| Election Name: | 2018 Harlow District Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Harlow District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Harlow District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | 11 of the 33 seats to Harlow District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 17 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 19 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Seats After1: | 20 |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,767 |
| Percentage1: | 43.4% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 12 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,325 |
| Percentage2: | 46.5% |
| Party3: | UKIP |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 984 |
| Percentage3: | 5.5% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
The 2018 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Labour increased their majority on the council by gaining one seat.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 33| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 17,897| style="text-align: right;" | |-|colspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:"||-| style="color:inherit;background:"|| colspan="10"| Labour hold
A by-election was held in Bush Fair on 8 November 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Ian Beckett.[3] The seat was held for Labour by Joseph Dunne.[4] [5]
A by-election was held in Nettleswell on 8 November 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Waida Forman.[3] The seat was held for Labour by Shannon Jezzard.[6] [5]
A by-election was held in Toddbrook on 13 December 2018 after the resignation of Labour councillor Karen Clempner.[7] The seat was held for Labour by Frances Mason.[8] [9]