2002 Watford Borough Council election

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Results of the 2002 Watford Borough Council election

Elections to Watford Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Mayoral election

Watford Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [1]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Thornhill 10,95449.4%2,51913,473
Labour Vince Muspratt4,89922.1%3705,269
Conservative Gary Ling4,74621.4%
Green Stephen Rackett8513.8%
Socialist Alliance Paul Woodward3901.8%
Fat Cat Tristram Cooke3301.5%
Liberal Democrats win

Council election result

Watford Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 6+350.043.910,021
  Labour 4-333.324.25,527
  Conservative 2+116.725.65,837
  Green 0003.9886
  Independent 0-102.2492
  Socialist Alliance 0000.360

Ward results

Callowland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Scott48832.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Salter46631.3
Green Stephen Rackett28419.1
Conservative Carl Robertson24916.7
Majority 221.5
Turnout 1,487
Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Leslie85349.1
Labour John Dowdle61635.4
Conservative Shirley Hugill17610.1
Green Christine Stockwel935.4
Majority 23713.7
Turnout 1,738
Holywell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Baddeley1,02556.9
Labour Steven Palmer56831.6
Conservative David Ealey1478.2
Socialist Alliance Andrew O'Brien603.3
Majority 45725.3
Turnout 1,800
Leggatts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Crout69136.0
Conservative Sally Punter65033.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Wyatt51927.0
Green Carol Skinner593.1
Majority 412.1
Turnout 1,919
Meriden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey O'Connell61337.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Greenslade57534.9
Conservative Pamela Bell46027.9
Majority 382.3
Turnout 1,648
Nascot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Gordon1,10147.8
Liberal Democrats Timothy Wyatt70930.8
Independent Janice Brown49221.4
Majority 39217.0
Turnout 2,302
Oxhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Sharpe1,48167.4
Conservative Alan Luto41418.8
Labour Nnagbogu Akubue23210.6
Green Andrew McBean713.2
Majority 1,06748.6
Turnout 2,198
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Williams1,20751.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Crowne79534.0
Labour Frances Hince25610.9
Green Elaine Edwards803.4
Majority 41217.6
Turnout 2,338
Stanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Richmond1,22264.7
Conservative Roger Frost31816.8
Labour Stephen Anglesey29115.4
Green Ian West583.1
Majority 90447.9
Turnout 1,889
Tudor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Scudder70536.5
Conservative Richard Southern63632.9
Labour Sheila Rosser52427.1
Green Clive Skinner663.4
Majority 693.6
Turnout 1,931
Vicarage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Graham82644.5
Liberal Democrats Shahnaz Ali59532.0
Conservative Khalid Khan29916.1
Green Paul Sandford1377.4
Majority 23112.5
Turnout 1,857
Woodside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Burtenshaw1,07662.7
Labour Marion Chambers42224.6
Conservative Grace Cordell18010.5
Green Faye Cullen382.2
Majority 65438.1
Turnout 1,716

References

  1. "Election Results - Mayoral 2 May 2002". Watford Borough Council. 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.