Politics
- See also: Harlow (UK Parliament constituency), Harlow local elections
Labour MP Bill Rammell was reelected in the 2005 general election, with a majority of only 97 after considerable gains by the Conservative Party since the 1997 and 2001 elections but lost to Robert Halfon, Conservative, in the 2010 general election. Prior to the 2008 Council elections, no party had overall control of the local authority, which was run by a coalition of Liberal Democrats and Labour Party councillors. However, since the elections, the authority is under Conservative control. The 2012 elections took a Labour majority and the town is now run by a Labour Council.
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