Harlow Council election, 2008

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Elections to Harlow Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 33.80%.^[1]

The Conservative party took eight of the ten seats contested including four gains. The Labour party lost all of the seats they had held while the Liberal Democrats won two seats.^[2]

The election in Harlow Common ward was delayed until 12 June 2008.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Harlow Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	8	4	0	+4	80.0	51.4	9,413	+5.6%
	Liberal Democrat	2	2	2	0	20.0	20.9	3,819	+0.7%
	Labour	0	0	4	-4	0	27.1	4,954	-4.8%
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	115	+0.6%

[edit] Ward results

Bush Fair
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Manny Doku	860	41.6	+0.2
	Labour	Terry Brandon	652	31.6	-6.9
	Conservative	Michelle Dorling	554	26.8	+6.8
Majority			208	10.0	+7.1
Turnout			2,066	36.2	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Church Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Carter	1,366	76.4
	Labour	Ken Lawrie	259	14.5
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Rideout	164	9.2
Majority			1,107	61.9
Turnout			1,789	28.3	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Johnson	1,164	63.8	+8.7
	Labour	Norman Knight	478	26.2	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Aran Black	182	10.0	-1.3
Majority			686	37.6	+16.1
Turnout			1,824	35.2	-0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Parndon and Hare Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shona Johnson	829	48.8	+9.7
	Labour	Mike Danvers	708	41.6	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kuzna Jackson	163	9.6	-2.2
Majority			121	7.2	-2.9
Turnout			1,700	31.7	-2.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Mark Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Macy	744	36.8	+0.3
	Conservative	Jane Steer	681	33.6	+6.0
	Labour	Sean Folan	599	29.6	-6.3
Majority			63	3.2	+2.6
Turnout			2,024	39.9	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Netteswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Gough	681	35.6	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jackson	579	30.2	-1.9
	Labour	Dennis Palmer	540	28.2	-6.5
	UK Independence	Daniel Balding	115	6.0	+6.0
Majority			102	5.4
Turnout			1,915	35.7	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Old Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel Jolles	1,129	65.4	+10.9
	Labour	Paul Sztumpf	373	21.6	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Macneill	225	13.0	+1.1
Majority			756	43.8	+11.5
Turnout			1,727	33.9	-3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staple Tye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Kirton	848	50.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Strachan	556	33.2	-3.5
	Labour	Janice Fenny	272	16.2	-4.3
Majority			292	17.4	+11.3
Turnout			1,676	32.3	+0.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sumners & Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Perrin	1,097	65.3	+9.8
	Labour	Sue Ennifer	406	24.2	-7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Sanderson	176	10.5	-2.8
Majority			691	41.1	+16.8
Turnout			1,679	30.8	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toddbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joel Charles	1,064	56.0	+16.2
	Labour	Bob Hickey	667	35.1	-5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Watkiss	170	8.9	+2.6
Majority			397	20.9
Turnout			1,901	36.4	-1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing