| Election Name: | 2015 Harlow District Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Harlow District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Harlow District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | 12 of the 33 seats to Harlow District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 17 |
| Seats Before1: | 18 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Seats After1: | 19 |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,777 |
| Percentage1: | 35.3% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 11 |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 12 |
| Popular Vote2: | 17,313 |
| Percentage2: | 41.4% |
| Party3: | UKIP |
| Last Election3: | 5 |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 8,644 |
| Percentage3: | 20.7% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 2015 Harlow District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and Labour Party councillors increased their control of the council as the governing group, gaining one councillor and suffering no losses.[1]
After the last election in 2014 Labour remained in control of the council with 17 councillors, while the Conservatives had 11 seats and the UK Independence Party had 5 seats.[2] However Labour gained a seat from the UK Independence Party at a by-election for Mark Hall ward in February 2015.[3]
A UKIP councillor for Great Parndon ward, Terry Spooner, resigned in March to retire to Dorset so two of its three seats were contested at the 2015 election,[4] leading to 12 seats up for election, which were contested by 43 candidates: 12 each affiliated to Labour, the Conservatives and UKIP and seven Liberal Democrats.[5]
Labour remained in control of the council with 19 councillors after winning 7 of the 12 seats contested.[1] Both they and the Conservatives gained a seat at the expense of the UK Independence Party,[6] taking the Conservatives to 12 seats on the council, while the UK Independence Party was left with two councillors.[1] Overall turnout at the election was 62.68%.[7]