Harlow District Council
The following candidates were selected for the 11 wards in Harlow for the May 2021 Harlow District Council elections, with several current Councillors standing for re-election in their respective wards. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the May 2020 elections were postponed until May 2021 and there are two by-elections in the town.
The successful candidates are as follows and will contest the same seats in May 2021:
| Little Parndon and Hare Street | Chris Vince* |
| Toddbrook | Phil Waite* and Herty Ama Twumwaa |
| Netteswell | Kay Morrison |
| Harlow Common | Emma Toal* |
| Mark Hall | Lanie Shears* |
| Bush Fair | Mark Ingall* |
| Staple Tye | Stefan Mullard* |
| Sumners and Kingsmoor | Aiden O’Dell |
| Great Parndon | |
| Old Harlow | George Elcock |
| Church Langley | Rhiannon Jenkins & Jake Shepherd |
*Existing Councillors seeking re-election
Essex County Council
Harlow Labour selected the following candidates to contest the four Essex County Council seats in Harlow:
Harlow West: Chris Vince and Daniella Pritchard
Harlow North:
Harlow South East: Mark Ingall
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
Chris Vince.