ward code E05015687 · Back to ward index

Little Parndon and Town Centre · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +6.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,639

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Vince, C.Labour Party76120.9%Elected
2Durcan, T.Labour Party71019.5%Elected
3Hulcoop, M.Labour Party67118.4%Elected
4Brown, D.Conservative and Unionist Party38810.7%
5Longster, G.Conservative and Unionist Party3499.6%
6Richards, A.Conservative and Unionist Party3329.1%
7Bow, K.Green Party1875.1%
8Schellin-Jolley, C.Green Party1333.7%
9Kemm, D.Green Party1083.0%

Electorate 5,228 · Ballots cast 3,639 · EC ward code E05015685 · Back to ward index

Passmores · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 19.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +5.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,850

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Edwards, T.Labour Party79920.8%Elected
2Pritchard, D.Labour Party75319.6%Elected
3Shepherd, J.Labour Party74819.4%Elected
4Maison, A.Conservative and Unionist Party42711.1%
5Field, M.Conservative and Unionist Party42211.0%
6Malik, A.Conservative and Unionist Party3378.8%
7Barnes, S.HALL1985.1%
8Williams, G.Green Party1664.3%

Electorate 5,339 · Ballots cast 3,850 · EC ward code E05015689 · Back to ward index

Church Langley North and Newhall · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 19.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +5.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,968

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Johnson, A.Conservative and Unionist Party83120.9%Elected
2Swords, D.Conservative and Unionist Party79820.1%Elected
3Hardware, M.Conservative and Unionist Party77919.6%Elected
4Stevens, E.Labour Party43711.0%
5O'Dell, S.Labour Party41810.5%
6Solomon, J.Labour Party3849.7%
7Margetts, M.Green Party1854.7%
8White, B.Green Party1363.4%

Electorate 5,318 · Ballots cast 3,968 · EC ward code E05015681 · Back to ward index