Harlow Council election, 2004

Elections to Harlow Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 37%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Harlow Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	5	2	0	+2	45.5	33.1	6,812	-5.2%
	Conservative	4	0	0	0	36.4	31.7	6,531	-1.0%
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	2	-2	18.2	21.8	4,494	-6.0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	2,399	+11.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	364	+1.8%

Ward results

Bush Fair
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Eschle	751	34.9	-8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Robins	690	32.1	-14.4
	Conservative	Guy Mitchinson	383	17.8	+8.0
	Independent	William Henderson	325	15.1	+15.1
Majority			61	2.8
Turnout			2,149	40.2	+8.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Church Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Carter	1,073	61.6	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Pailing	400	22.9	+5.6
	Labour	Kenneth Lawrie	270	15.5	+1.0
Majority			683	38.7	-12.2
Turnout			1,743	30.5	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Parndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Johnson	775	40.0	-9.3
	Labour	Suzanne Ennifer	612	31.6	-4.3
	Independent	Raymond Statham	332	17.1	+17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Rideout	220	11.3	-3.4
Majority			163	8.4	-5.0
Turnout			1,939	38.9	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harlow Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregory Peck	785	39.1	-15.4
	Conservative	Pamela Norton	654	32.6	+2.2
	Independent	Gary Roberts	308	15.3	+15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Enders	262	13.0	-2.1
Majority			131	6.5	-17.6
Turnout			2,009	38.1	+9.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Parndon & Hare Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Jesse	869	46.7	-2.5
	Conservative	Lee Dangerfield	589	31.6	+11.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Steer	404	21.7	-4.2
Majority			280	15.1	-8.2
Turnout			1,862	37.2	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Folan	800	38.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Macy	584	28.4	-16.4
	Conservative	Christopher Lane	381	18.5	+5.1
	Independent	Katrina Ray	290	14.1	+14.1
Majority			216	10.5
Turnout			2,055	42.9	+9.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Netteswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Jackson	627	34.1	-15.7
	Labour	Feroz Khan	448	24.3	-8.2
	UKIP	Anthony Bennett	364	19.8	+19.8
	Conservative	Andrew Shannon	260	14.1	+1.8
	Independent	Dean Weston	141	7.7	+7.7
Majority			179	9.8	-7.5
Turnout			1,840	36.4	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Old Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel Jolles	748	37.7	-18.6
	Independent	Colleen Morrison	534	26.9	+26.9
	Labour	Paul Sztumpf	496	25.0	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon MacNeill	208	10.5	-3.3
Majority			214	10.8	-15.6
Turnout			1,986	42.4	+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staple Tye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Lawton	583	38.2	-17.0
	Labour	Caroline Carter	402	26.3	+0.1
	Conservative	Peter Dobson	361	23.7	+5.1
	Independent	David Lambert	180	11.8	+11.8
Majority			181	11.9	-17.1
Turnout			1,526	32.4	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sumners & Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Goddard	783	46.0	-2.2
	Labour	Robert Long	623	36.6	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kuzna Jackson	295	17.3	+3.6
Majority			160	9.4	-0.7
Turnout			1,701	33.5	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toddbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Brooks	756	42.2	-6.6
	Conservative	Paul Richardson	524	29.3	-7.3
	Independent	Rex Amor	289	16.1	+16.1
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Westlake	221	12.3	-2.3
Majority			232	12.9	+0.7
Turnout			1,790	35.4	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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