1999 Watford Borough Council election

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Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

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Election result

1999 Watford Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 19Decrease2.svg 252.801952.822,53937.9-1.2
  Liberal Democrats 11Increase2.svg 230.601130.618,58831.3-1.1
  Conservative 6Steady2.svg16.70616.718,33730.8+2.3

Ward results

Callowland

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour M. Cash 628 48.0
Labour F. Hodgson 605 46.3
Labour P. Harrison 594 45.4
Conservative R. Downham42132.2
Conservative T. Needham41431.7
Conservative M. Taylor40531.0
Liberal Democrats C. Bradshaw24718.9
Liberal Democrats H. Finn22917.5
Liberal Democrats A. Vincent19815.1
Turnout 1,30726.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour R. Atkin 856 46.2
Labour V. Muspratt 799 43.1
Liberal Democrats R. Martins 797 43.0
Liberal Democrats J. Baddeley75440.7
Liberal Democrats K. Soodin73139.5
Labour N. Tester72539.1
Conservative A. Bell1638.8
Conservative T. Parsons1467.9
Conservative G. Ogden1377.4
Turnout 1,85237.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Holywell

Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour R. Bell 779 60.3
Labour S. Palmer 761 58.9
Labour A. Head 726 56.2
Conservative R. Frost24719.1
Conservative H. Ling23418.1
Liberal Democrats E. Watkin22817.6
Liberal Democrats M. Allen22817.6
Liberal Democrats P. Purdy22317.3
Conservative A. Sander21516.6
Turnout 1,29225.6
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Leggatts

Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour M. Green 842 42.7
Labour K. Court 841 42.6
Conservative S. O'Brien 820 41.6
Labour E. Muspratt81541.3
Conservative D. Hobbs78940.0
Conservative G. Ling75438.2
Liberal Democrats P. Brown25713.0
Liberal Democrats S. Gibbard22411.4
Liberal Democrats M. Taylor20010.1
Turnout 1,97338.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Conservative hold

Meriden

Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour N. Tyrwhitt 819 50.2
Labour G. O'Connell 812 49.8
Labour R. Banham 802 49.2
Conservative K. Bell49230.2
Conservative I. Evans45728.0
Conservative P. East43126.4
Liberal Democrats C. Anson25115.4
Liberal Democrats M. Palmer22413.7
Liberal Democrats J. Richmond21513.2
Turnout 1,63130.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Nascot

Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative I. Brown 1,005 55.3
Conservative J. Brown 976 53.7
Conservative S. Jones 963 53.0
Labour R. England38020.9
Labour T. Meldrum37820.8
Liberal Democrats M. Watkin37620.7
Labour S. Hince37120.4
Liberal Democrats J. Wyatt33818.6
Liberal Democrats T. Wyatt29116.0
Turnout 1,81636.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Oxhey

Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats D. Thornhill 1,158 59.0
Liberal Democrats I. Sharpe 1,068 54.4
Liberal Democrats A. Poole 1,056 53.8
Conservative G. Greenstreet48724.8
Conservative R. Bamford44122.5
Conservative M. Stanley43422.1
Labour S. Butler29014.8
Labour N. Akubue27814.2
Labour J. Dowdle26513.5
Turnout 1,96441.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative K. Solomon 1,214 60.0
Conservative T. Williams 1,211 59.9
Conservative D. Wright 1,180 58.3
Liberal Democrats M. Crowne47723.6
Liberal Democrats C. de Vekey44121.8
Liberal Democrats R. de Vekey40620.1
Labour F. Hince29314.5
Labour M. Jones27713.7
Labour M. Hussain26813.2
Turnout 2,02340.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stanborough

Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats D. Scudder 1,090 59.9
Liberal Democrats J. Richmond 1,033 56.7
Liberal Democrats A. Wylie 983 54.0
Labour C. Barry36119.8
Conservative A. Jones35719.6
Conservative P. Curtis35619.5
Labour M. Tyrwhitt33618.5
Conservative P. Jenkins33418.3
Labour C. Wilson33218.2
Turnout 1,82136.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Tudor

Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour S. Ahrens 804 44.8
Labour S. Rosser 787 43.9
Labour M. Chhina 708 39.5
Conservative P. Bell66136.8
Conservative S. Barclay64736.1
Conservative J. Price62634.9
Liberal Democrats A. Oaten27415.3
Liberal Democrats L. Scudder27115.1
Liberal Democrats D. Di Laura25814.4
Turnout 1,79439.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Vicarage

Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A. Choudhrey 1,003 58.4
Labour B. Graham 976 56.9
Labour G. Kelly 944 55.0
Conservative D. Ealey30117.5
Liberal Democrats N. Taylor30117.5
Conservative J. Price26415.4
Liberal Democrats I. Pitkin24514.3
Conservative Z. Basit24514.3
Liberal Democrats A. Zafar22212.9
Turnout 1,71633.7
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Woodside

Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats A. Burtenshaw 1,118 53.6
Liberal Democrats E. Burtenshaw 1,112 53.3
Liberal Democrats A. Garside 1,064 51.0
Labour S. Tuckwood71434.2
Labour J. Young69433.3
Labour M. Thackham67632.4
Conservative C. Jeffs1858.9
Conservative N. Joyce1708.2
Conservative A. Needham1557.4
Turnout 2,08540.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

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